James Loxton

James Loxton is a Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the University of Sydney. His research focuses on authoritarian regimes, democratization, and political parties, with a focus on Latin America. He is the author of Conservative Party-Building in Latin America: Authoritarian Inheritance and Counterrevolutionary Struggle (Oxford University Press, 2021) and co-editor of Life after Dictatorship: Authoritarian Successor Parties Worldwide (Cambridge University Press, 2018). His work has appeared in a range of scholarly and popular outlets, including Democratization, the Journal of Democracy, the Sydney Morning Herald, the Washington Post, and the New York Times. He holds a PhD in Government From Harvard University.