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'''Seymour Martin Lipset''' (March 18, 1922 - December 31, 2006) was a leading American political scientist and sociologist.  Originally a socialist and then (by 1950) a liberal, he became a neoconservative in the 1970s, promoting democracy and capitalism around the world and fighting campus radicals,.

'''Seymour Martin Lipset''' (March 18, 1922 - December 31, 2006) was a leading American political scientist and sociologist.  Originally a [[socialist]] and then (by 1950) a [[liberal]], he became a [[neoconservative]] in the 1970s, promoting democracy and capitalism around the world and fighting campus radicals,.

Lipset had the vision to frame big enduring socially and theoretically meaningful questions (across societies and history), and the dogged determination to pursue each question over the decades, He used historical and comparative international material and followed the questions not the method. The result was fresh insights, and a great deal of repetition. He emphasized the middle range, as opposed to microscopic topics or broad theory.  He had an abiding interest in democracy, stratification, Canada and America. He shared the [[Enlightenment]] faith in a positivist social science that could provide answers and be used for social betterment.

Lipset had the vision to frame big enduring socially and theoretically meaningful questions (across societies and history), and the dogged determination to pursue each question over the decades, He used historical and comparative international material and followed the questions not the method. The result was fresh insights, and a great deal of repetition. He emphasized the middle range, as opposed to microscopic topics or broad theory.  He had an abiding interest in democracy, stratification, Canada and America. He shared the [[Enlightenment]] faith in a positivist social science that could provide answers and be used for social betterment.

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