Stephen Barber

This article is about the British political scientist. For the British cultural studies academic, see Stephen Barber (writer). For the composer, see Stephen Barber (composer).

Stephen Barber (born 1974) is a British political scientist, political economist and author. He is currently Reader in Public Policy at London South Bank University. He is also a Senior Fellow at London Metropolitan University's Global Policy Institute. He has also worked in the European Research Forum. He is a specialist in British public policy and party politics, political economy and having worked in the City of London, the globalisation of financial markets. He holds a BA in government, a MA in contemporary history and a PhD 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.

Publications

• Political Strategy: modern politics in contemporary Britain (2005)
• The City in Europe and the World (2005) (editor)
• The Geo-Politics of the City (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)

References

• The Global Policy Institute at London Metropolitan University
• Liverpool Academic Press
• Greed page at Palgrave Macmillan

External links

• Profile at London South Bank University website