Adam Przeworski
Adam Przeworski | |
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| Born | 5 May 1940 Warsaw, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish, American |
| Children | Molly Przeworski |
| Relatives | Andrzej Przeworski (uncle) |
| Awards | National Academy of Sciences (2021) Johan Skytte Prize (2010) Woodrow Wilson Prize (2001) American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991) |
| Academic background | |
| Education | University of Warsaw (BA, MA) Northwestern University (PhD) |
| Influences | |
| Academic work | |
| Discipline | Political science |
| Sub-discipline | Comparative politics |
| School or tradition | September Group |
| Institutions | |
| Doctoral students | Fernando Limongi, Stathis Kalyvas, Jack Knight |
| Main interests | Democracy, Democratization, Capitalism |
Adam Przeworski (Polish: [pʂɛˈvɔrskʲi]; born May 5, 1940) is a Polish-American professor of political science specializing in comparative politics. He is Carroll and Milton Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics of New York University. He is a scholar of democratic societies, theory of democracy, social democracy and political economy, as well as an early proponent of rational choice theory in political science.