David Runciman
The Hon. David Walter Runciman (born 1967) is a British political scientist who teaches political theory at Cambridge University and is a fellow of Trinity Hall, Cambridge,[1] where he was educated following Eton College.[2]
Runciman has worked as a columnist for The Guardian newspaper and written for many other publications.[3] His monograph The Politics of Good Intentions was adapted in part from his LRB articles.[4] His most recent book, Political Hypocrisy (2008), explores the political uses of hypocrisy from a historical perspective.[5]
Runciman is heir to his family's Viscountcy.[6] He is the great nephew of the historian the Hon. Sir Steven Runciman and his father, Viscount Runciman, Garry Runciman, is also a noted political scientist and academic,[7] who has also written for the LRB.
He specialises in the development of the theory of the modern state and on aspects of contemporary politics.[8]
David Runciman is married to the food writer Bee Wilson.
References
- ^ "Trinity Hall - David Runciman". Trinity Hall College official website.
{{cite web}}:|access-date=requires|url=(help); Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ O'Reilly, Judith (1 September 2008). "David Cameron's reading list made me the dinner guest from Hell". The Times.
- ^ "The Politics of Good Intentions". Barnes and Noble.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ Rowat, Alison (18 February 2006). "From Berlin to Baghdad David Runciman argues that there is little we haven't seen before in the new world order". The Herald.
- ^ Dunne, Tim (17 July 2008). "Political Hypocrisy: The Mask of Power, from Hobbes to Orwell and Beyond". Times Higher Education.
- ^ Crick, Michael (9 January 2008). "Happy families". BBC Newsnight blog.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|url=(help) - ^ "Woman behind "soft" policy on cannabis has addict relative". Daily Mail. 15 July 2007.
- ^ "David Runciman". University of Cambridge POLIS department.
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External links
- [ Cambridge profile page]
- [ Trinity Hall (Cambridge) profile page]
- [ Video interview/discussion with Runciman] and Will Wilkinson on Bloggingheads.tv
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