Paul Kevenhörster

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Paul Kevenhörster (born June 5, 1941 in Schwerte ) is a German political scientist and university professor .

Life

Kevenhörster completed his studies in economics and social sciences at the universities of Bonn, Hamburg and Cologne in 1965 with a degree in economics and in 1966 with a degree in business administration. After further studies at Pennsylvania State University (USA) and Sophia University Tokyo (Japan), he was in 1968 with the dissertation Japan's political system at the University of Cologne Dr. rer. pole. PhD. His habilitation in 1973 at the Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn with a thesis on the council system as an instrument for controlling political and economic power was followed in 1974 by a call to the TU Braunschweig. Kevenhörster has been a full professor of political science in Münster since 1974, initially at the PH Westfalen-Lippe, and since 1980 at the Westphalian Wilhelms University . From 1982 to 1988 he was curator of the German Foundation for International Development (DSE) in Berlin. After visiting professorships at the University of Dubrovnik (1980), Nihon University Tokyo (1990, 2000) and Sophia University Tokyo (1994, 1995) as well as research stays in Tokyo (1978), Nagoya (1989), Princeton (1999) and Washington , DC (2004) he retired in 2006 .

Works (selection)

  • The political system of Japan. Cologne and Opladen 1969.
  • Economy and Politics in Japan. Interest groups, political opinion formation and economic policy decisions. Wiesbaden 1973.
  • The council system as an instrument for controlling political and economic power. Cologne and Opladen 1974.
  • Foreign workers in the political system of the Federal Republic. Representing the interests of foreign workers in the political decision-making process. Opladen 1974.
  • The imperative mandate. Its socio-political significance. Frankfurt and New York 1975.
  • Local politics under executive leadership. Meisenheim a. G. 1977.
  • Politics in a new big city. Decisions in the area of ​​tension between city and city districts. Opladen 1980 (with Adrienne Windhoff-Heritier).
  • Politics in the Electronic Age. Political Effects of Information Technology. Baden-Baden 1984.
  • Community democracy in danger? Centralization and decentralization as challenges of local democracy in Japan and the Federal Republic of Germany. Baden-Baden 1987 (with Herbert Uppendahl).
  • Contribution to development through dialogue and training. An orientation framework for personal cooperation. Baden-Baden 1988.
  • Europe and the Third World. Bochum 1990 (with Wichard Woyke).
  • Politics and Society in Japan. Mannheim 1993.
  • International Politics after the East-West Conflict: Global and Regional Challenges. Münster 1995 (with Wichard Woyke ).
  • Japan's comprehensive security. Hamburg 2003 (with Dirk Nabers ).
  • Municipalities in need: Tasks and financial responsibility in Germany. Münster 2004 (with Rüdiger Robert).
  • Political science. Volume 1: Decisions and Structures of Politics. 3rd edition, Wiesbaden 2008.
  • Political science. Volume 2: Results and Effects of Policy. Wiesbaden 2006.
  • Development policy. Wiesbaden 2009 (with Dirk van den Boom).
  • Japan. Economy - society - politics. 2nd edition, Wiesbaden 2010 (with Werner Pascha and Karen Shire).

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kürschner German Scholars Calendar 2011, 23rd edition, Munich: KG Saur, 2011, Volume 2, p. 2020.

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personal data
SURNAME Kevenhörster, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German political scientist
DATE OF BIRTH June 5, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Swords