José Incio

Ph.D in Political Science

University of Pittsburgh

Hi and welcome! I am a Ph.D Candidate at the University of Pittsburgh. My dissertation explores the causes and consequences of candidates with low democratic commitment on developing democracies.

I have published in Comparative Politics Studies, and peer-reviewed journals in Latin America such as Revista de Ciencia Política-Chile. I am from Peru, where I taught classes on statistics and methodology at the Pontificia Universidad Católica, and University Antonio Ruiz de Montoya.

I won the National Prize Digital Democracy 2021 for the initiative decidebien

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Interests

Subnational Politics
Democracy
Representation
Political Methodology

Education

PhD in Political Science, 2022

University of Pittsburgh
Ms in Arts - Political Science, 2018

University of Pittsburgh
BSc & Lic Political Science, 2009

Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú

Featured Publications

Leonardo Gentil-Fernandes, Jõao V. Guedes-Neto, José Incio

February 2022 CPS

From Drug Lords to Police State:The Effects of Order Transition on Local Economies

What is the effect on local economies when the state intervenes to capture its own territoriesback from non-state actors?

Alisha Holland, José Incio

September 2018 CPS

Imperfect Recall: The Politics of Subnational Office Removals

Why do some citizens remove the same politicians that they elected from office? This article examines the use of recall referenda, an increasingly prevalent process in which citizens organize a vote to remove politicians from office before they complete their terms

Publications

Leonardo Gentil-Fernandes, Jõao V. Guedes-Neto, José Incio (2022). From Drug Lords to Police State:The Effects of Order Transition on Local Economies. CPS.

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Alisha Holland, José Incio (2018). Imperfect Recall: The Politics of Subnational Office Removals. CPS.

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Moisés Arce, José Incio (2018). Peru 2017: An extreme case of divided government. Revista de Ciencia Politica.

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José Incio, Sinesio López (2016). La política y la desigualdad de ingresos en el Perú. In La desigualdad de ingresos en el Perú- Orígenes históricos y dinámica política y económica.

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