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Rudolph Joseph Rummel (October 21, 1932 – March 2, 2014〔(Honolulu Star-Advertiser Obituaries )〕) was professor emeritus of political science at the University of Hawaii. He spent his career assembling data on collective violence and war with a view toward helping their resolution or elimination. Rummel coined the term ''democide'' for murder by government (compare ''genocide''), and his research suggests that six times as many people died of democide during the 20th century than in all that century's wars combined. He concluded that democracy is the form of government least likely to kill its citizens and that democracies do not wage war against each other;〔(About R.J. Rummel ) – Freedom, Democide, War〕 that is the Democratic peace theory. Rummel was the author of twenty-four (24) scholarly books, and published his major results in ''Understanding Conflict and War'' (1975–81). He then spent the next fifteen years refining the underlying theory and testing it empirically on new data, against the empirical results of others, and on case studies. ''Power Kills'' (1997) sums up Rummel's research. Other works include ''(Lethal Politics: Soviet Genocides and Mass Murders 1917–1987 )'' (1990); ''(China's Bloody Century: Genocide and Mass Murder Since 1900 )'' (1991); ''(Democide: Nazi Genocide and Mass Murder )'' (1992); ''(Death by Government )'' (1994); and ''(Statistics of Democide )'' (1997). Extracts, figures, and tables from the books, including his sources and details regarding the calculations, are available online on his website. Rummel also authored ''(Understanding Factor Analysis )'' (1970) and ''(Understanding Correlation )'' (1976). He was the author of the ''(Never again )'' series of alternative-history novels, in which a secret society sends two lovers armed with fabulous wealth and modern weapons back to 1906 with orders to create an alternative, peaceful century. These works are available online. ==Career== He received his B.A. and M.A. from the University of Hawaii in 1959 and 1961, respectively, and his Ph.D. in Political Science from Northwestern University in 1963. He began his teaching career at Indiana University. In 1964 he moved to Yale University, and finally in 1966 returned to the University of Hawaii, where he spent the rest of his active career. In 1995 he retired and became Professor Emeritus of Political Science. His research was supported by grants from the National Science Foundation, DARPA, and the United States Peace Research Institute.〔 Rummel wrote about two dozen books and over 100 professional articles. His book ''Applied Factor Analysis'' was selected as a "Citation Classic" by the Institute for Scientific Information in 1987. He received the Susan Strange Award of the International Studies Association in 1999 for having intellectually most challenged the field, and in 2003 was given the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Conflict Processes Section, American Political Science Association.〔〔(R.J. Rummel Curriculum Vita ) – Freedom, Democide, War〕 He was a member of the advisory council of the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Rudolph Rummel」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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