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Susan Stokes Office: Pick Hall 504 Phone: (773) 702-7664 Email Interests:

Democratic Theory and Politics, Distributive Politics, Comparative Political Behavior

Tiffany and Margaret Blake Distinguished Service Professor of Political Science

Stanford University, PhD '88

Professor Stokes research and teaching interests include democratic theory and how democracy functions in developing societies, distributive politics, and comparative political behavior. Her single and co-authored books include Mandates and Democracy: Neoliberalism by Surprise in Latin America (2001), Brokers, Voters, and Clientelism: The Puzzle of Distributive Politics (2013), and Why Bother? Rethinking Participation in Elections and Protests (2019). She is a member of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. 

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