Robert Fatton

1.1k total citations
37 papers, 545 citations indexed

About

Robert Fatton is a scholar working on Sociology and Political Science, Political Science and International Relations and Religious studies. According to data from OpenAlex, Robert Fatton has authored 37 papers receiving a total of 545 indexed citations (citations by other indexed papers that have themselves been cited), including 18 papers in Sociology and Political Science, 7 papers in Political Science and International Relations and 7 papers in Religious studies. Recurrent topics in Robert Fatton's work include Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (7 papers), Cuban History and Society (6 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 papers). Robert Fatton is often cited by papers focused on Caribbean and African Literature and Culture (7 papers), Cuban History and Society (6 papers) and Caribbean history, culture, and politics (4 papers). Robert Fatton collaborates with scholars based in United States, U.S. Virgin Islands and Ireland. Robert Fatton's co-authors include Tom Lodge, R. K. Raṁazani, Erika Bourguignon, Mary A. Renda, Jeffrey Sommers and Alex Dupuy and has published in prestigious journals such as Political Science Quarterly, The International Journal of African Historical Studies and Third World Quarterly.

In The Last Decade

Robert Fatton

32 papers receiving 366 citations

Peers — A (Enhanced Table)

Peers by citation overlap · career bar shows stage (early→late) cites · hero ref

Name	h						Papers	Cites
Robert Fatton United States	13	366	147	127	79	54	37	545
Andrew Phillips Australia	14	310 0.8×	296 2.0×	73 0.6×	62 0.8×	40 0.7×	41	498
Philip S. Zachernuk Canada	9	239 0.7×	75 0.5×	33 0.3×	225 2.8×	27 0.5×	19	458
Horace Campbell United States	9	257 0.7×	90 0.6×	97 0.8×	100 1.3×	46 0.9×	50	448
Siba N. Grovogui United States	11	350 1.0×	293 2.0×	82 0.6×	64 0.8×	31 0.6×	21	528
Leonard Binder United States	14	463 1.3×	454 3.1×	57 0.4×	47 0.6×	41 0.8×	43	733
David Sogge Spain	7	183 0.5×	83 0.6×	119 0.9×	44 0.6×	16 0.3×	21	331
Barry Carr Australia	13	280 0.8×	185 1.3×	14 0.1×	41 0.5×	39 0.7×	53	469
Chester A. Crocker United States	12	522 1.4×	354 2.4×	101 0.8×	38 0.5×	50 0.9×	44	708
Rupert Emerson United States	13	383 1.0×	318 2.2×	40 0.3×	95 1.2×	29 0.5×	65	707
Fred R. von der Mehden United States	11	319 0.9×	247 1.7×	46 0.4×	24 0.3×	40 0.7×	46	509

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20 of 20 papers shown

Fatton, Robert. (2025). Crisis and Institutional Collapse in Haiti. Current History. 124(859). 48–53. 1 indexed citations

Fatton, Robert. (2021). The Guise of Exceptionalism: Unmasking the National Narratives of Haiti and the United States. Project Muse (Johns Hopkins University). 3 indexed citations

Dupuy, Alex, et al.. (2016). Haiti and Its Occupation by the United States in 1915: Antecedents and Outcomes. 21(2). 10–43. 2 indexed citations

Fatton, Robert. (2013). Michel-Rolph Trouillot's State Against Nation: A Critique of the Totalitarian Paradigm. Small Axe A Caribbean Journal of Criticism. 17(3). 203–212. 2 indexed citations

Fatton, Robert. (2011). Haiti in the Aftermath of the Earthquake: The Politics of Catastrophe. Journal of Black Studies. 42(2). 158–185. 15 indexed citations

Fatton, Robert. (2007). The Roots of Haitian Despotism. Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks. 39 indexed citations

Fatton, Robert & R. K. Raṁazani. (2004). The future of liberal democracy : Thomas Jefferson and the contemporary world. Palgrave eBooks. 2 indexed citations

Bourguignon, Erika & Robert Fatton. (2003). Haiti's Predatory Republic: The Unending Transition to Democracy. The Antioch Review. 61(1). 180–180. 3 indexed citations

Fatton, Robert. (2002). Haiti's Predatory Republic. Lynne Rienner Publishers eBooks. 47 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (2000). Constitution without constitutionalism : Haiti and the vagaries of democratization. New West Indian Guide / Nieuwe West-Indische Gids. 74(1-2). 5–32. 1 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1999). Civil Society Revisited: Africa in the New Millennium. 1(1). 6 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1999). The Impairments of Democratization: Haiti in Comparative Perspective. Comparative Politics. 31(2). 209–209. 10 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1995). Africa in the Age of Democratization: The Civic Limitations of Civil Society. African Studies Review. 38(2). 67–67. 86 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1990). Liberal Democracy in Africa. Political Science Quarterly. 105(3). 455–473. 44 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1989). The State of African Studies and Studies of the African State: The Theoretical Softness of the , “Soft State”. Journal of Asian and African Studies. 24(3-4). 170–187. 6 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1988). Bringing the Ruling Class Back in: Class, State, and Hegemony in Africa. Comparative Politics. 20(3). 253–253. 29 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1987). The making of a liberal democracy. 5 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1986). Hegel and the Riddle of Poverty: The Limits of Bourgeois Political Economy. History of Political Economy. 18(4). 579–600. 3 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1985). A Reply to Thabo Mbeki. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 19(2). 433–436. 1 indexed citations

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Fatton, Robert. (1984). The African National Congress of South Africa: The Limitations of a Revolutionary Strategy. Canadian Journal of African Studies / Revue canadienne des études africaines. 18(3). 593–593. 2 indexed citations

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