| Markets and states in tropical Africa: the political basis of agricultural policies RH Bates Univ of California Press, 2014 | 5586 | 2014 |
| Analytic narratives RH Bates Princeton University Press, 1998 | 2366 | 1998 |
| Internationalization and domestic politics RO Keohane, HV Milner Cambridge University Press, 1996 | 1657 | 1996 |
| Policy, office, or votes?: how political parties in Western Europe make hard decisions WC Müller, K Strøm Cambridge University Press, 1999 | 1626 | 1999 |
| 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 | 1453 | 2010 |
| When things fell apart: State failure in late-century Africa RH Bates Cambridge University Press, 2015 | 1326 | 2015 |
| Democratic transitions DL Epstein, R Bates, J Goldstone, I Kristensen, S O'Halloran American journal of political science 50 (3), 551-569, 2006 | 1284 | 2006 |
| Prosperity and violence: The political economy of development RH Bates (No Title), 2001 | 1182 | 2001 |
| Active social capital: Tracing the roots of development and democracy A Krishna Columbia University Press, 2002 | 1082 | 2002 |
| Beyond the miracle of the market: The political economy of agrarian development in Kenya RH Bates Cambridge University Press, 2005 | 1048 | 2005 |
| Essays on the political economy of rural Africa RH Bates Univ of California Press, 1987 | 971 | 1987 |
| A note on taxation, development, and representative government RH Bates, DH Donald Lien Politics & Society 14 (1), 53-70, 1985 | 804 | 1985 |
| Modernization, ethnic competition, and the rationality of politics in contemporary Africa RH Bates State versus ethnic claims, 152-171, 2019 | 801 | 2019 |
| Political and economic interactions in economic policy reform R Bates, A Krueger Wallington: Blackwell, 1993 | 727* | 1993 |
| Ethnic competition and modernization in contemporary Africa RH Bates Comparative political studies 6 (4), 457-484, 1974 | 633 | 1974 |
| Contra contractarianism: some reflections on the new institutionalism RH Bates Politics & Society 16 (2-3), 387-401, 1988 | 605 | 1988 |
| Open-economy politics: The political economy of the world coffee trade RH Bates Princeton University Press, 1999 | 562 | 1999 |
| Organizing violence R Bates, A Greif, S Singh Journal of Conflict Resolution 46 (5), 599-628, 2002 | 447 | 2002 |
| Toward a political economy of development RH Bates University of California Press, 2020 | 407 | 2020 |
| The political economy of economic growth in Africa, 1960-2000 BJ Ndulu Cambridge University Press, 2008 | 370 | 2008 |
