James A. Robinson
1960
James Alan Robinson (born 1960) is a British economist and political scientist. He is currently the Reverend Dr. Richard L. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies and University Professor at the Harris School of Public Policy, University of Chicago. He also serves as the Institute Director of The Pearson Institute for the Study and Resolution of Global Conflicts at the Harris School. Robinson has previously taught at Harvard University between 2004 and 2015 and also at the University of California, Berkeley, University of Southern California and the University of Melbourne. He studies
Why Nations Fail
The Narrow Corridor
Natural experiments of history
Economic origins of dictatorship and democracy
Prospérité, puissance et pauvreté (French Edition)
Balance of Power
Eugene O'Neill and oriental thought
Gleichgewicht der Macht
Role of Elites in Economic Development
The Politics of Hiding, Invisibility, and Silence
A political economy theory of the soft budget constraint
Africa's development in historical perspective