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

Holder of the Chair

Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Lauth

Room 00.106
Telephone: +49 (0)931 / 31 84801
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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Postersession am IPS – ein gelungener Semesterabschluss

Student*innen der BA Seminare "Moderne und zeitgenössische Demokratietheorien" und "Konstruktionsmerkmale und Funktionsweisen ausgewählter demokratischer Systeme" stellten am 21.07.2023 zum Abschluss des Semesters ihre Poster zu Themen der Demokratie und Rechtsstaatlichkeit vor.

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Bike & Talk: Die Klassifizierung von politischem Protest auf Bildern durch Computer Vision

Nachbericht der Veranstaltung "Die Klassifizierung von politischem Protest auf Bildern durch Computer Vision", bei dem Prof. Nils Weidemann von der Universität Konstanz seinen neuen methodischen Ansatz "Computer Vision" vorstellte.

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New measuring instrument of statehood research: Stateness Index StIx

The new stateness index is the result of the DFG research project "The Stateness Index StIx: Measurement and Analysis of Stateness " at the Department of Comparative Politics at the University of Würzburg, headed by Prof. Dr. Hans-Joachim Lauth and conducted by Dr.in Theresa Paola Stawski.

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Neues Working Paper: "Conceptualizing Fiscal Citizenship"

Im Rahmen des Forschungsprojektes "Fiscal Citizenship" ist ein neues Working Paper von Charlotte Schmidt, Eva Matthaei und Hans-Joachim Lauth erschienen.

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