Prajakta Gupte

Comparative Politics, International Relations

Website: pgupte.com

Research Interests: : Civil-military relations | Democratization | Global South | Party systems | Authoritarian regimes

I am a Ph.D. Candidate at the Department of Political Science, University of
Florida. My dissertation focuses on how military entrepreneurship has influenced democratization in some Southeast Asian and Latin American countries. Broadly, my research deals with issues related to civil-military relations, persistence of authoritarian regimes and challenges to democratic consolidation in the Global South.