Abraham Lowenthal

What is the relationship between democratization and market-oriented economic reforms throughout the world? This is the question at the center of much of Abraham Lowenthal's research. By looking at Latin America, East Asia and Central Europe, Lowenthal studies international influences (especially U.S. policy) on prospects for democratic governance.

Lowenthal is founder and president of the USC-based Pacific Council on International Policy, which supports an active visiting speakers program, a visiting scholar program, research seminars and study groups. He also has served on the Mayor's International Trade Advisory Council for Los Angeles.

He is the editor or co-editor of 12 books, most recently Constructing Democratic Governance: Latin America in the Mid-1990s. He has published some 115 journal articles and 140 newspaper pieces.