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Richard Bensel is the Gary S. Davis Professor in the Department of Government at Cornell University, where he has been a faculty member since completing his Ph.D. at Cornell. His primary research fields include American Politics and Political Economy, focusing on American political development, political institutions, and the dynamics of political parties and elections within the United States. Through his work, he explores the comparative state formation and the philosophical underpinnings of social science, often examining the complexities of political culture and institutional change. Bensel is dedicated to integrating empirical research methods with philosophical inquiry in the social sciences, encouraging a multidisciplinary approach to the study of political phenomena.
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