Marcia Grimes

Professor

Department of Political Science

Telephone

+46 31-786 41 38

+46 735-97 26 43

Mail

marcia.grimes@pol.gu.se

Visiting address

Sprängkullsgatan 19

41123 Göteborg

Postal address

Box 711

40530 Göteborg

About Marcia Grimes

Presentation

Marcia Grimes is a lecturer at the Political Science Department and researcher at the Quality of Government Institute, University of Gothenburg.

Research interests

Grimes research interests include the role of civil society in combatting corruption, both in terms of contributing to societal accountability, as well as advocacy efforts to bring about legal and institutional change. Her earlier work focuses on whether citizens’ perceptions of fairness in decision making affect their inclination to trust political institutions.

Current research

Grimes' research currently examines the engagement strategies of civil society associations in Peru with a focus on understanding why they choose a particular strategy when trying to help their members. Civil society organizations can voice demands and demand accountability from government, but can also negotiate with individual politicians or officials to satisfy their needs, at times in exchange for political support. While the first way can strengthen democracy, the latter strategy can contribute to a so-called 'weak state trap', where the pressure and incentives to strengthen the capacity of state institutions are very low.

Teaching and tutoring

Grimes mainly teaches within the Master's program International Administration and Global Governance. She is also responsible for the Applied Methods course as well as a course module entitled "Politics of Development in the Global South" in the department's PhD program.

Doctoral dissertation

Democracy’s Infrastructure: The Role of Procedural Fairness in Fostering Consent