Huber studied Social Psychology, Sociology, and Political Science at the University of Zürich, graduating in 1972.

[6] Linda Fuller, reviewing the work in the American Journal of Sociology, writes that one interesting finding that emerges from the book is that worker's participation schemes that aim to increase identification with the workplace and the social system can ironically mobilize workers to make demands of the system, and also that "if there is no strong and unified working-class political organization at the national level, they are extremely vulnerable", which itself may not even be sufficient.

[6] Huber's subsequent work has also largely focused on the relationship between economic structure and democratic movements in Latin America, the influence of workers on policy, and the politics of welfare and income inequality.

[1] Several of these works, including her 1992 book Capitalist Development and Democracy, have won multiple prizes and continue to be heavily cited.

[11] Huber has written pieces in the news media for outlets like Foreign Affairs,[12] and has been interviewed by or cited in works like Jacobin,[13] The Economist,[14] and Think Progress.