Kurt Leo Shell

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Kurt Leo Shell (born November 17, 1920 in Vienna ; † October 12, 2018 in Frankfurt am Main ) was an Austro-German political scientist .

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Kurt Leo Shell was born in November 1920 in Vienna to a liberal Jewish family. As a high school graduate, he emigrated to the USA via Great Britain. There he studied political science after his military service at Columbia University New York and received his doctorate there in 1955. From 1956 to 1967 he was professor of political science at the State University of New York at Binghampton , from 1967 until his retirement in 1986 he taught political science of the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main .

The focus of his scientific work was North America research. In 1979 he co-founded the Center for North America Research (ZENAF) at the Goethe University in Frankfurt.

Fonts (selection)

  • The transformation of Austrian socialism . State University of New York, New York 1962 (German edition udT: Jenseits der Klassen? Austria's Social Democracy since 1934. Europa-Verlag, Vienna 1969).
  • Threat and probation. Leadership and people in the Berlin crisis . Westdeutscher Verlag, Cologne 1965 (publications of the Institute for Political Science Volume 19).
  • (as editor): The democratic political process . Ginn, Waltham (Mass.) 1969.
  • (as editor): John Stuart Mill: Reflections on Representative Democracy . Schöningh, Paderborn 1971.
  • The US political system . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1975, ISBN 3-17-002073-0 .
  • Liberal Democratic Systems. A political-sociological analysis . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-17-005889-4 .
  • American conservatism . Kohlhammer, Stuttgart 1986, ISBN 3-17-009202-2 .
  • (as co-author): Conservative ideology and political practice. Formation of coalitions in the American Congress 1972–1984 . Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1988 (Series of publications by the Center for North America Research (ZENAF), University of Frankfurt, Volume 13), ISBN 3-593-34017-8 .
  • Harry S. Truman. Politician, populist, president . Musterschmidt, Göttingen 1998 (Personality and History, Volume 156/157), ISBN 3-7881-0150-4 .

Festschrift

  • Franz Greß (Ed.): Liberal Democracy in Europe and the USA. Commemorative publication for Kurt L. Shell . Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt / M. 1990, ISBN 3-593-34389-4 (with bibliography).

Sources / individual references

personal data
SURNAME Shell, Kurt Leo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shell, Kurt L.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American-German political scientist of Austrian origin
DATE OF BIRTH 17th November 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH October 12, 2018
Place of death Frankfurt am Main