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Kaare W. Strøm is a Professor of Political Science at the University of California, San Diego, based in the Department of Political Science. His research focuses on political parties, coalition theory, European politics, and parliamentary democracy institutions. He has held prestigious fellowships including the Center for Advanced Study in the Behavioral Sciences at Stanford (2004-05) and the Rockefeller Center in Bellagio, Italy (2001). Strom has also served on the National Science Foundation political science panel and editorial boards of major journals.
Strom earned his Ph.D. in Comparative Politics from Stanford University (1984). His work spans theoretical frameworks like Party Competition Theory, Coalition Governance, and Institutional Design, with emphasis on Scandinavian and European democracies. Key contributions include Minority Government and Majority Rule, co-edited works on coalition governments, and the textbook Comparative Politics Today: A World View.
Awards:
- Franklin Burdette Pi Sigma Alpha Award (1983)
- Gabriel Almond Award (1984)
- UNESCO Stein Rokkan Prize (1994)
- Fellowships in the Norwegian Academy of Arts and Sciences and Royal Norwegian Society of Science and Letters
His recent research explores power-sharing mechanisms, democratic survival in divided societies, and the evolution of parliamentary systems. Strom has advised on electoral reforms and contributed to global policy dialogues on governance and conflict resolution.
