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Converse, Philip E., 1928-2014

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Personal name headingConverse, Philip E., 1928-2014
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Birth date1928-11-17
Death date2014-12-30
Place of birthConcord (N.H.)
Place of deathAnn Arbor (Mich.)
Field of activitySociology Political science Voting Party affiliation
AffiliationCenter for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences (Stanford, Calif.)
University of Michigan. Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan
Profession or occupationSociologists Political scientists College teachers
Found inHis Group influence in voting behavior, c1958.
New York times (online), viewed Jan. 13, 2015 (in obituary published Jan. 7: Prof. Philip E. Converse; b. Nov. 17, 1928, Concord, N.H.; d. Dec. 30 [2014], Ann Arbor, aged 86; in The American voter, concluded with three co-authors in 1960 that most voters were remarkably uninformed and based their preferences largely on party affiliation; professor emeritus of sociology and political science, University of Michigan; became director of the Institute for Social Research there, 1986; director of the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford University, 1989-1994)
Associated languageeng