Rebecca Weitz-Shapiro is an Associate Professor of Political Science. Her research explores the quality of representation, government accountability to citizens, and public opinion in lower and middle income democracies. Current projects include a field experiment on bureaucratic oversight in Argentina, large surveys on citizen oversight of corruption, and a conceptual and empirical project on access to state services and knowledge of social rights. She has extensive field work experience in Latin America.
Her book, "Curbing Clientelism in Argentina: Politics, Poverty, and Social Policy," was published with Cambridge University Press (2014) and received the Donna Lee Van Cott Award from the Political Institutions Section of the Latin American Studies Association. She has published articles in the American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, the Journal of Politics in Latin America, and elsewhere.
