List of political scientists

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This is a list of notable political scientists. See also political science.

Contents 1 Notable political scientists 1.1 A 1.2 B 1.3 C 1.4 D 1.5 E 1.6 F 1.7 G 1.8 H 1.9 I 1.10 J 1.11 K 1.12 L 1.13 M 1.14 N 1.15 O 1.16 P 1.17 R 1.18 S 1.19 T 1.20 U 1.21 V 1.22 W 1.23 X 1.24 Y 1.25 Z 2 Presidents of the American Political Science Association 3 Presidents of the Midwest Political Science Association 4 Presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association 5 See also

Notable political scientists

A

• Christopher H. Achen - Political methodologist at Princeton University, first president of the Society for Political Methodology.
• John Aldrich - Political parties expert at Duke University, author of Why Parties?
• Graham Allison - "Essence of decision" author; early bureaucratic politics model proponent; former Dean of Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.
• Gabriel A. Almond - Originator of culturist movement in Comparative Politics
• R. Douglas Arnold - Congress scholar, author of The Logic of Congressional Action
• Robert Axelrod - Notable game theorist, wrote extensively on the "Prisoner's Dilemma"

B

• Stephen Barber - Noted for his work on political strategy and political economy. Author of Political Strategy.
• Larry Bartels - Democracy and voting expert at Princeton University
• Nathaniel Beck - Political methodologist, international relations scholar
• Duncan Black - Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson.
• Jean-Charles de Borda - 18th century mathematician who devised the Borda count.
• Steven Brams - Export on voting systems.
• John Brehm - Public opinion and political psychology expert.
• Ian Bremmer - Political risk specialist.
• Stephen Bronner
• Bruce Bueno de Mesquita - Pioneering game theorist with applications to international relations, seminal book "The War Trap".
• Walter Dean Burnham - Expert in the field of realigning elections.

C

• Edward Hallett Carr - Noted international relations theorist.
• Marquis de Condorcet - 18th century mathematician and philosopher who contributed the often used Condorcet criterion and devised the concept of a Condorcet method.
• John Coneybeare - International organizations theorist.
• Philip Converse - Public opinion scholar, author of "The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics."
• Clyde Coombs - Voting systems expert, designed "Coombs' method"
• Colm Costigan - Renowned Irish Politician of the 1970s, professor at Dublin University
• Gary Cox - Noted scholar of comparative and American politics.
• Philip Cowley - Author of "Revolts and Rebellions".

D

• Robert A. Dahl - Noted American politics specialist, author of On Democracy (Yale University Press)
• Larry Diamond - Comparative democratization specialist
• John Dilulio- American politics expert at the University of Pennsylvania; first director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community Groups
• Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) - Famous author of Alice in Wonderland who was also a noted professor of mathematics at Oxford University. He devised Dodgson's Method of voting system.
• Anthony Downs - Elections expert.
• Maurice Duverger - French lawyer and sociologist responsible for Duverger's law.
• Michael W. Doyle - International relations theorist, author of "Empires".

E

• David Easton - Originator of systemic theory
• Harry Eckstein - Noted comparative politics expert in culture and democracy.

F

• Peter D. Feaver - International security expert.
• Richard Fenno - Congress scholar, author of Home Style: House Members in their Districts
• Samuel Finer - Academic and author on political science and history of government.
• Martha Finnemore - International organizations and ethics scholar.
• Peter Fishburn - Operations analysis and probability theory expert.
• Keith Fitzgerald - Immigration politics expert.
• Ernst Fraenkel
• Francis Fukayama - International political theory and biopolitics.

G

• Anthony Giddens - Noted political sociologist originator of the Third Way.
• Anthony Gill - Comparativist, religion and politics specialist. Author of Rendering Unto Caesar (University of Chicago Press)
• Robert Gilpin - International political economics specialist.
• Joanne Gowa - International political economy expert (democratic peace theory).
• Amy Gutmann - political theory expert; (2004-present) President of the University of Pennsylvania

H

• Harry Harding - China specialist.
• Thomas Hare - Devised Single Transferable Vote (a.k.a. Hare's method).
• Michael Hart - British twentieth century politics specialist.
• Marc Hetherington - Author of "Why Trust Matters" and offered new participation paradigm.
• Roger Hilsman - JFK Aid, Columbia University Professor, and prolific author.
• Donald Horowitz - Pioneered political science models for assessing ethnic conflict.
• Samuel P. Huntington - Author of "Clash of Civilizations" and a noted comparativist.

