 Lucian Pye

Lucian W. Pye (; 21 October 1921 – 5 September 2008) was an American political scientist, sinologist and comparative politics expert considered one of the leading China scholars in the United States.Educated at Carleton College and Yale University, Pye chose to focus on the characteristics of specific cultures in forming theories of political development of modernization of Third World nations, rather than seeking universal and overarching theories like most political scientists.