David Easton

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academic person political scientist

David Easton was a prominent Canadian-born political scientist best known for developing systems theory in political science and significantly shaping the field’s behavioral revolution.

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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	academic → person → political scientist →
academicDiscipline	political science →
awardReceived	James Madison Award of the American Political Science Association →
citizenshipStatus	naturalized citizen of the United States →
countryOfBirth	Canada →
countryOfCitizenship	Canada → United States of America →
dateOfBirth	1917-06-24 →
dateOfDeath	2014-07-19 →
educatedAt	Harvard University → University of Toronto →
employer	University of California, Irvine → University of Chicago →
era	20th-century political philosophy → 20th-century social science →
fieldOfWork	political science → political theory →
gender	male →
hasAcademicRank	professor →
influenced	behavioralism in political science → comparative politics →
influencedBy	Talcott Parsons →
knownFor	behavioral revolution in political science → systems theory in political science →
languageOfWorkOrName	English →
mainInterest	political systems → political theory methodology →
memberOf	American Political Science Association →
movement	behavioralism →
notableWork	A Framework for Political Analysis → A Systems Analysis of Political Life → The Political System → Varieties of Political Theory →
placeOfBirth	Toronto →
placeOfBurial	Irvine, California →
placeOfDeath	Irvine, California →
positionHeld	president of the American Political Science Association →
theoryDeveloped	concept of political system as allocation of values → input-output model of political systems →

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Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Merriam Award →	notableRecipient