Yehezkel Dror
Yehezkel Dror | |
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Born |
1928 Vienna |
Residence | Jerusalem |
Fields | Political Science, Policy Planning, Strategic Issues |
Institutions | Hebrew University, Jerusalem |
Alma mater | Hebrew University, Harvard University |
Known for | Public Policy-making |
Notable awards | Rosolio Award(1965), Israel Prize(2005) |
Yehezkel Dror (Hebrew: יחזקאל דרור; born 1928) is a former professor of political science at Hebrew University, Jerusalem.[1]
Biography
Dror was born in Vienna, Austria, in 1928, and emigrated to the Mandate Palestine with his family in 1938.
He was a member of the university's Department of Political Science of the Hebrew University from 1957 until his retirement, and was also head of its Public Administration division from 1964. He is a pioneering author in the fields of management, policy science, public administration, capacities to govern, leadership and security issues with publications including Public Policy-making Re-examined, Design for Policy Sciences, "Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome" and Israeli Statecraft: National Security Challenges and Responses.
Dror holds a B.A. and Magister Juris from Hebrew University, and LLM and SJD (doctor of juridical sciences) qualifications from Harvard University. Outside academia he served as a senior consultant on policy-making and planning for the Israeli government, and founded the Jewish People Policy Planning Institute.[2] He engaged in international consultantship, serving inter alia from 1968-70 as a senior staff member at the American Rand Corporation.
Awards
- In 1965, Dror received the Rosolio Prize.[3]
- In 2005, he was awarded the Israel Prize, for management.[4][5]
See also
References
- ↑ http://sites.huji.ac.il/htbin/people/newsegele/176030
- ↑ http://jppi.org.il/Team/
- ↑ "Speakers". Herzliya Conference.
- ↑ Eldar, Akiva (18 April 2007). "Endgame in Damascus and Gaza". Ha'aretz.
- ↑ Israel Prize Judges’ Rationale for the Award to Y. Dror (in Hebrew) Israel Prize official website
External links
- Yehezkel Dror Biography on PIWP database
- Articles by Yehezkel Dror
- Yehezkel Dror's Books
- Yehezkel Dror
- Israel Prize Official Site - CV of Yehezkel Dror (in Hebrew)
- Interview with Yehezkel Dror by Ofir Kafri at The Global Scholar Knowledge Initiative (GSKI)