Barbara Geddes | |
---|---|
Born | October 15, 1944 |
Nationality | American |
Academic career | |
Field | Political science |
Institutions | University of California, Los Angeles |
Alma mater | University of California, Berkeley |
Barbara Geddes (born October 15, 1944) is an American political scientist. One of the main important theorists of authoritarianism and empirical catalogers of authoritarian regimes,[1] she is currently a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles.[2] Her 2003 book Paradigms and Sand Castles is an influential research design book in comparative politics.