A Short Biography of Maurice Duverger
Language
en
Article de revue
This item was published in
French Politics. 2005-11, vol. 3, n° 3, p. 304-309
Palgrave Macmillan
English Abstract
Maurice Duverger is indisputably the best-known and most often quoted French political scientist in the literature. This brief biographical piece traces the successive steps of his career and the various faces of his ...Read more >
Maurice Duverger is indisputably the best-known and most often quoted French political scientist in the literature. This brief biographical piece traces the successive steps of his career and the various faces of his talents. As a young man, he hesitated between four professions involving speech: writer, journalist, teacher or lawyer. Eventually, he embraced all of these activities, becoming not only one of the main figures and founding fathers of contemporary European political science, but also a publicist actively engaged in many public debates in the medias as well as in politics.Read less <
English Keywords
Maurice Duverger
politics
constitutional law
biography
France
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