Javier Corrales

Javier Corrales is the Dwight W. Morrow 1895 Professor of Political Science at Amherst College in Amherst, Massachusetts. His research focuses on democratisation, democratic governance, democratic backsliding, populism, and authoritarianism. He has published eight books and more than 50 research articles and book chapters. His latest book, Autocracy Rising (Brookings Institution Press, 2023), discusses how Venezuela became a dictatorship and draws comparisons from various cases in the region. He periodically teaches short courses at the University of Amsterdam and frequently writes op-eds for The New York Times, Foreign Policy, and the Washington Post. He obtained his PhD in government from Harvard University.