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[[File:Andrew Gamble at Policy Network event.jpg|thumb|Andrew Gamble]]
'''Andrew Michael Gamble''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FBA|FAcSS|FRSA}} (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 [[United Kingdom|British]] academic and author. 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]] (
A former pupil of [[Brighton College]], he graduated from [[University of Cambridge|Cambridge University]] with a degree in economics, before gaining his [[Master of Arts|MA]] in political theory from the [[University of Durham]]. He then returned to Cambridge for his doctorate in Social and Political Sciences.
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While at Sheffield University, he was a founder, member and Director of the Political Economy Research Centre (PERC), Chairman of the Department of Politics (twice), and Pro-Vice Chancellor of the University. He received his Chair in Politics in 1986.
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. J. 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 | accessdate = 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''.
==Honours==
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