Assistant Professor of Political Science
Ohio State University

Background

Sarah M. Brooks is an assistant professor of political science at Ohio State University. Her research interests are comparative and international political economy, development, comparative social policy and Latin American politics.

Dr. Brooks earned her A.B. in political science from University of Chicago, and her M.A. and Ph.D. in political science from Duke University.

Research Projects for the Center for Retirement Research

Completed
"Lashed to the Mast?: The Politics of Notional Defined Contribution Pension Reforms" (with R. Kent Weaver), Working Paper, #2005-04, January 2005.

Selected Publications

• Brooks, Sarah M. 2005. "Interdependent and Domestic Foundations of Policy Change: The Diffusion of Pension Privitization Around the World." International Studies Quarterly, Vol. 49, 2: 273-294.
• Brooks, Sarah M. 2003. “International Financial Institutions and the Diffusion of Foreign Models of Social Security Reform in Latin America.” In Kurt Weyland, Ed. Learning from Foreign Models in Latin American Policy Reform. Woodrow Wilson Center Press, and Johns Hopkins University Press.
• Brooks, Sarah M. 2002. “Social Protection and Economic Integration: the Politics of Pension Reform in an Era of Capital Mobility.” Comparative Political Studies, Vol. 35, 5 (June): 491-525.

Links

• Sarah Brooks' Home Page