George Tsebelis
George Tsebelis (* 1952 ) is an American political scientist of Greek origin.
Tsebelis taught political science at the University of California at Los Angeles from 1987 to 2007. Since 2007 he has taught at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor . In 2016 he was elected a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences .
He is known for his veto player theory . This theory tries to classify and compare the steering ability of different political systems. The actors who are able to decisively influence the steering ability are of particular importance. He calls these actors veto players. For example, they can be politicians who are able to change or stop bills. There are collective veto players (e.g. parliament) and independent veto players. The controllability of systems depends, among other things, on how many veto players there are and how big the distance between them is.
Works
- Veto Players. How Political Institutions Work . Princeton University Press / Russell Sage Foundation, 2002.
- Nested Games. Rational Choice in Comparative Politics . Berkeley / Los Angeles / Oxford 1990.
Individual evidence
- ^ American Academy of Arts and Sciences : Newly Elected Fellows. In: amacad.org. Retrieved April 22, 2016 .
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| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Tsebelis, George |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |