Harry H. Eckstein

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Harry H. Eckstein (born January 26, 1924 in Schotten ; † June 22, 1999 in Newport Beach , California ) was an American political scientist of German origin. He was one of the best-known representatives of comparative politics in the 20th century.

Career

In 1936, when he was twelve, Eckstein belonged to a group of 500 children and adolescents who were admitted to immigration by US authorities on the basis of intelligence tests. Apart from his sister Lisa, who later managed to emigrate to the USA, his family perished in Nazi concentration camps.

Eckstein spent his youth in Columbus , Ohio . He received a scholarship from Harvard University , where he received a BA in 1948 , an MA in 1950 and a Ph.D. in 1953. acquired. During the Second World War he had interrupted his studies and served as a soldier.

From 1969 to 1980 Eckstein was Professor of International Studies at Princeton University , and from 1980 to 1999 Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Irvine . In 1970 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences . In 1981/82 he was Vice President of the American Political Science Association .

Fonts (selection)

  • The English Health Service: Its Origins, Structure, and Achievements , 1964
  • Comparative Politics a Reader , 1964
  • A theory of stable democracy , 1965
  • Pressure Group Politics: The Case of the British Medical Association , 1967
  • Evaluation of Political Performance: Problems and Dimensions , 1971
  • The natural history of congruence theory , 1980
  • Internal War: Problems and Approaches , 1980
  • Regarding Politics: Essays on Political Theory, Stability, and Change , 1991.

literature

  • Alec S. Sweet / J. Caporaso: Tribute to Harry Eckstein , special issue Comparative Political Studies , 1998.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ According to the obituary of the University of California, M. Rainer Lepsius mentions 1954 as the year of his doctorate, see also: The social-scientific emigration and its consequences , in the Cologne journal for sociology and social psychology , sociology in Germany and Austria 1918-1945 , Special issue 23/1981, p. 496.

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personal data
SURNAME Eckstein, Harry H.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH January 26, 1924
PLACE OF BIRTH Bulkheads
DATE OF DEATH June 22, 1999
Place of death Newport Beach , California