Philip Converse
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Philip Ernest Converse (November 17, 1928 – December 30, 2014) was an American political scientist.[1] He was a professor in political science and sociology at the University of Michigan who conducted research on public opinion, survey research, and quantitative social science.
Philip E. Converse | |
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Born | (1928-11-17)November 17, 1928 |
Died | December 30, 2014(2014-12-30) (aged 86) |
Nationality | American |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | University of Michigan |
Thesis | Group Influence in Voting Behavior (1958) |
Doctoral advisor | Angus Campbell Warren Miller |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Political science, Sociology |
Converse's book chapter "The Nature of Belief Systems in Mass Publics" (Ideology and Discontent, edited by David E. Apter, 1964) held that most people lack structure and stability in their political views. With Angus Campbell, Warren Miller, and Donald E. Stokes, he co-wrote The American Voter,[2] which used data from the American National Election Studies to create a set of surveys of American public opinion carried out by the University of Michigan Survey Research Center and the Center for Political Studies. He was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences in 1969.[1][3][4]