Jürgen Wilfried Falter (born 22 January 1944) is a German political scientist. His research interests include political extremism and xenophobia.[1]

Jürgen W. Falter
Falter in 2017
Born (1944-01-22) 22 January 1944 (age 80)
Heppenheim, Hesse, Germany
Alma materSaarland University
Free University of Berlin (Diplom, 1968)
Scientific career
FieldsPolitical science
InstitutionsUniversity of Mainz
Doctoral advisorKarl Kaiser, Gerald L. Eberlein
Doctoral studentsKristina Schröder

Born in Heppenheim, Hesse, Falter enrolled with a political science and modern history major at the University of Heidelberg in 1963 before finishing his studies with a Diplom at the Free University of Berlin in 1968.[2] He earned his doctoral degree in 1973 and his Habilitation in 1981, both from the Saarland University.[2]

In 1983 he accepted a chair at the Otto-Suhr-Institut in Berlin, a position he held until 1992. In 1993 he joined faculty at the University of Mainz.[2]

Selected publications

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  • ——— (1978), "Some Theoretical and Methodological Problems of Multilevel Analysis Reconsidered", Social Science Information, 17 (6): 841–869, doi:10.1177/053901847801700604, S2CID 144227423.
  • ——— Rattinger, Hans (1984), "Normal Vote Analysis. A Methodological Note", European Journal of Political Research, 12 (3): 277–288, doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1984.tb00089.x
  • ——— Schumann, Siegfried (1988), "Affinity towards right-wing extremism in Western Europe", West European Politics, 11 (2): 96–110, doi:10.1080/01402388808424684.
  • ——— (1990), "The Two Hindenburg Elections of 1925 and 1932: A Total Reversal of Voter Coalitions", Central European History, 23 (2/3): 225–241, doi:10.1017/s0008938900021361, JSTOR 4546175, S2CID 145648611.
  • ——— (1992), "Economic Debts and Political Gains: Electoral Support for the NSDAP in Agrarian and Commercial Sectors, 1928-1933", Historical Social Research, 17 (1): 3–21.
  • ——— Brustein, William (1995), "Who Joined the Nazi Party? Assessing Theories of the Social Origins of Nazism", Zeitgeschichte, 22 (3/4): 83–108.
  • ——— Klein, Markus (1996), "The Mass Basis of the Extreme Right in Europe in a Comparative Perspective", Research on Democracy and Society, 3: 41–61.

References

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  1. ^ Forschungsschwerpunkte, Falter's website at the University of Mainz.
  2. ^ a b c Walter's curriculum vitae at the University of Mainz.
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