Over the course of the years I have written a few academic papers, primarily for my university studies. I am providing a selection for downloading here for those interested. Please note that only two texts are in English.
Abschied von der „one nation“.
Soziale und politische Segmentierung in der britischen Gesellschaft im Thatcherismus
25 pages, Marburg 1996
Charles Taylor, Amitai Etzioni.
Philosophischer und Praktischer Kommunitarismus
25 pages, Marburg 1997
Tackling the 'democratic deficit'.
A 'Europe of Parties' as an intermediate approach beyond
a 'Europe of Nations' and a 'United States of Europe'?
20 pages, York 1998
"Mein großer Freund Shane" (Shane, 1953)
[analysis of a Western movie]
26 pages, Marburg 1999
Chapter 2 • 1994-2002, in:
Simon Hix/Urs Lesse,
Shaping a Vision.
A History of the Party of European Socialists 1957-2002
120 pages, Brussels 2002
Party in Office, Party in Power? -
10 Jahre Sozialdemokratische Partei Europas 1992-2002
110 pages, Aachen 2003
In the course of a research project on European cross-border regions funded by the German Research Foundation I wrote and edited several contributions:
Almut Kriele/Urs Lesse/Emanuel Richter (ed.)
Politisches Handeln in transnationalen Räumen.
Zusammenarbeit in europäischen Grenzregionen
167 pages, Nomos-Verlag, Baden-Baden 2005
The following book reviews stem from my stay at the Institute for German and European Political Party Law and Research: