| Markets and states in tropical Africa: the political basis of agricultural policies RH Bates Univ of California Press, 2014 | 4637 | 2014 |
| Structuring politics: historical institutionalism in comparative analysis RH Bates, E Comisso, P Lange, J Migdal, H Milner Cambridge University Press, 1992 | 2758 | 1992 |
| Comparative perspectives on social movements: Political opportunities, mobilizing structures, and cultural framings D McAdam, JD McCarthy, MN Zald Cambridge University Press, 1996 | 2353 | 1996 |
| Analytic narratives RH Bates, A Greif, M Levi, JL Rosenthal, BR Weingast Princeton University Press, 1998 | 1919 | 1998 |
| Internationalization and domestic politics E Comisso, J Migdal Cambridge University Press, 1996 | 1359 | 1996 |
| Policy, office, or votes?: how political parties in Western Europe make hard decisions T Bergman, E Comisso, J Migdal, H Milner Cambridge University Press, 1999 | 1289 | 1999 |
| When things fell apart RH Bates Cambridge University Press, 2015 | 1140 | 2015 |
| Democratic transitions DL Epstein, R Bates, J Goldstone, I Kristensen, S O'Halloran American journal of political science 50 (3), 551-569, 2006 | 1101 | 2006 |
| A global model for forecasting political instability JA Goldstone, RH Bates, DL Epstein, TR Gurr, MB Lustik, MG Marshall, ... American Journal of Political Science 54 (1), 190-208, 2010 | 1099 | 2010 |
| Prosperity and violence RH Bates WW Norton, 2001 | 1064 | 2001 |
| State power and social forces: domination and transformation in the Third World RH Bates, E Comisso Cambridge University Press, 1994 | 912 | 1994 |
| Beyond the miracle of the market: The political economy of agrarian development in Kenya RH Bates, RH Bates Cambridge University Press, 2005 | 886 | 2005 |
| Essays on the political economy of rural Africa RH Bates Univ of California Press, 1987 | 818 | 1987 |
| Modernization, ethnic competition, and the rationality of politics in contemporary Africa RH Bates State versus ethnic claims: African policy dilemmas 152, 171, 1983 | 642 | 1983 |
| Legislative politics in latin america RH Bates, E Comisso, J Migdal, H Milner Cambridge University Press, 2002 | 632 | 2002 |
| A note on taxation, development, and representative government RH Bates, DH Donald Lien Politics & Society 14 (1), 53-70, 1985 | 618 | 1985 |
| Political and economic interactions in economic policy reform R Bates, A Krueger Oxford: Blackwell, 1993 | 611* | 1993 |
| Open-economy politics: The political economy of the world coffee trade RH Bates Princeton University Press, 1999 | 475 | 1999 |
| Contra contractarianism: some reflections on the new institutionalism RH Bates Politics & Society 16 (2-3), 387-401, 1988 | 470 | 1988 |
| Ethnic competition and modernization in contemporary Africa RH Bates Comparative political studies 6 (4), 457-484, 1974 | 468 | 1974 |
