Benjamin R. Barber (1939–2017) was an American political theorist and author, widely recognized for his 1995 bestseller, _Jihad vs. McWorld_, and his 2013 book, _If Mayors Ruled the World_.
He served as the Walt Whitman Professor of Political Science Emeritus at Rutgers University and was a Senior Research Scholar at The Center on Philanthropy and Civil Society of The Graduate Center, The City University of New York. Dr.