Bruce Gilley, B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D.
Contact Information
Email: gilleyb@pdx.edu
Office: 650N
Telephone: 503 725 3056
Fax: 503 725 8444
Background
Dr. Gilley earned his B.A. in International Relations at the University of Toronto. He went on to finish his M.Phil. in Economics at the University of Oxford and his Ph.D. in Politics at Princeton University.
Research Focus
Dr. Gilley's research centers on democracy, legitimacy, and global politics. He is a specialist on the comparative politics of China and Asia.
Community Engagements/Service
Dr. Gilley is a frequent advisor to governments and NGOs on matters of democracy and human rights in Asia. He serves on the editorial board of the Journal of Democracy and as a programme evaluator for Radio Free Asia's Mandarin Service.
Publications & Awards
Dr. Gilley is the author of four university-press books, including China's Democratic Future (2004) and The Right to Rule: How States Win and Lose Legitimacy (2009) in addition to several co-edited volumes. His articles have appeared in Foreign Affairs, Comparative Political Studies, and the European Journal of Political Research. Gilley has received grants from the Smith-Richardson Foundation and the Taiwan Foundation for Democracy. He was a Commonwealth Scholar at Oxford University from 1989 to 1991 and a Woodrow Wilson Scholar at Princeton University from 2004 to 2006.