I

J

• Gary C. Jacobson - Congressional politics expert
• Robert Jervis - International security specialist.
• Chalmers Johnson - Comparative theorist.
• Loch K. Johnson - U.S. Intelligence Expert.

K

• Robert O. Keohane - Interdependence theory author.
• V.O. Key, Jr. - Elections, parties and public opinion scholar.
• Dr. Henry Kissinger - Former Secretary of State and National Security Advisor to President Richard M. Nixon.
• Stephen D. Krasner - International regimes author, Director of Policy Planning under Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice.
• Keith Krehbiel - Congress scholar and formal theorist
• Will Kymlicka - Originated the theoretical foundations of multiculturalism.

L

• David A. Lake - International Relations Theorist
• Richard Ned Lebow - Noted constructivist, Cold War expert, author of "Tragic Vision of Politics".
• Margaret Levi
• Arend Lijphart - Originator of consociationalism.
• Eric J. Lindblom - Latin American theorist
• Seymour Martin Lipset - Renowned political theorist on democracy and development and parties.
• Ramon Llull - Discoverer of Condorcet Criterion and Borda Count
• Theodore Lowi
• Ian Lustick - Expert on state territioriality ethnic conflict and computer modelling in political science; professor of political science at the University of Pennsylvania

M

• Vincent A. Mahler - International Relations and Income Inequality expert
• David R. Mayhew - US legislative behavior and political parties expert.
• Mathew McCubbins - Formal theorist. U.S. Congress and bureaucracy specialist.
• Michael McFaul - Russia specialist.
• John Mearsheimer - Noted international relations theorist and national security expert.
• Samuel Merrill III - Voting theory specialist.
• Terry Moe - American politics specialist and game theorist.
• Hans Morgenthau - Noted realist, international relations specialist.
• James Morrow - International relations expert and game theorist.

N

• Douglass North - Nobel laureate
• Philip Norton - Acclaimed British politics expert
• Joseph Nye - "Soft power" international security specialist; Kennedy School Dean.

O

• Mancur Olson - International political economy specialist. Expert on collective action problems.
• Elinor Ostrom - Specialist in institutional analysis at Indiana University.

P

• Nelson Polsby - American politics scholar.
• Samuel L. Popkin - Early expert on rational choice theory.
• Adam Przeworski - Democratic transitions theorist, author of Democracy and Development. Member of the September Group.
• Robert Putnam - Social capital theorist, author of Bowling Alone.

R

• S.Ibrahim Rabbani - Professor of international relations.
• William H. Riker - 20th century political scientist who applied game theory to political science.
• Douglas Rivers - Political econometrician, quantitative methods expert.
• David Rohde - Congress scholar
• Stein Rokkan - Expert on political parties and movements, founder of the Institute for Comparative Politics.
• Richard Rosecrance - International relations and political economy expert.

S

• David Samuels - Comparativist scholar of Brazilian politics and political institutions.
• Giovanni Sartori - Comparativist, expert on constitutional theory and party systems; author of Parties and Party Systems.
• E.E. Schattschneider - Early political parties expert, author of Party Government and The Semisovereign People: A Realist's View of Democracy in America
• James C. Scott - Political economist, expert on Southeast Asia.
• Stephen Skowronek - Presidency and American political development scholar (Yale University)
• Matthew Soberg Shugart - Scholar of constitutional design and electoral systems.
• Rogers Smith - Pulitzer Prize finalist, American politics expert at the University of Pennsylvania
• Herbert Simon - Nobel Prize winning professor at Carnegie Mellon. A founder of artificial intelligence research, he received his Ph.D. in political science from the University of Chicago
• Theda Skocpol - Comparative politics expert.
• Zeev Sternhell - Theorist, political historian of political ideology.
• James A. Stimson - Americanist, former editor of Political Analysis.
• John G. Stoessinger - International relations theorist, author of "The Might of Nations: World Politics in our Time".
• Leo Strauss - Political theorist; author of "History of Political Philosophy"; originator of Straussian thought

T

• David B. Truman

U

V

• Eric Voegelin - Major work, "Order and History" in five volumes, he rejected the notion that political science should become a positivistic social science.

