Michael Albertus is a Professor of Political Science at the University of Chicago. He studies how countries allocate opportunity and well-being among their citizens and the consequences this has for society, why some countries are democratic and others aren’t, and why some societies fall into civil conflict.
Books in order of publication:
Autocracy and Redistribution: The Politics of Land Reform – 2015
Coercive Distribution – 2018
Authoritarianism and the Elite Origins of Democracy – 2018
Property without Rights: Origins and Consequences of the Property Rights Gap – 2021
Land Power: Who Has It, Who Doesn’t, and How That Determines the Fate of Societies – 2025
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