Comparative Politics and German Government

Chair of Comparative Politics and German Government

The field of comparative politics applies methodical, theoretical and empirical approaches to the comparison of governmental systems.

As a main field of focus, empirical democracy research spans various regions of the world (areas) i.e. Latin America and Central and Eastern Europe. Formal and informal Institutions are included in the analysis. The Chair of Comparative Politics and German Government also incorporates the analysis of the political system of the German Democratic Republic utilizing comparative categories.

Research

Interim Professor

Prof. Dr. Thomas Kestler

Room 03.209a
Telephone: +49 (0)931 / 31 81280
E-mail: thomas.kestler@uni-wuerzburg.de

Senior Professor

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Lauth
E-mail: hans-joachim.lauth@uni-wuerzburg.de

Administrative Office

Michaela Thoma
Room 00.105
Telephone: +49 (0)931 / 31 84802
E-mail: l-polwiss@uni-wuerzburg.de

Academic Staff

Democracy Matrix

The DFG funded research project "The democracy matrix as an alternative to the democracy indices of Freedom House and Polity: Implementation of the Varieties-of-Democracy-Data by using the 15-Field-Matrix of Democracy” is developing a new measurement tool of democracy based on the Varieties of Democracy project.

Democracy Matrix

Other Research Projects

LoSAM (DFG)

Fiscal Citizenship

Staatlichkeitsindex StIx

News

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Vortrag am 22.5.2024: Maradona – eine argentinische Parabel

Am Mittwoch, den 22. Mai 2024, ist Professor Thomas Fischer zu Gast am IPS. Anhand des Falles Argentinien wird er die kulturelle und politische Bedeutung des Fußballs in Lateinamerika beleuchten. Sein Vortrag findet um 18 Uhr c.t. in Raum 02.206 im Institutsgebäude am Wittelsbacherplatz statt

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