Philippe C. Schmitter
Philippe C. Schmitter (born November 19, 1936 in Washington, DC ) is an American political scientist .
Philippe C. Schmitter studied a. a. the subjects of international relations, history and political economy at Dartmouth College (from 1954 to 1957), at the Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (from 1957 to 1958) and at the University of Geneva (from 1959 to 1961). He received his PhD from the University of California in 1968 with the thesis Development and Interest Politics in Brazil: 1930–1965. From 1975 to 1984 he taught as a professor of political science at the University of Chicago . From 1985 to 1998 he taught at Stanford University . Since 1999 he has been an honorary professor at the University of Konstanz . In 2000 Schmitter took up a professorship at the European University Institute in Florence. He has taught there as a professor since 2005. In 2009 Schmitter received the renowned Skytteanska prize and was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Lucerne .
His main research interests are comparative political science , regional integration in Western Europe and Latin America, and the transition in Southern Europe and Latin America. Schmitter is considered to be one of the most prominent representatives of neofunctionalism , but has also named inadequacies of this theory and pleaded for its further development.
Fonts
Monographs
- How to democratize the European Union ... and why bother? , Lanham 2000, ISBN 0-8476-9905-6 .
- with Guillermo O'Donnell Transitions from authoritarian rule. Tentative conclusions about uncertain democracies , 4th revised edition, Baltimore 1993, ISBN 0-8018-2682-9 .
- Interest conflict and political change in Brazil , Stanford 1971, ISBN 0-8047-0733-2 .
Editorships
- Military rule in Latin America. Function, consequences and perspectives , Beverly Hills 1973, ISBN 0-8039-0242-5 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Philippe C. Schmitter in the catalog of the German National Library
- Page at the European Institute
- Detailed CV
Remarks
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmitter, Philippe C. |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 19, 1936 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Washington, DC |