Manfred G. Schmidt Explained

Manfred G. Schmidt
Birth Place:	Donauwörth, Germany
Occupation:	Professor

Manfred G. Schmidt (born 1948) is a German political scientist. He is professor of political science at the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg.^[1]

Early life and education

Manfred G. Schmidt was born in 1948 in Donauwörth, Germany. After studying political science and English studies, he received his PhD in political science from the University of Tübingen, directed by Gerhard Lehmbruch. He received his postdoctoral degree (Habilitation) from the University of Konstanz in 1981.

Career

In 1982, he was appointed professor of political science at the Free University of Berlin. In 1987, he became professor of political science at the University of Heidelberg. After conducting research at the Center for Social Policy Studies, University of Bremen, from 1997, he returned to a professorship at the University of Heidelberg in 2001. He was the director of the Institute of Political Science at the University of Heidelberg from that time until 2006. Since 2006/07, Schmidt has been dean of the Faculty of Economic and Social Sciences of the University of Heidelberg.

In 1981, he was awarded the Stein Rokkan Prize.^[2] In 1995, he received the Leibniz Prize of the German Research Council (DFG). In 1999, a survey of the German Research Council among political scientists ranked him as the third most important political scientist in Germany, and as the most important researcher in comparative politics in Germany. He was elected as a member of the Heidelberg Academy of Sciences in 2002 and as a member of the Berlin-Brandenburg Academy of Sciences and Humanities one year later.^[3]

His research focuses on political institutions in Germany, social policies in comparative perspectives and theories of democracy.

Books/edited volumes (selection)

• Das politische System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Munich: C.H. Beck 2005.
• Der Wohlfahrtsstaat. Eine Einführung in den historischen und internationalen Vergleich, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften.
• Political Institutions in the Federal Republic of Germany, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2003.
• Regieren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Innen- und Außenpolitik seit 1949, Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften 2006 (co-editor Reimut Zohlnhöfer).

Articles

• • Schmidt . Manfred G. . Die zukunft der demokratie . Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen . 37 . 4 . 812–822 . December 2006 . 24236856 . 10.1007/s11619-006-0080-y . 145682310 .
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . Demokratische und autokratische Regimeeffekte in Deutschlands Sozialpolitik . Zeitschrift für Sozialreform . 52 . 149–164 . 2006 . 2 . 10.1515/zsr-2006-0203 . 183312979 . 0514-2776 . 190812775 .
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• Schmidt . Manfred G. . Die öffentlichen und privaten Bildungsausgaben Deutschlands im internationalen Vergleich . Journal for Comparative Government and European Policy (Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften) . 2 . 1 . 7–31 . 10.1515/zfse.2.1.7 . 24237103 . April 2004 .
  • • Schmidt . Manfred G. . Political performance and types of democracy: findings from comparative studies . . 41 . 1 . 147–163 . 10.1111/1475-6765.00007 . January 2002 .
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . Still on the middle way? Germany's political economy at the beginning of the twenty-first century . German Politics . 10 . 3 . 1–12 . 10.1080/0964-4008.2001.10076422a . December 2001 . 154416489 .
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . On the political productivity of democracies . . 22 . 4 . 281–294 . 10.1111/1467-9477.00019 . December 1999 . Full text.
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . Determinants of social expenditure in liberal democracies: the post World War II experience . . 32 . 2 . 153–173 . Palgrave Macmillan . 1997 .
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . Keman . Hans . Social policy in rich and poor countries . . 31 . 1–2 . 159–168 . 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1997.tb00771.x . February 1997 .
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . Lijphart . Arend . Arend Lijphart . Dimensions of democracies . . 31 . 1–2 . 193–204 . 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1997.tb00774.x . February 1997 . 189868723 .
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . When parties matter: a review of the possibilities and limits of partisan influence on public policy . . 30 . 2 . 155–183 . 10.1111/j.1475-6765.1996.tb00673.x . September 1996 .
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . The parties‐do‐matter hypothesis and the case of the federal republic of Germany . German Politics . 4 . 3 . 1–21 . 10.1080/09644009508404411 . December 1995 .
• Schmidt . Manfred G. . Political consequences of German unification . . 15 . 4 . 1–15 . 10.1080/01402389208424929 . October 1992 .

Notes and References

1. Web site: Prof Dr Manfred G. Schmidt . University of Heidelberg . 12 January 2011.
2. Web site: Prof Dr Manfred G. Schmidt . University of Heidelberg . 4 March 2018.
3. Web site: Prof Dr Manfred G. Schmidt . Berlin-Brandenburgischen Akademie der Wissenschaften . 12 January 2011.