Nicolas van de Walle, leading African politics scholar, dies at 67
July 23, 2024
July 23, 2024
ITHACA, New York, July 23 -- Cornell University issued the following news:
Nicolas van de Walle, the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government in the College of Arts and Sciences, who played a formative role in the field of comparative politics, died on July 15. He was 67.Known for his scholarship on Africa's politics, from political economy to democratization and electoral politics, van de Walle contributed decades of award-winning work on regime transitions and continuity, leadersh . . .
Nicolas van de Walle, the Maxwell M. Upson Professor of Government in the College of Arts and Sciences, who played a formative role in the field of comparative politics, died on July 15. He was 67.Known for his scholarship on Africa's politics, from political economy to democratization and electoral politics, van de Walle contributed decades of award-winning work on regime transitions and continuity, leadersh . . .