Steven Levitsky
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| Residence | Brookline, Massachusetts, United States |
| Nationality | American |
| Fields | Political science |
| Institutions | Harvard University (2000–Present) |
| Alma mater |
University of California, Berkeley (Ph.D) Stanford University (B.A.) |
| Doctoral advisor | David Collier |
| Known for |
Competitive authoritarianism Informal institutions |
Steven Levitsky (born January 17, 1968) is an American political scientist and Professor of Government at Harvard University. A comparative political scientist, his research interests focus on Latin America and include political parties and party systems, authoritarianism and democratization, and weak and informal institutions. He is notable for his work on competitive authoritarian regimes and informal political institutions.
At Harvard, Levitsky also serves on the Executive Committees of both the Weatherhead Center for International Affairs and the David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies. He has taught at the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru.
Levitsky received a B.A. in Political Science from Stanford University in 1990 and a Ph.D, also in Political Science, from the University of California, Berkeley in 1999.
After obtaining his Ph.D. in 1999, Levitsky was a Visiting Fellow at the University of Notre Dame's Kellogg Center for International Studies.
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