2026 Susan C. Stokes: Political Science Researcher – H-Index, Publications & Awards

Discipline name	D-Index	World Ranking	Current World Ranking	National Ranking	Current National Ranking	Publications	Citations
Political Science	37	605	552	332	290	132	17025

Research.com Recognitions

2008 - Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
2006 - Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA)
2003 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Susan C. Stokes is affiliated with the University of Chicago in the United States. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with a focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, and Communication.

Their main topics of research include:

Electoral Systems and Political Participation
Social Media and Politics
Populism, Right-Wing Movements
Political Conflict and Governance
Experimental Behavioral Economics Studies
Pharmaceutical industry and healthcare
Dental Education, Practice, Research

Recent publications by Susan C. Stokes cover a range of topics and disciplines:

"Who will defend democracy? Evaluating tradeoffs in candidate support among partisan donors and voters" (2020), published in Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties
"Availability of 'Do-It-Yourself' orthodontics in the United Kingdom" (2021), published in Journal of Orthodontics
"Presidential Rhetoric and Populism" (2020), published in Presidential Studies Quarterly
"Income inequality and the erosion of democracy in the twenty-first century" (2024), published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
"Clientelism and development: is there a poverty trap?" (2021), published as a Working Paper

Frequent coauthors collaborating with Susan C. Stokes include:

Eli G. Rau
John M. Carey
Gretchen Helmke
Brendan Nyhan
Mitchell S. Sanders

Frequent publication venues for Susan C. Stokes's work consist of:

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties
Journal of Orthodontics
Presidential Studies Quarterly
British Journal of Political Science

Susan C. Stokes has been recognized with the following awards:

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences (2008)
Heinz I. Eulau Award, American Political Science Association (APSA) (2006)
Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (2003)

Best Publications

Perverse Accountability: A Formal Model of Machine Politics with Evidence from Argentina

Susan C. Stokes

1628
Citations
Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism: The Puzzle of Distributive Politics

Susan C. Stokes;Thad Dunning;Marcelo Nazareno;Valeria Brusco

1585
Citations
Democracy, accountability, and representation

Adam Przeworski;Susan Carol Stokes;Bernard Manin

1382
Citations
Vote Buying in Argentina

Valeria Brusco;Marcelo Nazareno;Susan Carol Stokes

888
Citations
Endogenous Democratization

Unknown

864
Citations
Mandates and Democracy: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America

Susan Carol Stokes

652
Citations
The Oxford handbook of comparative politics

Carles Boix;Susan Carol Stokes

553
Citations
Elections and representation

Bernard Manin;Adam Przeworski;Susan C. Stokes;Susan C. Stokes

463
Citations
POLITICAL PARTIES AND DEMOCRACY

S. C. Stokes

364
Citations
Brokers, voters and clientelism

Susan C. Stokes;Thad Dunning;Marcelo Nazareno;Valeria Brusco

309
Citations
Public support for market reforms in new democracies

Susan Carol Stokes

206
Citations
Political Clientelism

Unknown

176
Citations
Democracy, Accountability, and Representation: Introduction

Bernard Manin;Adam Przeworski;Susan C. Stokes

139
Citations
Cultures in Conflict: Social Movements and the State in Peru

Susan Carol Stokes

135
Citations
Patrons, Clients, and Policies: Monopoly and monitoring: an approach to political clientelism

Luis Fernando Medina;Susan C. Stokes

131
Citations
Public Opinion and Market Reforms:: The Limits of Economic Voting

Susan C. Stokes

129
Citations
THE SOCIAL BASES OF POLITICAL PARTIES IN ARGENTINA, 1912-2003

Noam Lupu;Susan C. Stokes

116
Citations
Why Do People Join Backlash Protests? Lessons from Turkey:

S. Erdem Aytaç;Luis Schiumerini;Susan Stokes

113
Citations
Democracy and the culture of skepticism : political trust in Argentina and Mexico

Matthew R. Cleary;Susan Carol Stokes

110
Citations
Economic Reform and Public Opinion in Peru, 1990-1995

Susan C. Stokes

110
Citations
Democracy, interrupted: Regime change and partisanship in twentieth-century Argentina

Noam Lupu;Susan C. Stokes

104
Citations
Searching for Bright Lines in the Trump Presidency

John M. Carey;Gretchen Helmke;Brendan Nyhan;Mitchell Sanders

89
Citations
Democratic Accountability and Policy Change: Economic Policy in Fujimori's Peru

Susan C. Stokes

77
Citations
Who will defend democracy? Evaluating tradeoffs in candidate support among partisan donors and voters

John Carey;Katherine Clayton;Gretchen Helmke;Brendan Nyhan

74
Citations
The Quality of Democracy: A Review Essay

Andrew Roberts;Robert S. Erikson;Michael Mackuen;James Stimson

15
Citations

Frequent Co-Authors

Adam Przeworski New York University

John M. Carey Dartmouth College

Brendan Nyhan Dartmouth College

Carles Boix Princeton University

Michael B. Mackuen University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

G. Bingham Powell University of Rochester

Margaret Levi Stanford University

Mark Bevir University of California, Berkeley

Robert S. Erikson Columbia University

Avinash Dixit Princeton University

External Links

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