Karl Ucakar

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Karl Ucakar (born June 7, 1947 in Sankt Michael ) is an Austrian lawyer and political scientist.

Ucakar studied law at the University of Vienna (graduating with a Dr. jur. ) And was already politically active as a student within the VSSTÖ . 1970–1972 he completed a postgraduate education in political science at the Institute for Advanced Studies in Vienna, until 1974 he worked as a research assistant at the said institute. As part of this activity, he completed the Essex Summer School for the Social Sciences Data Analysis and the Essex Summer School in Quantitative Methods in History in 1973. 1974–1985 he worked as an assistant and lecturer at the Institute for Political Science at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Vienna. In 1984 he completed his habilitation in political science at the Faculty of Social and Economic Sciences at the University of Vienna with the text: Democracy and Suffrage in Austria. For the development of political participation and state legitimation politics . Since 1985 he has been Professor of Political Science at the University of Vienna.

Publications (selection)

  • Citizens and representatives of the people. The everyday understanding of parliament and democracy in Austria , (together with Peter Gerlich ), Salzburg 1981.
  • Democracy and the right to vote in Austria. On the development of political participation and state legitimation policy , Vienna 1985.
  • Suffrage and voter behavior in Vienna , (together with Maren Seliger), Vienna 1984, Verlag Jugend und Volk.
  • Vienna. Political history. Development and determinants of metropolitan politics 1740-1934 , (together with Maren Seliger), 2 volumes, Vienna 1985.
  • Policy field analyzes on the quality of life in Vienna , (ed., Together with Stefan Gschiegl), Vienna 2010, workshop report No. 106 of the Municipal Department 18 of the City of Vienna, ISBD 978-3-902576-34-7.
  • Politics and law. Areas of tension in society (Ed. Together with Tamara Ehs, Stefan Gschiegl and Manfried Welan). Vienna 2012.
  • The political system of Austria and the EU. , (together with Stefan Gschiegl). Vienna 2009, 2010, 2012 and 4th edition 2014.

Awards

2015: Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, 1st class. (Awarded and certified by Federal President Dr. Heinz Fischer in February 2015)

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personal data
SURNAME Ucakar, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Saint Michael