Roderic Ai Camp

Roderic Ai Camp
Born	1945 (age 78–79) Colfax, Washington
Citizenship	United States
Alma mater	George Washington University and University of Arizona.[2]
Scientific career
Fields	Mexican studies
Institutions	Claremont McKenna College[1]
Notes
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Roderic Ai Camp (born 1945) is an American academic specialized in

On 15 October 2009, Camp received a Doctor of Humane Letters honorary degree from St. Olaf College.^[1]

In September, 2017, he received the Order of the Aztec Eagle Medal, the highest award the Mexican government can award a foreigner, for his contributions to Mexicans and Mexico.

In 2017, he became a Global Scholar, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, Smithsonian Institution.

Selected publications

Camp has written more than thirty books, most of them on topics related to

• The Role of Economists in Policy Making: A Comparative Study of Mexico and the United States (University of Arizona Press, 1977)
• Mexico's Leaders, Their Education and Recruitment (University of Arizona Press, 1980).
• The Making of a Government: The Socialization of Political Leaders in Post-Revolutionary Mexico (University of Arizona Press, 1984). Winner of the "Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1985".^[2]
• Intellectuals and the State in Twentieth Century Mexico (University of Texas Press, 1985). Winner of the "Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1986".^[2]
• Mexico's Political Stability, the Next Five Years (Editor, Westview Press, 1986).
• Memoirs of a Mexican Politician (University of New Mexico Press, 1988).
• Entrepreneurs and Politics in Twentieth Century Mexico (Oxford University Press, 1989).
• Mexican Political Biographies, 1884-1935 (University of Texas Press, 1991).
• Generals in the Palacio, the Military in Modern Mexico (Oxford University Press, 1992).
• Who's Who in Mexico Today (Westview Press, 1993). Winner of the "Choice Outstanding Reference Book, 1988".^[2]
• Politics in Mexico, the Democratic Consolidation (Oxford University Press, 2007). Winner of the "Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 1993"^[2] and recommended in the Council on Foreign Relations Reading List on Mexican Politics blog by Shannon O'Neil, August 18, 2009.
• The Successor, A Political Thriller (University of New Mexico Press, 1993).
• Mexican Political Biographies, 1935-1993 (University of Texas Press, 1995). Winner of the "American Reference Book Annual Outstanding Reference Book" and "Choice Outstanding Academic Book".^[2]
• Political Recruitment Across Two Centuries, Mexico, 1884-1999 (University of Texas Press, 1995).
• Crossing Swords, Politics and Religion in Mexico (Oxford University Press, 1997).
• Editor, Citizen Views of Democracy in Latin America (University of Pittsburgh Press, 2001).
• Mexico's Mandarins, Crafting a Power Elite for the 21st Century (University of California Press, 2002).
• Mexico's Military on the Democratic Stage (
  Center for Strategic & International Studies/Praeger
  , 2005).
• Politics in Mexico, The Democratic Consolidation (Oxford University Press, 2007).
• The Metamorphosis of Leadership in a Democratic Mexico (Oxford University Press, 2010).
• Mexico, What Everyone Needs to Know (Oxford University Press, 2011).
• Mexican Political Biographies, 1939-2009 4th edit. (University of Texas Press, 2011)Winner of the "Choice Outstanding Academic Book, 2011"
• Oxford Handbook of Mexican Politics (Oxford University Press, 2012).
• Politics in Mexico, Democratic Consolidation or Decline? (Oxford University Press, 2013).
• Mexico, What Everyone Needs to Know" 2nd edit. (Oxford University Press, 2017).
• Politics in Mexico, The Path of a New Democracy (Oxford University Press, 2019).