Adam Przeworski is the Carroll and Milton Petrie Professor of European Studies and Professor of Politics and Economics at New York University. He earned his M.A. in Philosophy and Sociology from the University of Warsaw and Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University.

Professor Przeworski studies the relationship between democracy, capitalism and economic development.

Representative Publications

Przeworski, Adam. “The Poor and the Viability of Democracy.” Poverty, Participation and Democracy: A Global Perspective (2008): 125-147.

Gandhi, Jennifer, and Adam Przeworski. “Authoritarian Institutions and the Survival of Autocrats.” Comparative Political Studies (2007).

Benhabib, Jess, and Adam Przeworski. “The Political Economy of Redistribution Under Democracy.” Economic Theory 29.2 (2006): 271-290.