LOVRICH, Nicholas, politolog (Los Angeles, 20. IX. 1944). Sin iseljenikâ iz Crikvenice. Srednju školu završio u Los Angelesu 1962, studij međunarodnih odnosa na Sveučilištu Stanford 1966. te doktorirao na Kalifornijskom sveučilištu u Los Angelesu 1971. tezom Political Culture and Civic Involvement: A Comparative Analysis of Immigrant Ethnic Communities in San Pedro, California (izmijenjeno tiskano 1977). Docent na koledžu Metropolitan u Denveru 1971–73, Denverskom sveučilištu 1973–74. i Sveučilištu DePauw u Greencastleu 1974–77, potom do 2010. voditelj Odjela za javnu upravu i savjetovanja Washingtonskoga sveučilišta u Pullmanu, na kojem je bio izvanredni profesor od 1980. i redoviti od 1985; umirovljen kao emeritus 2011 (suvoditelj Instituta za javne politike i javne službe T. S. Foley i Centra za ekološka istraživanja, izobrazbu i popularizaciju do 2012). Predavao i na Sveučilištu u Boiseu 2014–15. Bavio se javnom upravom, službama i politikama te političkom kulturom, posebice s obzirom na stajališta i sudjelovanje građana, upravljanje osobljem, uključenost žena i manjina, zaštitu okoliša i održivi razvoj, odnos samouprava i središnjih vlasti, policiju, zatvorski sustav i školstvo, o čem je objavio knjige 1984, 1986, 2003. i 2010. Među ostalim surađivao u časopisima Social Science Quarterly (Austin 1974, 1987–89, 2000, 2009), Sociološki pregled (Beograd 1974), Western Political Quarterly (Salt Lake City 1976, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1990, 1992), Public Administration Review (Washington 1977, 1980), Policy Studies Journal (Urbana 1978, 1983, 1996), Political Behavior (New York 1980, 1987, 1989), Review of Public Personnel Administration (Columbia 1981, 1983, 1985–88, 1994, 1996–97, 2002, 2013; urednik 1990–2010), Social Science Journal (Fort Collins 1981, 1986–87, 1996, 1998–99), Judicature (Chicago 1982–83, 1988–89, 1999), Public Administration Quarterly (Randallstown 1985–86, 1989, 2000, 2007), American Behavioral Scientist (Thousand Oaks 1987, 1996, 1999), American Journal of Police (Jonesboro 1988, Cincinnati 1990–91, Bradford 1995; Policing, 1997–99, 2006), Journal of Criminal Justice (New York 1992, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2005–06), Justice Quarterly (Omaha 1994, Highland Heights 2002–03), Police Quarterly (Washington 2002, 2006, 2010) i u mnogobrojnim zbornicima te bio suautor izdanja Public Knowledge and Environmental Politics in Japan and the United States (Boulder 1989), Citizens, Political Communication and Interest Groups (New York 1992), Critical Masses (Boston 1999), A Border Apart? Political Culture and Public Policy in Canada and the United States (Lewiston—New York—London 2000), Human Resource Management (Boston 2002, New York—London 2016²), Washington State Government and Politics (Pullman 2004; suurednik) i Governing Washington (Pullman 2011; suurednik).
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