Nelson W. Polsby

Nelson Woolf Polsby
Born(1934-10-24)October 24, 1934
DiedFebruary 6, 2007(2007-02-06) (aged 72)
NationalityAmerican
Alma materJohns Hopkins University, Yale University, Brown University
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science
InstitutionsUniversity of California, Berkeley

Nelson Woolf Polsby (October 25, 1934 – February 6, 2007) was an American political scientist. He specialized in the study of the United States presidency, the United States Congress and how governmental policies and practices evolve.[1][2][3]

Polsby was the Heller Professor of Political Science at the University of California, Berkeley.[4] He was the editor of the American Political Science Review from 1971 – 1977[3] and the founding editor of the Annual Review of Political Science from 1998 until his death in 2007.[5][6]

  1. ^ Bernstein, Adam (February 8, 2007). "Nelson W. Polsby, 72". The Washington Post. Retrieved 15 October 2021.
  2. ^ Utter, Glenn H.; Lockhart, Charles (2002). American political scientists : a dictionary (2nd ed.). Westport, Conn.: Greenwood Press. pp. 319–321. ISBN 9780313319570.
  3. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference Cain was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Memoriam was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ Polsby, Nelson W. (1998). "Preface by Nelson W. Polsby". Annual Review of Political Science. 1. doi:10.1146/annurev.pl.1.010198.100001.
  6. ^ Levi, Margaret (June 2007). "Nelson W. Polsby (1934–2007)". Annual Review of Political Science. 10 (1). doi:10.1146/annurev.pl.10.041807.100001. ISSN 1094-2939.

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