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Stein Rokkan
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Stein Rokkan was a Norwegian political scientist, sociologist, philosopher, and university teacher. Born in Vågan Municipality in 1921, he was educated at Columbia University and later employed by the University of Bergen. He spoke Norwegian and worked primarily in the field of philosophy.
Rokkan authored 31 works, including *Innstilling om stemmerettsalderen*, *Norwegian election study, 1957*, *Mass politics*, *Party systems and voter alignments*, and *Citizen Elections Parties*. He was a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and the National Academy of Sciences. He died in Bergen in 1979.
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- Works
- 31
Top works
- Innstilling om stemmerettsalderen
- Norwegian election study, 1957
- Mass politics
- Party systems and voter alignments
- Citizen Elections Parties
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1921-07-04 ) July 4, 1921, Vågan , Norway
- Died
- July 22, 1979 (1979-07-22) (aged 58), Bergen , Norway
- Occupations
- Political scientist sociologist
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Norway
- Place of birth
- Vågan Municipality
- Place of death
- Bergen
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Educated at
- Columbia University
- Employer
- University of Bergen
- Languages spoken
- Norwegian
- Field of work
- philosophy
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- date of birth
- 1921-07-04
- date of death
- 1979-07-22
- Commons category
- Stein Rokkan
- member of
- National Academy of Sciences
- name in native language
- Stein Rokkan
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Encyclopedic overview
Stein Rokkan (July 4, 1921 – July 22, 1979) was a Norwegian political scientist and sociologist. He was the first professor of sociology at the University of Bergen and a principal founder of the discipline of comparative politics. He founded the multidisciplinary Department of Sociology at the University of Bergen, which encompassed sociology, economics and political science and which had a key role in the postwar development of the social sciences in Norway.
Career
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