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Thisisa1979bookbypoliticalscientistandsociologistThedaSkocpol,publishedbyCambridgeUniversityPressandexplainingthecausesofrevolutionsthroughthestructuralfunctionalismsociologicalparadigmcomparativehistoricalanalysisoftheFr
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THEDASKOCPOL(PhD,Harvard,1975)istheVictorS.ThomasProfessorofGovernmentandSociologyatHarvardUniversity.AtHarvard,shehasservedasDeanoftheGraduateSchoolofArtsandSciences(2005-2007)andasDirectoroftheCenterforAmericanPoliticalStudies(2000-2006).In1996,SkocpolservedasPresidentoftheSocialScienceHistoryAssociation,aninterdisciplinaryprofessionalgroup,andin2002-03,sheservedasPresidentoftheAmericanPoliticalScienceAssociationduringthecentennialofthisleadingprofessionalbody.In2007,shewasawardedtheJohanSkyttePrizeinPoliticalScienceforher"visionaryanalysisofthesignificanceofthestateforrevolutions,welfare,andpoliticaltrust,pursuedwiththeoreticaldepthandempiricalevidence."TheSkyttePrizeisoneofthelargestandmostprestigiousinpoliticalscienceandisawardedannuallybytheSkytteFoundationatUppsalaUniversity(Sweden)tothescholarwhointheviewofthefoundationhasmadethemostvaluablecontributiontothediscipline.SkocpolhasalsobeenelectedtomembershipinallthreemajorU.S.interdisciplinaryhonorsocieties:theAmericanAcademyofArtsandSciences(elected1994),theAmericanPhilosophicalSociety(elected2006),andtheNationalAcademyofSciences(elected2008).Skocpol'sworkcoversanunusuallybroadspectrumoftopicsincludingbothcomparativepolitics(StatesandSocialRevolutions,1979)andAmericanpolitics(ProtectingSoldiersandMothers:ThePoliticalOriginsofSocialPolicyintheUnitedStates,1992).AmongherotherworksareBringingtheStateBackIn(1985,withPeterEvansandDietrichRueschemeyer);SocialPolicyintheUnitedStates(1995);Boomerang:Clinton'sHealthSecurityEffortandtheTurnAgainstGovernmentinUSPolitics(1996);CivicEngagementinAmericanDemocracy(1999,withMorrisFiorina);DiminishedDemocracy:FromMembershiptoManagementinAmericanCivicLife(2003);InequalityandAmericanDemocracy:WhatWeKnowandWhatWeNeedtoLearn(2005,withLawrenceR.Jacobs);WhataMightyPowerWeCanBe:AfricanAmericanFraternalGroupsandTheStruggleforRacialEquality(2006,withArianeLiazosandMarshallGanz);andTheTransformationofAmericanPolitics:ActivistGovernmentandtheRiseofConservatism(2007,withPaulPierson).Herbooksandarticleshavebeenwidelycitedinpoliticalscienceliteratureandhavewonnumerousawards,includingthe1993WoodrowWilsonAwardoftheAmericanPoliticalScienceAssociationforthebestbookinpoliticalscienceforthepreviousyear.Skocpol'sresearchfocusesonU.S.socialpolicyandcivicengagementinAmericandemocracy,includingchangessincethe1960s.ShehasrecentlylaunchednewprojectsonthedevelopmentofU.S.highereducationandonthetransformationsofU.S.federalpoliciesintheObamaera.
