Wolfgang Ismayr
Wolfgang Ismayr (born December 11, 1942 in Munich ) is a German political scientist .
Life
Ismayr studied political science, philosophy , history and literature at the Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich . Between 1972 and 1995 he worked as an academic advisor and academic director at the Otto-Friedrich-Universität Bamberg . In 1994 he completed his habilitation in political science. From 1993 to 1995 Ismayr taught as a visiting professor at the University of Passau before accepting a position at the Technical University of Dresden in April 1995 . Until his retirement in 2008, he held the professorship for German systems of government, with a special focus on parliamentary research. Since then, he has headed the Parliamentarianism Research Center at the Institute for Political Science at the TU Dresden.
Research activity
His main research interests are in the areas of German parliamentarism and the political systems of Europe. The volumes The Political Systems of Western Europe and The Political Systems of Eastern Europe are considered standard works of comparative systems theory [2009]. For his habilitation thesis Der Deutsche Bundestag. Functions, decision-making, reform approaches , Ismayr received the Science Prize of the German Bundestag in 1993 .
Fonts (selection)
Monographs
- Parliamentary communication and freedom of representation , Frankfurt / M. 1982. ISBN 3-88129-557-7
- The political theater in West Germany , Königstein 1985 (2nd edition). ISBN 3-445-02459-6
- The German Bundestag. Functions, will formation reform approaches , Opladen 1992. ISBN 3-8100-0828-1
- Em Busca de um Parlamento mais Eficaz , São Paulo 1997 (co-author).
- Parliamentarism in Germany , Hagen 1998.
- The German Bundestag in the Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany , Opladen 2001 (2nd edition). ISBN 3-8100-3343-X
- The German Parliament , Leverkusen / Berlin 2009 (co-author).
- The German Parliament , Leverkusen / Berlin 2010 (co-author).
- Le Parlement Allemand , Leverkusen / Berlin 2010 (co-author).
- The German Bundestag , 3rd, completely revised. and act. Ed., Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2012, ISBN 3-531-16267-5 .
Editorships
- The political systems of Western Europe , Wiesbaden 2009 (4th edition). ISBN 3-531-16464-3
- The political systems of Eastern Europe , Wiesbaden 2009 (3rd edition). ISBN 3-531-16201-2
- Legislation in Western Europe. EU states and the European Union , Wiesbaden 2008. ISBN 3-8100-3466-5
literature
- Klemens H. Schrenk / Markus Soldner (eds.): Analysis of democratic systems of government . Festschrift for Wolfgang Ismayr on the occasion of his 65th birthday, Wiesbaden 2009. ISBN 3-531-16309-4
Web links
- Literature by and about Wolfgang Ismayr in the catalog of the German National Library
- Personal homepage with biography on the website of the TU Dresden
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Ismayr, Wolfgang |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German political scientist, professor for German government systems at the TU Dresden |
DATE OF BIRTH | December 11, 1942 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Munich |