Arend Lijphart

Political scientist, Author

1936 –

34

Who is Arend Lijphart?

Arend d'Angremond Lijphart is a world renowned political scientist specializing in comparative politics, elections and voting systems, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics. He received his PhD in Political Science at Yale University in 1963, after studying at Principia College from 1955 to 1958. He is currently Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Dutch by birth, he has spent most of his working life in the United States and is an American citizen. He has since regained his Dutch citizenship and is now a dual citizen of both the Netherlands and the United States.

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Born
Aug 17, 1936
Apeldoorn
Nationality
  • United States of America
  • Netherlands
Profession
Education
  • Yale University
  • Leiden University
Lived in
  • Apeldoorn

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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