Barbara Geddes

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, she is currently a Professor Emeritus at the Department of Political Science at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her 2003 book ''Paradigms and Sand Castles'' is an influential research design book in comparative politics. Provided by Wikipedia