Philip A. Klinkner (born May 21, 1963) is an American political scientist, blogger and author. He is noted for his work on American politics, especially political parties and elections, race and American politics, and American political history. Klinkner is the James S. Sherman Professor of Government at

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, where he has also served in administrative positions. Originally from Iowa, he graduated from

Lake Forest College Lake Forest College is a private liberal arts college in Lake Forest, Illinois. Founded in 1857 as Lind University by a group of Presbyterian ministers, the college has been coeducational since 1876 and an undergraduate-focused liberal arts i ...

before attending

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for M.A., M.Phil. and Ph.D. degrees in Political Science. In 1990–1991, he was a Research Fellow at the

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and he served as a guest scholar there in 1993 and 1995. In 1995, he received the Emerging Scholar Award from the Political Organizations and Parties Section of the American Political Science Association. In ''The Unsteady March'', Klinkner and

Rogers Smith Rogers M. Smith (born September 20, 1953) is an American political scientist and author noted for his research and writing on American constitutional and political development and political thought, with a focus on issues of citizenship and rac ...

argue America's record of race relations cannot be categorized as consistent, gradual advancement towards equality but rather as a series of dramatic moments where multiple factors aligned to advance or hinder progress. The book won the W.E.B. Du Bois Institute's Horace Mann Bond Book Award and was named as a semifinalist for the 2000 Robert F. Kennedy Book Award. In 2003, Klinkner founde
PolySigh
a blog featuring commentary from a group of political science professors. PolySigh was part of the first generation of academic blogs and its contributors represented a variety of academic institutions, political orientations, and political science sub-fields. He has also blogged at the Huffington Post an
The Monkey Cage
another political science blog. He has been an occasional contributor to ''

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'' and as well as other print, television and online media outlets.

Books

*''The Losing Parties: Out-Party National Committees, 1956-1993''. 1999.

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. (with

). *''The Unsteady March: The Rise and Decline of Racial Equality in America''. 1994.

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. *''The American Heritage History of the Bill of Rights: The First Amendment''. 1991. American Heritage Press. Foreword by

Warren Burger Warren Earl Burger (September 17, 1907 – June 25, 1995) was an American attorney and jurist who served as the 15th chief justice of the United States from 1969 to 1986. Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Burger graduated from the St. Paul Colleg ...

. *''The American Heritage History of the Bill of Rights: The Ninth Amendment''. 1991.

American Heritage (magazine) ''American Heritage'' is a magazine dedicated to covering the history of the United States for a mainstream readership. Until 2007, the magazine was published by Forbes.

. Foreword by

References

External links

''The Nation'' Profile

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