William Harrison Riker was an influential
political scientist, who advanced the field of
political science through his application of
game theory and
mathematics to the field. Riker was born
September 22,
1920 in
Des Moines, Iowa, and received his PhD at
Harvard University in
1948. He took on a professorship at
Lawrence University[?] in
Appleton, Wisconsin (then Lawrence College), where he published
The Theory of Political Coalitions. In
1962, he became the chair of the Political Science at the
University of Rochester, where he remained chair until
1977, and remained active until his death on
June 26,
1993.
See also: Duverger's law
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