David hero
David Held (born August 27, 1951 - March 2, 2019 ) was a British political scientist and sociologist . He was Professor of Politics and International Relations at the University of Durham and Masters from University College.
Life
The focus of Held's work was political theory . Together with Daniele Archibugi he played a key role in the exploration of cosmopolitanism . He was also an expert on globalization .
Together with Anthony Giddens , he founded the Polity Press publishing house in 1984, which is now one of the world's leading publishing houses in the social sciences and humanities. He is also the editor of Global Policy, a Durham-based academic journal founded in 2008 that seeks to create links between researchers and practitioners on issues of global significance.
Until October 2011, Held was Professor of Political Science and Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Global Governance at the London School of Economics (LSE). Since January 2012, he has served as Chairman of the University of Durham's oldest college, Head of Political Science.
controversy
In 2011, the LSE was harshly criticized in public for a cooperation with a foundation close to the regime of the former Libyan ruler Muammar al-Gaddafi and the controversial doctoral degree of his son Saif al-Islam al-Gaddafi acquired in 2009 under Held's supervision . An investigation by the former highest judge of England and Wales, Lord Harry Woolf , showed, among other things, that Held, contrary to strong warnings from recognized Libya experts, pushed through the acceptance of a donation of 1.5 million pounds to a foundation funded by Libya's international business partners would have.
Publications (selection)
- Models of Democracy. 1987.
- Introduction to Critical Theory: Horkheimer to Habermas . 1989.
- Political Theory and the Modern State. 1989.
- Democracy and the Global Order: From the Modern State to Cosmopolitan Governance. 1995.
- with Daniele Archibugi : Cosmopolitan Democracy. An Agenda for a New World Order. Polity Press, Cambridge 1995.
- with Anthony McGrew, David Goldblatt & Jonathan Perraton: Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture , 1999 (co-author).
- with Anthony McGrew: Globalization / Anti-Globalization. 2002.
- Cosmopolitanism: A Defense. 2003.
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Global Covenant: The Social Democratic Alternative to the Washington Consensus. 2004.
- Social democracy in the global age. Suhrkamp, Frankfurt 2007, ISBN 978-3-518-12504-5
- Cultural Politics in a Global Age: Uncertainty, Solidarity, and Innovation. 2008, ISBN 1-85168-550-2
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Cosmopolitanism: Ideals and Realities. 2010
- Cosmopolitanism. Ideal and reality. Alber, Freiburg / Munich 2013, ISBN 978-3-495-48550-7
- with Pietro Maffettone (Ed.): Global Political Theory , Polity Press, Cambridge 2016.
- with Thomas Hale (Ed.): Beyond Gridlock , Polity Press, Cambridge 2017.
Web links
- David Held on the University of Durham website
Footnotes
- ↑ Lydia Blundell: Professor David Held dies aged 68 . Retrieved March 5, 2019.
- ↑ Harry Woolf: The Woolf Inquiry: An inquiry into the LSE's links with Libya and lessons to be learned ( Memento of the original dated December 16, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (188 pages; PDF; 4.6 MB) from October 2011, accessed on December 12, 2011 (English)
- ↑ Jeevan Vasagar: Gaddafi donation to LSE may have come from bribes, inquiry finds . In: The Guardian . November 30, 2011
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Hero, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 27, 1951 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 2nd March 2019 |