Jürgen W. Falter

Jürgen W. Falter
Born	(1944-01-22) January 22, 1944 Heppenheim, Hesse
Nationality	German
Alma mater	Saarland University Free University of Berlin (Diplom, 1968)
Scientific career
Fields	Political science
Institutions	University of Mainz
Doctoral advisor	Karl Kaiser, Gerald L. Eberlein
Doctoral students	Kristina Schröder

Jürgen W. Falter (born January 22, 1944) is a German political scientist. His research interests include political extremism and xenophobia.

Born in Heppenheim, Hesse, Falter enrolled with a political science and modern history major at the University of Heidelberg in 1963 before finishing his studies with a Diplom at the Free University of Berlin in 1968. He earned his doctoral degree in 1973 and his Habilitation in 1981, both from the Saarland University.

In 1983 he accepted a chair at the Otto-Suhr-Institut in Berlin, a position he held until 1992. In 1993 he joined faculty at the University of Mainz.

Selected publications

• Falter, Jürgen W. (1978), "Some Theoretical and Methodological Problems of Multilevel Analysis Reconsidered", Social Science Information, 17 (6): 841–869, doi:10.1177/053901847801700604 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help).
• Falter, Jürgen W.; Rattinger, Hans (1984), "Normal Vote Analysis. A Methodological Note", European Journal of Political Research, 12 (3): 277–288, doi:10.1111/j.1475-6765.1984.tb00089.x {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
• Falter, Jürgen W.; Schumann, Siegfried (1988), "Affinity towards right-wing extremism in Western Europe", West European Politics, 11 (2): 96–110, doi:10.1080/01402388808424684 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help).
• Falter, Jürgen W. (1990), "The Two Hindenburg Elections of 1925 and 1932: A Total Reversal of Voter Coalitions", Central European History, 23 (2/3): 225–241, doi:10.1017/s0008938900021361, JSTOR 4546175 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help).
• Falter, Jürgen W. (1992), "Economic Debts and Political Gains: Electoral Support for the NSDAP in Agrarian and Commercial Sectors, 1928-1933", Historical Social Research, 17 (1): 3–21 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help).
• Falter, Jürgen W.; Brustein, William (1995), "Who Joined the Nazi Party? Assessing Theories of the Social Origins of Nazism", Zeitgeschichte, 22 (3/4): 83–108 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help).
• Falter, Jürgen W.; Klein, Markus (1996), "The Mass Basis of the Extreme Right in Europe in a Comparative Perspective", Research on Democracy and Society, 3: 41–61 {{citation}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help).

External links

• Website at the University of Mainz