Unsourced material may be challenged and removed. Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources in this section. This section needs additional citations for verification. Lijphart has also received honorary doctorate from Leiden University (2001), Queen's University Belfast (2004), and Ghent University (2009). 2010 Received the Constantine Panunzio Distinguished Emeritus Award.1997 Awarded the prestigious Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science in 1997.In 1993 he became foreign member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences.1995 to 1996 Served as President of the American Political Science Association.1989 Elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.Over his career, Lijphart has received many awards and honors: He has since regained his Dutch citizenship and is now a dual citizen of both the Netherlands and the United States. ĭutch by birth, he has spent most of his working life in the United States and became an American citizen. He became a professor emeritus at UCSD in 2000. Lijphart taught at Elmira College (1961–63), the University of California, Berkeley (1963–68), at Leiden University (1968–78), and the University of California, San Diego (UCSD) (1978–2000). from Principia College in 1958 and a PhD in political science from Yale University in 1963. During his youth, he experienced World War II and he attributed his aversion 'to violence' and interest 'in questions of both peace and democracy' to this experience.

Lijphart was born in Apeldoorn, Netherlands in 1936. He is influential for his work on consociational democracy and his contribution to the new Institutionalism in political science. He is Research Professor Emeritus of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego. Honorary Fellow of Coventry University (2015)Īrend d'Angremond Lijphart (born 17 August 1936) is a Dutch-American political scientist specializing in comparative politics, elections and voting systems, democratic institutions, and ethnicity and politics.honorary doctorates from University of Leiden (2001), Queen's University Belfast (2004), Ghent University (2009).Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (1997).

Patterns of Democracy by Arend Lijphart