scrosen@bu.edu

Steve Rosenzweig is an assistant professor of political science. He studies comparative politics with a focus on democracy, political violence, and electoral accountability. He teaches courses on comparative politics, political violence, democratic erosion, and research methods, and is a co-coordinator of the department’s Research in Comparative Politics Workshop. Rosenzweig’s work has been published in the Quarterly Journal of Political Science, Political Behavior, Electoral Studies, and Research & Politics. His book–Voter Backlash and Elite Misperception: The Logic of Violence in Electoral Competition–was published by Cambridge University Press in June 2023. It analyzes why politicians use violence as an electoral tactic and how it affects voting behavior. Current projects include work on social norms and ethnic voting; conceptualizing election-related violence; and the effect of law enforcement partisanship on political violence.

Kenya, Tanzania, Elections, Conflict and Violence, Elites, Ethnicity, Civil Society