Leonard Binder (1927-2015) was an American political scientist. He was a distinguished professor of

political science Political science is the scientific study of politics. It is a social science dealing with systems of governance and power, and the analysis of political activities, political thought, political behavior, and associated constitutions and la ...

and the former director of the Near East Center at the

University of California, Los Angeles The University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) is a public land-grant research university in Los Angeles, California. UCLA's academic roots were established in 1881 as a teachers college then known as the southern branch of the California St ...

(UCLA). Binder was also Chair of the Political Science Departments of UCLA and the

University of Chicago The University of Chicago (UChicago, Chicago, U of C, or UChi) is a private research university in Chicago, Illinois. Its main campus is located in Chicago's Hyde Park neighborhood. The University of Chicago is consistently ranked among the b ...

.Faculty profile
, UCLA International Institute, Retrieved 2010-07-14. He was elected a Fellow of the

American Academy of Arts and Sciences The American Academy of Arts and Sciences (abbreviation: AAA&S) is one of the oldest learned societies in the United States. It was founded in 1780 during the American Revolution by John Adams, John Hancock, James Bowdoin, Andrew Oliver, and ...

in 2002

Published works

*''Religion and Politics in Pakistan'' (1961) *''Iran: Political Development in a Changing Society (1962)'' *''The Ideological Revolution in the Middle East (1964)'' *''In a Moment of Enthusiasm: Political Power and the second Stratum in Egypt (1978)'' *''Islamic Liberalism (1988)''

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Binder, Leonard 1927 births 2015 deaths American political scientists Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences University of California, Los Angeles faculty University of Chicago faculty