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Prof. Dr. Kai Arzheimer

"To err is human, to forgive divine, but to include errors into your design is statistical." (Leslie Kish)
Kai Arzheimer

About me

I am professor of Empirical Political Science at the University of Mainz and Visiting Fellow, Department of Government, University of Essex. My main interests are:
  • Voting behaviour and political attitudes
  • Political alienation ("Politikverdrossenheit")
  • Right-Wing Extremism
  • Research Methods in Political Science
  • German Politics
  • Western Europe and Political Integration in the European Union

Über mich

Ich bin Professor für Methoden der Empirische Politikforschung an der Universität Mainz und Visiting Fellow am Department of Government/University of Essex. Meine Arbeitsschwerpunkte sind:
  • Wahlforschung und Einstellungsforschung
  • Politikverdrossenheit
  • Rechtsextremismus
  • Methoden der Politikwissenschaft
  • Politisches System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
  • Westeuropa/Europäische Union

News (click here for more) 

Sports Cars, Sleaze and Gamma Rays: Rhineland-Palatinate Elects Its FirstRed-Green Government

Just under one year after the fact, here is my analysis of the latest election in Rhineland-Palatinate. The 2011 election in Rhineland-Palatinate was a political earthquake: Following a string of political scandals, the SPD lost almost ten percentage points of their support, while the CDU could hardly improve on their disastrous 2006 result. The FDP is no longer represented in the state parliament. The Greens more than tripled their last result, allowing them to enter a coalition with the SPD for the first time.Analyses at the municipal level show that the party improved most in their urban strongholds while still showing a (relatively) weak performance in rural areas. This will make it difficult to sustain the momentum of their victory. Moreover, the SPD is battered and bruised and needs to select a new leader, but veteran minister president Kurt Beck shows no inclination to step down. This does not bode well for a coalition that needs to organise the state’s fiscal consolidation and structural transformation.

posted on 19 February 2012

Running MLwiN from within Stata

runmlwin is an ado that claims to make the functionality of MLwiN available as a Stata command, postestimation analysis and all. Too good to be true?

posted on 21 January 2012

Review: David Art, Inside the Radical Right (CUP 2011)

My long-overdue review of David Art's latest book (Inside the Radical Right) for West European Politics.

posted on 21 January 2012

Ministerpräsident = Präsident + Kanzler

Den Luxus getrennter Ämter – Kanzler + Präsident – leisten sich die Bundesländer nicht. Aber das bedeutet nicht, dass es die Aufgaben und die Rolle eines Staatsoberhaupts auf Länderebene nicht gibt. Der Ministerpräsident übernimmt sie – beide. Damit müsste also jeder Ministerpräsident wissen, “wie Präsident geht”, denn es ist ein ureigener Teil seines Jobs. schreibt [...]

posted on 15 January 2012

"All models are wrong but some are useful." (G. E. P. Box)

Contact/Kontakt

  • Mail: K. Arzheimer, Institut für Politikwissenschaft, D-55099 Mainz, Germany.
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Institut 

Sprechstunde Kai Arzheimer im Wintersemester 2011/12

Im Wintersemester findet die Sprechstunde von Kai Arzheimer donnerstags von 9 bis 10 Uhr statt. Anmeldung (ausschließlich online) unter http://kai-arzheimer.com/sprechstunde/

posted on 14 October 2011

Feriensprechstunde Kai Arzheimer

Meine Feriensprechstunden finden am 17. August (Mittwoch), 13. September (Dienstag) und 19. Oktober (Mittwoch) jeweils von 9-10:30 statt. Anmeldung bitte wie immer unter http://kai-arzheimer.com/sprechstunde

posted on 8 August 2011

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