Linda Weiss

Linda Weiss specializes in the comparative and international politics of economic development, with a focus on state capacity and public-private sector relations in an era of globalisation. She is an elected Fellow of the Academy of the Social Sciences in Australia, Professor Emeritus in Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Honorary Professor of Political Science at Aarhus University. She has lectured widely in Europe, Asia, Brazil, and North America. Her major works include The Myth of the Powerless State (Cornell University Press, 1998), Creating Capitalism (Blackwell Pub, 1988); States and Economic Development (Polity Press, 1995); States in The Global Economy (Cambridge University Press, 2003); and the co-edited volume, Developmental Politics in Transition: The Neoliberal Era and Beyond (Palgrave Macmillan, 2012).While her earlier research dealt largely with Europe and East Asia, her most recent book, America Inc.? Innovation and Enterprise in the National Security State, focuses on the United States (Cornell University Press, 2014).