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]
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.
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.
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).
Schmidt, Manfred G. (2007), "Testing the retrenchment hypothesis: educational spending, 1960-2002", in Castles, Francis G. (ed.), The disappearing state? retrenchment realities in an age of globalisation, Cheltenham, UK Northampton, Massachusetts: Edward Elgar, pp. 159–183, ISBN9781283219075.
Schmidt, Manfred G. (2005), "Alexis de Tocqueville (1805–1859)", in Bleek, Wilhelm; Lietzmann, Hans J. (eds.), Klassiker der Politikwissenschaft: von Aristoteles bis David Easton, München, Germany: C.H. Beck, pp. 95–108, ISBN9783406527944. Preview.
Schmidt, Manfred G. (April 2004). "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. doi:10.1515/zfse.2.1.7. JSTOR24237103.
Schmidt, Manfred G. (2003), "Germany: the grand coalition state", in Colomer, Josep M. (ed.), Political institutions in Europe (2nd ed.), London New York: Routledge, pp. 55–93, ISBN9780203346518.
Schmidt, Manfred G. (2002), "The impact of political parties, constitutional structures and veto players on public policy", in Keman, Hans (ed.), Comparative democratic politics a guide to contemporary theory and research, London Thousand Oaks, California: SAGE, pp. 166–184, ISBN9781446217528.
Schmidt, Manfred G. (December 2001). "Still on the middle way? Germany's political economy at the beginning of the twenty-first century". German Politics. 10 (3): 1–12. doi:10.1080/0964-4008.2001.10076422a. S2CID154416489.
Schmidt, Manfred G. (December 1995). "The parties‐do‐matter hypothesis and the case of the federal republic of Germany". German Politics. 4 (3): 1–21. doi:10.1080/09644009508404411.
