George Tsebelis is a Greek-American
political scientist who specializes in
comparative politics and formal modeling. He is currently Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the
University of Michigan
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.
He received undergraduate degrees in
engineering
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from the
National Technical University of Athens and in political science from
Sciences Po. He received a
doctorate
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in
mathematical statistics from
Pierre and Marie Curie University and one in political science from
Washington University in St. Louis. Tsebelis was elected as a
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy's 2016 class and was named the 2025 William H. Riker Prize recipient "in recognition of a body of research that exemplifies and advances the scientific study of politics”. He also received honorary degrees from the Universities of Crete (2014) and the National Kapodistrian University of Athens (2024).
Veto players theory
Tsebelis developed the theory of "veto players", set out in his best known work, ''
Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work'' (2002).
See also
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Agenda-setting theory
References
External links
''Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work'' at
Princeton University Press
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Tsebelis' homepage
American people of Greek descent
American political scientists
Greek political scientists
Living people
University of Michigan faculty
Year of birth missing (living people)
Washington University in St. Louis alumni
Pierre and Marie Curie University alumni
National Technical University of Athens alumni
Sciences Po alumni
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