Mika LaVaque-Manty

{{short description|American philosopher}}

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|era = 21st-century philosophy

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|name = Mika LaVaque-Manty

|other_names = Mika LaVaque-Mänty{{Cite magazine |url=https://dokumen.tips/documents/ultrajuoksija-12001-22002.html?page=13 |title=35 suomalaista mukana |date=2001 |work=Ultrajuoksija |page=13 |language=fi |access-date=November 24, 2023 |quote=amerikansuomalainen Mika LaVaque-Mänty}}

|birth_date = {{Birth year and age|1966}}

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| institutions =University of Michigan

|main_interests = political philosophy

| thesis_title = No Secret Agents: A Liberal Theory of Political Action

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| thesis_year = 1998

| doctoral_advisor = Elizabeth S. Anderson

|academic_advisors= Stephen Darwall, Don Herzog, David Hills, Peter Railton

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| education = University of Michigan (PhD), University of Southern California (BA)

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Mika LaVaque-Manty (born 1966) is an American political scientist and Arthur F. Thurnau Professor and associate professor at the University of Michigan. He is known for his works on liberal theory and Immanuel Kant and is a winner of the 2010 University of Michigan Press Book Award.{{cite web |title=Mika LaVaque-Manty |url=https://acue.org/experts_and_faculty/mika-lavaque-manty/ |website=ACUE}}{{cite web |title=Mika Lavaque-Manty |url=https://www.brookings.edu/author/mika-lavaque-manty/ |website=Brookings}}{{cite journal |last1=Myers |first1=Ella |title=Review of New Waves in Political Philosophy |journal=NDPR |date=2 August 2009 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/new-waves-in-political-philosophy/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}{{cite journal |last1=Song |first1=Sarah |title=The Playing Fields of Eton: Equality and Excellence in Modern Meritocracy, by Mika LaVaque-Manty. Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2009 |journal=Political Theory |date=June 2011 |volume=39 |issue=3 |pages=429–432 |doi=10.1177/0090591711400039 |language=en |issn=0090-5917}}{{cite journal |last1=Barilan |first1=Y. Michael |title=Review of Dignity: A History |journal=NDPR |date=22 January 2018 |url=https://ndpr.nd.edu/reviews/dignity-a-history/ |language=en |issn=1538-1617}}{{cite journal |title=The playing fields of Eton. Equality and excellence in modern meritocracy |journal=De Gruyter |url=https://www.degruyter.com/database/IBR/entry/ibr.ID_REZ-56228_ISBN9780472116850/html?lang=en |language=en}}{{cite journal |last1=R |first1=Krause Sharon |title=Arguments and Fists: Political Agency and Justification in Liberal Theory. By Mika LaVaque-Manty. New York: Routledge, 2002. 214p. 24.95 paper |journal=Perspectives on Politics |date=June 2003 |volume=1 |issue=2 |pages=390–391 |doi=10.1017/S1537592703330324 |language=en |issn=1541-0986}}

LaVaque-Manty moved to the United States from Finland in 1986.{{r|ultra-1}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.socialsciencespace.com/2014/08/how-do-you-successfully-gamify-a-course/ |title=How Do You (Successfully) Gamify a Course? |date=August 29, 2014 |website=Social Science Space |publisher=Sage Publishing |access-date=November 24, 2023 |quote=father in Finland ... he came to the U.S. in 1986}}{{Cite web |url=http://www-personal.umich.edu/~mmanty/personal/index.html |title=Mika LaVaque-Manty: About |last=Mika |first=LaVaque-Manty |website=University of Michigan |access-date=November 24, 2023 |quote=I came to the United States from Finland in 1986}}