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3 unusual facts about Alfred Stepan


Alfred Stepan

He has authored and edited a large number of books, including "Arguing Comparative Politics", (Oxford University Press, 2001), and, co-authored with Juan Linz and Yogendra Yadav, "Democracy in Multinational Societies: India and Other Polities", (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 2010) and with Juan Linz, Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post Communist Europe, (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996).

Juan José Linz

He is the author of many works on the subject, including Problems of Democratic Transition and Consolidation: Southern Europe, South America, and Post-Communist Europe (Johns Hopkins University Press, 1996, co-authored with Alfred Stepan), his seminal work Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes (Rienner, 2000) and his influential essay 'The Perils of Presidentialism'.

National Intelligence Service of Brazil

Alfred Stepan, a professor of political science at Columbia University, observed that the SNI differed from similar agencies in other countries.



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