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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'Globalization and Welfare: Would a rational hegemon still prefer openness?' in M Finnemore and J Goldstein (eds) States, Power and Contemporary Politics, Oxford University Press (2012, forthcoming)
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'Globalisation with Growth and Equity: Can we really have it all?', Third World Quarterly, vol. 32, no. 4 (2011), pp. 629-652
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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.
Contact details
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Email: l.gruber@lse.ac.uk
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7955 6224
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Fax: +44 (0)20 7955 6844
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Room CON6.03, Connaught House