Nikolaus Werz

Nikolaus Werz (born July 15, 1952 in Bonn ) is a German political scientist .

Life

Nikolaus Werz is the son of the former German ambassador to Argentina, Luitpold Werz . He obtained the general university entrance qualification in 1971 in Buenos Aires . He then studied German , history and political science at the Albert Ludwig University of Freiburg and passed the state examination in 1970.

From 1978 Werz worked at the Arnold Bergstraesser Institute . A research stay took him to the Institute for Development Studies in Venezuela . In 1983 he was awarded a doctoral scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation for Dr. phil. (Dissertation: Political Parties, State and Development in Venezuela ) PhD. From 1981 to 1991 he worked on third-party funded projects for the Fritz Thyssen Foundation . In 1991 he completed his habilitation with the thesis The newer political and social science thinking in Latin America . Subsequently, he was a professor in Freiburg im Breisgau. Since 1994 he has held the chair for Comparative Government Studies at the University of Rostock .

Werz is a member of several associations, he was a. a. from 1992 to 1996 member of the selection committee of the Catholic Academic Foreigners Service (KAAD). In 2004 he was appointed to the board of the Loki Schmidt Foundation . From 2005 to 2007 he was chairman of the German Society for Political Science (DGfP).

Parties, State and Development in Venezuela (= materials on development and politics . Volume 26). Weltforum-Verlag, Munich a. a. 1983, ISBN 3-8039-0266-5 .
Latin America. An introduction (= political science course ). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2005, ISBN 3-8329-1068-9 . (3rd edition, UTB, Stuttgart 2013, ISBN 978-3-8385-4033-7 )
Argentina (= analysis of political systems . Volume 3). Wochenschau-Verlag, Schwabach 2012, ISBN 978-3-89974-813-0 .
With Norbert von Hofmann, Hendrik Bussiek: Promoting democracy under difficult conditions. The activities of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung in Venezuela, Vietnam and Zimbabwe (= series history of the international work of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung . Volume 12). With a foreword by Ernst. J. Kerbusch, Dietz, Bonn 2014, ISBN 978-3-8012-0448-8 .

With Jochen Schmidt: Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania is changing. Balance sheet and outlook . Olzog, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7892-9363-6 .
With Hans Jörg Hennecke : Parties and politics in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania . Olzog, Munich 2000, ISBN 3-7892-8047-X .
Populism. Populists overseas and Europe (= analyzes . Volume 79). Leske + Budrich, Opladen 2003, ISBN 3-8100-3727-3 .
With Reinhard Nuthmann: Emigration and Migration in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania . VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN 3-531-14287-9 .
Demographic change (= publications of the German Society for Political Science . Volume 25). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2008, ISBN 978-3-8329-3211-4 .
Security (= publications of the German Society for Political Science . Volume 26). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2009, ISBN 978-3-8329-4303-5 .
Populists, revolutionaries, statesmen. Politicians in Latin America (= Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana . Volume 129). Vervuert, Frankfurt am Main 2010, ISBN 978-3-86527-513-4 .
With Irene Gerlach , Eckhard Jesse , Marianne Kneuer : Political Science in Germany (= publications of the German Society for Political Science . Volume 27). Nomos, Baden-Baden 2010, ISBN 978-3-8329-6229-6 .
With Andreas Boeckh , Friedrich Welsch: Venezuela today. Politics, economy, culture . Vervuert, Frankfurt am Main 2011, ISBN 978-3-86527-489-2 .