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Merritt, Richard Lawrence was born on August 8, 1933 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Raymond Arlie and Sarah Elizabeth (Cook) Merritt.
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The essays in this volume begin with the assumption that successful governments must be able to innovate. Defined here as ′the introduction of a new idea, method, or device′, innovation encompasses several steps: identifying the problem, developing solutions, enlisting the support of various non-governmental groups, and implementing the new idea. The authors focus on the process of innovation in the hope of learning how information and knowledge can be made more useful to public policy-makers who innovate.
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Communication and Interaction in Global Politics presents the state-of-the-art in quantitative research on the properties of communication and interaction in global political behaviour. In the first section various models of global interaction are developed. Part Two focuses on international relations and Part Three presents various data-based approaches to the study of international integration.
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Merritt, Richard Lawrence was born on August 8, 1933 in Portland, Oregon, United States. Son of Raymond Arlie and Sarah Elizabeth (Cook) Merritt.
Bachelor, University of Southern California, 1955; Master of Arts, University of Virginia, 1956; postgraduate, Free U. Berlin, 1956-1957; Doctor of Philosophy, Yale University, 1962.
Instructor political science, Yale University, 1962-1963; assistant professor, Yale University, 1963-1967; associate professor political science, research associate professor communications, University of Illinois, Urbana, 1967-1969; professor political science, research professor communications, University of Illinois, since 1969; head department political science, University of Illinois, 1978-1984; Fulbright research professor, Free U. Berlin, Berlin, Germany, 1969-1970; visiting professor international relations, Free U. Berlin, 1976; visiting scholar, Science Center Berlin, 1976-1983; Fulbright research professor, Humboldt U., Berlin, 1962-1963. Consultant United Nations, United States Information Agency, Federal Republic Germany. Visiting professor international relations, Rhodes U., Grahamstown, Republic of South Africa, 1991.
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Member International Political Science Association (program chairman 1976-1979, vice president 1979-1982, book series editor 1980-1991), American Political Science Association (program chairman 1970, council member 1969-1970), International Studies Association (program chairman 1973, vice president 1980-1981, president Midwest section 1984-1985), Peace Science Society, Conference Group on German Politics (president 1986-1988).
Married Anna Johanna Gode-von Aesch, August 9, 1958. Children– Christopher Eugene, Geoffrey Andreas, Theodore Aleyn.