Professor

David A. Lake

University of California, San Diego
Political scientist; Educator
Area
Social and Behavioral Sciences
Specialty
Political Science
Elected
2006
Professor of Political Science. Led efforts to integrate the study of international relations with ideas drawn from economics, especially transactions costs and problems of incomplete contracting. Work explored strategic interactions among states, international institutions and domestic structures, trade and security, ethnic conflict and terrorism, and democracy and war. Recent publications focus on statebuilding and global governance. 
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