Myron Weiner
Myron Weiner | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 June 1999 | (aged 68)
Nationality | American |
Alma mater | Princeton University |
Scientific career | |
Fields | Political science |
Institutions | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Myron Weiner (11 March 1931 – 3 June 1999) was an American
Education and career
Weiner was born in
"Myron Weiner was a brilliant scholar, and an inspiring teacher and colleague, who had a large impact on the world, in particular on the lives of children," said Professor Joshua Cohen, then-head of the MIT Department of Political Science.[2]
Professor Weiner served as a consultant to the
Research and publications
He was the author or editor of 32 scholarly books and numerous
Dr. Weiner's 1991 book The Child and the State in India: Child Labor and Education Policy in Comparative Perspective (Princeton University Press, 4th ed.,
Prior to his book, the prevailing view of many was that countries like India were too poor to do much about child labor or access to education by the poor, because parents needed working-children to support the family and only when incomes rose would this change. Using impassive data and scholarly language, Weiner's work reversed the causal direction, showing that historically (e.g. in Scotland) and cross-nationally (e.g. in even-poorer Africa and China), the reforms which expanded education preceded higher incomes. The 1991 book showed how India had fared worse on illiteracy and education than China. Joshua Cohen said the book had a profound impact in India: "Here was a work, written by a friend of India, which presented irrefutable facts. It presented comparative statistics, and while it raised moral issues, it was not written as a moral diatribe."[4]
His contrarian views sometimes caused controversy, e.g., showing that
His most recent books were The Global Migration Crisis: Challenge to States and to Human Rights (HarperCollins, 1995
Other books include Sons of the Soil: Migration and Ethnic Conflict in India (Princeton Univ Pr 1978
Among his many former students are Baldev Raj Nayar, Ashutosh Varshney,[7] and Steven Wilkinson.[8]
Personal life
Weiner died of brain cancer on June 3, 1999, at his home in Moretown, Vermont, at age 68. He was married to Sheila Leiman Weiner. They had two children, Saul Weiner of Chicago and a daughter, Beth Weiner Datskovsky, of Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
References
- ^ Kaufman, Michael T. (9 June 1999). "Myron Weiner, 68, Expert on Child Labor in Developing Lands". The New York Times.
- ^ "Professor of Political Science Myron Weiner is dead at age 68".
- ^ Kaufman, Michael T. (9 June 1999). "Myron Weiner, 68, Expert on Child Labor in Developing Lands". The New York Times.
- ^ "Child Labor is BAD: Myron Weiner an Expert on Child Labor". 15 January 2009.
- ISBN 9780801886331.
- ^ "Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America. - Free Online Library".
- ^ "Researchers @ Brown".
- ^ "Department of Political Science |".
Bibliography
- "Myron Weiner, 68, Expert on Child Labor in Developing Lands," by Michael T. Kaufman, New York Times, June 9, 1999.[2]
- "Professor of Political Science Myron Weiner is dead at age 68," MIT Tech Talk, 9 June 1999.[3]
- Mandarins of the Future: Modernization Theory in Cold War America, by Nils Gilman (Johns Hopkins University Press, 2003).[4]
- "CIS Turns 60: An Interview with Three Directors," Précis Spring 2011, MIT Center for International Studies.[5]
- India and the politics of developing countries: essays in memory of Myron Weiner, by Myron Weiner and Ashutosh Varshney (Sage Publications, 2004 ISBN 978-0-7619-3287-1).
External links
- Myron Weiner at Find a Grave
- Myron Weiner papers at Massachusetts Institute of Technology Libraries, Cambridge, MA