Background
Apter, David Ernest was born on December 18, 1924 in New York City. Son of Herman and Bella S. (Steinberg) Apter.
political science and sociology professor
Apter, David Ernest was born on December 18, 1924 in New York City. Son of Herman and Bella S. (Steinberg) Apter.
Bachelor of Arts, Antioch College, 1950; Master of Arts, Princeton University, 1952; Doctor of Philosophy, Princeton University, 1954; Master of Arts (honorary), Yale University, 1969.
Assistant professor, Northwestern University, 1954-1957;
associate professor, University of Chicago, 1957-1961;
professor, University of California, Berkeley, 1961-1969;
director Institute International Studies, University of California, Berkeley, 1963-1969;
H.J. Heinz professor comparative political and social development, Yale University, New Haven, since 1969;
director social science division, Yale University, New Haven, 1978-1981;
chairman Department Sociology, Yale University, New Haven, since 1997. Chairman Council African Studies Yale University, since 1995. Director legitimization of violence project United Nations Research Institute for Social Development, Geneva, 1989-1994.
Executive secretary committee comparative study of new nations University of Chicago, 1957-1961. Vis.fellow All Souls College, University of Oxford, England, 1967-1968, St. Anthony's College, 1972, Institute for Advanced Studies, Princeton, New Jersey, 1973, 74, KyotoAm. seminar, 1979. Halevy professor Foundation National des Sciences Political, Paris,1981-1982.
Visiting professor U. Paris X, 1985. Visiting fellow Magdalen College, University of Oxford, spring 1988. Fellow The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study, 1992.
Member Kennedy Task Force, Africa, 1957. Peace Corps director GhanaTng. Program, 1961, 62; consultant Rand Corporation, 1964-1969, Housing and Urban Development, 1963, Council on Foreign Relations, since 1969, State Department Advisory Committee for Africa, 1961-1969.
Member United States Common for United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization, 1977-1979.
(It is rare for a scholar to revisit the scene of earlier ...)
(It is rare for a scholar to revisit the scene of earlier ...)
( The Description for this book, Political Kingdom of Uga...)
( The Description for this book, Political Kingdom of Uga...)
( Violence has become a ubiquitous phenomenon in our worl...)
(Development theory is at a crossroads. Dominant theories ...)
(Book by Apter, David Ernest)
( Contents: PART I:1. The African Challenge to Democracy....)
Served with Army of the United States, 1943-1946. Fellow American Academy Arts and Sciences, Council on Foreign Rels. Member American Association for the Advancement of Science, American Political Science Association, International Political Science Association (president program committee 12th World Congress 1981), Century Association Club, Elizabethan Club.
Married Eleanor Selwyn, December 26, 1957. Children: Emily Susan, Andrew Herman.