George Lawson is Lecturer in International Relations at LSE, having previously taught at Goldsmiths, University of London and worked as a Researcher for the London based think-tank, Demos. Dr Lawson is convenor of the British International Studies Association’s working group on historical sociology and International Relations (http://www.historical-sociology.org) and the author of Negotiated Revolutions: The Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile (2005) and Anatomies of Revolution (Forthcoming). His most recent book (with Chris Armbruster and Michael Cox) is the co-edited volume, The Global 1989 (2010).