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Overview

Robert R. Kaufman is affiliated with Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey in the United States. Their research primarily encompasses the field of Social Sciences with a focus on several key subfields including Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, and Law.

Their scholarly work addresses a range of topics such as Political Conflict and Governance, Populism and Right-Wing Movements, Electoral Systems and Political Participation, Judicial and Constitutional Studies, and Politics and Society in Latin America.

Recent publications by Robert R. Kaufman include:

  • The Anatomy of Democratic Backsliding, 2021, Journal of democracy
  • Federalism and Democratic Backsliding in Comparative Perspective, 2024, Perspectives on Politics

The scientist has collaborated frequently with the following coauthors:

  • Stephan Haggard
  • R. Daniel Kelemen
  • Burcu Kolcak

Kaufman's publications appear in journals such as:

  • Journal of democracy
  • Perspectives on Politics

In addition to journal articles, Robert R. Kaufman has contributed to books published by major academic presses. These include:

  • Backsliding, published by Cambridge University Press in 2021
  • Development, Democracy, and Welfare States, published by Princeton University Press in 2020

Best Publications

  • The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • Development, democracy, and welfare states

    Stephan Haggard

  • The Politics of Economic Adjustment: International Constraints, Distributive Conflicts and the State

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman;Peter B. Evans

  • Development, democracy, and welfare states : Latin America, East Asia, and Eastern Europe

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • Globalization, Domestic Politics, and Social Spending in Latin America: A Time-Series Cross-Section Analysis, 1973-97

    Robert R. Kaufman;Alex Segura-Ubiergo

  • The Politics of Economic Adjustment

    William Diebold;Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • Inequality and Regime Change: Democratic Transitions and the Stability of Democratic Rule

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • Backsliding

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  • The Patron-Client Concept and Macro-Politics: Prospects and Problems

    Robert R. Kaufman

  • The Political Economy of Latin American Populism

    Robert R Kaufman;Barbara Stallings

  • Crucial needs, weak incentives : social sector reform, democratization, and globalization in Latin America

    Robert R. Kaufman;Joan M. Nelson

  • INTRODUCTION. Institutions and Economic Adjustment

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions

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  • A Preliminary Test of the Theory of Dependency

    Robert R. Kaufman;Harry I. Chernotsky;Daniel S. Geller

  • Dictators and Democrats

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • Debt And Democracy In Latin America

    Barry Ames;Barbara Stallings;Robert Kaufman

  • Dictators and Democrats: Masses, Elites, and Regime Change

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • The Challenges of Consolidation

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • Correct voting across thirty-three democracies: A preliminary analysis

    Richard R. Lau;Parina Patel;Dalia F. Fahmy;Robert R. Kaufman

  • Democratization During the Third Wave

    Stephan Haggard;Robert R. Kaufman

  • THE DISTRIBUTIVE CONSEQUENCES OF GLOBALIZATION

    Geoffrey Garrett;Stephan Haggard;Robert Kaufman;Ronald Rogowski

  • Backsliding: Democratic Regress in the Contemporary World

    Stephan Haggard;Robert Kaufman

  • Attitudes toward Economic Reform in Mexico: The Role of Political Orientations

    Robert R. Kaufman;Leo Zuckermann

  • Regionalism, Regime Transformation, and PRONASOL: The Politics of the National Solidarity Programme in Four Mexican States

    Robert R. Kaufman;Guillermo Trejo

  • The Political Economy of Democratic Transitions

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  • The Anatomy of Democratic Backsliding

    Stephan Haggard;Robert Kaufman

  • The Political Effects of Inequality in Latin America: Some

    Robert R. Kaufman;Daron Acemoglu;James A. Robinson;Larry M. Bartels

Frequent Co-Authors

Stephan Haggard
Stephan Haggard University of California, San Diego
János Kornai
János Kornai Corvinus University of Budapest
Richard R. Lau
Richard R. Lau Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Daniel Béland
Daniel Béland McGill University
James A. Robinson
James A. Robinson University of Chicago
Peter Evans
Peter Evans University of California, Berkeley
William Diebold
William Diebold Reed College
Sidney Tarrow
Sidney Tarrow Cornell University
David Collier
David Collier University of California, Berkeley

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