Anthony Giddens
Anthony Giddens "was educated at the University of Hull and the London School of Economics. At the LSE, he wrote a dissertation on ‘Sport and Society in Contemporary Britain’. He has taught at the University of Leicester and subsequently at Cambridge, where he was Professor of Sociology. From 1997 to 2003 he was Director of the LSE. He is currently a Life Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. He was made a Life Peer in May 2004. He has honorary degrees from 15 universities. He is a Fellow of the American Academy of Science and the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences. He was the BBC Reith Lecturer in 1999. His books have been translated into some forty languages. He has sat on the board of various public organisations, including the Institute of Public Policy Research.
"Giddens’s impact upon politics has been profound. His advice has been sought by political leaders from Asia, Latin America and Australia, as well as from the US and Europe. He has had a major impact upon the evolution of New Labour in the UK. He took part in the original Blair-Clinton dialogues from 1997 onwards.
"Anthony Giddens was born in Edmonton, North London. He was the first member of his family to go to college. He remains a dedicated supporter of his local football team, Tottenham Hotspur." [1]
- Emeritus Professor, Centre for the Study of Global Governance
- Senior Editor, Theory and Society [2]
- Development board, ClientEarth [3]
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- ↑ Anthony Giddens, Centre for the Study of Global Governance, accessed December 20, 2007.
- ↑ Editorial Board, Theory and Society, accessed April 3, 2010.
- ↑ ClientEarth Development Board, organizational web page, accessed February 12, 2016.
