Hoover, Kenneth R(ay)

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HOOVER, Kenneth R(ay)

HOOVER, Kenneth R(ay). American, b. 1940. Genres: Politics/Government. Career: Assistant to president of Johnson Foundation, 1962-64; University of Wisconsin-Whitewater, instructor, 1964-65, assistant professor of political science, 1965-69; College of Wooster, Wooster, OH, assistant professor, 1970-76, associate professor of political science, 1976-78; University of Wisconsin-Parkside, Kenosha, associate professor, 1978-85, professor of political science, 1985-88; Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA, professor of political science, 1988-. Publications: A Politics of Identity: Liberation and the Natural Community, 1975; (with R. Plant) Conservative Capitalism in Britain and the United States: A Critical Appraisal, 1986; The Elements of Social Scientific Thinking, 1976, 7th ed., 2001; Ideology and Political Life, 2nd ed., 1992, 3rd ed., 2001; The Power of Identity: Politics in a New Key, 1997. Address: Department of Political Science, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA 98225-9082, U.S.A.