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'''Andrew Michael Gamble''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRSA|FBA|FAcSS}} (born 15 August 1947)<ref>[http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/g/4612/Andrew+Michael.aspx "Prof Andrew Gamble Authorised Biography"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130616234451/http://www.debretts.com/people/biographies/browse/g/4612/Andrew%2BMichael.aspx |date=June 16, 2013 }}, Debrett's People</ref> is a British academic[[political studies|scholar of politics]]. He was Professor of Politics at the [[University of Cambridge]] and Fellow of [[Queens' College]] from 2007 to 2014. He was a member of the Department of Politics at the [[University of Sheffield]] (1973–2007), for many years as a professor and rejoined the department in 2014.

In 2005 he was awarded the Sir [[Isaiah Berlin]] Award for Lifetime Contribution to Political Studies by the PSA. His 2003 book, ''Between Europe and America'', won the W. &nbsp;J. &nbsp;M. Mackenzie prize for the best book published in political science in 2003. He is co-editor (with the former Labour MP [[Tony Wright (Cannock Chase MP)|Tony Wright]]) of the academic journal ''[[The Political Quarterly]]'', and he also sits on the editorial board of another academic journal, ''[[Representation (journal)|Representation]]''.<ref>{{cite web | title = Representation | url = http://www.tandfonline.com/action/journalInformation?show=editorialBoard&journalCode=rrep20#.UhG4yJg7uSo | work = editorial board | publisher = Taylor & Francis | access-date = 19 August 2013}}</ref> The main themes of his recent research have been [[asset-based welfare]] and "[[Anglo-America]]". His most recent book, an analysis of the politics of recession and capitalist crises, is entitled ''The Spectre at the Feast''.