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david collier american 200 px political science harvard university -lrb- 2000 -- present -rrb- competitive authoritarianism informal institutions brookline , massachusetts , usa steven levitsky.jpg steven levitsky
 steven levitsky university university -lrb- b.a. -rrb- of california , berkeley -lrb- ph.d -rrb- stanford
steven levitsky

steven levitsky -lrb- born 1968 -rrb- is an american political scientist and professor of government at harvard university .
a comparative political scientist , his research interests focus on latin america and include political parties and party systems , authoritarianism and democratization , and weak and informal institutions .
he is notable for his work on competitive authoritarian regimes and informal political institutions .
at harvard , levitsky also serves on the executive committees of both the weatherhead center for international affairs and the david rockefeller center for latin american studies .
he has taught at the pontifical catholic university of peru .
