Giovanni Sartori
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13 May 1924 Florence, Italy |
| Died | 4 April 2017 (aged 92) Florence, Italy |
| Fields | comparative politics |
Giovanni Sartori (Italian pronunciation: [dʒoˈvanni sarˈtori]; 13 May 1924 – 4 April 2017) was an Italian political scientist specialized in the study of democracy and comparative politics.
Born in Florence in 1924, Sartori began his academic career as a lecturer in the History of Modern Philosophy. He founded the first Political Science academic post in Italy, and was Dean of the newly formed University of Florence's Department of Political Science. Sartori served as Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University from 1979 to 1994 and was later appointed Professor Emeritus.
He was a recipient of a Prince of Asturias Award (Social Sciences area) in 2005 and of the Karl Deutsch Award in 2009. of the International Political Science Association (IPSA), which honours a prominent scholar engaged in the cross-disciplinary research.
His article "Concept Misformation in Comparative Politics" published in The American Political Science Review is prominent in the field, leading Gary Goertz to write, "There are few articles in political science that deserve the predicate "classic," but Sartori's ... merits the label."
Sartori was also a regular contributor, as an op-ed writer, of the leading Italian newspaper Corriere della Sera. In 1971 he founded and edited the periodical Italian Political Science Review.
Sartori died at the age of 92 in Florence from throat cancer on 4 April 2017.
Three books deal with the work of Sartori:
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