William H. Riker (1920–1993)

John H. Aldrich ()
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John H. Aldrich: Duke University

Chapter 10 in Readings in Public Choice and Constitutional Political Economy, 2008, pp 135-141 from Springer

Abstract: William Harrison Riker, one of the founders of the Public Choice Society, arguably transformed the discipline of Political Science more than any single individual in the last half-century, creating the possibility of a genuine science of politics. It is difficult to measure the relative importance of his own scholarship, the vision of the scientific enterprise he imposed on the discipline, the training he gave a new generation of scholars, and the integration of this new understanding of political science into the social sciences. Each on their own was a legacy few achieve. Collectively, his contributions are, like the man himself, peerless.

Keywords: Public Choice; Social Choice; Rational Choice Theory; American Political Science Review; Political Coalition (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2008
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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75870-1_10

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