Bancroft Prize
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Alexander L. George
アレクサンダー・エル・ジョージ
Arekusandā Eru Jōji
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1920-05-31 （Chicago, Illinois, U.S.）
- Died
- 2006-08-16 （Seattle, Washington, U.S.） age 86
- Nationality
- United States
- Languages
- English
Career
- Occupations
- behavioral scientist, political scientist, international relations scholar
- Active Years
- 1950-2006
- Affiliations
- Stanford University, RAND Corporation, American University
- Memberships
- American Philosophical Society, International Studies Association
- Influenced By
- Influenced
- Andrew Bennett, Jack S. Levy, policy makers in nuclear crisis management, Richard Smoke (co-author)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| University of Chicago | — | Department of Political Science | BA, MA, PhD | 1940s–1958 | United States |
University of Chicago
Department of Political Science
Degree:
BA, MA, PhD
Period:
1940s–1958
Year of Graduation:
1958
Country:
United States
PhD in political science (1958)
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Bancroft Prize | — | — | Columbia University | 受賞 |
| 1983 | MacArthur Fellowship | — | — | MacArthur Foundation | 受賞 |
| 1997 | NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War | — | — | National Academy of Sciences | 受賞 |
| 1998 | Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science | — | — | Johan Skytte Prize (Uppsala University) | 受賞 |
| 2000 | Elected Member of the American Philosophical Society | — | — | American Philosophical Society | 選出 |
Bancroft Prize
1975
Organization:
Columbia University
Result:
受賞
MacArthur Fellowship
1983
Organization:
MacArthur Foundation
Result:
受賞
NAS Award for Behavior Research Relevant to the Prevention of Nuclear War
1997
Organization:
National Academy of Sciences
Result:
受賞
Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
1998
Organization:
Johan Skytte Prize (Uppsala University)
Result:
受賞
Elected Member of the American Philosophical Society
2000
Organization:
American Philosophical Society
Result:
選出
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House: a personality study
1964 academic non-fiction (political science, biographical study)A study analyzing the relationship between President Woodrow Wilson and his advisor Colonel House and how their personalities influenced foreign policy.
leadershippersonality studyforeign policy
Deterrence in American Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice
1974 academic non-fiction (international relations)A representative work examining theoretical frameworks of deterrence and its practice in American foreign policy (co-authored).
deterrencesecurityforeign policy
Managing U.S.-Soviet Rivalry: Problems of Crisis Prevention
1983 academic non-fiction (Cold War, crisis management)An analysis of crisis management and conflict avoidance in U.S.-Soviet relations.
crisis managementU.S.-Soviet relationsnuclear deterrence
Forceful Persuasion: Coercive Diplomacy as an Alternative to War
1991 academic non-fiction (foreign policy)An examination of coercive diplomacy as an alternative to war, both theoretically and practically.
coercive diplomacyconflict avoidancediplomatic strategy
Presidential Personality and Performance
1998 academic non-fiction (political psychology)A study on how presidential personality traits affect policy decisions and performance (co-authored).
political psychologydecision-makingleadership
Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences
2005 academic non-fiction (methodology)An important methodological work that organizes methods for developing theory through case studies and discusses the use of process tracing (co-authored).
research methodologyprocess tracingcase study research
Bibliography
- Woodrow Wilson and Colonel House: a personality study (1964)
- The Chinese Communist Army in Action; The Korean War and Its Aftermath (1969)
- Deterrence in American Foreign Policy: Theory and Practice (1974)
- Managing U.S.-Soviet Rivalry: Problems of Crisis Prevention (1983)
- U.S.-Soviet Security Cooperation: Achievements, Failures, Lessons (1988, ed.)
- Avoiding War: Problems of Crisis Management (1991, ed.)
- Forceful Persuasion: Coercive Diplomacy as an Alternative to War (1991)
- Presidential Personality and Performance (1998, co-authored)
- Case Studies and Theory Development in the Social Sciences (2005, co-authored)
- On Foreign Policy: Unfinished Business (2006)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarly and analytical styleemphasis on empirical case studies and theory testing
- Recurring Motifs
- personality and decision-makingcrisis management and nuclear deterrencecausal inference via process tracing
Legacy
A leading scholar in political psychology and international relations, highly regarded for methodological contributions such as process tracing and for influential work on nuclear crisis management. He bridged policy makers and academia and made major contributions to research on deterrence, coercive diplomacy, and crisis management.
Academic Societies
- American Philosophical Society
- International Studies Association
Archives
- Stanford University Archives
Quotes
-
I regard him as a truly great scholar and human being.
Source: Stanford Report (obituary by Barbara Palmer) (2006)
Trivia
- Born Alexander Givargis.
- Of Assyrian family origin from Urmia in north-west Persia (Iran).
- Received PhD from the University of Chicago (1958).
- Served as Graham H. Stuart Professor of Political Science at Stanford University.