Wolfgang Rudzio

Wolfgang Rudzio (born March 29, 1935 in Insterburg ) is a German political scientist and professor at the Carl von Ossietzky University of Oldenburg .

Life

Rudzio spent his school days in Hanover. He studied mathematics and history at the Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main and passed his state examination there . After completing his doctorate and habilitation , he initially worked as a professor in Frankfurt before moving to Oldenburg in 1973. He stayed there until his retirement in 2000.

Rudzio has made a name for himself nationwide primarily with his standard work The Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany .

His main research interests are political parties and the practice of coalition governments.

Works (selection)

• The reorganization of local government in the British zone. For the democratization and decentralization of the political structure. A British reform and its outcome (= sources and representations on contemporary history. Vol. 17, ISSN  0481-3545 ). Deutsche Verlags-Anstalt, Stuttgart 1968, (at the same time: Frankfurt am Main, University, dissertation, 1967).
• Organized democracy, parties and associations in the Federal Republic (= Politics study series. Vol. 4). Metzler Verlagsbuchhandlung, Stuttgart 1977, ISBN 3-476-20089-2 .
• The erosion of the demarcation. On the relationship between the democratic left and communists in the Federal Republic of Germany. Westdeutscher Verlag, Opladen 1988, ISBN 3-531-12045-X .
• Informal governance. On coalition management in German and Austrian governments. VS - Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2005, ISBN 3-531-14784-6 .
• The political system of the Federal Republic of Germany. 10th, updated and exp. Ed., Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2019 (1983), ISBN 978-3658227234 .
• In the shadow of politics. One life. (Autobiography), Springer VS, Wiesbaden 2018, ISBN 978-3-658-19584-7 .

Web links

• Literature by and about Wolfgang Rudzio in the catalog of the German National Library