Arend Lijphart

1936 -

country of citizenship: Kingdom of the Netherlands, United States of America

native language: Dutch

languages spoken, written or signed: English, Dutch

educated at: Yale University, The Principia, Principia College

occupation: political scientist, university teacher

award received: Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science, Dr Hendrik Muller Prize, Honorary doctor of Leiden University, Guggenheim Fellowship, Ralph J. Bunche Award

position held: chairperson

Arend d'Angremond Lijphart (born 17 August 1936) is a Dutch-American political scientist specializing in comparative politics, elections and voting systems, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics. He is Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is influential for his work on consociational democracy and his contribution to the new Institutionalism in political science. Source: Wikipedia (en)