Publications

2026 Comparative Perspectives: Argentina, Ecuador, and Uruguay Kenneth Roberts · Polarization and Democracy in Latin America · Scholar only — 2026 Conclusion. Polarization, Democracy, and the Leftist Dilemma Kenneth Roberts · Polarization and Democracy in Latin America · Scholar only — 2026 INTRODUCTION. Democracy and Polarization in Latin America Kenneth Roberts · Polarization and Democracy in Latin America · Scholar only — 2026 Latin America's" New" Polarization: A Multidimensional Approach Kenneth Roberts · Polarization and Democracy in Latin America · Scholar only — 2026 The Left Turn, Democracy, and Dynamics of Polarization Kenneth Roberts · Polarization and Democracy in Latin America · Scholar only — 2026 The Populist Left and the Autocratic Temptation Kenneth Roberts · Polarization and Democracy in Latin America · Scholar only — 2026 The Social Democratic Left and the Conformist Temptation Kenneth Roberts · Polarization and Democracy in Latin America · Scholar only — 2025 Democratic Backsliding, Resilience, and Resistance Kenneth Roberts · World Politics · Scholar only · needs review 102 2025 Global Challenges to Democracy: Backsliding, Resiliency, and Democratic Theory Kenneth Roberts · Cambridge University Press eBooks · Scholar only · needs review 6 2025 Global Challenges to Democracy: Comparative Perspectives on Backsliding, Autocracy, and Resilience Kenneth Roberts · Cambridge University Press · Scholar only 16 2025 Is Democracy Broken? Disinformation Wants You to Think That It Is Kenneth Roberts · politics · Scholar only 2 2025 Polarization and Democracy in Latin America Kenneth Roberts · Polarization and Democracy in Latin America · Scholar only 4 2024 Authoritarianism in South America: Historical Patterns and Contemporary Forms Kenneth Roberts · Scholar only · needs review — 2024 Democratic Backsliding: How It Happens and How It Can Be Countered Kenneth Roberts · Annals of American Academy of Political and Social Science · Scholar only 1 2024 From Revolution to Reform: Latin America's Transitions, Discontents, and Challenges in the 20th century Kenneth Roberts · Multidisciplinary Journal of Management, Economics, and Accounting · Scholar only — 2024 Introduction: The New Polarization in Latin America Kenneth Roberts · Latin American Politics and Society · Scholar only 54 2024 Pathways of Democratic Backsliding, Resistance, and (Partial) Recoveries Kenneth Roberts · The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · Scholar only · needs review 48 2024 Performing Crisis? Trump, Populism and the GOP in the Age of COVID-19 Kenneth Roberts · Government and Opposition · Scholar only · needs review 47 2024 Populist Resiliency Kenneth Roberts · Still the Age of Populism?: Re-examining Theories and Concepts · Scholar only — 2024 Structural and Institutional Sources of Populist Resiliency Kenneth Roberts · Still the Age of Populism? · Scholar only 5 2023 Populism and Social Class: Constituting “the People” and Cleaving the Political Field Kenneth Roberts · Populism and Key Concepts in Social and Political Theory. Leiden: Brill · Scholar only 2 2023 Social Movements and Party Politics Kenneth Roberts · Oxford University Press eBooks · Scholar only 9 2022 Critical Junctures, Contingency, and Models of Institutional Change Kenneth Roberts · Critical Junctures and Historical Legacies · Scholar only 5 2022 Democratic vulnerabilities and pathways for reform Kenneth Roberts · The ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science · Scholar only 19 2022 Polarization and the durability of Madisonian checks and balances Kenneth Roberts · Scholar only 8 2022 Tenuous Pacts and Multiparty Coalitions: The Politics of Presidential Impeachment in Latin America Kenneth Roberts · Journal of Latin American Studies · Scholar only 15 2022 The United States Kenneth Roberts · Populists and the Pandemic · Scholar only 13 2021 (AÚN) LA EXCEPCIÓN Y NO LA REGLA: LA DERECHA POPULISTA RADICAL EN AMÉRICA LATINA Kenneth Roberts · Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política · Scholar only 134 2021 Citizen Organizing and Partisan Polarization from the Tea Party to the Anti-Trump Resistance Kenneth Roberts · Democratic Resilience · Scholar only 6 2021 Democratic Resilience: Can the United States Withstand Rising Polarization? Kenneth Roberts · Cambridge University Press · Scholar only 44 2021 How Democracies Endure: The Challenges of Polarization and Sources of Resilience Kenneth Roberts · Democratic Resilience · Scholar only 1 2021 Laboratories of what? Kenneth Roberts · Democratic resilience · Scholar only 4 2021 Populism and Polarization in Comparative Perspective: Constitutive, Spatial and Institutional Dimensions Kenneth Roberts · Government and Opposition · Scholar only 237 2021 Still the exception and not the rule: The populist radical right in Latin America Kenneth Roberts · Revista Uruguaya de Ciencia Política · Scholar only 6 2021 The Inclusionary Turn and Its Political Limitations Kenneth Roberts · Cambridge University Press eBooks · Scholar only 13 2020 Understanding Populism Through Difference: The Significance of Economic and Social Axes. An Interview with Kenneth Roberts, Cornell University Kenneth Roberts · disClosure: A Journal of Social Theory · Scholar only — 2019 Bipolar Disorders: Varieties of Capitalism and Populist Out-Flanking on the Left and Right Kenneth Roberts · Polity · Scholar only 71 2019 Crises of Representation and Populist Challenges to Liberal Democracy Kenneth Roberts · Chinese Political Science Review · Scholar only 48 2019 Parties, Populism, and Democratic Decay Kenneth Roberts · Cambridge University Press eBooks · Scholar only 29 2019 The Trump Presidency and American Democracy: A Historical and Comparative Analysis Kenneth Roberts · Perspectives on Politics · Scholar only 237 2018 Democratization in Unlikely Places: Comparative Lessons from the Latin American Experience Kenneth Roberts · Middle East Law and Governance · Scholar only — 2018 Left, right, and the populist structuring of political competition Kenneth Roberts · Routledge handbook of global populism · Scholar only 49 2018 Populism, Democracy, and Resistance Kenneth Roberts · Oxford University Press eBooks · Scholar only 7 2018 The Paradoxes of Democracy and the Rule of Law Kenneth Roberts · Cambridge University Press eBooks · Scholar only 10 2017 Chilean Social Movements and Party Politics in Comparative Perspective: Conceptualizing Latin America’s “Third Generation” of Anti-Neoliberal Protest Kenneth Roberts · Palgrave Macmillan US eBooks · Scholar only 33 2017 Periodization and Party System Institutionalization in Latin America: A Reply to Mainwaring Kenneth Roberts · Government and Opposition · Scholar only 3 2017 Pitfalls And Opportunities: Lessons From The Study Of Critical Junctures In Latin America Kenneth Roberts · eScholarship (California Digital Library) · Scholar only 19 2017 Populism and Political Parties Kenneth Roberts · Oxford University Press eBooks · Scholar only 133 2017 State of the Field Kenneth Roberts · European Journal of Political Research · Scholar only 115 2017 The Italian crisis in comparative perspective Kenneth Roberts · Italy from Crisis to Crisis: Political Economy, Security, and Society in the · Scholar only 5