W

• Stephen Walt - International relations specialist.
• Kenneth N. Waltz - A dean of the realist international relations school.
• Alexander Wendt - Social constructivism proponent
• Aaron Wildavsky - Author of "Risk and Culture".
• James Q. Wilson - Former President of the American Political Science Association
• Woodrow Wilson - Former Professor of Politics at Princeton University and former U.S. President
• Susan L. Woodward

X

Y

• Crawford Young - Noted comparativist, Africa scholar.

Z

• Fareed Zakaria - Newsweek International editor, comparativist.
• John Zaller - Author of "The Nature and Origins of Mass Opinion," at UCLA.

Presidents of the American Political Science Association

• Frank J. Goodnow, 1904-1905
• Albert Shaw, 1905-1906
• Frederick N. Judson, 1906-1907
• James Bryce, 1907-1908
• A. Lawerence Lowell, 1908-1909
• Woodrow Wilson, 1909-1910
• Simeon E. Baldwin, 1910-1911
• Albert Bushnell Hart, 1911-1912
• W.W. Willoughby, 1912-1913
• John Bassett Moore, 1913-1914
• Ernst Freund, 1914-1915
• Jesse Macy, 1915-1916
• Munroe Smith, 1916-1917
• Henry Jones Ford, 1917-1918
• Paul S. Reinsch, 1918-1919
• Leo S. Rowe, 1919-1920
• William A. Dunning, 1920-1921
• Harry A. Garfield, 1921-1922
• James W. Garner, 1923-1924
• Charles E. Merriam, 1924-1923
• Charles A. Beard, 1925-1924
• William Bennett Munro, 1926-1925
• Jesse S. Reeves, 1927-1926
• John A. Fairlie, 1928-1927
• Benjamin F. Shambaugh, 1929-1928
• Edward S. Corwin, 1930-1929
• William F. Willoughby, 1931-1932
• Isidor Loeb, 1932-1933
• Walter J. Shepard, 1933-1934
• Francis W. Coker, 1934-1935
• Arthur N. Holcombe, 1935-1936
• Thomas Reed Powell, 1936-1937
• Clarence A. Dykstra, 1937-1938
• Charles Grove Haines, 1938-1939
• Robert C. Brooks, 1939-1940
• Frederic A. Ogg, 1940-1941
• William Anderson, 1941-1942
• Robert E. Cushman, 1942-1943
• Leonard D. White, 1943-1944
• John Gaus, 1944-1945
• Walter F. Dodd, 1945-1946
• Arthur W. MacMahon, 1946-1947
• Henry R. Spencer, 1947-1948
• Quincy Wright, 1948-1949
• James K. Pollock, 1949-1950
• Peter H. Odegard, 1950-1951
• Luther Gulick, 1951-1952
• Pendleton Herring, 1952-1953
• Ralph J. Bunche, 1953-1954
• Charles McKinley, 1954-1955
• Harold D. Lasswell, 1955-1956
• E.E. Schattschneider, 1956-1957
• V.O. Key, Jr., 1957-1958
• R. Taylor Cole, 1958-1959
• Carl B. Swisher, 1959-1960
• Emmette S. Redford, 1960-1961
• Charles S. Hyneman, 1961-1962
• Carl J. Friedrich, 1962-1963
• C. Herman Pritchett, 1963-1964
• David B. Truman, 1964-1965
• Gabriel A. Almond, 1965-1966
• Robert A. Dahl, 1966-1967
• Merle Fainsod, 1967-1968
• David Easton, 1968-1969
• Karl W. Deutsch, 1969-1970
• Robert E. Lane, 1979-1971
• Heinz Eulau, 1971-1972
• Robert E. Ward, 1972-1973
• Avery Leiserson, 1973-1974
• Austin Ranney, 1974-1975
• James MacGregor Burns, 1975-1976
• Samuel H. Beer, 1976-1977
• John C. Wahlke, 1977-1978
• Leon D. Epstein, 1978-1979
• Warren E. Miller, 1979-1980
• Charles E. Lindblom, 1980-1981
• Seymour Martin Lipset, 1981-1982
• William H. Riker, 1982-1983
• Philip E. Converse, 1983-1984
• Richard F. Fenno, Jr., 1984-1985
• Aaron B. Wildavsky, 1985-1986
• Samuel P. Huntington, 1986-1987
• Kenneth N. Waltz, 1987-1988
• Lucian W. Pye, 1988-1989
• Judith N. Shklar, 1989-1990
• Theodore J. Lowi, 1990-1991
• James Q. Wilson, 1991-1992
• Lucius J. Barker, 1992-1993
• Charles O. Jones, 1993-1994
• Sidney Verba, 1994-1995
• Arend Lijphart, 1995-1996
• Elinor Ostrom, 1996-1997
• M. Kent Jennings, 1997-1998
• Matthew Holden Jr., 1998-1999
• Robert O. Keohane, 1999-2000
• Robert Jervis, 2000-2001
• Robert Putnam, 2001-2002
• Theda Skocpol, 2002-2003
• Susanne Hoeber, 2003-2004
• Rudolph Margaret Levi, 2004-2005
• Ira Katznelson, 2005-2006

