Seymour Martin Lipset

Seymour Martin Lipset ( born March 18, 1922 in New York; † December 31, 2006 in Arlington, Virginia) was an American sociologist and political scientist.

Seymour Martin Lipset in 1967 stand together with Stein Rokkan which is important for the party research Cleavage theory. He also coined the term extremism of the center. Lipset was a professor at Stanford University ( 1979-90 ), Harvard University and at George Mason University in Fairfax, Virginia.

His research focused on the political sociology, trade unions, public opinion, the Social Stratification and the Comparative Study of Democracy.

Lipset was a member of numerous scientific societies such as the American Philosophical Society, the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Education. As the only scientist was Lipset President of the American Political Science Association ( 1979-80 ) and the American Sociological Association ( 1992-93).

Works (selection)

Monographs

• (along with Jason M. Lakin ): The democratic century, Norman 2004, ISBN 0-8061-3618-9.
• The first new nation. The United States in historical and comparative perspective, New Brunswick 2003, ISBN 0-7658-0522-7.
• ( with David Riesman ): Education and politics at Harvard. Two essays prepared for The Carnegie Commission on Higher Education, New York, 1975, ISBN 0-07-010114-0

Editorial Boards

• Party systems and voter alignments. Cross - national perspectives, New York 1967.
• (together with Aldo Solari ): Elites in Latin America, New York 1967.