Edeltraud Roller

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Edeltraud Roller (born November 11, 1957 ; † June 5, 2020 ) was a German political scientist and head of the "Analysis and Comparison of Political Systems" department at the Institute for Political Science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz .

Live and act

Edeltraud Roller studied sociology , political science , psychology and science at the University of Mannheim . From 1983 to 1990 she worked there as a research assistant at the Collaborative Research Center 3 “Microanalytical Basis of Social Policy” and from 1989 also at the “Chair for Political Science and International Comparative Social Research”. In 1990 she did her doctorate in Mannheim on the subject of attitudes of citizens towards the welfare state of the Federal Republic of Germany .

From 1990 to 2003, Roller worked as a research assistant at the Berlin Science Center for Social Research (WZB) and helped shape the research program of the “Institutions and Social Change” department. She completed her habilitation at the Free University of Berlin in 2002 on the subject of the performance of democracies .

In September 2003 he was offered the chair for comparative political science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz. With her research work on the efficiency of democratic systems, for which she also published her main work "The Performance of Democracies" , she became internationally known. From 2009 to 2018 she was also involved in the graduate school The Christian Churches Facing the Challenge of 'Europe' (1890 to the Present) .

Until 2006 she was spokeswoman for the working group “Elections and Political Attitudes” at the German Association for Political Science (DVPW) for many years .

She played a leading role in setting up the German sub-project of the European Social Survey (ESS) study for over a decade and was in charge of the sub-study “Society and Democracy in Europe”.

Until recently active in research and teaching, Edeltraud Roller died in June 2020 at the age of 62.

Works (selection)

Edeltraud Roller was the author and editor of numerous political science publications.

Monographs

  • Attitudes of the citizens to the welfare state of the Federal Republic of Germany . Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1992, ISBN 978-3-531-12368-4
  • The Performance of Democracies. Political Institutions and Public Policy . Oxford University Press, Oxford 2005, ISBN 978-0-199-28642-3

Editing

  • Jan van Deth , Hans Rattinger , Edeltraud Roller (ed.): The republic on the way to normality? Behavior at the polls and political attitudes after eight years of unity. Leske and Budrich, Opladen 2000, ISBN 978-3-810-02640-8
  • Frank Brettschneider , Jan van Deth, Edeltraud Roller (eds.): The end of the politicized social structure? Leske and Budrich, Opladen 2002, ISBN 3-8100-3203-4
  • Frank Brettschneider, Jan van Deth, Edeltraud Roller (ed.): The federal election 2002. Analysis of the election results and the election campaign. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-8100-4123-8
  • Edeltraud Roller, Frank Brettschneider, Jan van Deth (eds.): Youth and politics: “Voll normal!”: The contribution of political sociology to youth research . 1st edition. Vs Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-531-14383-5
  • Dieter Fuchs , Edeltraud Roller (Hrsg.): Lexicon politics. 100 basic terms . Philipp Reclam jun., Ditzingen 2007; Paperback 2009, ISBN 978-3-15-010628-0

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Obituaries Edeltraud Roller. In: VRM grief. VRM GmbH & Co. KG, Mainz, June 13, 2020, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
  2. ↑ a b c Univ.-Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Roller. Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, March 13, 2020, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b The WZB mourns Edeltraud Roller. Science Center Berlin for Social Research, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
  4. ^ The Performance of Democracies. Oxford University Press, accessed June 13, 2020 .
  5. ↑ College members. Leibniz Institute for European History, Research Training Group “The Christian Churches Facing the Challenge of› Europe ‹”, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
  6. ↑ On the death of Prof. Dr. Edeltraud Roller. German Association for Political Science, Berlin, June 10, 2020, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
  7. ^ Research. Completed research projects: European Social Survey (ESS): German sub-study “Society and Democracy in Europe” (Edeltraud Roller). Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, Institute for Political Science, accessed on June 13, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Roller, Edeltraud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH November 11, 1957
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 2020