Kenneth F. Greene

I am an Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. My research focuses on authoritarian regimes as well as partisan competition in new democracies, with a particular emphasis on Mexico. My current projects include the effectiveness of vote-buying attempts, affective polarization, and governance in rural areas.

Why Dominant Parties Lose

Mexico's Evolving Democracy

Against the Machine: Why Party Competition Disrupts Vote Buying

This is a temporary cover design that I made while the book is in production. Cambridge will make the final design.

Selected Research Awards

Best Paper Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (EPOVB) Section of the American Political Science Association, 2024.

Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Prize for the best paper presented at the previous annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, 2017.

Best Paper Award, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association, 2015.

Best Book Award, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association, 2008.

Best Paper Award, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association, 2007.