Steven Levitsky

24.3k citations
83 papers · 12.4k indexed · 9 hit papers · h-index 37

Impact in

  • Development top 0.05%
    • International Development and Aid
    • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
    • Politics and Society in Latin America
    • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
    • Social Policy and Reform Studies
    • Turkey's Politics and Society

Papers in

Steven Levitsky

77 papers receiving 10.6k citations

Hit Papers

Populism and competitive authoritarianism in the Andes 2013 · 228 citations
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Steven Levitsky
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  • Development 1.3k
  • Political Science and International Relations 8.3k
  • Sociology and Political Science 8.7k
  • Public Administration 329
  • Communication 471
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All Works

20 of 20 papers shown
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1 20246
2 20240
3 20220
4
The Crisis of American Democracy.
20206
5 20191
6 201920
7
Bagaimana Demokrasi Mati: Apa yang Diungkapkan Sejarah tentang Masa Depan Kita
20181
8
Is America Still Safe for Democracy
20178
9
Populism and competitive authoritarianism in the Andes
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2013228
10
The Resurgence of the Latin American Left
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2011371
11
Variation in Institutional Strength: Causes and Implications
20092
12
The Dynamics of Autocratic Coercive Capacity after the Cold War
20063
13 200425
14
Informal Institutions and Comparative Politics: A Research Agenda
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20041638
15 2003120
16 200343
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Una “Des-Organización Organizada” : organización informal y persistencia de estructuras partidarias locales en el peronismo argentino.
20012
18
Institutionalization and Peronism: The Case, the Concept, and the Case for Unpacking the Concept
19985
19
Between a Shock and Hard Place: The Dynamics of Labor-Backed Adjustment in Argentina and Poland
19984
20
Crisis, adaptación partidaria y estabilidad del régimen en la Argentina : el caso del peronismo, 1989-1995
19977

About Steven Levitsky

Steven Levitsky is a scholar working on Political Science and International Relations, Development, Sociology and Political Science, General Social Sciences and History, having authored 83 papers that have together received 12.4k indexed citations. Recurring topics across this work include Political Conflict and Governance (29 papers), Politics and Society in Latin America (25 papers), Latin American socio-political dynamics (12 papers), Populism, Right-Wing Movements (12 papers), Political and Social Dynamics in Chile and Latin America (9 papers), Electoral Systems and Political Participation (7 papers), Social Policy and Reform Studies (7 papers) and International Development and Aid (7 papers). The work is most often cited by research in Development (1.3k citations), Political Science and International Relations (8.3k citations), Sociology and Political Science (8.7k citations), Public Administration (329 citations) and Communication (471 citations). Steven Levitsky has collaborated with scholars based in United States, Canada and Philippines. Frequent co-authors include Lucan A. Way, Gretchen Helmke, María Victoria Murillo, James Loxton, Maxwell A. Cameron, David Collier, Beatriz Magaloni, Steven I. Wilkinson, Wolfgang C. Müller and Ethan Scheiner. Their work appears in journals such as Journal of democracy, Comparative Politics, World Politics, Party Politics and Perspectives on Politics.

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