Robert M. Stein (born July 10, 1950) is an American political scientist and Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of political science at Rice University.
[1] He is an expert in urban politics and public policy.
[2] He co-authored Perpetuating the Pork Barrel: Policy Subsystems and American Democracy (1995, Cambridge University Press) and authored Urban Alternatives: Public and Private Markets in the Provision of Local Services (1990, Pittsburgh Press).
[3] He has been Lena Gohlman Fox Professor of Political Science since 1996.
Stein has also been editorial board members of American Political Science Review, American Journal of Political Science, Journal of Politics, Social Science Quarterly, State and Local Government Review and Urban Affairs Review.