Henry Farrell is an

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-born political scientist at

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. He previously taught at the

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and earned his PhD from

Georgetown University Georgetown University is a private university, private research university in the Georgetown (Washington, D.C.), Georgetown neighborhood of Washington, D.C. Founded by Bishop John Carroll (archbishop of Baltimore), John Carroll in 1789 as Georg ...

. His research interests include, trust and co-operation;

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; the

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; and

institutional theory In sociology and organizational studies, institutional theory is a theory on the deeper and more resilient aspects of social structure. It considers the processes by which structures, including schemes, rules, norms, and routines, become establishe ...

Career

Farrell is a member of the

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group blog. In this connection, he has been quoted extensively in mass media, including the

Christian Science Monitor Christians () are people who follow or adhere to Christianity, a monotheistic Abrahamic religion based on the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. The words ''Christ'' and ''Christian'' derive from the Koine Greek title ''Christós'' (Χρι� ...

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and the

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on topics including Italian involvement in the Yellowcake forgery scandal and his work with

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on the political impact of

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. He has written articles on blogging for

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and

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He has written for the ''

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'' blog, ''Monkey Cage''. Farrell has organized several on-line seminars on recently published books, including ''

Freakonomics ''Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything'' is the debut non-fiction book by University of Chicago economist Steven Levitt and ''New York Times'' journalist Stephen J. Dubner. Published on April 12, 2005, by Will ...

'' by

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and

Stephen J. Dubner Stephen Joseph Dubner (born August 26, 1963) is an American author, journalist, and podcast and radio host. He is co-author of the popular ''Freakonomics'' book series: ''Freakonomics'',Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of ...

and ''

Iron Council ''Iron Council'' (2004) is a weird fantasy novel by the British writer China Miéville, his third set in the Bas-Lag universe, following ''Perdido Street Station'' (2000) and '' The Scar'' (2002). In addition to the steampunk influences share ...

'' by

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. He is also frequently on

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in discussions with other media personalities.

Books

* ''The Political Economy of Trust: Institutions, Interests and Inter-Firm Cooperation in Italy and Germany'' (2009)

Cambridge University Press Cambridge University Press is the university press of the University of Cambridge. Granted letters patent by Henry VIII of England, King Henry VIII in 1534, it is the oldest university press A university press is an academic publishing hou ...

. *''Privacy and Power: The Transatlantic Struggle Over Freedom and Security'' (with Abraham L. Newman) (2019)

Princeton University Press Princeton University Press is an independent publisher with close connections to Princeton University. Its mission is to disseminate scholarship within academia and society at large. The press was founded by Whitney Darrow, with the financial su ...

References

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Berlusconi: 'I tried to get Bush to not invade Iraq'
''Christian Science Monitor'' #
Seeds of leak scandal sown in Italian intelligence agency
''San Francisco Chronicle'' #

''Washington Times'' #
The Rise of Blogs
''National Journal'', January 2006 #
Web of Influence
''Foreign Policy'', November 2004 #

''Chronicle of Higher Education'', November 2005 (reprinted in ''The Australian'', December 2005)

Works by Farrell

External links

Henry Farrell's website

When Web Rumors Run Amok
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Regarding Henry
''National Journal Blogometer'', January 2006
Video interviews/conversations with Farrell
on

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