David Runciman
David Runciman (* 1967 ) is a British political scientist.
Life
David Walter Runciman is the son of sociologist Walter Runciman and a great-nephew of the historian Steven Runciman . He is heir to the Viscount Runciman of Doxford .
Runciman studied at the University of Cambridge after attending Eton College . He first wrote for the Guardian and now writes for the London Review of Books . In his publications he has specialized in contemporary issues of democracy and state theory. He is a Fellow at Trinity Hall and teaches political theory in the Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS) at Cambridge University.
In 2018 he was elected to the British Academy .
Runciman is married to the historian Bee Wilson .
Fonts (selection)
- Pluralism and the personality of the state . Cambridge University Press, 1997
- The politics of good intentions: history, fear, and hypocrisy in the new world order . Princeton University Press, 2006
- Political hypocrisy: the mask of power, from Hobbes to Orwell and beyond . Princeton University Press, 2008
- The confidence trap: a history of democracy in crisis from World War I to the present . Princeton University Press, 2013
Web links
- Literature by and about David Runciman in the WorldCat bibliographic database
- David Runciman , Department of Politics and International Studies (POLIS)
- David Runciman , at LRB
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| SURNAME | Runciman, David |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1967 |