Study of the Lobby in Great Britain, 1958 – a ground-breaking study of political lobbying in the UK Private Industry and Political Power, 1958 Backbench Opinion in the House of Commons, 1955–59, 1961 The Man on Horseback: The Role of the Military in Politics, 1962 (, 1988) – short but very original Vilfredo Pareto: Sociological Writings (selector), 1966 – the writings of an Italian sociologist Comparative Government: An Introduction to the Study of Politics, 1970 (, 1974) – a successful textbook Adversary Politics and Electoral Reform (editor), 1975 () Five Constitutions: Contrasts and Comparisons (editor), 1979 () The Changing British Party System, 1945–1979, 1980 () Parties and Interest Groups (audio cassette, joint author), 1982 () Electoral System (audio cassette, joint author), 1982 () Comparing Constitutions (editor), 1995 () The History of Government from the Earliest Times, 1997 ( three-volume set, hardback) – Finer's retirement project and magnum opus, unfinished and published posthumously See also List of political scientists List of historians Notes References Samuel Finer papers, John Rylands Library, University of Manchester Library (collection description) Review of History of Government from the Earliest Times in The Economist, 16 October 1997 (Simply the best, paywall). External links Samuel Finer Papers: Collection-level Description University of Keele, School of Politics, International Relations and Philosophy, The Finer Memorial Lecture 1915 births 1993 deaths British political scientists British people of Romanian-Jewish descent Historians of the British Isles Jewish historians British Jews Royal Corps of Signals officers People educated at Holloway School Academics of Keele University Academics of the Victoria University of Manchester Alumni of Trinity College, Oxford Fellows of Balliol College, Oxford British Army personnel of World War II 20th-century British historians Gladstone Professors of Government Fellows of All Souls College, Oxford Fellows of the British Academy 20th-century political scientists