Alexander Lee earned his PhD from Stanford and his BA from Yale. His research focuses on the factors governing the success or failure of political institutions. In particular, his work focuses on the historical evolution of state capacity, the political economy of South Asia, the causes and consequences of identity politics, and bureaucratic politics.  His work uses quantitative methods, historical sources, and fieldwork in rural India and has been published in many scholarly journals. He is the author of five books, of which the most recent are Democracy and Impunity: The Politics of Policing in Modern India (Oxford UP) and Colonial Origins of Democracy and Dictatorship (Cambridge UP).

Email: alexander.mark.lee@rochester.edu

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