Faculty and Researchers

Ben Ross Schneider

Faculty Director, MIT-Chile Program, MIT-Peru Program

Ford International Professor of Political Science

brs@mit.edu

Website

https://polisci.mit.edu/people/ben-ross-schneider

Expertise

Capitalist development in Latin America

New forms of state capitalism

Industrial policy

State-owned enterprises

Publications

Book

Routes to Reform: Education Politics in Latin America

Oxford University Press

Book

Designing Industrial Policy in Latin America: Business-State Relations and the New Developmentalism

Palgrave

Book

Hierarchical Capitalism in Latin America: Business, Labor, and the Challenges of Equitable Development

Cambridge University Press

News

Commentary

Ben Ross Schneider discusses cuts to governmental agencies

Ben Ross Schneider, Ford International Professor of Political Science and director of the MIT-Chile program, discussed the domestic and international implications of the Trump administration’s cuts to governmental agencies, including the Department of Education and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID).

April 03, 2025

Professor Ben Ross Schneider discusses cuts to the Department of Education and USAID

News

Trying to make the grade

Ben Ross Schneider’s new book examines why improving public education has been so difficult in Latin America. Schneider is the faculty director of the MIT-Chile Program and Ford International Professor of Political Science.

May 20, 2024