Paul Lazarsfeld: The Founder of Empirical Electoral Research

The book continues the editors' and publisher's work of highlighting the contrbution of the most important political scientists. Paul Lazarsfeld, to whom this chapter by D. Campus is devoted, is one of them. Other scholars included are Almond, Aron, Converse, Duverger, Lijpart, Ostrom, Riker, Rokkan and Strange. Lazarsfeld is considered as one of the founders of empirical social research. The chapter shows that, if voting empirical studies and studies of public opinion and political communication have developed so far as they have, much is due to Lazarsfed's contribution.