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Aaron Schneider is a Professor at the Josef Korbel School of International Studies, University of Denver. He serves as Director of the Institute for Comparative and Regional Studies and Degree Director for International Development. His research focuses on the intersection of wealth, power, and public finance in Latin America, India, and Sub-Saharan Africa, emphasizing how taxation reflects political communities and shapes development and democracy. He leads a comparative project on India and Brazil, exploring their roles amid global crises and geopolitical shifts.
His work critiques neoliberalism and examines emerging economies' trajectories, including Chinese influence in Central America and digital-age sovereignty challenges.
Research interests include political economy, development studies, public finance, and global South dynamics. He has published on agribusiness, anti-corruption, labor movements, and fiscal governance in Brazil and India. Schneider also analyzes post-disaster urban development, such as New Orleans' post-Katrina transformation.
His academic contributions span books on Central American state-building and urban development, with a focus on tax regimes, institutional change, and participatory governance. He critiques governance reforms and evaluates aid effectiveness in poverty reduction strategies.
Schneider’s research integrates comparative analysis, historical institutionalism, and political sociology to address questions of power, inequality, and institutional adaptation in developing states.
