Mattei Dogan | |
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| Born | (1920-10-16)October 16, 1920 |
| Died | October 10, 2010(2010-10-10) (aged 89) Paris, France |
| Alma mater | Sciences Po Sorbonne University |
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| Fields | Political sociology |
| Institutions | French National Center for Scientific Research University of California, Los Angeles |
Mattei Dogan (16 October 1920 – 10 October 2010) was a Romanian-born Frenchpolitical sociologist and senior research officer emeritus of theFrench National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS)[1] and professor emeritus of political science of theUniversity of California, Los Angeles.[2] Over a period of 22 years, he also taught atUCLA,Indiana University,Yale University, theInstitute of Statistical Mathematics in Tokyo, theUniversity of Florence, and theRussian Academy of Sciences. He was a foreign honorarymember of the Romanian Academy from 1992,[3] and he received theCNRS Silver Medal.
Born inCurtea de Argeș, Romania, he obtained a B.A. from theInstitut d’Études Politiques de Paris and an M.A. in History and Philosophy fromSorbonne University, where he subsequently received a doctorate. In 1953, he joined the CNRS in Paris.[4] He chaired the Research Committee on Political Elites of theInternational Political Science Association (IPSA) and the Research Committee on Comparative Sociology of theInternational Sociological Association (ISA).[5] He was also the founder of theFoundation Mattei Dogan[6] that is devoted exclusively to thesocial sciences, and which is recognized as a non-profit organization by both the French and American governments.
His main research domains includeelite studies,international comparative analysis, andinterdisciplinary approaches. His publications have dealt with the relationship betweenpolitical behavior andreligious behavior,political legitimacy and theruling class. He also worked on the society and political regime ofItaly.[citation needed]
His professional itinerary was marked by his affiliation with the Committee on Political Sociology (ISA andIPSA),[7] which played a pioneering role incomparative research and where he was in the company of scholars likeGiovanni Sartori,Seymour Martin Lipset,Stein Rokkan,Richard Rose,Juan Linz, and other comparativists. During his long career, which spanned more than a half-century, he moved from empirical research on topics like voter behavior to more encompassing theoretical work, his last publication being "Is There A Ruling Class in France?".
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