The Authors
David Held
Current Post : Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science, LSE
David Held was born in 1951 in Britain where he spent most of his childhood. He was educated in Britain, France, Germany and the United States.
He has held numerous Visiting Appointments in the United States, Australia, Canada and Spain, among other places. In the last five years he has lectured regularly on questions of democracy, international justice and globalization to audiences in many countries.
David Held's main research interests include rethinking democracy at transnational and international levels and the study of globalization and global governance. He has strong interests both in political theory and in the more empirical dimensions of political analysis.
Publications
Authored Books
- Introduction to Critical Theory: Horkheimer to Habermas , Hutchinson and University of California Press, 1980, 511 pp. Polity edition 1989.
- Models of Democracy, Polity and Stanford University Press, 1987, xii + 321 pp.
- Political Theory and the Modern State , Polity and Stanford University Press, 1989, vii + 265 pp.
- Democracy and the Global Order: From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance , Polity and Stanford University Press, 1995, xii + 324 pp.
- Models of Democracy, fully revised, second edition, Polity and Stanford University Press, 1996, xiv + 392 pp.
- Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture , co-author, Polity and Stanford University Press, 1999.
- Globalization/Anti-Globalization , co-author, Polity, 2002.
- Global Covenant: The Social Democratic Alternative to the Washington Consensus , Polity, 2004.
Edited Books
- Classes, Power and Conflict: Classical and Contemporary Debates, with A. Giddens, University of California Press and Macmillan, 1982, x + 646 pp.
- Social Theory of Modern Societies, with J. Thompson, Cambridge University Press, 1989, viii + 311 pp.
- Political Theory Today, Polity and Stanford University Press, 1991, ix + 360 pp.
- Prospects for Democracy: North, South, East, West , Polity and Stanford University Press, 1993, xi + 412 pp.
- Cosmopolitan Democracy: An Agenda for a New World Order , with D. Archibugi, Polity and Blackwell Publishers, 1995, vii + 190 pp.
- Re-imagining Political Community , with D. Archibugi and M. Köhler, Polity and Blackwell Publishers, 1998, viii + 320 pp.
- The Global Transformations Reader , with A. McGrew, Polity, 2000.
- Governing Globalization , with A. McGrew, Polity, 2002.
- American Power in the 21st Century , with M. Koenig-Archibugi, Polity 2004
- Debating Globalization , with A. Barnett & C. Henderson, Polity 2005.
- Global Inequality, With A. Kaya, Polity forthcoming 2006.
Other Interests
Twenty-two years ago David Held co-founded Polity, which is now a major presence in social science and humanities publishing.
Anthony McGrew
Current Post: Chair of International Relations, Southampton University
Tony McGrew began his academic career at the now Liverpool John Moores University. After many years at The Open University he moved recently to take up the Chair of International Relations at Southampton University.
Tony McGrew's current interests embrace globalization and international relations theory, military globalization, US foreign policy and problems of global governance.
Publications
Among his books are:
Authored Books
- Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture , co-author, Polity Press and Stanford University Press, 1999.
Edited Books
- The Transformation of Democracy?: Globalization and Territorial Democracy ,
Polity Press, 1997. - Asia-Pacific in the New World Order ,
Routledge, 1998. - The Global Transformations Reader , with D. Held,
Polity Press, 2000.
Other Interests
Beyond academic life Tony McGrew is interested in modern art and in flying (both real and virtual).
David Goldblatt
Current Post: Lecturer in Social Sciences at The Open University
David Goldblatt's main research interests are in environmental history, policy, sociology and politics.
Publications
Authored books
- Social Theory and the Environment ,
Polity and Westview, 1996 - Teoria Sociale Ambiente ,
Instituo Piaget, 1999 - Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture , co-author, Polity and Stanford University Press, 1999
Edited Books
- Democratisation, with D.Potter, M.Kiloh and P.Lewis (eds),
Polity, 1997. - Governance in the Asia Pacific , with R.Maidment, and J.Mitchell (eds),
Routledge, 1998 - Will Hutton, The Stakeholding Society: writings on Economics & Politics,
Polity, 1998 - Knowledge and the Social Sciences: theory, method, practice , Routledge, 2000
Jonathan Perraton
Current post: Lecturer in Economics and Deputy Director, Political Economy Research Centre, University of Sheffield
Research Interests
Economic Globalisation and its Policy Implications.
Political Economy.
Education and Economic Performance.
International Trade - its impact on evelopment and an institutional analysis of trade policy.
Publications
- Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture , co-author, Polity and Stanford University Press, 1999
- Where Are National Capitalisms Now? (editor with Ben Clift), London, Macmillan, forthcoming 2000.
- Editor of the PERC policy paper series
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