Stephen Barber (born 1974) is a British
political scientist,
political economist and author. He is
Professor of Global Affairs at
Regent's University London. He is also a senior fellow at the Global Policy Institute. He has also worked in the
European Research Forum and is a former director of
MBA. He is a specialist in British
public policy and
party politics,
political economy and having worked in the City of London, the
globalisation
Globalization, or globalisation (Commonwealth English; see spelling differences), is the process of interaction and integration among people, companies, and governments worldwide. The term ''globalization'' first appeared in the early 20t ...
of
financial markets. He holds a
BA in
government, an
MA in
contemporary history
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and a
PhD PHD or PhD may refer to:
* Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), an academic qualification
Entertainment
* '' PhD: Phantasy Degree'', a Korean comic series
* ''Piled Higher and Deeper'', a web comic
* Ph.D. (band), a 1980s British group
** Ph.D. (Ph.D. albu ...
in
political science, awarded by several London universities. He is a
Fellow of the
Royal Historical Society and Member of the
Securities & Investment Institute. Following the
Northern Rock and banking credit crisis in 2008, he outlined his concept of a regulatory cycle of economic behaviour.
He wrote and presented the
BBC Radio 4 programme ''The Case for Doing Nothing'', which was broadcast in October 2016.
Publications
* ''Political Strategy: modern politics in contemporary Britain'' (2005)
* ''
The City in Europe and the World
''The City in Europe and the World'' () is a 2005 collection of essays examining the relationship between the City of London's financial markets, politics, government, and Europe, edited by Stephen Barber and with a foreword by Peter Mandelson.
T ...
'' (2005) (editor)
* ''
The Geo-Politics of the City
''The Geo-Politics of the City'' () is a 2007 collection of essays exploring the City of London's financial markets and globalisation, edited by Stephen Barber and with a foreword by Peter Jay.
The book covers topics such as the geo-political ec ...
'' (2007) (editor)
* Greed (2009) (editor with Alexis Brassey)
* ''
Tragedy of Riches: how our politics has failed us and why we need a new economic destiny'' (2011)
* ''Westminster, Governance and the Politics of Policy Inaction: Do Nothing'' (2016)
References
External links
The Global Policy Institute at London Metropolitan University Liverpool Academic PressGreed page at Palgrave MacmillanProfile at London South Bank University websiteBBC
1974 births
Living people
British political scientists
Academics of London Metropolitan University
Academics of London South Bank University
Academics of Regent's University London
Fellows of the Royal Historical Society
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