Studies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. When Things Fell Apart: State Failure in Late-Century Africa. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2008. References External links Interview with Robert Bates by Theory Talks academic website 1942 births American political scientists California Institute of Technology faculty Duke University faculty Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences Harvard University faculty Haverford College alumni Living people MIT School of Humanities, Arts, and Social Sciences alumni American expatriates in France