Maurice Duverger

Maurice Duverger (; 5 June 1917 – 16 December 2014) was a French jurist, sociologist, political scientist and politician born in Angoulême, Charente. Starting his career as a jurist at the University of Bordeaux, Duverger became more and more involved in political science and in 1948 founded one of the first faculties for political science in Bordeaux, France. An emeritus professor of the Sorbonne and member of the FNSP, he has published many books and articles in newspapers, such as ''Corriere della Sera'', ''la Repubblica'', ''El País'', and especially ''Le Monde''.

Duverger studied the evolution of political systems and the institutions that operate in diverse countries, showing a preference for empirical methods of investigation rather than philosophical reasoning. He devised a theory which became known as Duverger's law, which identifies a correlation between a first-past-the-post election system and the formation of a two-party system. While analysing the political system of France, he coined the term semi-presidential system.

A staunch communist and Soviet Union admirer, he wrote following the February 1956 speech by Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev that Stalin had been no better and no worse than the majority of tyrants who preceded him, adding that the Russian Communist Party was a living organism whose cells were continuously rejuvenated, and that the fear of purges had had the effect of keeping the militants on edge, constantly reviving their zeal. From 1989 until 1994, he was a member of the Italian Communist Party, later the Democratic Party of the Left, in the European Parliament. In 1981, he was elected a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He died at the age of 97 on 16 December 2014. Provided by Wikipedia
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    Métodos de las ciencias sociales. by Duverger, Maurice

    Book
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    Introducción a la política. by Duverger, Maurice

    Book
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    Instituciones políticas y derecho constitucional / by Duverger, Maurice

    Book
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    Introducción a la política / by Duverger, Maurice

    Book
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    Droit constitutionnel et institutions politiques / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1959
    Book
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    Los partidos politicos / by Duverger, Maurice

    Book
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    Metodos de las ciencias sociales / by Duverger, Maurice

    Book
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    Instituciones políticas y derecho constitucional / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1962
    Book
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    Introducción a la política / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1968
    Book
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    La structure des partis / by Duverger, Maurice

    Article
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    El desarrollo de la democracia en francia / by Duverger, Maurice

    Article
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    Métodos de las ciencias sociales / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1962
    Book
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    Les parts politiques et le fédéralisme en europe / by Duverger, Maurice

    Article
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    Manuel de droit constitutionnel et de science politique / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1948
    Book
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    Métodos de las ciencias sociales / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1962
    Book
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    Métodos de las ciencias sociales 6/ by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1962
    Book
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    Introducción a la política / by Duverger, Maurice

    Book
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    Instituciones financieras / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1960
    Book
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    La Democracia sin el Pueblo / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1967
    Book
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    Introducción a la Política / by Duverger, Maurice

    Published 1968
    Book