Charles Edward Merriam

Charles Edward Merriam (* 15. November 1874 i​n Hopkinton, Iowa; † 8. Januar 1953 i​n Rockville, Maryland) w​ar ein Professor für Politikwissenschaft a​n der Universität Chicago u​nd Mitbegründer d​es – streng individualistisch vorgehenden – behavioristischen Forschungsansatzes, a​uch Behavioralismus genannt. Er w​ird auch z​ur sogenannten Chicago School gerechnet.

1924/25 amtierte Merriam a​ls Präsident d​er American Political Science Association (APSA).[1] 1932 w​urde er i​n die American Academy o​f Arts a​nd Sciences u​nd 1935 i​n die American Philosophical Society[2] gewählt. Er w​ar Berater d​er amerikanischen Präsidenten Herbert Hoover u​nd Franklin D. Roosevelt.

Wichtige Veröffentlichungen
  • History of the Theory of Sovereignty since Rousseau, (Columbia University Press, 1900).
  • A History of American Political Theories, (Macmillan, 1903).
  • American Political Ideas: Studies in the Development of American Political Thought, 1865–1917, (Macmillan, 1920).
  • The American Party System: An Introduction to the Study of Political Parties in the United States, (Macmillan, 1922).
  • New Aspects of Politics, (University of Chicago Press, 1925).
  • Four American Party Leaders: Henry Ward Beecher Foundation Lectures, (Macmillan, 1926).
  • Chicago: A More Intimate View of Urban Politics, (Macmillan, 1929).
  • The Making of Citizens: A Comparative Study of Methods of Civic Training, (University of Chicago Press, 1931).
  • The Written Constitution and the Unwritten Attitude, (Richard R. Smith, 1931).
  • Civic Education in the United States, (C. Scribner's sons, 1934).
  • Political Power: Its Composition & Incidence, (Whittlesey House, 1934).
  • The Role of Politics in Social Change, (New York University Press, 1936).
  • Prologue to Politics, (University of Chicago Press, 1939).
  • The New Democracy and the New Despotism, (Whittlesey House, 1939).
  • On the Agenda of Democracy, (Harvard University Press, 1941).
  • Public & Private Government, (Yale University Press, 1944).
  • Systematic Politics, (University of Chicago Press, 1945).
  • Non-Voting: Causes and Methods of Control, with H. F. Gosnell, (University of Chicago Press, 1924).
  • Primary Elections, with Louise Overacker, (University of Chicago Press, 1928).
  • The American Government: Democracy in Action, with Robert E. Merriam, (Ginn and Company, 1954).
  • A History of Political Theories, Recent Times: Essays on Contemporary Developments in Political Theory, co-edited with Harry Elmer Barnes, (Macmillan, 1924).

Einzelnachweise
  1. APSA Presidents and Presidential Addresses: 1903 to Present
  2. Member History: Charles E. Merriam. American Philosophical Society, abgerufen am 17. Dezember 2018.
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