- James Q. Wilson
James Q. Wilson (born
May 27 ,1931 ) inDenver ,Colorado is the Ronald Reaganprofessor ofpublic policy at thePepperdine School of Public Policy in California, and aprofessor emeritus atUCLA . From 1961 to 1987 he was a professor of government atHarvard University . He has a Ph.D. (1959 ) andmaster's degree (1957) from theUniversity of Chicago and anundergraduate degree from theUniversity of Redlands (1952) where he was the national collegiate debate champion in 1951 and 1952.Political and Business Positions
He is a former
Chairman of theWhite House Task Force on Crime (1966 ), of theNational Advisor Commission on Drug Abuse Prevention (1972 -73) and a member of theAttorney General's Task Force on Violent Crime (1981 ), thePresident's Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board (1985 -90), and thePresident's Council on Bioethics . He is a formerpresident of theAmerican Political Science Association . He has served on theboard of directors for theNew England Electric System ,Protection One ,RAND , andState Farm Mutual Insurance .He is the chairman of the Council of Academic Advisors of the
American Enterprise Institute . Wilson is a member of theAmerican Academy of Arts and Sciences and theAmerican Philosophical Society , and a member of the International Council of the New York-basedHuman Rights Foundation .Awards
He was awarded the
Presidential Medal of Freedom by PresidentGeorge W. Bush in2003 .Political views
Wilson describes himself as "more
conservative than most academics but moreliberal than the country as a whole." [cite news | first=Jim | last=Newton | coauthors= | title=James Q. Wilson: The power of his written word | date=2007-06-03 | publisher= | url =http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/la-op-newton3jun03,0,2931003,full.story | work =Los Angeles Times | pages = | accessdate = 2008-04-27 | language = ]It is unclear whether the word "liberal" was meant in the US or the EU sense.
Writings by James Q. Wilson
*"American Government"
*"The Marriage Problem (Wilson) " (2002)
*"Moral Judgment (Wilson) " (1997)
*"Political Organizations (Wilson) " (1995)
*"The Moral Sense (Wilson) " (1993)
*"On Character (Wilson) " (1991)
*"Bureaucracy (Wilson) " (1989)
*"Crime and Human Nature (Wilson) " (1985, withRichard Herrnstein )
*"" (1985, withRoberta Wilson )
*"Thinking About Crime (Wilson) " (1983)
*"The Investigators (Wilson) " (1978)
*"Varieties of Police Behavior (Wilson) " (1968)
*"The Amateur Democrat (Wilson) " (1966)
*"City Politics (Wilson) " (1963, withEdward Banfield )
*"Negro Politics (Wilson) " (1960)External links
* [http://publicpolicy.pepperdine.edu/academics/faculty/default.htm?faculty=james_wilson Wilson's page at Pepperdine's website]
* [http://reason.com/9502/fe.WILSONinter.text.shtml "Reason" Interview with Wilson]
*Center for Inquiry 's [http://www.centerforinquiry.net/uploads/attachments/CFI_Textbook_Critique.pdf Textbook Accuracy Report] [PDF]
* [http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-op-wilson27apr27,0,5311132.story Wilson's rebuttal to textbook criticisms]References
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