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Maurice Duverger
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Maurice Louis Georges Duverger was a French jurist, politician, political scientist, and university teacher. Born in Angoulême, he worked as a university teacher at the University of Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne and was employed by Le Monde. His professional activities included serving as a director and a Member of the European Parliament, with work locations in Strasbourg and Brussels. He was a member of the Italian Communist Party and held memberships in the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts, and the Finnish Academy of Science and Letters.
Duverger wrote in French and produced numerous works, including *Droit constitutionnel et institutions politiques*, *Les régimes politiques*, *Manuel de droit constitutionnel et de science politique*, *De la dictature*, and *Finances publiques*. He received the Grand Officer of the Legion of Honour, the Order of the Francisque, and the Commander of the Legion of Honour. Duverger participated in WWII Axis collaboration in France. He died in the 5th arrondissement of Paris on December 17, 2014.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1917
- Works
- 94
Top works
- Institutions financières
- Droit constitutionnel et institutions politiques
- Les régimes politiques
- Manuel de droit constitutionnel et de science politique
- De la dictature
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Key facts
- Constituency
- Italy
- Born
- ( 1917-05-06 ) 6 May 1917, Angoulême , Charente , France
- Died
- 16 December 2014 (2014-12-16) (aged 97)
- Party
- Italian Communist Party , Democratic Party of the Left
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Georges
- Family name
- Duverger
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- France
- Place of birth
- Angoulême
- Place of death
- 5th arrondissement of Paris
- Occupation
- university teacher
- Position held
- Member of the European Parliament
- Employer
- Le Monde
- Languages spoken
- French
- Native language
- French
- Participant in
- WWII Axis collaboration in France
- Academic degree
- doctorate
- Image
- Maurice Duverger.jpg
- Work location
- Brussels
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- date of death
- 2014-12-16
- date of birth
- 1917-06-05
- name in native language
- Maurice Duverger
- Commons category
- Maurice Duverger
- writing language
- French
- birth name
- Maurice Louis Georges Duverger
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Encyclopedic overview
Maurice Duverger (/ˈduːvərʒeɪ/ DOO-vər-zhay; French: [mɔʁis dyvɛʁʒe]; 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 published many books and articles in international newspapers, such as Corriere della Sera and la Repubblica in Italy, El País in Spain, and especially Le Monde in France.
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.
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