Dr. Kiril Kolev

• Empirical Research Methods (Fall)
• Politics of Central and Eastern Europe (Fall)
• Democracy, Development and Violence (Fall)
• Analyzing Quality of Governance (Spring)
• Comparative Political Economy (Spring)
• Contemporary Global Issues (Spring)
  

Publications

Peer Reviewed 

• 2015     "Varying the Un-Variable: Social Structure, Electoral Formulae, and Ballot-Rigging." (with Fabrice Lehoucq). Political Research Quarterly 68 (2): 240-252.
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• 2014     “The Contingent Effect of Institutions: Electoral Formulas, Ethnic Polarization and Election Quality.” Electoral Studies 35: 200–214. 
• 2014     "Empowering the Marginalized Voter: Clientelism in Heterogeneous Societies." (with Mitch Goist). Midsouth Political Science Review 15(2): 59-79.
• 2009     "Measuring Democratic Accountability: An Initial Report on an Emerging Data Set." (with Herbert Kitschelt, Kent Freeze and Yi-ting Wang). Revista de Ciencia Politica, vol. 29, no. 3: 741-773.

Others

• 2013     “Bulgaria: Electoral Volatility, Polarization and Financial Deficits Lead to Lead to Reduction in Clientelism”. In Herbert Kitschelt (ed.), Research and Dialogue on Programmatic Parties and Party Systems. Stockholm: Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance (IDEA).
• 2012     "Case Summaries". In Judith Kelley, Monitoring Democracy: When International Election Monitoring Works and Why It Often Fails, Princeton, New Jersey: Princeton University Press.

In the News ...

• Hendrix Students Visit Balkans for Summer Study Program
• New Hendrix College Public Policy Study Finds Advantage in Ward Elections in Little Rock
• Professor Published in Leading Political Science Journal
• Professor and Former Student Publish Research in Politics Journal
  
• International Relations Major Awarded SURF Grant