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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bruce_Russett > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Bruce_Russett.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Russett > Source revision: 1357169226 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|American political scientist}} {{Infobox person | name = Bruce Martin Russett | image = | image_size = 225px | caption = | birth_date = January 26, 1935 | birth_place = [North Adams, Massachusetts](/source/North_Adams%2C_Massachusetts), U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2023|9|23|1935|1|26}} | death_place = | occupation = [Academic](/source/Academic_staff) }} '''Bruce Martin Russett''' (26 January 1935 – September 22, 2023){{Cite web |last=Slattery |first=Bill |date=2023-11-06 |title=Bruce Martin Russett |url=https://beecherandbennett.com/obits/bruce-martin-russett/ |access-date=2024-10-11 |website=Beecher & Bennett Funeral Service, Inc. {{!}} Hamden & Meriden, CT |language=en-US}} was an American political scientist who was most well-known for his work on the [democratic peace](/source/Democratic_peace_theory).{{Cite journal |last1=Debs |first1=Alexandre |last2=Sambanis |first2=Nicholas |last3=Scheve |first3=Kenneth |date=2023 |title=In Memoriam: Bruce Russett |journal=International Organization |language=en |volume=77 |issue=4 |pages=883–884 |doi=10.1017/S0020818323000231 |issn=0020-8183|doi-access=free }} He was Dean Acheson Professor of Political Science and Professor in International and Area Studies, [MacMillan Center](/source/The_Whitney_and_Betty_MacMillan_Center_for_International_and_Area_Studies_at_Yale), [Yale University](/source/Yale_University), and edited the ''[Journal of Conflict Resolution](/source/Journal_of_Conflict_Resolution)'' from 1972 to 2009. ==Academic career== Russett received his B.A. in [Political Economy](/source/Political_Economy) from [Williams College](/source/Williams_College) in 1956, a Diploma in Economics from [King's College](/source/King's_College%2C_Cambridge), [Cambridge](/source/Cambridge) in 1957, and a Ph.D. in Political Science from Yale in 1961. His first academic appointment was at [MIT](/source/MIT) in 1961. He has taught at Yale since 1962 and has been Dean Acheson Professor since 1985. He has held visiting appointments at [Columbia University](/source/Columbia_University) (1965), Mental Health Research Institute, [University of Michigan](/source/University_of_Michigan) (1965–66), Institut d'Etudes Europeennes, [Université libre de Bruxelles](/source/Universit%C3%A9_libre_de_Bruxelles) (1969–70), [Richardson Institute for Peace & Conflict Research](/source/Richardson_Institute), London (1973–74), Institute for Research in Social Science, [University of North Carolina](/source/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill) (1979–80), Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study (1974), [University of Tel Aviv](/source/University_of_Tel_Aviv) (1989), Professor of International Capital Markets Law, [Tokyo University](/source/Tokyo_University) Law School (1996), and [Harvard University](/source/Harvard_University) (2001). ==Selected awards and activities== He has been president of the Peace Science Society (International) (1977–79) and the [International Studies Association](/source/International_Studies_Association) (1983–84). He is a Fellow of the [American Academy of Arts and Sciences](/source/American_Academy_of_Arts_and_Sciences), and in 2002 he received an honorary doctorate from [Uppsala University](/source/Uppsala_University). He was principal advisor to the U.S. Catholic Conference in writing their 1983 pastoral letter, The Challenge of Peace, and with Paul Kennedy staffed the [Ford Foundation](/source/Ford_Foundation)'s 1995 report, The United Nations in Its Second Half-Century. His grants and fellowships include multiple awards from the [National Science Foundation](/source/National_Science_Foundation) (11), the [Carnegie Corporation](/source/Carnegie_Corporation) (4), the Ford Foundation (3), the [MacArthur Foundation](/source/MacArthur_Foundation) (3), the Rockefeller Brothers Foundation (3), the World Society Foundation of Switzerland (3), [Fulbright-Hays](/source/Fulbright_Program) (2), [Guggenheim Fellowships](/source/Guggenheim_Fellowships) (2), and the [U.S. Institute of Peace](/source/U.S._Institute_of_Peace) (2). ==Bibliography== ===Books=== * ''Community and Contention: Britain and America in the Twentieth Century'' (1963). * ''World Handbook of Political and Social Indicators'' (with Karl Deutsch, Harold Lasswell, and [Hayward Alker](/source/Hayward_Alker), 1964, Spanish edition 1969). * ''Trends in World Politics'' (1965). * ''World Politics in the General Assembly'' (with Hayward Alker, 1965). * ''International Regions and the International System'' (1967).{{Cite journal |last=Young |first=Oran R. |date=1969 |title=Professor Russett: Industrious Tailor to a Naked Emperor |url=https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/world-politics/article/abs/professor-russett-industrious-tailor-to-a-naked-emperor/1E54681628CF1E47228975659C4E5995 |journal=World Politics |language=en |volume=21 |issue=3 |pages=486–511 |doi=10.2307/2009643 |issn=1086-3338|url-access=subscription }} * ''Economic Theories of International Politics'' (editor and contributor; Chicago, IL: Markham, 1968). * ''What Price Vigilance? The Burdens of National Defense'' (1970). [Gladys Kammerer](/source/Gladys_Kammerer) Award from APSA for best book on U.S. public policy, 1971. * ''No Clear and Present Danger: A Skeptical View of the United States Entry into World War II'' (1972; 25th anniversary edition, 1997).