Anton Pelinka
Anton Pelinka ( born October 14, 1941 in Vienna) is since September 2006 Professor of political science and nationalism studies in the English-speaking Central European University in Budapest. Previously, he was since 1975 a professor of political science at the University of Innsbruck, including several years as dean ( last 2004-2006 Dean of the Faculty of Political Science and Sociology ).
Life
After studying law at the University of Vienna (PhD 1964) and then of political science at the Institute for Advanced Studies and Scientific Research, he worked as an editor for the weekly newspaper " The Furrow ". For his first scientific work, a Research Associate position, he returned to the Institute of Higher Studies and Scientific Research, whose director at the time was the Austrian- American historian and political scientist Ernst Florian Winter. In 1971, he went to Salzburg. There he completed his habilitation in a year later. He went to Germany for two years, teaching in Essen and Berlin. In 1975 he got a solid professorship position at the University of Innsbruck. In the coming years, however, several visiting professorships followed abroad, 1977 at the Jawaharlal Nehru University in New Delhi, as well as three stays in the United States: 1981 to the University of New Orleans, 1997 at Stanford University, and from 2001 to 2002 the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor, following addition at the Université Libre de Bruxelles. For research purposes, also he held from 1990 to 1991 at Harvard University and in 1994 at the Collegium Budapest.
Effective October 1, 2004 Professor Pelinka was appointed Dean of the Faculty of newly established on 1 January 2005 for Political Science and Sociology at the University of Innsbruck. He held until his move to the Central European University in Budapest this position.
Anton Pelinka is chairman of the Society for Political Enlightenment and regular commentator on Austrian television ORF. Besides his work as a scientist, he represented Austria in the 1990s in a Commission on racism and xenophobia of the EU.
After Pelinka Jörg Haider accused in 1999 on Italian television to trivialize the Nazis, he was sued by Haider. The dispute Pelinka was acquitted in the last instance by a judgment of the Higher Regional Court of Vienna on 21 March 2001 on charges of slander.
Pelinka is a brother of journalist Peter Pelinka and Uncle Niko Pelinka.
Research and teaching
Pelinkas focuses on the areas of democratic theory, Political System and Political Culture in Austria and the comparative parties and organizations research. Austria concerning he is a sought-after expert on the topics of right-wing extremism and xenophobia in society.
Work
In many publications to Pelinka sets with His research interests apart, especially with the political system in Austria.
It records the transformation of Austrian society on a historical level, among others, in his book " Five questions for three generations. Anti-Semitism and we do today. " After. In contrast, he also analyzed each outstanding stages of Austria's policy, such as the rise of the FPÖ and its then chairman Jörg Haider, Haider in The Phenomenon ( 2001). In other publications, he illustrates the influence of political parties as well as economic, social and cultural factors on society.
Example: From the splendor and misery of the parties (2005):
- Investigate the importance of parties for democracy
The Austrian policy of the past 50 years is characterized in particular intensity of parties.
- Status of the major parties SPÖ and ÖVP
- Change the political landscape in Austria since the early 1980s
His stay in New Delhi motivated him to question the democracy of India (democracy in India Subhas Chandra Bose and becoming one of the political culture, 2005. ) - Because despite the classification as a developing country, there are in this State for decades, surprisingly stable, functioning democracy - in terms of population, the largest in the world. This he analyzed with a view of history of the country, especially since independence, as well as the influence of the diverse cultural trends.
Also various publications on comparative political parties and associations research have been published, which are mainly the introduction to this area of political science. Example: Comparative Politics (2005):
- Typology of the main areas of political systems: constitution, electoral system, etc.
- Transformation of political systems
- Case studies on the U.S., EU and various small states
- Concrete Case Study: China - India
Bibliography (selection)
Democratic theory
- Dynamic democracy. For the concrete utopia of social equality. Stuttgart 1974.
- Jaruzelski or the policy of the lesser evil. On the compatibility of democracy and " leadership". Frankfurt am Main in 1996.
Political System and Political Culture in Austria
- Wind. Complaints of Austria, 1985.
- The Austrian identity. Between German unification and Central Europe. Vienna 1990.
- The Small coalition. SPÖ - FPÖ 1983-1986. Vienna 1993.
- The Haider Phenomenon. New Brunswick ( NJ ) 2001.
- Five questions for three generations. Anti-Semitism and we today, Vienna 2002.
- From the splendor and misery of the parties. Structural and functional evolution of the Austrian party system. Innsbruck 2005.
- Chronos and Oedipus. The Kreisky Androsch conflict ( with Barbara Liegl ). Vienna, Braumüller 2004, ISBN 978-3-7003-1476-9
- Austrian politics. Foundations, structures, trends. Vienna 2007.
- Kreisky - Haider. Fault lines Austrian identities ( with Hubert Sickinger and Karin Stögner ). Vienna, Braumüller 2008, ISBN 978-3-7003-1644-2
Comparative political parties and associations Research
- Unions in the State party. A comparison between the German and the Austrian Trade Union Federation. Berlin ( West) in 1980.
- Comparative political systems. Vienna 2005.
Political science Reference
- Political everyday understanding. Development of democracy and political concept. Materials and texts for political education. Vienna 1986.
- Broad political science. Vienna 2004.
- Idea and interest II Political ideas and theories of society in the 20th century (ed.). Vienna, Braumüller 2007, ISBN 978-3-7003-1627-5
Editorship of scientific ranks
- Studies of political reality. Vienna, Braumüller, ISSN 1814-5604
- Series of studies Conflict Research, Vienna, Braumüller, ISSN 1814 - 568X
- Comparative social history and history of political ideas, Vienna, Braumüller, ISSN 1814-5671