George Tsebelis

George Tsebelis is an American political scientist who specializes in political systems and formal modeling. He is currently Anatol Rapoport Collegiate Professor of Political Science at the University of Michigan.

George Tsebelis
NationalityGreece
CitizenshipUnited States
OccupationPolitical scientist
AwardsFellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Academic background
EducationNational Technical University of Athens
Sciences Po
Pierre and Marie Curie University
Alma materWashington University in St. Louis
ThesisParties and Activists: A Comparative Study of Parties and Party Systems (1985)
Doctoral advisorJohn Sprague
Academic work
DisciplinePolitical science
InstitutionsUniversity of Michigan
University of California, Los Angeles
Doctoral studentsAmie Kreppel
Websitehttps://sites.lsa.umich.edu/tsebelis/

He received undergraduate degrees in engineering from the National Technical University of Athens and in political science from Sciences Po. He received a doctorate in mathematical statistics from Pierre and Marie Curie University and one in political science from Washington University in St. Louis.[1] Tsebelis was elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences as part of the Academy's 2016 class.[2]

Veto players theory

Tsebelis developed the theory of "veto players", set out in his best known work, Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work (2002).[3]

See also

References
  1. "George Tsebelis". University of Michigan. Retrieved 13 December 2014.
  2. "Tsebelis to join American Academy of Arts and Sciences | U-M LSA Political Science". lsa.umich.edu. Retrieved 2016-12-20.
  3. Munger, Michael C. (Fall 2004). "Veto Players: How Political Institutions Work". The Independent Review. 9 (2). Retrieved 10 November 2018.


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