Adam Michael Auerbach

Adam Michael Auerbach is assistant professor in the School of International Service at American University and the author of Demanding Development: The Politics of Public Goods Provision in India’s Urban Slums (Cambridge University Press, 2020). The doctoral dissertation upon which Demanding Development is based won several national awards, including the American Political Science Association’s Gabriel A. Almond Award for Best Dissertation in Comparative Politics. Auerbach’s research has been supported by the American Institute of Indian Studies, Fulbright-Hays, the National Science Foundation, and the Social Science Research Council’s International Dissertation Research Fellowship (2010–11). His work appears in the American Journal of Political Science, American Political Science Review, Contemporary South Asia, Journal of Politics, Perspectives on Politics, World Development, and World Politics.