Comparative Politics and German Government - Institute of Political Science and Sociology

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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New Publication: The Stateness Index (StIx) – Conceptual Design and Empirical Results

Issue 15 of the Würzburg Working Papers in Political Science and Sociology (WAPS) has just been published. Theresa Paola Stawski and Hans-Joachim Lauth present the conceptual design and empirical results of the new Stateness Index (StIx).

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Neue Publikation: "Demokratie unter populistischer Herrschaft: Verändert sich die Qualität der Demokratie?"

Kürzlich ist eine neue Publikation von Hans-Joachim Lauth und Oliver Schlenkrich im Sammelband "Populismus an der Macht" erschienen.

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Other Research Projects

New Publication: The Stateness Index (StIx) – Conceptual Design and Empirical Results

Neue Publikation: "Demokratie unter populistischer Herrschaft: Verändert sich die Qualität der Demokratie?"

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