Samuel Finer
British political scientist and historian
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Samuel Edward Finer FBA was a British political scientist and historian specializing in comparative politics, who was instrumental in advancing political studies as an academic subject in the United Kingdom, pioneering the study of UK political institutions. His most notable work is The History of Government from the Earliest Times – a three-volume comparative analysis of all significant government systems. He was also a major contributor to the study of civil–military relations with the publication of his book, The Man on Horseback.
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- The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics. (1964) (632)
- Politics, Parties, and Pressure Groups (1958) (195)
- A Theory of Social Change (1954) (175)
- The man on horseback (1962) (161)
- British Political Parties (1956) (159)
- The history of government from the earliest times (1997) (146)
- The life and times of Sir Edwin Chadwick (1953) (145)
- Adversary politics and electoral reform (1975) (134)
- The History of Government (1997) (99)
- Backbench Opinion in the House of Commons 1955-59. (1962) (64)
- State-building, state boundaries and border control (1974) (60)
- The Individual Responsibility of Ministers (1956) (55)
- Anonymous empire : a study of the lobby in Great Britain (1960) (51)
- Vilfredo Pareto: Sociological Writings (1966) (44)
- The Anonymous Empire (1958) (40)
- The retreat to the barracks: Notes on the practice and the theory of military withdrawal from the seats of power (1985) (39)
- The changing British party system, 1945-1979 (1980) (35)
- Military and Society in Latin America (1963) (30)
- Almond’s Concept of ‘The Political System’: A Textual Critique (1970) (22)
- Pareto and Pluto-Democracy: The Retreat to Galapagos (1968) (20)
- Patronage and the Public Service (1952) (18)
- The one‐party regimes in Africa: reconsiderations (1967) (16)
- The Political Power of Private Capital (1955) (14)
- The Political Power of Organized Labour (1973) (14)
- Adversary politics and the eighties (1982) (12)
- The Man on Horseback-1974 (1974) (11)
- A Primer of Public Administration (1951) (11)
- Federation of British Industries (1956) (9)
- The Political Power of Organised Labour (1976) (9)
- Treasury Control (1957) (8)
- Princes, Parliaments and the Public Service (1980) (8)
- Political Science: An Idiosyncratic Retrospect of a Putative Discipline (1980) (8)
- Local government in England and Wales (1953) (4)
- The intermediate ages (1997) (4)
- A Profile of Science Fiction (1954) (4)
- The Vocabulary of Political Science (1975) (3)
- Comparative Government And Politics: Essays In Honour Of S. E. Finer (1984) (3)
- HONG KONG 1997: WHEN THE KISSING HAS TO STOP (1985) (3)
- Ancient monarchies and empires (1997) (3)
- Empires, monarchies, and the modern state (1997) (2)
- Private industry and political power (1958) (2)
- Central Government Organization (1957) (2)
- Thatcherism and British Political History (1987) (2)
- Anonymous Empire. A Study of the Lobby in Great Britain (1996) (2)
- Perspectives in the World History of Government‐ a Prolegomenon (1983) (2)
- Leonard Schapiro (1984) (1)
- Les Silences De Sir Frank Newsam (1955) (1)
- The Burden of Tyre (1988) (1)
- The Military in the Politics of Today (1969) (1)
- The Byzantine Empire (c.1000) (1999) (0)
- Correspondence (1963) (0)
- Three Books on Pressure Groups (1957) (0)
- Israel, A History of the Co-operative Movement in Israel. A Source Book in 7 Volumes. I. The Evolution of the Co-operative Movement, Bedouin of the Negev and Messianic Influences in Israeli Foreign Policy (1968) (0)
- Israeli Society, A New Sense of Purpose: Four letters to the Jews and Israel and the Developing Countries: New Approaches to Cooperation (1968) (0)
- IV. ON THE TEACHING OF POLITICS (1953) (0)
- The T'ang Empire (1999) (0)
- Problems of the Liberal-Democratic State: An Historical Overview (1990) (0)
- Research in Political Science in Britain (1960) (0)
- The Republican Alternative: Florence and Venice (1999) (0)
- The changing British party system 1945-1979 / by Samuel Edward Finer (1980) (0)
- E. Lieuwen, "Arms and Politics in Latin America" (Book Review) (1962) (0)
- The Life and Times of Sir Edwin Chadwick.@@@Edwin Chadwick and the Public Health Movement, 1832-1854. (1953) (0)
- The Empire of the Caliphate (c.900) (1999) (0)
- PEDIATRIC INHALATION THERAPY (1966) (0)
- IPO volume 10 issue 1 Cover and Front matter (1980) (0)
- The French Army in Politics, 1945–1962 . By John Steward Ambler. (Columbus: Ohio State University Press, 1966. $6.50.) (1967) (0)
- Light on Israel, The Structure of Society in Israel, Military and Politics in Israel: Nation-building and Role Expansion and Nation-Building and Community in Israel (1970) (0)
- Comparative Administration (1960) (0)
- The Feudal Background (1999) (0)
- The Politics of the Coup d'État: Five Case Studies and L'Ordre Public et les Groupes Révolutionnaires (1971) (0)
- Review Articles Duverger Reconsidered (1954) (0)
- The Political Power of Private Capital (1956) (0)
- Government Under the Ming, 1368–1644 (1999) (0)
- Correspondence (1959) (0)
- About One-Dimensional Men (1969) (0)
- The Economic Development of Israel, Politics in Israel and Réflexions sur l'Avenir d'Israël (1969) (0)
- NOTES AND REVIEW ARTICLES TREASURY CONTROL1 (1957) (0)
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