Steve Barracca, Ph.D.
Professor
Education
- Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
- M.A., University of Miami
- B.S., State University of New York at Oswego
Research & Academic Interests
- Moral & political philosophy
- Natural law theory, liberalism & pluralism
- Comparative politics, democracy & democratization
- Religion & politics, decentralization & civil-military relations
Publications
- Steve Barracca. Introduction to Political Philosophy, 3rd edition, (Dubuque, IA: Kendall Hunt Publishing), 2022.
- Steve Barracca, “Military Rule: Facilitating Factors and Future Prospects,” in Pakistan’s Labyrinths: Military, Society and Terror, ed. Ravi Kalia (New Delhi: Routledge India), 2016.
- Steve Barracca and Matthew L. Howell. 2014. The Persistence of the Church-State Conflict in Mexico’s Evangelical Vote: The Story of an Outlier. The Latin Americanist, 58.2 (June): pp. 23-47.
- Steven Barracca. 2007. Gubernatorial politics and the evolution toward democratic federalism in Mexico. Regional and Federal Studies, 17.2 (June): 173-93.
- Steven Barracca. 2007. Military coups in the post-cold war era: Pakistan, Ecuador, and Venezuela. Third World Quarterly 28: 137-54.
- Steven Barracca. 2005. Devolution and the Deepening of Democracy: Explaining the Outcomes of Municipal Reform in Mexico. Journal of Latin American Studies, 37.1 (February): 1-28.
Associations, Affiliations & Work History
- Campus Coordinator, Colonels at the Capitol Internship Program
- Academic Advisor, Political Science Major
- Internship Coordinator, Department of Government
