Uri Ra'anan
Uri Ra'anan (until 1954 Heinz Felix Frischwasser ) (born June 10, 1926 in Vienna ) is an American political scientist of Austrian origin.
As a child, Frischwasser emigrated from Austria to the USA, where he was naturalized and in 1954 took the Hebrew name Uri Ra'anan.
As a political scientist, he specialized in research on international relations and conflicts as well as the government system of the Soviet Union and Russia . He taught as a professor at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology , Columbia University , the City University of New York and finally at the private Boston University .
Fonts (selection)
- The Soviet Empire and the Challenge of National and Democratic Movements (1990)
- Gorbachev's USSR: A System in Crisis (1990)
- Inside the Apparat: Perspectives on the Soviet Union (1990)
- State and Nation in Multi-ethnic Societies (1991)
- Russian Pluralism - Now Irreversible? (1992)
- Russia: A Return to Imperialism (1995)
- Russia's Power Transfer Crises (2006).
Web links
- Literature by and about Uri Ra'anan in the catalog of the German National Library
- Uri Ra'anan, Emeritus at Boston University ( October 1, 2013 memento in the Internet Archive )
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|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ra'anan, Uri |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Frischwasser, Heinz Felix (maiden name); Fresh water Ra'anan, Heinz Felix |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | American political scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 10, 1926 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |