Klaus von Beyme
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Klaus von Beyme is Professor of Political Science
Emeritus at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg.
, Munich
, Paris
and as the first West German university student in Moscow
after World War II.
. Major research fields are Comparative Politics and Political Theory. Visiting fellowships and professorships at Harvard, Stanford and Melbourne universities, and at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris.
. Former Member of the Advisory Council of the Social Science Research Center (WZB), Berlin. From 1993 Member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin). 1995 Honorary Member of Humboldt University Berlin. Since 1995 Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. 1998 University Medal of the University of Heidelberg. 2001 honorary doctorate of the University of Bern, Switzerland. 1983 to 1990 von Beyme was a member of the Research Council of the European University Institute
, Florence. Von Beyme is widely regarded as one of the most important German political scientists of the 20th century (Klingemann/Falter 1998).
Political science
Political Science is a social science discipline concerned with the study of the state, government and politics. Aristotle defined it as the study of the state. It deals extensively with the theory and practice of politics, and the analysis of political systems and political behavior...
Emeritus at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg.
Education
Klaus von Beyme studied political science, history and sociology at the universities of HeidelbergHeidelberg
-Early history:Between 600,000 and 200,000 years ago, "Heidelberg Man" died at nearby Mauer. His jaw bone was discovered in 1907; with scientific dating, his remains were determined to be the earliest evidence of human life in Europe. In the 5th century BC, a Celtic fortress of refuge and place of...
, Munich
Munich
Munich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, Paris
Paris
Paris is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
and as the first West German university student in Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...
after World War II.
Career
From 1967-1973 he was Professor for Political Science at the University of Tübingen. From 1973-1999 he was Professor for Political Science at the University of Heidelberg and from 1982-1985 he was President of the International Political Science AssociationInternational Political Science Association
The International Political Science Association , founded under the auspices of UNESCO in 1949, is an international scholarly association. IPSA is devoted to the advancement of political science in all parts of the world...
. Major research fields are Comparative Politics and Political Theory. Visiting fellowships and professorships at Harvard, Stanford and Melbourne universities, and at the Institut d'Etudes Politiques, Paris, and the Maison des Sciences de l'Homme, Paris.
Awards and Offices
Member of the Academia EuropaeaAcademia Europaea
Academia Europæa is a European non-governmental scientific academy founded in 1988. Its members are scientists and scholars who collectively aim to promote learning, education and research. It publishes European Review through Cambridge Journals....
. Former Member of the Advisory Council of the Social Science Research Center (WZB), Berlin. From 1993 Member of the Advisory Council of the Institute of Advanced Study, Berlin (Wissenschaftskolleg Berlin). 1995 Honorary Member of Humboldt University Berlin. Since 1995 Member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences. 1998 University Medal of the University of Heidelberg. 2001 honorary doctorate of the University of Bern, Switzerland. 1983 to 1990 von Beyme was a member of the Research Council of the European University Institute
European University Institute
The European University Institute ' in Florence is an international postgraduate and post-doctoral teaching and research institute established by European Union member states to contribute to cultural and scientific development in the social sciences, in a European perspective...
, Florence. Von Beyme is widely regarded as one of the most important German political scientists of the 20th century (Klingemann/Falter 1998).
Books/Edited Volumes (Selection)
- America As a Model: The Impact of American Democracy in the World, London: Palgrave Macmillan (1987)
- Right Wing Extremism in Western Europe, Frank Cass Publishers (1988)
- Systemwechsel in Osteuropa (1994)
- Transition to Democracy in Eastern Europe, London: Palgrave Macmillan (1996)
- Der Gesetzgeber: Der Bundestag als Entscheidungszentrum (1997)
- Die Kunst der Macht und die Gegenmacht der Kunst (1998)
- The Legislator: German Parliament as a Centre of Political Decision Making, Adershot: Ashgate (1998)
- Die parlamentarische Demokratie (1999)
- Parliamentary Democracy. Democratization, Destabilization, Reconsolidation 1789-1999, Basingstoke: Macmillan (2000)
- Parteien im Wandel (2000), 2. edition, 2002
- Politische Theorien im Zeitalter der Ideologien (2002)
- Das Zeitalter der Avantgarde. Kunst und Gesellschaft 1905-1955 (2005).
- Föderalismus und regionales Bewusstsein. Ein internationaler Vergleich (2007)
- Die Faszination des Exotischen. Exotismus, Rassismus und Sexismus in der Europäischen Kunst (2007)
- Geschichte der politischen Theorien in Deutschland 1300-2000 (2009)
- Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. Wiesbaden, VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften (2010)
Articles
- The German Constitutional Court in an Uneasy Triangle between Parliament, Government and the Federal Laender, In: Wojciech Sadurski (ed.): Constitutional Justice, East and West. Den Haag, Kluwer, 2002, 101-118.
- Institutional Engineering and Transition to Democracy In: Jan Zielonka (ed.): Democratic Consolidation in Eastern Europe. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 3–24.
- Elite Relations in Germany, German Politics, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 19–36.
- Citizenship and the European Union, In: Klaus Eder/Bernhard Giesen (ed.): European Citizenship between National Legacies and Postnational Projects. Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001, pp. 61–85.
- The Bundestag - Still the Centre of Decision-Making?, In: Helms, Ludger (ed.): Institutions and Institutional Change in the Federal Republic of Germany. Basingstoke, Macmillan: pp. 32–47.
- Federalism in Russia, In: Ute Wachendorfer-Schmidt (ed.): Federalism and Political Performance. London, Routledge 2000, pp. 23–39.
- Shifting national identities : the case of German history, National Identities, No. 1, 1999, pp. 39–52.
- German political science: the state of the art, European Journal of Political Research 20 (3-4), 1991, 263–278.