Professor, Political Science
blakech@jmu.edu
Contact Info
Dr. Charles Blake is a professor of Political Science at JMU, executive director of EU Policy Studies MA program in the Political Science department, executive director of JMU's Semester in Florence program, and co-directs a 9-credit summer study-abroad program in Argentina alongside Kristen McCleary. His teaching interests focus on comparative politics (especially in Latin America & Europe), policy analysis, and research methods. Blake is a Senior Research Fellow at the Council of Hemispheric Affairs. His research focuses on examining socioeconomic policies in Latin America and Europe and the pursuit of greater transparency and accountability in public administration. His current research investigates the relationship between federalism and mechanisms of horizontal, societal, and vertical accountability.
Affiliation
Political Science
Executive Director of EU Policy Studies MA Program (Political Science)
Executive Director of JMU Semester in Florence Program
LAXC Studies Committee
Publications
Blake, Charles H. "" Handouts, gifts and money": Contributions to a new history of corruption in Latin America from the Spanish empire to modernity." (2018): 187-188.
Blake, Charles H. "“Dádivas, dones y dineros”: Aportes a una nueva historia de la corrupción en América Latina desde el imperio español a la modernidad." (2018): 187-188.
Blake, Charles H. "Metropolitan Governance in the Federalist Americas: Strategies for Equitable and Integrated Development edited by Spink, Peter K., Ward, Peter M. and Wilson, ‐ Robert H." (2015): 263-265.
