Everett Carll Ladd
Everett Carll Ladd Jr. | |
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Born | |
Died | December 8, 1999 | (aged 62)
Nationality | American |
Occupation(s) | American Political Scientist and professor |
Everett Carll Ladd Jr. (September 24, 1937 – December 8, 1999)[1][2] was an American political scientist based at the University of Connecticut. He was best known for his analysis and collection of public opinion polls. He directed the Roper Center for Public Opinion Research at the University of Connecticut; the Center's mission is to collect and preserve the reports and the original raw computerized data (on IBM cards and tapes) of polls and surveys since the 1930s. At his death, he had amassed 14,000 surveys from many countries. He was also an expert on the opinions and careers of social scientists.[3]
Biography
Ladd was born on September 24, 1937, in Saco, Maine. He graduated from Bates College, and earned a PhD in political science from Cornell University. He was appointed professor of political science at the University Connecticut in 1964, and retired in 1999.
He wrote more than twenty books, including a widely used university
Ladd was critical of
He reached out to the public through a column in The Christian Science Monitor (1987–1995) and op-ed essays in The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times and elsewhere. The media often interviewed him regarding new polling results. He was a senior editor of Public Opinion magazine and an editor at The American Enterprise magazine.
He died of heart failure on December 8, 1999, at Windham Memorial Community Hospital in Willimantic, Connecticut.[8][9]
Selected publications
- Ladd, Everett Carll Jr. (1966). Negro Political Leadership in the South. ISBN 978-0801402401.
- Ladd, Everett Carll (1969). Ideology in America. Ithaca, New York: Cornell University Press. ISBN 978-0819152190. Reprinted with new introduction 1986 by University Press of America.
- Ladd, Everett Carll Jr. (1970). American Political Parties: Social Change and Political Response. New York: W. W. Norman & Co. Inc. .
- S2CID 143621351.
- Ladd, Everett Carll Jr.; Hadley, Charles D. (1973). "Party Definition and Party Differentiation". JSTOR 2747812.
- Ladd, Everett Carll Jr.; Lipset, Seymour Martin (1973). Academics, Politics, and the 1972 Election. Washington, D.C.: ISBN 978-0844731087. Reviewin JSTOR.
- Ladd, Everett Carll Jr.; Hadley, Charles D. (1974). Political Parties and Political Issues: Patterns in Differentiation Since the New Deal. ISBN 978-0803903579.
- Ladd, Everett Carll Jr.; Hadley, Charles D. (1975). Transformations of the American Party System: Political Coalitions from the New Deal to the 1970s. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978-0393092035. Reviewin JSTOR.
- Ladd, Everett Carll Jr.; Lipset, Seymour Martin (1976). The Divided Academy: Professors and Politics. New York: ISBN 978-0393008371. Reviewin JSTOR.
- Ladd, Everett Carll Jr. (1978). Where Have All the Voters Gone? The Fracturing of America's Political Parties. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978-0393015744. Reviewin JSTOR.
- Ladd, Everett Carll (1985). The American Polity: The People and Their Government. New York: W. W. Norton & Co. ISBN 978-0393953480. Textbook: 5th edition 1993.
- Ladd, Everett Carll (1985). "On Mandates, Realignments, and the 1984 Presidential Election". JSTOR 2150858.
- Ladd, Everett (1991). Shafer, Byron E. (ed.). The End of Realignment? Interpreting American Electoral Eras. University of Wisconsin Press. Essay – Like Waiting for Godot: The Uselessness of 'Realignment' for Understanding Change in Contemporary American Politics.
- Ladd, Everett Carll (1995). "The 1994 Congressional Elections: The Postindustrial Realignment Continues". Political Science Quarterly. 110 (1): 1–22. JSTOR 2152048.
- Ladd, Everett Carll; ISBN 978-0844770574.
References
- ^ Ancestry.com. U.S., Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 (database on-line). Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2015.
- ^ Veilleux, Richard (December 13, 1999). "Everett Ladd, Renowned Political Scientist, Dies". University of Connecticut Advance. Retrieved 26 March 2016.
- S2CID 143621351.
- ISBN 9780226256634.
- ISBN 9780271034195.
- ^ Ladd, Everett (1991). Shafer, Byron E. (ed.). The End of Realignment? Interpreting American Electoral Eras. University of Wisconsin Press. Essay – Like Waiting for Godot: The Uselessness of 'Realignment' for Understanding Change in Contemporary American Politics.
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- ^ "Everett Ladd Jr., 62, Professor and Polling Expert". The New York Times. December 19, 1999. Retrieved December 22, 2014.
- ^ "Everett Ladd, Renowned Political Scientist, Dies". University of Connecticut: Advance. December 13, 1999. Retrieved December 22, 2014.