Arend lijphart biography of rory leave

Arend Lijphart is one of the most cited and most influential political scientists in the world. He grew up in the Netherlands, and after his high school exams he went to the United States to go to college, which was not common in the s. In he returned to the Netherlands where he worked at Leiden University. In he came back to the United States, and since then he has lived and worked in California, now as research professor emeritus in political science.

His work has been important, not just in the academic world i.

Arend lijphart biography of rory leave: The idea of different

He regularly advised various parties in divided societies, such as in Northern Ireland and South Africa. Around 20 years ago, I met him for the first time, when he received an honorary doctorate at Leiden University. We started talking about his work and my own research interests. He had read my article on waves of democratization, and wanted to serve as external examiner in my PhD committee later that year.

Since then we have kept in touch, communicating about politics, mainly about democracy and freedom. Never about religion. However, I have not been a Christian Scientist anymore for quite some time!