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Professor James Burns FBA

History
Year of birth
1921
Year of death
2012
Honours
FBA
Sections
Political Studies: Political Theory, Government and International Relations

Current post

Professor Emeritus of the History of Political Thought, University College London

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Professor Theda Skocpol FBA

Analyses socio-political transformations in historical and cross-national perspective, including revolutions and social movements; evolution of US social policies and voluntary associations; and contemporary US party polarisation and Republican radicalisation

Theda Skocpol FBA (credit Martha Stewart)

Professor Matthew Kramer FBA

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Professor Richard Ned Lebow FBA

The cultural and psychological foundations of political behaviour and its analysis

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