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Political scientists
A
political scientist
is someone who studies or contributes to the field of
political science
Notable political scientists:
Kenneth Arrow
-
Nobel award
winning economist who published influential paper on his widely cited
Arrow's Impossibility Theorem
Duncan Black[?]
- Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including
Charles Dodgson
Jean-Charles de Borda
- 18th century
mathematician
who devised the
Borda count
Steven Brams
Marquis de Condorcet
- 18th century
mathematician
and
philosopher
who contributed the often used
Condorcet criteria
and devised
Condorcet's method
Clyde Coombs
Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
(a.k.a. Lewis Carroll) - Famous author of
Alice in Wonderland
who was also a noted professor of mathematics at
Oxford University
. He devised
Dodgson's Method[?]
of
voting system
.
Maurice Duverger
- French
lawyer
and
sociologist
responsible for
Duverger's law
Peter Fishburn[?]
Thomas Hare
- Devised
single transfer voting
(a.k.a. Hare's method)
Samuel Merrill[?]
William H. Riker
- 20th century political scientist who applied
game theory
to political science.
See also:
political theorist
,
list of people
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