Ideas become prominent and then fade. - John W. Kingdon

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Ideas become prominent and then fade.

John W. Kingdon

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About John W. Kingdon

John Wells Kingdon (born 1940) is Professor Emeritus and former Chair of Political Science at the University of Michigan. He is a graduate of Oberlin College and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He is a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences and was a Guggenheim fellow.

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