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Theda Skocpol

1947 - Today

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Theda Skocpol (née Barron; May 4, 1947) is an American sociologist and political scientist, who is currently the Victor S. Thomas Professor of Government and Sociology at Harvard University. She is best known as an advocate of the historical-institutional and comparative approaches, as well as her "state autonomy theory". She has written widely for both popular and academic audiences. She has been President of the American Political Science Association and the Social Science History Association. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Theda Skocpol is the 70th most popular sociologist (up from 72nd in 2019), the 8,437th most popular biography from United States (down from 8,045th in 2019) and the 24th most popular American Sociologist.

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Theda Skocpol ranks 70 out of 79. Before her are Henri Hubert, Göran Therborn, Loïc Wacquant, Louis Wirth, Anthony D. Smith, and Peter Blau. After her are Margaret Archer, John Urry, Robert Nisbet, Rodney Stark, Tatyana Zaslavskaya, and Boris Kagarlitsky.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Theda Skocpol ranks 618. Before her are André Heller, Laurent Pokou, Randhir Kapoor, Franz West, Ada Kok, and Peter Wilson. After her are Rustam Kazakov, Sony Lab'ou Tansi, Peter Chen, Richard Palmer-James, Ginny Duenkel, and Nina Fyodorova.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Theda Skocpol ranks 8,439 out of 20,380. Before her are William B. Lenoir (1939), John L. Hennessy (1952), Tommy Noonan (1921), Richard S. Ewell (1817), Lana Clarkson (1962), and Michael D. Coe (1929). After her are TobyMac (1964), F. Holland Day (1864), James Rector (1884), Elisabeth Moore (1876), Mandy Moore (1984), and George Pataki (1945).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In United States

Among sociologists born in United States, Theda Skocpol ranks 24. Before her are James Samuel Coleman (1926), George Ritzer (1940), Arlie Russell Hochschild (1940), George C. Homans (1910), Erik Olin Wright (1947), and Jeffrey C. Alexander (1947). After her are Robert Nisbet (1913), Rodney Stark (1934), and John Bellamy Foster (1953).

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