BARRY DRISCOLL

I grew up in Galway, Ireland and made it to Grinnell by way of Leiden (Holland), Copenhagen, Washington, London, Oslo, and finally Wisconsin, either working in international development or researching themes in comparative politics... I'm an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science at Grinnell College. My work is on the political economy of development and the state in Africa, which touches on decentralization, local governance, taxation, state capacity, clientelism, political competition and political parties. My work has been published in Democratization, Studies in Comparative International Development, and.

Primary location: Grinnell United States