{{Cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=85757888 |title=No Clear and Present Danger: A Skeptical View of the United States Entry into World War II |access-date=2017-08-25 |archive-date=2009-11-26 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091126033148/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=85757888 |url-status=dead }} * ''Peace, War, and Numbers'' (editor and contributor; 1972). * ''Military Force and American Society'' (editor and contributor, with Alfred Stepan, 1973). * ''Power and Community in World Politics'' (1974). * ''Interest and Ideology: The Foreign Policy Beliefs of American Businessmen'' (with Elizabeth Hanson, 1975).{{Cite web |url=https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98061341 |title=Archived copy |access-date=2017-08-25 |archive-date=2004-11-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20041103101904/http://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98061341 |url-status=dead }} * ''Progress in Arms Control? Readings from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN'' (editor and contributor, with Bruce Blair, 1979). * ''From National Development to Global Community'' (editor and contributor, with Richard Merritt, 1981). * ''World Politics: The Menu for Choice'' (with Harvey Starr, 1981; later editions 1985; 1989, 1992, 1996; also 2000, 2003, 2006 with David Kinsella as third author). Also Indian, Italian, Chinese, Russian, and Japanese versions of various editions. * ''The Prisoners of Insecurity: Nuclear Deterrence, the Arms Race, and Arms Control'' (1983; Japanese edition 1984).[https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=98392913]{{dl|date=July 2021}} * ''Arms Control and the Arms Race: Readings from SCIENTIFIC AMERICAN'' (editor and contributor, with [Fred Chernoff](/source/Fred_Chernoff); 1985). * ''Choices in World Politics: Sovereignty and Interdependence'' (editor and contributor, with Harvey Starr and Richard Stoll, 1989). * ''Controlling the Sword: The Democratic Governance of National Security'' (1990). * ''Grasping the Democratic Peace: Principles for a Post-Cold War World'' (1993; Japanese edition 1996).{{ISBN|0-691-03346-3}}[https://www.questia.com/PM.qst?a=o&d=103229834]{{dl|date=July 2021}} * ''The Once and Future Security Council'' (editor and contributor, 1997). * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131228025924/http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/faculty/hauser/PS591M/OnealRussettKantianPeaceWP1999.pdf The Kantian Peace: The Pacific Benefits of Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations, 1885-1992]'' (with John R. Oneal, 1999). * ''[https://web.archive.org/web/20131228025905/http://www.polsci.wvu.edu/faculty/hauser/PS368/RussettTriangulatingPeace.pdf Triangulating Peace: Democracy, Interdependence, and International Organizations]'' (with John R. Oneal, 2001). * ''Governance, Accountability, and the Future of the Catholic Church'' (editor and contributor, with Francis Oakley, 2004). * ''New Directions for International Relations: Confronting the Method of Analysis Problem'' (editor and contributor, with Alex Mintz, 2005). * ''Purpose and Policy in the Global Community'' (2006). * ''International Security and Conflict'' (editor, forthcoming 2008). ===Articles=== {{cite journal |last=Russett |first=Bruce |date= November 1993|title=Peace among Democracies |journal=Scientific American |volume=269 |issue=5 |pages=92 |doi=10.1038/scientificamerican1193-120|bibcode=1993SciAm.269e.120R }} ==References== {{Reflist}} ==External links== * [https://archive.today/20121213002305/http://pantheon.yale.edu/~brusset/ Home page CV] * [http://www.yale.edu/polisci/people/brussett.html Profile at Yale University Political Science Department] * [http://www.sagepub.com/journalsProdDesc.nav?prodId=Journal200764 Journal of Conflict Resolution] * [http://esi-topics.com/armed-conflict/interviews/BruceRussett.html Essential Science Indicators interview as most cited armed conflict researcher] * [http://www.socsci.uci.edu/~bgrofman/R100-Masuoka-BG-Feld-The%20PS%20400.pdf Political Science 400], rank 14 among most-cited political scientists 1960-2005, ''Political Science and Politics'' 15,1 (January 2007) {{Authority control}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Russett, Bruce}} Category:1935 births Category:2023 deaths Category:American political scientists Category:Williams College alumni Category:Harvard University staff Category:University of Michigan staff Category:Presidents of the International Studies Association Category:People from North Adams, Massachusetts --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Bruce Russett](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Russett) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruce_Russett?action=history)). 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