Robert Bates

Robert H. Bates is a U.S. academic, currently the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University. His area of focus is on political economy, specifically development. Most of his work focuses on Africa. He is the author of some 15 books.

Professor Bates' [http://people.iq.harvard.edu/~rbates/ academic website] provides more information about his current research and courses.

elected works

* "Africa and the disciplines: the contributions of research in Africa to the social sciences and humanities", (editor), ISBN 0-226-03900-5, Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1993
* "Essays on the Political Economy of Rural Africa (California Series on Social Choice and Political Economy, No 8)", ISBN 0-521-24563-X, Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1983
* "Markets and States in Tropical Africa: The Political Basis of Agricultural Policies", ISBN 0-520-04253-0, Berkeley: University of California Press, c. 1981
* "Prosperity and Violence: The Political Economy of Development", ISBN 0-393-05038-6, New York : Norton, c. 2001