Leonhard Neidhart

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Leonhard Neidhart (born December 7, 1934 in Ramsen ) is a Swiss political scientist . Until 2000 he held the chair for political science at the University of Konstanz .

Life

Neidhart received a diploma in sociology from the Free University of Berlin in 1966 and received his doctorate there in 1969. rer. Pole. The habilitation in political science took place in 1973 at the University of Zurich . Between 1967 and 1971 Neidhart worked as a research assistant at the Free University of Berlin. From 1974 he was Professor of Political Science at the Faculty of Administrative Science at the University of Konstanz. In 2000 he retired.

research

Leonhard Neidhart's research area is Swiss politics. He published on topics such as direct democracy , elections , the position of parliament , the relationship between Switzerland and the EU , federal financial policy, the influence of French-speaking Switzerland in the Federal Assembly , constitutional reform and voting campaigns.

Teaching

Neidhart's teaching at the University of Konstanz focused on political theory , party competition and public opinion , policy field analysis , political communication and the media, as well as the field of political institutions .

Works (selection)

  • State reform. Bern: Francke, 1970.
  • Federalism in Switzerland: Summary report on the federalism hearings of the Foundation for Federal Cooperation in Solothurn. Zurich: Benziger, 1975.
  • Plebiscite and plural democracy: an analysis of the function of the Swiss legal referendum. Bern: Francke, 1970.
  • Political Switzerland. Foundations and Institutions. Zurich: Verlag Neue Zürcher Zeitung , 2002.
  • The early federal parliament: the successful path to modern Switzerland. Nzz Libro, 2010.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Stephanie Summermatter: Neidhart, Leonhard. In: Historisches Lexikon der Schweiz ., Accessed on May 2, 2014
  2. ↑ a b c d e f uni-konstanz.de: University of Konstanz - Research report 1998 - Prof. Dr. Leonhard Neidhart ( Memento of the original from July 15, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.uni-konstanz.de archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed December 20, 2010
  3. ↑ politologie.ch: About me ( Memento of the original from September 6, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.politologie.ch archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed December 20, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Neidhart, Leonhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH December 7, 1934
PLACE OF BIRTH Ramsen