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Kenneth M. Roberts is the Richard J. Schwartz Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University. He earned his Ph.D. from Stanford University, specializing in comparative Latin American politics. His teaching and research interests include democracy, political economy, and development, with a particular focus on the politics of inequality. Roberts' published work explores the intersections between political parties, social movements, and populism in Latin America. His recent book, co-edited with others, is titled 'Democratic Resilience: United States Withstand Rising Polarization' and was published by Cambridge University Press. He has also authored several significant publications, such as 'Changing Course in Latin America: Party Systems Neoliberal Era' and 'Deepening Democracy? Modern Left Social Movements in Chile and Peru'. Roberts' academic contributions extend to active involvement as a Fulbright scholar at Universidad Carlos III and as a visiting fellow at various prestigious institutions including the Institute for Advanced Study and the Centre for Social Movement Studies in Italy. He has served as Senior Associate Dean for Social Sciences in Cornell’s College of Arts and Sciences and has directed both the Latin American Caribbean Studies program and the Institute for Social Sciences at Cornell. His current research projects focus on polarization and democracy in contemporary Latin America and the related crises of democracy in the global arena.
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