John Herbert Aldrich (born 1947) is an

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and

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, known for his research and

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, and

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, and on formal theory and

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. Aldrich graduated with a

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from

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in 1969. He attended

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at the

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, completing an

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in 1971 and a PhD degree in 1975. Aldrich taught at

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from 1974 to 1981 and at the

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from 1981 to 1987, when he joined the faculty at

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as a

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of political science. Aldrich won the Heinz Eulau Award in 1990 for the best article in the ''

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''. His book ''Why Parties?'' (1995) received the

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Award from the

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for the best book on U.S. national politics. Aldrich was co-editor of the ''American Journal of Political Science'' from 1985 to 1988 and was elected as a

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of the

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in 2001. He was also president of the Southern Political Science Association for 1998-99 and of the Midwest Political Science Association for 2005.

Select publications

*''Before the Convention: Strategies and Choices in Presidential Nomination Campaigns''. 1980.

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. *''Analysis with a Limited Dependent Variable: Linear Probability, Logit, and Probit Models''. 1984.

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. (with Forrest Nelson). *"Foreign Affairs and Issue Voting: Do Presidential Candidates "Waltz Before A Blind Audience?" 1989. ''

'' 83(1): 123–141. (with John Sullivan and

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). *"Rational Choice and Turnout." 1993. ''

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'' 37(1): 246–278. *''American Government: People, Institutions and Policies, 3rd ed''. 1994. Houghton Mifflin. (with Paul Johnson and Gary Miller). *''Why Parties? The Origin and Transformation of Political Parties in America''. 1995.

. *"The Transition to Republican Rule in the House: Implications for Theories of Congressional Politics." 1997. ''Political Science Quarterly'' 112(4): 541–567. (with

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). *''Change and Continuity in the 2004 and 2006 Elections''. 2007.

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. (with Paul Abramson and David Rohde). *''A Positive Change in Political Science: The Legacy of Richard D. McKelvey’s Most Influential Writings''. 2007.

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. (edited with James Alt and

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). *''Why Parties? A Second Look''. 2011.

. *''Why Parties Matter: Political Competition and Democracy in the American South''. 2018. (with John D. Griffin).

References

*Breznick, Alan. 2004. "John Aldrich." ''Dialogue'' (Duke University), 30 April.

External links

Official website
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