Colin Crouch

About the author

Born in Isleworth on 1 March 1944, Colin Crouch is an English sociologist and political scientist best known for coining the concept of "post-democracy" in his 2000 book Coping with Post-Democracy — a term that has since shaped debates about the hollowing out of democratic institutions. Emeritus Professor at the University of Warwick and External Scientific Member of the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, Crouch occupies a distinctive position bridging academic sociology and political analysis with real intellectual consequence.