Presidents of the Midwest Political Science Association

• James K. Pollock, University of Michigan, 1939
• W.H.C. Laves, University of Chicago, 1940
• Francis G. Wilson, University of Illinois, 1941
• John E. Briggs, State U. of Iowa, 1942
• Howard White, Miami University, 1943-47
• Harold Zink, DePauw University, 1948
• Llewellyn Pfankuchen, University of Wisconsin, 1949
• Harold M. Door, University of Michigan, 1950
• Charles M. Kneier, University of Illinois, 1951
• Harold M. Vinacke, University of Cincinnati, 1952
• Kirk H. Porter, State University of Iowa, 1953
• Harry W. Voltmer, DePauw University, 1954
• Asher Christensen, University of Minnesota, 1955
• Edward H. Buehrig, Indiana University, 1955 (Acting President)
• David Fellman, University of Wisconsin, 1956
• Wilfred E. Binkley, Ohio Northern University, 1957
• Clarence A. Berdahl, University of Illinois, 1958
• Jasper B. Shannon, University of Nebraska, 1959
• Amry Vandenbosch, University of Kentucky, 1960
• Lloyd M. Short, University of Minnesota, 1961
• Richard Spencer, Coe College, 1962
• E. Allen Helms, Ohio State University, 1963
• William O. Farber, University of South Dakota, 1964
• John E. Stoner, Indiana University, 1965
• Clara Penniman, University of Wisconsin, 1966
• Vernon Van Dyke, University of Iowa, 1967
• John D. Lewis, Oberlin College, 1968
• Samuel J. Eldersveld, University of Michigan, 1969
• Merle Kling, Washington University, 1970
• John Wahlke, University of Iowa, 1971
• Leon D. Epstein, University of Wisconsin, 1972
• Doris A. Graber, University of Illinois, Chicago Circle, 1973
• Frank Sorauf, University of Minnesota, 1974
• Charles Press, Michigan State University, 1975
• Norton Long, University of Missouri, St. Louis, 1976
• Samuel Krislov, University of Minnesota, 1977
• Robert Salisbury, Washington University, 1978
• John Kessel, Ohio State University, 1979
• Malcolm E. Jewell, University of Kentucky, 1980
• Samuel C. Patterson, University of Iowa, 1981
• Dina Zinnes, University of Illinois, 1982
• Jack Dennis, University of Wisconsin, 1983
• Lucius Barker, Washington University, St. Louis, 1984
• Elinor Ostrom, Indiana University, 1985
• W. Phillips Shively, University of Minnesota, 1986
• Ada Finifter, Michigan State University, 1987
• John Kingdon, University of Michigan, 1988
• William Crotty, Northwestern University, 1989
• Richard Watson, University of Missouri, Columbia, 1990
• Marjorie Randon Hershey, Indiana University, 1991
• Charles O. Jones, University of Wisconsin-Madison, 1992
• Susan Welch, Penn State, 1993
• Lee Sigelman, George Washington University, 1994
• John Sprague, Washington University, 1995
• James Stimson, University of Minnesota, 1996
• Arlene Saxonhouse, University of Michigan, 1997
• Harold Spaeth, Michigan State University, 1998
• James L. Gibson, Washington University, 1999
• Milton Lodge, SUNY-Stony Brook, 2000
• Robert Huckfeldt, Indiana University, 2001
• Herbert Weisberg, The Ohio State University, 2002
• Lee Epstein, Washington University, 2003
• Virginia Gray, University of North Carolina, 2004
• John H. Aldrich, Duke University, 2005

