Dieter Fuchs (political scientist)

Dieter Fuchs (* 1946 ) is a German political scientist. His main areas of work include democratic theory and the comparative analysis of political systems . From 2001 to 2015 he was professor at the Institute for Social Sciences at the University of Stuttgart , where he headed the department for political theory and empirical democracy research .

Fuchs received his doctorate in 1988 from the University of Mannheim and completed his habilitation in 1994 at the Free University of Berlin . From 1989 to 2001 he was a Senior Fellow at the Social Science Research Center in Berlin . As a temporary professor, he held the chair for comparative analysis of political systems, movements and cultures at the Viadrina European University in Frankfurt (Oder) from 1996 to 1997 .

Publications (selection)

Dieter Fuchs is the author and editor of numerous political science publications. His most significant publications include:

• The conceptualization of the quality of democracy. A critical discussion of current approaches. (with Edeltraud Roller), in: André Brodocz , Marcus Llanque , Gary Schaal (Ed.): Threats to Democracy. VS-Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2008, pp. 77–96.

• Where is the change in democratic institutions in Germany going? The development of the Germans' ideas of democracy since their unification. In: Gerhard Göhler (Ed.): Institutional Change. (Special issue 16 of Leviathan ), Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1997, pp. 253-284.

• Which democracy do the Germans want? Attitudes to democracy in united Germany. In: Oscar W. Gabriel (Ed.): Political attitudes and political behavior in the transformation process. Leske + Budrich, Opladen 1997, pp. 81-113.
• Support for the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany. Westdeutscher Verlag, 1989. ISBN 3531120913

Editorships

• Cultural Diversity, European Identity and the Legitimacy of the EU. (edited together with Hans-Dieter Klingemann), Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, Northampton 2011.
• Citizens and the State. (edited together with Hans-Dieter Klingemann), Oxford University Press, Oxford 1995.

Web links

• Literature by and about Dieter Fuchs in the catalog of the German National Library
• Homepage on the website of the University of Stuttgart