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Overview

Andreas Schedler is affiliated with the Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas in Mexico. Their academic work primarily focuses on social sciences, with a particular emphasis on sociology, political science, and international relations.

Their recent scholarly contributions include several published papers covering a range of topics related to political conflict, governance, crime, and political philosophy. Notable recent papers include:

  • Rethinking Political Polarization, 2023, Political Science Quarterly
  • Democratic Reciprocity, 2020, Journal of Political Philosophy
  • An ambiguous tool of demos accountability: taking the metaphorical concept of majoritarian tyranny seriously, 2021, Political Research Exchange
  • ¿Borrón sin cuenta nueva? La injusticia transicional en guerras civiles económicas, 2021, Perfiles Latinoamericanos
  • Making Sense of Electoral Violence: The Narrative Frame of Organised Crime in Mexico, 2022, Journal of Latin American Studies

Throughout their career, Schedler has frequently published in several prominent venues, including:

  • Latin American Politics and Society
  • Journal of Latin American Studies
  • Political Science Quarterly
  • Journal of Political Philosophy
  • Political Research Exchange

Their collaborations feature repeated partnerships with several coauthors and academic institutions. Frequent collaborators include:

  • Alfred P. Montero
  • Carleton College
  • Senior Juan
  • Pablo Luna
  • Eleanor Lahn

Schedler's research spans a number of key topics, demonstrating a focus on crime, political conflict, and governance. These topics include:

  • Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Crime, Deviance, and Social Control
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Peacebuilding and International Security
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics

Their academic work reflects an interest in exploring political dynamics within Latin America and beyond, addressing both theoretical questions in political philosophy and practical issues such as electoral violence and accountability in democratic systems.

Best Publications

  • Elections Without Democracy: The Menu of Manipulation

    Andreas Schedler

  • Electoral Authoritarianism: The Dynamics of Unfree Competition

    Andreas Schedler

  • The Self Restraining State: Power and Accountability in New Democracies

    Andreas Schedler;Larry Jay Diamond;Marc F. Plattner

  • The Politics of Uncertainty: Sustaining and Subverting Electoral Authoritarianism

    Andreas Schedler

  • What is Democratic Consolidation

    Andreas Schedler

  • Anti-Political-Establishment Parties

    Andreas Schedler

  • The Nested Game of Democratization by Elections

    Andreas Schedler

  • The Comparative Study of Electoral Governance—Introduction:

    Shaheen Mozaffar;Andreas Schedler

  • Measuring Democratic Consolidation

    Andreas Schedler

  • Democrats with adjectives: Linking direct and indirect measures of democratic support

    Andreas Paul Schedler;Rodolfo Sarsfield

  • Authoritarianism's Last Line of Defense

    Andreas Schedler

  • What is Vote Buying

    Andreas Schedler;Frederic Charles Schaffer

  • "El voto es nuestro": Cómo los ciudadanos mexicanos perciben el clientelismo electoral

    Andreas Schedler

  • Taking Uncertainty Seriously: The Blurred Boundaries of Democratic Transition and Consolidation

    Andreas Paul Schedler

  • The End of Politics? Explorations into Modern Antipolitics

    Andreas Schedler

  • Lessons from Europe

    Sheri Berman

  • Democracy and Time: An Invitation

    Andreas Schedler;Javier Santiso

  • Judgment and Measurement in Political Science

    Andreas Paul Schedler

  • The End of Politics

    Andreas Schedler

  • The Democratic Revelation

    Andreas Schedler

  • The Criminal Subversion of Mexican Democracy

    Andreas Paul Schedler

  • The Mobilization of Distrust

    Andreas Schedler

  • The Comparative Study of Electoral Governance

    Andreas Schedler;Shaheen Mozaffar

Frequent Co-Authors

Cas Mudde
Cas Mudde University of Georgia
Larry Diamond
Larry Diamond Stanford University
Jonathan A Fox
Jonathan A Fox American University
Juan J. Linz
Juan J. Linz Yale University
Marc F. Plattner
Marc F. Plattner National Endowment for Democracy

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