Victor MenaldoVictor Menaldo is an Associate Professor of Political Science at University of Washington and an affiliated faculty member of the Center for Statistics and the Social Sciences, Near and Middle Eastern Studies, and the Center for Environmental Politic. He specializes in comparative politics and political economy. He has published in the American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, the Journal of Politics, British Journal of Political Science, Annual Review of Political Science, Comparative Political Studies, World Politics, Comparative Politics, International Studies Quarterly, Economics & Politics, Political Science Quarterly, and Policy Sciences. His first book is entitled The Institutions Curse: Natural Resources, Politics, and Development (Cambridge, 2016). Read More Read Less