Giovanni Sartori is an Italian political scientist specializing in the study of comparative politics. He was born in May 1924. In 1946 he was awarded a Ph.D from the University of Florence, Italy, and served as Dean of the newly formed Department of Political Science from 1969 to 1972. Sartori served as Albert Schweitzer Professor in the Humanities at Columbia University from 1979 to 1994, and was later appointed Professor Emeritus. See also: Political Science Notable political scientists Kenneth Arrow - Nobel Memorial Prize winning economist who published influential paper on his widely cited Arrows Impossibility Theorem Robert Axelrod Duncan Black - Responsible for unearthing the work of many early political scientists, including Charles Dodgson Jean-Charles de Borda - 18th century mathematician... Comparative government or comparative politics is the field of political science that focuses on comparing the varying forms of government in different settings, especially the governments of different states and nations, though it may also compare governments across different periods of history. ... May is the fifth month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ... 1924 was a leap year starting on Tuesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1946 was a common year starting on Tuesday. ... Doctor of Philosophy (Ph. ... The Italian Republic or Italy (Italian: Repubblica Italiana or Italia) is a country in southern Europe. ... 1969 was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1969 calendar). ... 1972 was a leap year that started on a Saturday. ... Columbia University is a large private research university in New York City comprising, through its affiliates, five undergraduate colleges and sixteen graduate and professional schools. ... 1979 is a common year starting on Monday. ... 1994 was a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar, and was designated the International year of the Family. ... A professor is a senior teacher and researcher, usually in a college or university. ...

Sartori has made lasting contributions to the fields of democratic theory, party systems and constitutional engineering. In particular, Sartori suggested that party systems should not be classified on the basis of the number of parties, but according to an evaluation of their mechanics, introducing the notion of a 'relevant party'. He is also an advocate of applying the knowledge acquired through the study of political science to the design of political institutions, in order to improve their performance. A party system is a concept in political science concerning the system of government in a state where political parties exist. ...

Selected Publications

• Democrazia e definizioni. Bologna: Il Mulino, 1957.
• Parties and Party Systems. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1976. ISBN 0521291062.
• The Theory of Democracy Revisited. Chatham, N.J: Chatham House, 1987. ISBN 0934540497.
• Comparative Constitutional Engineering. Basingstoke: Macmillan, 1994. ISBN 0333629671.

References

• Pasquino, Gianfranco. (2005). " The political science of Giovanni Sartori (http://www.palgrave-journals.com/cgi-taf/DynaPage.taf?file=/eps/journal/v4/n1/full/2210003a.html&filetype=pdf)". European Political Science 4 (1), 33–41.