Michael Albertus

Michael Albertus is an associate professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He is author, most recently, of Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy.

Articles by Michael Albertus

Jair Bolsonaro waves to the crowd during a military event in São Paulo on May 3. (Nelson Almeida/AFP/Getty Images)

The Military Returns to Brazilian Politics

Argument

Michael Albertus

October 8, 2018, 8:29 AM

The Swanepoel children play in the driveway of the grounds of their family's guest lodge on a farm in Limpopo province, South Africa on October 31, 2017.
(GULSHAN KHAN/AFP/Getty Images) — The Swanepoel children play in the driveway of the grounds of their family's guest lodge on a farm in Limpopo province, South Africa on October 31, 2017. (GULSHAN KHAN/AFP/Getty Images)

There’s a Better Way to Take White Farmers’ Land

Argument

Michael Albertus

August 27, 2018, 3:37 PM

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This Land Was Your Land

Argument

Michael Albertus

November 13, 2015, 3:10 PM

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South Africa, Unequal by Design

Argument

Michael Albertus, Victor Menaldo

January 3, 2014, 8:30 PM

MARWAN NAAMANI/AFP/Getty Images

The Odds are Good for Egypt

Argument

Michael Albertus, Victor Menaldo

July 18, 2013, 3:00 PM

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Chavez Rides Again

Argument

Michael Albertus

October 9, 2012, 10:13 PM

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Burma Can Bring It

Argument

Michael Albertus, Victor Menaldo

May 14, 2012, 5:36 PM

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Needles Into Ploughshares

Argument

Oliver Kaplan, Michael Albertus

April 12, 2012, 10:38 PM

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