Robert H. Bates is the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University. His most recent book is Prosperity and Violence. He was a 2001 Carnegie Scholar.
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Robert H. Bates is the Eaton Professor of the Science of Government at Harvard University. His most recent book is Prosperity and Violence. He was a 2001 Carnegie Scholar.
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