Seymour Martin Lipset

Seymour Martin Lipset (/ˈlɪpsɪt/ LIP-sit; March 18, 1922 – December 31, 2006) was an American sociologist and political scientist. His major work was in the fields of political sociology, trade union organization, social stratification, public opinion, and the sociology of intellectual life. He also wrote extensively about the conditions for democracy in comparative perspective. He was president of both the American Political Science Association (1979–1980) and the American Sociological Association (1992–1993). A socialist in his early life, Lipset later moved to the right, and was considered to be one of the first neoconservatives. Quotes Paradoxical as it may seem, collective bargaining is not losing ground in the United States because unions are less attractive, but unions are less attractive because collective bargaining is losing ground. Unions in Transition: Entering the Second Century Legitimacy involves the capacity of a political system to engender and maintain the belief that existing political institutions are the most appropriate or proper ones for the society. Political Man: The Social Bases of Politics, Expanded Edition External links Category:Sociologists from the United States Category:Political scientists from the United States Category:Jews from the United States Category:1922 births Category:2006 deaths Category:Columbia University alumni Category:Columbia University faculty Category:Harvard University faculty Category:Historians from the United States Category:Members of the American Philosophical Society Category:People from New York City