Background
Banks, Arthur Sparrow was born on May 30, 1926 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gordon Thaxter and Miriam (Goodspeed) Banks.
(In this unique adaptation of the "cross-cultural" method ...)
In this unique adaptation of the "cross-cultural" method to comparative politics, a computer is used to compare all of the 115 independent governments in the world. The result is a body of readable two-way cross-classifications from which the major patterns of political phenomena can be perceived at a glance.
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Banks, Arthur Sparrow was born on May 30, 1926 in Quincy, Massachusetts, United States. Son of Gordon Thaxter and Miriam (Goodspeed) Banks.
Bachelor of Arts, Cornell Univercity, 1951; Master of Arts, George Washington University, 1954; Doctor of Philosophy, George Washington University, 1967.
Lecturer government Department, University N.H., 1959-1961; research associate, International Development Research Center, Indiana U., 1963-1965; assistant professor, research associate, George Washington University, 1966-1968; associate professor department political science, director Center for Comparative Political Research, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1968-1976; professor department political science, senior fellow Center for Social Analysis, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1976-1983; department chairman political science Center for Social Analysis, State University of New York, Binghamton, 1980-1990; senior research associate Center for Edition and Social Research, State University of New York, Binghampton, 1983-1989; professor political science, State University of New York, Binghampton, 1990-1996; professor emeritus, since 1996.
(The assembly of an archive of longitudinal data on the wo...)
(In this unique adaptation of the "cross-cultural" method ...)
Served with United States Marine Corps, 1943-1945. Member American Political Science Association, New York Political Science Association, Peace Research Society, International Studies Association, Pi Gamma Mu, Pi Sigma Alpha.