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Henry Brady, Big Scientist

Bibliographic Data

ID12376832
AuthorsLarry M Bartels (0009-0006-1260-1593, Princeton University, corresponding author), Richard Johnston (0000-0003-0051-1225, University of British Columbia), Cynthia S Kaplan (University of California, Santa Barbara), Marcia K Meyers (University of Washington)
Year2009
Volume42
Issue4
Pages793-798
Publication date2009-09-25
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenuePS Political Science & Politics (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1049-0965 • E-ISSN: 1537-5935
PublisherCambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1017/s1049096509990412
OpenAlexW2160477400
LanguageEN
References cited19

Henry Brady's career is a testament to the virtues of big social science—big questions, big datasets, big toolkits, big institutions. While much of political science still functions as a cottage industry, he has played a leading role in the second generation of our discipline's post-war industrial revolution. Building on the varied contributions of such earlier stalwarts as Warren Miller, David Truman, Gabriel Almond, and Paul Lazarsfeld, Brady has contributed significantly to the theoretical, empirical, methodological, and institutional development of the field. With intelligence, energy, and good will, he has instigated and nurtured a remarkable variety of projects, partnerships, and programs to advance our understanding of important political phenomena

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