Peer-reviewed publications
The Long Shadow of Extraction: The Origins of Indigenous Autonomy Demands, Princeton University Press, 2025
Research from this project featured in the Global Development Review Podcast, Governance Uncovered Podcast, and Social Science Matrix Research Highlights.
A Space for Autonomy: Indigenous Rights in Post-Independence Latin America. (Forthcoming at Perspectives on Politics)
Balancing Bossism: State Expansion in the Face of Elite Capture with Anna F. Callis (Forthcoming at American Journal of Political Science) | Replication materials | Blog post
Awarded Best Paper Award, Presidential and Executive Politics Section, APSA 2025
National Identity After Conquest with Daniel W. Gingerich (Forthcoming at American Journal of Political Science) | Replication materials | Blog post
Expanding the State: Rural Mobilization and Bureaucratic Presence in Peru with Madai Urteaga-Quispe (forthcoming at Comparative Political Studies) | Replication materials
Awarded an Honorable Mention for the Sage Prize, APSA Comparative Politics Section
Extraction, Assimilation, and Accommodation: The Historical Foundations of Indigenous-State Relations in Latin America. 2024. American Political Science Review. | Replication materials | APSA Public Scholarship Program
The Representational Effects of Communal Property: Evidence from Peru's Indigenous Groups. 2021. Comparative Political Studies. | Replication materials
The Autonomy-Representation Dilemma: Indigenous Groups and Distributive Benefits in the Americas. 2022. Journal of Race, Ethnicity, and Politics.
Party System Erosion: Evidence from Peru. 2020. Party Politics.
Disrupting Regulation, Regulating Disruption: The Politics of Uber in the United States. Perspectives on Politics. 2019. With Ruth Collier and Veena Dubal
Disrupting the Dominant Party: The Personalization of Autocratic Rule with Anna F. Callis .
Democratizing Political Parties: Experiences of Political Participation and Efficacy with Mathias Poertner.
Awarded the Leon Weaver Best Paper Prize, APSA Representation and Electoral Systems Section
Machines of Imperialism: Government-Linked Firms under Occupation with Daniel W. Gingerich.
Institutional Entrepreneurs: The Roots of Local Indigenous Organizations with Diana Dávila Gordillo.
Does National Identity Foster Environmental Concern? Experimental Evidence from Bolivia. With Emily Gregory (under review) .
© 2018 Christopher Carter
Adapted from road2stat (Nan Xiao)