Kenneth F. Greene

I am an Associate Professor of Government at the University of Texas at Austin. My research focuses on authoritarian regimes as well as partisan competition in new democracies, with a particular emphasis on Mexico. My current projects include the effectiveness of vote-buying attempts, affective polarization, and governance in rural areas.

Against the Machine: Why Party Competition Disrupts Vote Buying

Selected Research Awards

2024

2017

2015

2008

2007

Best Paper Award, Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior (EPOVB) Section of the American Political Science Association.

Franklin L. Burdette/Pi Sigma Alpha Prize for the best paper presented at the previous annual meeting of the American Political Science Association.

Best Paper Award, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association.

Best Book Award, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association.

Best Paper Award, Comparative Democratization Section of the American Political Science Association.

Recent Publications

Against the Machine: Why Party Competition Disrupts Vote Buying

Kenneth F. Greene

New York: Cambridge University Press, 2026

Interacting as Equals: How Contact Can Promote Tolerance Among Opposing Partisans

Kenneth F. Greene, E. Rossiter, Enrique Seira, Alberto Simpser

Nature Human Behaviour, vol. 9, 2025, pp. 147-155

The Machine Works: Why Turnout Buying is More Effective than it Seems

Kenneth F. Greene

British Journal of Political Science, vol. 55(e13), 2025, pp. 1-30

Money Can't Buy You Love: Partisan Responses to Vote‐Buying Offers

Kenneth F. Greene

American Journal of Political Science, vol. 68, 2024, pp. 644–660

Kenneth F. Greene

Department of Government

The University of Texas at Austin

158 W 21st ST STOP A1800
Austin, TX 78712-1704

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