Jens Wissel
Jens Wissel (* 1968 ) is a German political scientist .
Life
Wissel studied political science as well as sociology and philosophy at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main . In 1998 he finished his studies with a diploma in political science. From 2002 to 2006 he worked as a research assistant at Frankfurt University. In 2006 Jens Wissel received his doctorate from Nicos Poulantzas under Joachim Hirsch , Bob Jessop and Alex Demirović on the topicality of state theory . In his dissertation, Wissel developed - in connection with Poulantza's concept of the inner bourgeoisie and the bloc in power - the idea of the transnationalized power bloc and dealt with the transnationalization of class relations. As an empirical example to support his theses, Wissel cited the World Trade Organization . From 2007 to 2009, Wissel worked as a lecturer at the Universities of Marburg and Vienna, among others.
In the summer semester of 2012, Wissel took up a substitute professorship for international relations at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen .
From November 1, 2013, Wissel worked as a research assistant in the social sciences department at the University of Kassel until February 2015. Since October 1, 2017, he has been a professor with a focus on work at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences .
Together with Sonja Buckel and John Kannankulam , Wissel researched the transnationalization of the state in the process of the emergence of a common European migration control policy .
Wissel is a member of the Association for Critical Society Research .
Publications (selection)
- author
- The transnationalization of power relations. On the topicality of Nicos Poulantza's theory of the state . Baden-Baden 2007, ISBN 978-3-8329-2689-2 .
- State project Europe. Outlines of a materialistic theory of the European Union . Münster 2015, ISBN 978-3-89691-859-8 .
- editor
- with Joachim Hirsch and John Kannankulam : The state of civil society: On the understanding of the state by Karl Marx. Baden-Baden 2008
- with Stefanie Wöhl: State Theory Facing New Challenges - Analysis and Criticism. Münster 2008.
- with the research group ›State Project Europe‹: Struggles over migration policy. Theory, method and analyzes of critical European research. Bielefeld 2014.
- with Dirk Martin and Susanne Martin: Perspectives and Constellations of Critical Theory. Münster 2015.
- with Daniel Keil: State Project Europe. A state-theoretical perspective on the European Union. Baden-Baden 2019.
Web links
- Literature by and about Jens Wissel in the catalog of the German National Library
- Internet presence at the University of Kassel
Individual evidence
- ↑ Jens Wissel: The transnationalization of power relations. On the topicality of Nicos Poulantzas` state theory. Baden-Baden 2007, p. 229.
- ↑ Review of the doctorate on grundrisse.net
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Wissel, Jens |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1968 |