Newey, Glen 1961-

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NEWEY, Glen 1961-

PERSONAL:

Born May 30, 1961, in Jersey, Channel Islands, England; son of Frank (a bookmaker) and Billie (a homemaker) Newey; married Linda Holt, August 1, 1999; children: Laura. Education: Attended Cambridge University. Politics: "Communist." Religion: "Heathen."

ADDRESSES:

Home—Strathmore House, Couparangus Rd., Newtyle, Blairgowrie PH12 8TP, Scotland. Office—4-41 McCance Bldg., University of Strathclyde, 16 Richmond St., Glasgow G1 1XY, Scotland; fax: 00-44-1828-627956. E-mail—glen.newey@strath.ac.uk.

CAREER:

University of Sussex, Falmer, Brighton, Sussex, England, lecturer in philosophy, 1993-2000; University of Strathclyde, Glasgow, Scotland, reader in politics, 2000—.

MEMBER:

Political Studies Association (England), American Political Science Association.

WRITINGS:

Virtue, Reason, and Toleration, Edinburgh University Press (Edinburgh, Scotland), 1999.

After Politics, Palgrave (New York, NY), 2001.

WORK IN PROGRESS:

Hobbes and Leviathan, for Routledge; research on lying and deception in democracy.

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