ABSTRACT
From the perspective of one old guy and two young scholars, Latin American political science looks pretty good. Over the last thirty or so years, our understanding of the region’s political processes, both institutional and behavioral, has advanced rapidly. Political parties, legislatures, elections, civil society; these areas have all witnessed strong research e orts. Credit for much of this advance, of course, goes to Latin America’s latest wave of democratization: political scientists do better in open, competitive environments. But our progress is also due to the rising numbers of well-trained political scientists south of the Rio Grande and to the increasing methodological sophistication of Latin Americanists wherever they are rooted.
