Gerard Braunthal

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Gerard (Gerhard) Braunthal (born December 27, 1923 in Gera ; † October 26, 2014 ) was a German-American political scientist and university professor .

Life

Braunthal was born as the son of the social scientist Alfred Braunthal . At the beginning of the Nazi regime, the family fled the persecution of Jews via Belgium to the USA. Braunthal served in the US intelligence service during World War II . In 1947 he earned a bachelor's degree from Queens College, City University of New York , in 1948 a master's degree from the University of Michigan . He then worked as an interviewer for the US Air Force Intelligence Service and also studied at Columbia University . After receiving his doctorate there in 1953, he was employed as a research assistant at the National Bureau of Economic Research . The following year he became a lecturer at the University of Massachusetts in Amherst , where he was professor and 1957 to 1967 Chair called guest professorships led in u. a. back to Columbia University (1968) and the University of Freiburg (1970), he retired in 1988.

Braunthal published extensively on the political landscape in Germany and was considered an SPD expert. He was involved in the American peace and anti-nuclear movement .

On November 25, 1998 he received the Federal Cross of Merit .

Publications

  • The Succession Crisis of 1959. In: James B. Christoph (Ed.): Cases in Comparative Politics. Little, Brown and Comp., Boston MA 1965, pp. 209-240.
  • The West German Legislative Process. A Case Study of Two Transportation Bills. Cornell University Press, Ithaca NY et al. 1972, ISBN 0-8014-0695-1 .
  • Socialist Labor and Politics in Weimar Germany. The General Federation of German Trade Unions. Archon Books, Hamden CT 1978, ISBN 0-208-01740-2 .
  • The West German Social Democrats, 1969–1982. Profile of a Party in Power. Westview, Boulder CO et al. 1983, ISBN 0-86531-958-8 (2nd edition as: The German Social Democrats since 1969. A Party in Power and Opposition. Ibid 1994, ISBN 0-8133-1535-2 ).
  • as editor with Manfred J. Holler : Albert Lauterbach: The Odyssey of Rationality (= Studies of Action and Organization. Vol. 1). Accedo-Verlags-Gesellschaft, Munich 1989, ISBN 3-89265-005-5 .
  • Political Loyalty and Public Service in West Germany. The 1972 Decree against Radicals and Its Consequences. University of Massachusetts Press, Amherst MA 1990, ISBN 0-87023-707-1 .
  • Parties and Politics in Modern Germany. Westview, Boulder CO et al. 1996, ISBN 0-8133-2382-7 .
  • Right-Wing Extremism in Contemporary Germany. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke et al. 2009, ISBN 978-0-230-23639-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ https://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/obituary-gerard-braunthal-professor
  2. ↑ Werner Simsohn : Jews in Gera. A historical overview. Volume 1. Hartung-Gorre, Konstanz 1997, ISBN 3-89649-112-1 , p. 218.
  3. ↑ a b c d e f g h i j k l Short biography on the University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries website, accessed on August 17, 2011
  4. ^ Journal of Central European Affairs. Vol. 15, January 1956, ISSN  0885-2472 , p. 336.
  5. ↑ Information from the Office of the Federal President
personal data
SURNAME Braunthal, Gerard
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Braunthal, Gerhard (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-American political scientist and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH December 27, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH October 26, 2014