David Ernest Apter (December 18, 1924 – May 4, 2010) was an American

political scientist Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and Power (social and political), power, and the analysis of political activities, political philosophy, political thought, polit ...

and sociologist. He was Henry J. Heinz Professor of Comparative Political and Social Development and senior research scientist at

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private Ivy League research university in New Haven, Connecticut, United States. Founded in 1701, Yale is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Stat ...

. He was born on December 18, 1924. He taught at

Northwestern University Northwestern University (NU) is a Private university, private research university in Evanston, Illinois, United States. Established in 1851 to serve the historic Northwest Territory, it is the oldest University charter, chartered university in ...

, the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, or UChi) is a Private university, private research university in Chicago, Illinois, United States. Its main campus is in the Hyde Park, Chicago, Hyde Park neighborhood on Chicago's South Side, Chic ...

(where he was the executive secretary of the Committee for the Comparative Study of New Nations), the

University of California The University of California (UC) is a public university, public Land-grant university, land-grant research university, research university system in the U.S. state of California. Headquartered in Oakland, California, Oakland, the system is co ...

, (where he was director of the Institute of International Studies), and Yale University, where he held a joint appointment in political science and sociology and served as director of the Social Science Division, chair of Sociology, and was a founding fellow of the Whitney Humanities Center. He was elected a Fellow of the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (The Academy) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and other ...

in 1966. He was a Guggenheim Fellow, a visiting fellow at All Souls College, Oxford, a Fellow of the

Institute for Advanced Study The Institute for Advanced Study (IAS) is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in Princeton, New Jersey. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholars, including Albert Ein ...

Princeton, New Jersey The Municipality of Princeton is a Borough (New Jersey), borough in Mercer County, New Jersey, United States. It was established on January 1, 2013, through the consolidation of the Borough of Princeton, New Jersey, Borough of Princeton and Pri ...

, a Fellow of the

Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences The Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (CASBS) is an interdisciplinary research institution at Stanford University designed to advance the frontiers of knowledge about human behavior and society, and contribute to the resoluti ...

Palo Alto, California Palo Alto ( ; Spanish language, Spanish for ) is a charter city in northwestern Santa Clara County, California, United States, in the San Francisco Bay Area, named after a Sequoia sempervirens, coastal redwood tree known as El Palo Alto. Th ...

, a Fellow of the

Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS) in Amsterdam, Netherlands, is an independent research institute in the field of the humanities and social and behavioural sciences founded in 1970. The insti ...

, as well as a

Phi Beta Kappa The Phi Beta Kappa Society () is the oldest academic honor society in the United States. It was founded in 1776 at the College of William & Mary in Virginia. Phi Beta Kappa aims to promote and advocate excellence in the liberal arts and sciences, ...

Lecturer. He did field research on development, democratization and political violence in Africa, Latin America, Japan (

Sanrizuka Struggle The Sanrizuka Struggle (三里塚闘争, ''Sanrizuka tōsō'') is a series of civil conflicts and riots involving the Government of Japan, Japanese government and the agricultural community of Sanrizuka, comprising organised opposition by farme ...

etc.), and China. In 2006 he was the first recipient of the Foundation Mattei Dogan prize for contributions to Interdisciplinary research. Apter died in his home in North Haven, Connecticut, from complications due to cancer on May 4, 2010.

Bibliography

Monographs

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Essay collections

* :Received the Woodrow Wilson Foundation award for the best book of the year on government, politics, or international affairs)

Edited volumes

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References

External links

David Ernest Apter Papers (MS 1806).
Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. {{DEFAULTSORT:Apter, David E. 1924 births 2010 deaths Northwestern University faculty University of Chicago faculty University of California, Berkeley faculty Yale University faculty Institute for Advanced Study visiting scholars American political scientists Antioch College alumni Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences People from North Haven, Connecticut