Erich Weede
Erich Weede (born January 4, 1942 in Hildesheim ) is a German sociologist , graduated psychologist , doctorate and post-doctorate political scientist and, since 2004, emeritus professor of sociology at the University of Bonn .
Life
Erich Weede obtained the degree of psychologist at the University of Hamburg in 1966 . He completed a second degree in sociology and political science and a year of study in the United States . In 1970 the doctorate to Dr. phil., in 1975 he received the right to teach in Political Science at the University of Mannheim .
From 1974 to 1978 Weede was a senior scientific employee at the Center for Surveys, Methods and Analyzes (ZUMA) in Mannheim . In 1978 he was appointed professor of sociology at the University of Cologne . In 1986 and 1987 he also taught as visiting professor for international relations at the Bologna Center at Johns Hopkins University . In 1997 he followed a call from the University of Bonn to the renowned chair for sociology of Friedrich Fürstenberg .
Weede regularly writes peculiarly free for the magazine . In 2004 he received the Richardson Lifetime Achievement Award , which is presented every three years by the European Consortium of Political Research (ECPR). He received the Hayek Medal from the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society in 2012 .
In addition to Eckart Conze , Joachim Scholtyseck , Jürgen Frölich and Ewald Grothe, Weede was editor of the “ Yearbook on Liberalism Research ” of the Friedrich Naumann Foundation for Freedom from 2012 to 2016 .
Weede expressly describes himself as a “ libertarian ” in the American sense and rejects the social market economy and the western-style welfare state - because it is debt -based.
Research priorities
According to the Institute for Political Science and Sociology at the University of Bonn, Erich Weede's research interests are:
- “Rational Choice” and “Public Choice” theories
- international comparative (also quantitative) analyzes of economic growth
- Income distribution and vulnerability to violence - both for western industrial societies and for developing countries
- Causes of war and war prevention
- Comparisons of civilizations with special consideration of Asia
Memberships
Weede is a member of the German Society for Foreign Policy (DGAP) , the German Society for Political Science (DGfPW) , the German Society for Sociology (DGS) , the Friedrich A. von Hayek Society , the International Political Science Association (IPSA) , International Sociological Association (ISA) , the International Studies Association (ISA) , the List Society , the Mont Pelerin Society , and the PSS (I) Peace Science Society (International) .
According to his university institute, Weede is a member of the editorial boards of various magazines:
- since 1986 with Pacific Focus ( Korean journal for international studies)
- since 1988 with International Interactions (US magazine for international politics )
- since 1997 with the Journal of Conflict Resolution (interdisciplinary American journal for social sciences )
- with New Asia (Korean journal for social sciences) since 2000
- Editorial board of the magazine strangely free
Weede was President of PSS (I) from 1982 and 1983, Vice President of the International Studies Association (ISA) from 1985 to 1986 and European Editor of the journal International Interactions from 1988 to 1997 .
Fonts
Erich Weede has published over 200 scientific papers, including 11 monographs:
- World politics and causes of war in the 20th century. A quantitative empirical study (1975).
- Hypotheses, equations and data. Specification and measurement problems with causal models for data from one and more observation periods. Monographs Social Science Methods (ZUMA) (1977).
- West German Elite Views on National Security and Foreign Policy Issues (together with Dietmar Schössler ) (1978).
- Developing Countries in World Society (1985).
- Conflict research. Introduction and overview (1986).
- Economy, State and Society (1990).
- People & Society. Sociology from the perspective of methodological individualism (1992).
- Economic Development, Social Order and World Politics (1996).
- Asia and the West: Political and Cultural Determinants of Economic Development (2002).
- People, the market and the state. Plea for an economic order for imperfect people (2003).
- Balance of Power, Globalization and the Capitalist Peace (2005).
Web links
- Literature by and about Erich Weede in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage at the University of Bonn
- Erich Weede: Unequal prosperity or poverty for everyone? In: International Politics. 6, June 2006, pp. 114-117.
- Erich Weede: Islands of Rationality: How do you overcome incorrect decisions in the market, in science and in politics? (PDF; 352 kB). In: Analysis & Critique 30/2008, pp. 735–756.
- Erich Weede: The financial market crisis as the legitimacy crisis of capitalism. Reflections on (too) human action in business and politics. (PDF; 115 kB). In: ORDO . Yearbook for the Order of Economy and Society 60 (2009), pp. 267–288.
- various articles for the Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, z. B.
- Erich Weede: Debate about Sarrazin: Demography, Intelligence and Immigration - The Debate . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . October 8, 2010. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- Erich Weede: A United Europe of Fools? . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung. 3rd February 2012.
- Is China replacing America as a hegemonic power ? Forty years of strong growth have made China America's only serious challenger. The country benefited above all from freedom elsewhere. Trump's trade conflict threatens to catch up . In: Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung . December 14, 2018, p. 18 ( faz.net ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Economic Freedom - The Guests . In: Economic Freedom . Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ↑ Faculty . University of Bonn. January 13, 2013. Archived from the original on July 15, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ↑ a b c d e f g Prof. Dr. Erich Weede . University of Bonn. Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
- ↑ Gerald Schneider: Erich Weede: a nonconformist conflict researcher. (PDF; 83 kB), in: european political science 4, 2005, pp. 256–262.
- ↑ Hajek Days 2012 Documentation ( Memento from August 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Retrieved July 24, 2012.
- ↑ Entry on H-Soz-Kult . Retrieved April 1, 2015.
- ↑ So several times in a lecture in the Berlin “ Library of Conservatism ” in autumn 2015 on “Mass Migration and the Welfare State - Cultural Communities under Pressure” (Youtube).
- ↑ Erich Weede . In: peculiarly free . Archived from the original on July 18, 2013. Retrieved July 18, 2013.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Weede, Erich |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political scientist, psychologist and sociologist |
DATE OF BIRTH | January 4, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Hildesheim |