Gabriel A. Almond

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Gabriel A. Almond was an influential American political scientist known for his pioneering work in comparative politics and political culture.

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instanceOf academic
author
person
political scientist
academicDegree PhD in political science
awardReceived James Madison Award
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
coAuthor G. Bingham Powell Jr.
Sidney Verba
countryOfCitizenship United States of America
dateOfBirth 1911-01-12
dateOfDeath 2002-12-25
educatedAt University of Chicago
employer Brookings Institution
Princeton University
Stanford University
Yale University
ethnicGroup Jewish Americans
fieldOfWork comparative politics
international politics
political culture
political science
gender male
influenced comparative politics as a discipline
study of democratization
influencedBy Talcott Parsons
knownFor development of structural-functionalism in comparative politics
developmental approach to comparative politics
pioneering work on political culture
languageOfWorkOrName English
memberOf American Political Science Association
notableIdea parochial, subject, and participant political cultures
notableWork Comparative Politics: A Developmental Approach
The American People and Foreign Policy
The Appeals of Communism
The Civic Culture
occupation researcher
university professor
placeOfBirth Chicago, Illinois, United States
surface form: Chicago

Illinois
United States of America
placeOfDeath California, United States
surface form: California

Pacific Grove, California
surface form: Pacific Grove

United States of America
positionHeld president of the American Political Science Association
professor of political science
theoreticalContribution classification of political systems by culture types
concept of political culture
structural-functional analysis of political systems

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