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Rein Taagepera

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Rein Taagepera

プロフィール

性別
男性
生誕
1933-02-28 （Tartu）
国籍
Estonian
言語
Estonian, English
居住地歴
Tartu, Estonia → Marrakech, Morocco → Toronto, Canada → Newark, Delaware, USA → Irvine, California, USA → Tartu, Estonia

経歴

職業
Political scientist, Politician, Physicist, Nuclear engineer
活動期間
1959年〜2024年
所属
University of California, Irvine, University of Tartu
所属団体
Association for the Advancement of Baltic Studies (President 1986-1988), Res Publica Party (Leader 2001-2002)

学歴

University of Toronto
Faculty of Engineering / Nuclear Engineering
学位: B.A.Sc.
卒業年: 1959
国: Canada
University of Toronto
Faculty of Arts and Science / Physics
学位: M.A.
卒業年: 1961
国: Canada
University of Delaware
Physics
学位: Ph.D.
卒業年: 1965
国: United States
University of Delaware
International Relations
学位: M.A.
卒業年: 1969
国: United States
Obtained while working in industry

受賞歴

Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science
2008
主催: Uppsala University
結果: 受賞
APSA Longley Award
2003
主催: American Political Science Association
結果: 受賞
APSA Hallett Award
1999
主催: American Political Science Association
結果: 受賞
Estonian National Science Prize
1999
部門: 社会科学部門
主催: Government of Estonia
結果: 受賞
Tuglas Prize
1990
対象作品: Livland-Leaveland
結果: 受賞
Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeriti Award
2014
結果: 受賞
Karl Deutsch Award
2016
主催: International Political Science Association
結果: 受賞

受賞・候補エディション

作品

代表作

Livland-Leaveland

1990年 Prose

Personal and normative essays on Estonian and Baltic history, politics, and culture.

Baltic historyEstonian independence

Predicting Party Sizes: The Logic of Simple Electoral Systems

2007年 Political Science

Systematizes electoral systems theory into a general quantitative framework.

Electoral systemsParty systems

Making Social Sciences More Scientific: The Need for Predictive Models

2008年 Methodology

Presents logical quantitative modeling approach for social sciences.

Quantitative political sciencePredictive models

Estonia: Return to Independence

1993年 History

Analyzes the process of Estonia's return to independence.

Estonian history

全著作

  • Size and Duration of Empires: Systematics of Size
  • Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 3000 to 600 B.C.
  • Size and Duration of Empires: Growth-Decline Curves, 600 B.C. to 600 A.D.
  • Seats and Votes: The Effects and Determinants of Electoral Systems
  • Estonia: Return to Independence
  • The Baltic States: Years of Dependence, 1940-1990
  • Expansion and Contraction Patterns of Large Polities: Context for Russia
  • The Finno-Ugric Republics and the Russian State
  • Meteoric Trajectory: The Res Publica Party in Estonia

作風・主題

文体
Quantitative and modeling approachPhysics-inspired epistemologyPersonal normative prose
頻出モチーフ
Electoral systemsEmpire growth and declineBaltic regional historyHyperbolic growth of world systems

評価・遺産

Pioneer in electoral systems theory, bringing quantitative revolution to political science; contributed to Estonian independence and democratization. Known for the Laakso-Taagepera effective number of parties index.

関連学会

  • American Political Science Association

豆知識

  • Fled Soviet-occupied Estonia in 1944.
  • Finished third in the 1992 Estonian presidential election with 23% of the vote.
  • Founding leader of Res Publica Party, which won the 2003 election, but resigned due to party's rightward shift.