Michael Becker (political scientist)
Michael Becker (* 1958 ) is a German political scientist and university professor.
Life
After receiving his doctorate in 1991, Becker worked as a lecturer and then as a research assistant at the Institute for Political Science at Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz . From 1995 to 2001 he was a research assistant at Reinhard Zintl's chair at the Otto Friedrich University in Bamberg , where he subsequently worked as a private lecturer. This was followed by teaching positions at the Universities of Mainz and Landau as well as substitute professorships at the Universities of Konstanz and Bamberg. Since the 2007/2008 winter semester, Becker has been a private lecturer for special tasks with a focus on political theory and the history of ideas at the Institute for Political Science and Sociology at the Julius Maximilians University of Würzburg . There he was appointed adjunct professor in March 2019 .
Becker's main research interests lie in the field of political theory and the history of ideas, with a particular focus on the thoughts of John Rawls .
Works (selection)
- with Hans-Joachim Lauth , Gert Pickel (Ed.): Rule of Law and Democracy. Theoretical and empirical studies on law in democracy. Westdeutscher Verlag , Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN 978-3-531-13645-5 .
- Communication-oriented communication and legal order. Nomos , Baden-Baden 2003, ISBN 978-3-8329-0063-2 .
- with Johannes Schmidt, Reinhard Zintl: Political Philosophy. 4th updated edition, Schöningh , Paderborn 2004, ISBN 978-3-8252-4804-8 .
- with Ruth Zimmerling (Ed.): Politics and Law. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften , Wiesbaden 2006, ISBN 978-3-531-14981-3 .
- Basic structures of politics in the Federal Republic of Germany. Budrich , Opladen 2011, ISBN 978-3-8252-8473-2 .
- Political liberalism and well-ordered societies. John Rawls and the Constitutional State. Nomos, Baden-Baden 2013, ISBN 978-3-8487-0767-6 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Michael Becker in the catalog of the German National Library
- Curriculum Vitae on the website of the University of Würzburg
Individual evidence
- ^ Author profile in the catalog of the German National Library. In: d-nb.info. June 2, 2017, accessed March 4, 2020 .
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SURNAME | Becker, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political scientist and university professor |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1958 |