Alfred Stepan 22 July 1936 – 27 September 2017: Government & Opposition editorial board member

Alfred Stepan was a great political scientist. He was also a great colleague and a great boss. I had the chance to work with Stepan soon after he joined the Central European University (CEU) as its first rector in 1993. That was the time when Stepan was working with Juan Linz to complete their book...

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Published in:Government and opposition (London) 2018-01, Vol.53 (1), p.180-180
Main Author: Jones, Erik
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Intellectuals
Political science
Politics
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Summary:Alfred Stepan was a great political scientist. He was also a great colleague and a great boss. I had the chance to work with Stepan soon after he joined the Central European University (CEU) as its first rector in 1993. That was the time when Stepan was working with Juan Linz to complete their book Comparative Democratic Transition and Consolidation (1996). I remember being impressed that a scholar with such deep knowledge of Latin America could immerse himself so thoroughly and so quickly in the political life of Central and Eastern Europe. Stepan was a true comparativist.
ISSN:0017-257X
1477-7053
DOI:10.1017/gov.2017.38