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William H. Riker  

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  • William H. Riker was one of the most important of the postwar U.S. political scientists, influencing several generations of scholars in the direction of rational choice theory. His work spanned the issues of federalism, coalition theory, democratic theory, and his invention of heresthetics. [Source: Encyclopedia of Power; Riker, William H. (1920–1993)]

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