Dieter Rucht
Dieter Rucht (born June 26, 1946 in Kempten (Allgäu) ) is a German sociologist . Until his retirement in June 2011, he was co-head of the research group Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilization in Europe at the Social Science Research Center Berlin (WZB) and (since 2001) Honorary Professor at the Institute for Sociology at the Free University of Berlin (Department of Political and Social Sciences ). Rucht was a member of Attac's Scientific Advisory Board until the beginning of 2018 .
Life
Dieter Rucht studied social studies, sport and political science at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich , where he received his doctorate in political science in 1980 . Two publications emerged from his dissertation: "Von Wyhl nach Gorleben" (1980) and "Planning and Participation" (1982). He has taught and researched in Munich, Berlin, Cambridge ( Harvard University ), Paris ( EHESS ) and Ann Arbor ( University of Michigan ). From 1988 to 1997 he worked as a research assistant in the Public and Social Movements Department at the WZB, which was headed by Friedhelm Neidhardt . From 1998 to 2000 he was Professor of Sociology at the University of Kent at Canterbury and then returned to the WZB, where he became head of the research group Political Publicity and Mobilization . From 2005 to 2011 he led the research group Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilization in Europe together with the historian Dieter Gosewinkel . Rucht is the chairman of the Association for Protest and Movement Research eV and co-founder of the Institute for Protest and Movement Research (ipb) of the same name . He was co-editor of the book series Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie at VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , Wiesbaden.
Research priorities
- Political Sociology
- social change
- political participation
- social movements
- Environmental conflicts
- European Integration
- transnational political mobilization
Publications (selection)
- as editor together with Roland Roth : New social movements in the Federal Republic of Germany. Campus, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1987, ISBN 3-593-33823-8 .
- as editor together with Roland Roth: The social movements in Germany since 1945. A manual. Campus, Frankfurt am Main et al. 2008, ISBN 978-3-593-38372-9 .
- as editor together with Stefaan Walgrave: The World Says No to War. University of Minnesota, Minneapolis / London 2010, ISBN 978-0-8166-5095-8 .
- Modernization and new social movements. Germany, France and the USA in comparison. Campus, Frankfurt am Main et al. 1997, ISBN 3-593-35171-4 , ( theory and society 32)
Web links
- Literature by and about Dieter Rucht in the catalog of the German National Library
- Dieter Rucht on the website of the WZB Research Group Civil Society, Citizenship and Political Mobilization in Europe
- “I also reveal the sore points of a movement” Dieter Rucht in an interview with Malene Gürgen in Die Tageszeitung (taz) on September 16, 2017, pp. 46–47.
- Deutschlandfunk cultural issues. Debates and documents from February 17, 2019: "? There is much more protest in Germany than in France." Protest researcher Dieter Rucht in a conversation about the Gilets Jaunes, #stand up and a new class conflict
Individual evidence
- ^ Members of the scientific advisory board. In: Attac. Retrieved July 13, 2018 .
- ^ Institute for Protest and Movement Research. July 31, 2012, accessed July 12, 2016 .
- ^ Editor of the book series Bürgergesellschaft und Demokratie
- ↑ Change begins with opposition. Review in analysis & criticism, No. 530 from August 15, 2008.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Rucht, Dieter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German sociologist and movement researcher |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 26, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kempten (Allgäu) |