George Tsebelis is a Greek-American political scientist who specializes in comparative politics and formal modeling.[1] He is currently Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.
George Tsebelis | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Greek |
| Citizenship | United States |
| Occupation | Political scientist |
| Awards | Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences |
| Academic background | |
| Education | National Technical University of Athens Sciences Po Pierre and Marie Curie University |
| Alma mater | Washington University in St. Louis |
| Thesis | Parties and Activists: A Comparative Study of Parties and Party Systems (1985) |
| Doctoral advisor | John Sprague |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Institutions | University of Michigan University of California, Los Angeles |
| Doctoral students | Amie Kreppel |
| Website | https://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tsebelis/ |
He received undergraduate degrees in engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and in political science from Sciences Po. He received a doctorate in mathematical statistics from Pierre and Marie Curie University and one in political science from Washington University in St. Louis.[2] Tsebelis was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy's 2016 class.[3]
Veto players theory edit
Tsebelis developed the theory of "veto players", set out in his best known work, Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work (2002).[4]
See also edit
References edit
- ^ "George Tsebelis Interview". www.uni-bamberg.de. Retrieved 2021-04-25.
- ^ "George Tsebelis". University of Michigan. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
- ^ "Tsebelis to join American Academy of Arts and Sciences | U-M LSA Political Science". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
- ^ Munger, Michael C. (Fall 2004). "Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work". The Independent Review. 9 (2). Retrieved 10 November 2018.
External links edit
- Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work Archived 2006-09-04 at the Wayback Machine at Princeton University Press
- Tsebelis' homepage
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