Robert Hinrichs Bates (born 1942) is an American political scientist. He is Eaton Professor of the Science of Government in the Departments of Government and African and African American Studies at Harvard University. From 2000-2012, he served as Professeur associe, School of Economics, University of Toulouse. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert\_... Librarian Note: There is more than one author in the Goodreads database with this name.