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Kenneth M. Roberts

Kenneth M. Roberts

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Political Science

D-Index
28
Citations
5645
World Ranking
1334
National Ranking
667

Overview

Kenneth M. Roberts is affiliated with Cornell University in the United States and has contributed extensively to the field of social sciences, particularly within political science and international relations. Their work spans various topics related to Latin American politics and society, political conflict, governance, and social policy reform.

The scientist's research covers several main topics including:

  • Politics and Society in Latin America
  • Political Conflict and Governance
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Crime, Deviance, and Social Control

Kenneth M. Roberts has authored multiple papers published in notable venues. Selected recent publications include:

  • Populism and Polarization in Comparative Perspective: Constitutive, Spatial and Institutional Dimensions, 2021, Government and Opposition
  • Performing Crisis? Trump, Populism and the GOP in the Age of COVID-19, 2022, Government and Opposition

The scientist's publications have appeared frequently in the following journals and venues:

  • Government and Opposition
  • World Politics
  • The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science
  • Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política
  • Latin American Politics and Society

Kenneth M. Roberts collaborates regularly with a select group of co-authors, including:

  • Rachel Beatty Riedl
  • Diana Kapiszewski
  • Jennifer McCoy
  • Suzanne Mettler
  • Robert C. Lieberman

In addition to journal articles, the scientist has contributed to book literature with a publication by Cambridge University Press titled The Inclusionary Turn in Latin American Democracies (2021).

Their body of work falls mainly within political science and sociology, with research often intersecting development, economics, and health professions.

Best Publications

  • Neoliberalism and the Transformation of Populism in Latin America: The Peruvian Case

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • The Resurgence of the Latin American Left

    Steven Levitsky;Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Party Systems and Electoral Volatility in Latin America: A Test of Economic, Institutional, and Structural Explanations

    Kenneth M. Roberts;Erik Wibbels

  • Social inequalities without class cleavages in Latin America’s neoliberal era

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Populism, Political Conflict, and Grass-Roots Organization in Latin America

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Deepening Democracy?: The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Latin America's Populist Revival

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • The diffusion of social movements : actors, mechanisms, and political effects

    Rebecca Kolins Givan;Kenneth M. Roberts;Sarah Anne Soule

  • The Mobilization of Opposition to Economic Liberalization

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Social Correlates of Party System Demise and Populist Resurgence in Venezuela

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Market Reform, Programmatic (De)alignment, and Party System Stability in Latin America

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Party-Society Linkages and Democratic Representation in Latin America

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Neoliberalism and Lower-Class Voting Behavior in Peru:

    Kenneth M. Roberts;Moisés Arce

  • Beyond neoliberalism in Latin America? : societies and politics at the crossroads

    John Burdick;Philip Oxhorn;Kenneth M. Roberts

  • The Trump Presidency and American Democracy: A Historical and Comparative Analysis

    Robert C. Lieberman;Suzanne Mettler;Thomas B. Pepinsky;Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems in the Neoliberal Era

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • (Re)Politicizing Inequalities: Movements, Parties, and Social Citizenship in Chile

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • State of the Field

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Populism and democracy in Venezuela under Hugo Chávez

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  • Populism and Polarization in Comparative Perspective: Constitutive, Spatial and Institutional Dimensions

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Bipolar Disorders: Varieties of Capitalism and Populist Out-flanking on the Left and Right

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Populism and Political Parties

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • The Politics of Inequality and Redistribution in Latin America's Post-Adjustment Era

    Kenneth M. Roberts

  • Crises of Representation and Populist Challenges to Liberal Democracy

    Kenneth M. Roberts

Frequent Co-Authors

Sarah A. Soule
Sarah A. Soule Stanford University
Suzanne Mettler
Suzanne Mettler Cornell University
Colin Crouch
Colin Crouch University of Warwick
Erik Wibbels
Erik Wibbels Duke University
Thomas B. Pepinsky
Thomas B. Pepinsky Cornell University
Donatella Della Porta
Donatella Della Porta Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Philippe C. Schmitter
Philippe C. Schmitter European University Institute
Sidney Tarrow
Sidney Tarrow Cornell University
Sheila Jasanoff
Sheila Jasanoff Harvard University
David Collier
David Collier University of California, Berkeley

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