Stein Rokkan

Stein Rokkan
Born(1921-07-04)July 4, 1921
Vågan, Norway
DiedJuly 22, 1979(1979-07-22) (aged 58)
Bergen, Norway
Occupations

Stein Rokkan (July 4, 1921 – July 22, 1979) was a Norwegian political scientist and sociologist. He was the first professor of sociology at the University of Bergen and a principal founder of the discipline of comparative politics.[1] He founded the multidisciplinary Department of Sociology at the University of Bergen, which encompassed sociology, economics and political science and which had a key role in the postwar development of the social sciences in Norway.[2]

  1. ^ "Stein Rokkan". Norsk biografisk leksikon. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
  2. ^ Ørjar Øyen: Sosiologien i Bergen, 1994, ISBN 82-578-0134-8