Presidents of the Canadian Political Science Association

• Adam Shortt, (Civil Service Commission), 1913-1914
• O.D. Skelton, (Queen’s), 1929-1930
• Stephen B. Leacock, (McGill), 1934-1935
• R.H. Coats, (Toronto), 1935-1936
• W.A. Mackintosh, (Queen’s), 1936-1937
• H.A. Innis, (Toronto), 1937-1938
• J.W. Dafoe, (Winnipeg Free Press), 1938-1939
• J.C. Hemmeon, 1939-1940
• W.C. Clark, (Deputy Minister of Finance), 1940-1941
• H. Mitchell, 1941-1942
• C.A. Dawson, 1942-1943
• R.A. MacKay, (Dalhousie), 1943-1944
• K.W. Taylor, 1944-1945
• R. MacGregor Dawson, (Toronto), 1945-1946
• F.A. Knox, 1946-1947
• V.W. Bladen, (Toronto), 1947-1948
• H.F. Angus, (British Columbia), 1948-1949
• W.B. Hurd, (McMaster), 1949-1950
• C.A. Curtis, (Curtis), 1950-1951
• G.-H. Levesque, (Laval), 1951-1952
• Herbert Marshall, 1952-1953
• Alexander Brady, (Toronto), 1953-1954
• J.A. Corry, (Queen’s), 1954-1955
• J.D. Gibson, 1955-1956
• G.E. Britnell, (Sasktachewan), 1956-1957
• G.A. Elliott, (Alberta), 1957-1958
• S.D. Clark, (Toronto), 1958-1959
• Mabel Timlin, (Saskatchewan), 1959-1960
• C.A. Ashley, 1960-1961
• Eugene A. Forsey, (Canadian Labour Congress), 1961-1962
• W.J. Waines, 1962-1963
• C.B. Macpherson, (Toronto), 1963-1964
• Jean-Charles Falardeau, (Laval), 1964-1965
• Harry G. Johnson, (London School of Economics/Chicago), 1965-1966
• Anthony D. Scott, (British Columbia), 1966-1967
• H.B. Mayo, (Carleton), 1967-1968
• Donald V. Smiley, (British Columbia), 1968-1969
• Douglas V. Verney, (York), 1969-1970
• Gilles Lalande, (Montréal), 1970-1971
• J.E. Hodgetts, (Toronto), 1971-1972
• Jean Laponce, (British Columbia), 1972-1973
• John Meisel, (Queen’s), 1973-1974
• Léon Dion, (Laval), 1974-1975
• Donald C. Rowat, (Carleton), 1975-1976
• Alan C. Cairns, (British Columbia), 1976-1977
• Hugh Thorburn, (Queen’s), 1977-1978
• Kenneth D. McRae, (Carleton), 1978-1979
• Paul W. Fox, (Toronto), 1979-1980
• Walter D. Young, (Victoria), 1980-1981
• Denis Stairs, (Dalhousie), 1981-1982
• Edwin R. Black, (Queen’s), 1982-1983
• Caroline Andrew, (Ottawa), 1983-1984
• Kalevi J. Holsti, (British Columbia), 1984-1985
• Frederick C. Engelmann, (Alberta), 1985-1986
• O.P. Dwivedi, (Guelph), 1986-1987
• John C. Courtney, (Saskatchewan), 1987-1988
• David J. Elkins, (British Columbia), 1988-1989
• André-J. Bélanger, (Montréal), 1989-1990
• Peter H. Russell, (Toronto), 1990-1991
• Vincent Lemieux, (Laval), 1991-1992
• V. Seymour Wilson, (Carleton), 1992-1993
• Sylvia Bashevkin, (Toronto), 1993-1994
• David Smith, (Saskatchewan), 1994-1995
• Peter Aucoin, (Dalhousie), 1995-1996
• Jane Jenson, (Montréal), 1996-1997
• Tom Pocklington, (Alberta), 1997-1998
• Donald Savoie, (Moncton), 1998-1999
• Roger Gibbins, (Calgary), 1999-2000
• Kenneth McRoberts, (York), 2000-2001
• R. Kenneth Carty, (British Columbia), 2001-2002
• Grace Skogstad, (Toronto), 2002-2003
• Robert Young, (Western Ontario), 2003-2004
• André Blais, (Montréal), 2004-2005

See also

• Political Science
• Political Theorist
• List of peoplede:Politologe

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