Kenneth M. Roberts teaches comparative and Latin America politics, with an emphasis on the political economy of development, party systems, and political representation. He obtained his Ph.D. from Stanford University in 1992, then taught at the University of New Mexico before joining the faculty at Cornell. He is the author of Deepening Democracy? The Modern Left and Social Movements in Chile and Peru (Stanford University Press, 1998), along with a forthcoming manuscript from Cambridge University Press on the transformation of party systems in Latin America's neoliberal era. His research on Latin American populism, electoral volatility, party system change, and the social bases of political representation has been published in a number of scholarly journals, including American Political Science Review, World Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Comparative Politics, Studies in Comparative International Development, Politics and Society, and Latin American Politics and Society. He has conducted research in Chile, Peru, Venezuela, and Argentina, with funding support from Fulbright, MacArther, Mellon, and National Science Foundation grants.

Curriculum Vitae

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate Courses:
Govt 400: Democracy in Latin America

Graduate Courses:
Proseminar in Comparative Politics

Selected Publications:
Populism, Political Conflict, and Grass-Roots Organization in Latin America: A Comparison of Fujimori and Chavez

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