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Keywords
- constitution
- democracy
- democratization
- Germany
- government
- Jürgen Habermas
- political science
- political theory
- Political Thought
- politics
About this book
Hennis has been a leading critic of German political life and thought for the last 50 years. In this selection from his writings on government and constitutionality he shows how the postwar reconstruction of democratic politics in Germany highlighted general problems of party politics and democratic order that have only recently been recognized.
About the author
Having in May 1945 survived three sinkings and a pending court-martial, WILHELM HENNIS studied law in Göttingen University, Germany and in 1951 became the Bundestag assistant to the legal adviser of the SPD, and then from 1953 assistant to Carlo Schmid, Professor of Political Science in Frankfurt. After a period in Hamburg, he was in 1967 appointed Professor of Political Theory in Freiburg, a post which he held until his retirement. In 2003 he was awarded the Reuchlin Prize.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Politics as a Practical Science
Authors: W. Hennis
Series Title: New Perspectives in German Political Studies
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan London
eBook Packages: Political Science and International Studies (R0)
Copyright Information: Palgrave Macmillan, a division of Macmillan Publishers Limited 2009
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-230-00728-4Published: 25 February 2009
Series ISSN: 2947-6747
Series E-ISSN: 2947-6755
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVIII, 250