Author Information
Current Post: Graham Wallas Professor of Political Science and co-director of the Centre for Global Governance, London School of Economics and Political Science.
David Held was born in 1951 in Britain where he spent most of his childhood. He was educated in Britain, France, Germany and the United States.
He has held numerous Visiting Appointments in the United States, Australia, Canada and Spain, among other places. In the last five years he has lectured regularly on questions of democracy, international justice and globalization to audiences in many countries.
David Held's main research interests include rethinking democracy at transnational and international levels and the study of globalization and global governance. He has strong interests both in political theory and in the more empirical dimensions of political analysis.
Among his recent books are: Global Transformations: Politics, Economics and Culture, co-author, Polity and Stanford University Press, 1999; Globalization/Anti-Globalization, co-author, Polity, 2002; and Global Covenant, Polity, 2004.
Endorsements
“Models is the kind of established classic which both demands and merits revision every decade or so. The new chapter on deliberative democracy for the third edition, concise and perceptive as always, maintains Held's reputation at the forefront of democratic thinkers today.”
— David Beetham, University of Leeds