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Date of Birth
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27-May-1931
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Place of Birth
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Denver
(Colorado, United States of America, Area code 303, Area code 720, Area codes 303 and 720)
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Nationality
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United States of America
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Also know as
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James Wilson, James Quinn Wilson
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Profession
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Professor, Political Science
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James Quinn Wilson was an American academic, political scientist, and an authority on public administration. Most of his career was spent as a professor at UCLA and Harvard. He coauthored a leading university textbook on American government, as well as many scholarly books and articles, and op-ed essays. He gained national attention for a 1982 article introducing the broken windows theory. Wilson served on many national committees and boards, and was elected president of the American Political Science Association.
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