Lecturer in Political Economy of Development
Department of International Development (ID)
Biography
BA (Harvard), MPhil (Oxford), MA (Stanford), PhD (Stanford), Associate Professor (University of Chicago)
A political scientist by training, Dr Gruber is the author of 'Ruling the World: power politics and the rise of supranational institutions' (Princeton University Press, 2000). His current research interests include globalization, inequality, and redistribution; power and institutions; international and comparative political economy; trade's impact on spatial disparities in economic and political development; regional integration and foreign economic policy; and public policy analysis. He has been an associate professor at the University of Chicago's Harris Graduate School of Public Policy Studies as well as a visiting scholar at the Brookings Institution.
Research interests and areas of supervision
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Globalization, inequality, and redistribution
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International and comparative political economy
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Global governance
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European integration
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US foreign economic policy
Selected recent publications
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'Power Politics and the Institutionalization of International Relations', chapter 5 in M Barnett and R Duvall (eds) Power in Global Governance, Cambridge University Press. 2005
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'Power Politics and the Free Trade Bandwagon', Comparative Political Studies (2001); Ruling the World: Power Politics and the Rise of Supranational Institutions, Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press. 2000.
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