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American sociologist and political scientist (b. March 18, 1922,
New York, N.Y.
—d. Dec. 31, 2006, Arlington,
Va.
), garnered international renown for his work in social structures, comparative politics, labour unions, and public opinion. After receiving a B.S. (1943) from City College of
New York
,
Lipset
was a lecturer (1946–48) at the University of Toronto and then an assistant professor (1948–50) at the University of California, Berkeley.
He took a doctorate (1949) at Columbia University,
New York City
, where he served (1954–56) as assistant director of the Bureau of Applied Social Research.
Lipset
was a professor of sociology at
Berkeley
for the next 10 years and was director of its Institute of International Studies from 1962 to 1966, when he joined the faculty of Harvard University. In 1975 he became a professor of political science and sociology at the Hoover Institute of Stanford University.
Lipset
's books included
Reinhard
Bendix
). His American Sociological Association. Other works included
Earl
Raab
; revised 1978), which won the Myrdal Award;
E.C.
Ladd
). These books developed his theory of elite systems and politics.
Lipset
also edited
Agrarian Socialism
(1950; revised 1968),
Union Democracy
(1956; with others), and
Social Mobility in Industrial Society
(1959; with
Political Man
(1960; revised 1981) won the MacIver Award of the
Revolution and Counter Revolution
(1968);
The Politics of Unreason
(1970; with
Rebellion in the University
(1972; reprinted 1976); and
The Divided Academy
(1975; with
The Encyclopedia of Democracy
(1998), a global study of representative government.
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