SOCIOLOGIST

Gøsta Esping-Andersen

1947 - Today

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Gøsta Esping-Andersen (pronounced [ˈjøstæ ˈespe̝ŋ ˈɑnɐsn̩]; born 24 November 1947) is a Danish sociologist whose primary focus has been on the welfare state and its place in capitalist economies. Jacob Hacker describes him as the "dean of welfare state scholars." Over the past decade his research has moved towards family demographic issues. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Gøsta Esping-Andersen has received more than 170,010 page views. His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Gøsta Esping-Andersen is the 55th most popular sociologist (down from 49th in 2019), the 377th most popular biography from Denmark (down from 296th in 2019) and the most popular Danish Sociologist.

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  • 170k

    Page Views (PV)

  • 57.50

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 15

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 6.38

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 1.49

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among SOCIOLOGISTS

Among sociologists, Gøsta Esping-Andersen ranks 55 out of 79. Before him are Lewis A. Coser, Marcel Granet, Basil Bernstein, Ernest Burgess, T. H. Marshall, and Robert N. Bellah. After him are Raewyn Connell, Erik Olin Wright, Jeffrey C. Alexander, Claus Offe, George Ritzer, and Peter Blau.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1947, Gøsta Esping-Andersen ranks 371. Before him are Stephen Collins, Akira Terao, Alaksandar Milinkievič, Linda Thorson, Vladimir Petrov, and Michael S. Hart. After him are Roy Raymond, Bill Richardson, Samuel Schmid, Svetlana Toma, Veríssimo Correia Seabra, and Peer Steinbrück.

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In Denmark

Among people born in Denmark, Gøsta Esping-Andersen ranks 377 out of 1,032. Before him are Peter Andreas Heiberg (1758), Elizabeth of Denmark, Duchess of Mecklenburg (1524), Princess Juliane Sophie of Denmark (1788), Lise Nørgaard (1917), Jacob Brønnum Scavenius Estrup (1825), and Christian August Lorentzen (1749). After him are Hans Ørberg (1920), Svend Asmussen (1916), Bodil Joensen (1944), Viggo Kampmann (1910), Carl Lange (1834), and Ari Behn (1972).

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Among SOCIOLOGISTS In Denmark

Among sociologists born in Denmark, Gøsta Esping-Andersen ranks 1. 

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