Robert A. Scalapino

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Robert Anthony Scalapino (born October 19, 1919 in Leavenworth , Kansas , † October 31, 2011 in Oakland , California ) was an American political scientist and professor who taught political science at the University of California, Berkeley for over forty years and one of the was a leading expert on the politics and history of East Asia .

Life

After attending school, Scalapino first studied at Santa Barbara College , where he earned a Bachelor of Arts (BA) in 1940 , before completing a subsequent degree at Harvard University in 1943 with a Master of Arts. He then did his military service in the Second World War as a language officer in the US Navy in the Pacific War . After the war he continued his postgraduate studies at Harvard University and obtained a Doctor of Philosophy ( Ph.D. ) in 1948 .

Scalapino then took over a professorship in political science at the University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley) in 1949 , where he taught for more than forty years until his retirement in 1990. Since the early 1960s, he has become one of the leading experts in history and politics East Asia and was also editor of the journal Asian Survey between 1962 and 1996 . In 1978 he founded the Institute of East Asian Studies ( Institute of East Asian Studies ) at UC Berkeley and stayed until 1990, its director.

In addition, Scalapino, who had been a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences since 1972 , was involved in numerous institutions and organizations and was, among other things, director of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Japan Society and also a board member of the Pacific Forum of the Center for Strategic and International Studies (C SIS) and the US Atlantic Council. He was also co-chair of the Asian Society's advisory group, of which he was a delegation to North Korea in 1991 and 1992 . He also served as the founder and chairman of the National Committee for American-Chinese Studies in New York City in 1966 and an honorary member of the Institute for Korean- American Studies. Finally, he also served on the Hoover Institution's International Studies Advisory Committee , National Asian Studies Bureau, and the Fulbright Program . In 1972 he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Publications

In addition to his many years of teaching and research activities, Scalapino wrote numerous specialist books that dealt with political and East Asian studies such as Korean reunification . His most important books include:

  • with Junnosuke Masumi: Parties and Politics in Contemporary Japan. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1962.
  • The Japanese Communist Movement. 1920-1965 (= R (Rand Corporation) R-447-PR, ISSN  0192-3692 ). Rand Corporation, Santa Monica CA 1966.
  • with Chong-Sik Lee: Communism in Korea. 2 volumes. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1972;
  • American-Japanese Relations in a Changing Era (= The Washington Papers. Vol. 2). Sage, Beverly Hills CA et al. 1972, ISBN 0-912050-34-9 .
  • Asia and the Road Ahead. Issues for the Major Powers. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1975, ISBN 0-520-03066-4 .
  • as editor: The Foreign Policy of Modern Japan. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1977, ISBN 0-520-03196-2 .
  • The United States and Korea. Looking Ahead (= The Washington Papers. Vol. 69). Sage, Beverly Hills CA et al. 1979, ISBN 0-8039-1374-5 .
  • as editor with Jusuf Wanandi: Economic, Political, and Security Issues in Southeast Asia in the 1980s (= Research Papers and Policy Studies. Vol. 7). Institute of East Asian Studies - University of California, Berkeley CA 1982, ISBN 0-912966-52-1 .
  • The Early Japanese Labor Movement. Labor and Politics in a developing Society (= Japan Research Monograph. Vol. 5). Institute of East Asian Studies - University of California - Center for Japanese Studies, Berkeley CA 1983, ISBN 0-912966-65-3 .
  • with George T. Yu: Modern China and Its Revolutionary Process. Recurrent challenges to the traditional order, 1850-1920. University of California Press, Berkeley CA et al. 1985, ISBN 0-520-05030-4 .
  • as editor with Han Sung-joo: United States-Korea Relations (= United States-Republic of Korea Bilateral Forum. Vol. 1 = Research Papers and Policy Studies. Vol. 19). Institute of East Asian Studies - University of California, Berkeley CA 1986, ISBN 0-912966-93-9 .
  • as editor with Hongkoo Lee: North Korea in a Regional and Global Context (= Korean Research Monograph. Vol. 11). Institute of East Asian Studies - University of California - Center for Korean Studies, Berkeley CA 1986, ISBN 0-912966-82-3 .
  • as editor with Seizaburo Sato and Jusuf Wanandi: Internal and External Security Issues in Asia (= Research Papers and Policy Studies. Vol. 16). Institute of East Asian Studies - University of California, Berkeley CA 1986, ISBN 0-912966-83-1 .
  • Major Power Relations in Northeast Asia. University Press of America, Lanham MD et al. 1987, ISBN 0-8191-5679-5 .
  • The Politics of Development. Perspectives on Twentieth-Century Asia Harvard University Press, Cambridge MA et al. 1989, ISBN 0-674-68757-4 .
  • The Last Leninists. The Uncertain Future of Asia's Communist States (= Significant Issues Series. Vol. 14, No. 3). Center for Strategic and International Studies, Washington DC 1992, ISBN 0-89206-191-X .

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personal data
SURNAME Scalapino, Robert A.
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Scalapino, Robert Anthony (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American political and East Asian scholar
DATE OF BIRTH October 19, 1919
PLACE OF BIRTH Leavenworth , Kansas
DATE OF DEATH October 31, 2011
Place of death Oakland , California