Adam Przeworski

Adam Przeworski
Born (1940-05-05) 5 May 1940 (age 84)
Warsaw, Poland
NationalityPolish, American
ChildrenMolly Przeworski
RelativesAndrzej Przeworski (uncle)
AwardsNational Academy of Sciences (2021)
Johan Skytte Prize (2010)
Woodrow Wilson Prize (2001)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences (1991)
Academic background
Alma materUniversity of Warsaw
Northwestern University
Influences
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
Sub-disciplineComparative politics
School or traditionSeptember Group
Institutions
Doctoral studentsFernando Limongi, Stathis Kalyvas, Jack Knight
Main interestsDemocracy, Democratization, Capitalism

Adam Przeworski (Polish: [pʂɛˈvɔrskʲi]; born May 5, 1940) is a Polish-American professor of political science specializing in comparative politics. He is Carroll and Milton Professor Emeritus in the Department of Politics of New York University. He is a scholar of democratic societies, theory of democracy, social democracy and political economy, as well as an early proponent of rational choice theory in political science.[1]

  1. ^ Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder, "Adam Przeworski: Capitalism, Democracy, and Science,” pp. 456–503, in Gerardo L. Munck and Richard Snyder, Passion, Craft, and Method in Comparative Politics. Baltimore, Md.: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 2007; [1] Archived 2021-07-09 at the Wayback Machine.

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