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Alfred Stepan (1936–2017)

Author of Rethinking Military Politics

28 Works 234 Members 4 Reviews

About the Author

Alfred Stepan (1936-2017) was the Wallace S. Sayre Professor Emeritus of Government and founding director of the Center for the Study of Democracy, Toleration, and Religion at Columbia University. His many books include Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South show more America, and Post-Communist Europe (with Juan J. Linz, 1996), Arguing Comparative Politics (2001); and Boundaries of Toleration (Columbia, 2014, with Charles Taylor). show less

Works by Alfred Stepan

Rethinking Military Politics (1988) 25 copies, 3 reviews
Democracy, Islam, and Secularism in Turkey (2012) — Editor — 21 copies, 1 review
Rethinking Religion and World Affairs (2011) — Editor — 16 copies
Boundaries of Toleration (2014) 14 copies

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Common Knowledge

Birthdate
1936-07-22
Date of death
2017-09-26
Gender
male
Nationality
USA
Associated Place (for map)
USA

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4 reviews
Old but very good analysis of the process of recovering from military dictatorship.
Excellent study of the military regimes that dominated the south of South America in the 1970s.
An examination of the roles played by Islam and by secularism (and Atarurkism) in the modern Turkish state.

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Works
28
Members
234
Popularity
#96,590
Rating
4.0
Reviews
4
ISBNs
44
Languages
2

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