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Prof. Dr. Margit Mayer
Department of Political Science
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14195
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E-mail: mayer@zedat.fu-berlin.de
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Curriculum Vitae
2006
Visiting Professor, New York University, Dept. of Sociology, and Columbia University, Graduate School of Architecture, Urban Planning and Preservation
2005
Visiting Professor, San Francisco State University, Dept. of Political Science, San Francisco, CA
2000
Visiting Professor, Institut d’Études Politiques de Paris/Sciences Po and CEVIPOF, Paris
1996
Visiting Professor, Institute for Political Economy, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada
1990
Visiting Professor, New School for Social Research, Graduate Faculty, New York, NY
since 1990
Professor, John F. Kennedy Institute for North American Studies, Dept. of Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
1987-90
Professor, Otto-Suhr-Institut for Political Science, Freie Universität Berlin
1985-86
Visiting Scholar, Board of Studies in Politics, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA
1985
Visiting Professor, Dept. of Urban and Regional Planning, University of California, Berkeley, CA
1987
Habilitation, Dept. of Political Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/M.
1977
Ph.D., Dept. of Political Science, Johann Wolfgang Goethe University, Frankfurt/M.
Academic and Administrative Functions
J.F.K. Institute, Research Committee, Chair, 2003-present
J.F.K. Institute Department Council, Member, 1991-present; Vice-Chair 1995-97; Director 1997-1999
Book Series "Urban and Social Change", Blackwell, Editorial Committee, 1994-present
Book Series "North American Studies", Campus, Editorial Committee, 1995-present
Institute for socio-ecological research, Frankfurt/M., Advisory Board, 1993-present
Committee to Advance Female Graduates and Junior Faculty, Freie Universität Berlin, 1992-93
Centre for European Studies of Territorial Development, University of Durham, U.K., Advisory Board, 1998-present
Mobilization, Editorial Board, 1995-present
Heinrich Boell Foundation, Western Europe-North America, Advisory Board, 1998-2003
International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, Blackwell Publishers, Editorial Board, 1987-2002
Foundation for Urban and Regional Studies, Oxford, Trustee, 1996-2001
Section on Local Politics within the German Association for Political Science, Co-Chair 1996-2000
Prokla, Journal for Critical Social Science, Editorial Board, 1995-1999
Urban Affairs Review (formerly Urban Affairs Quarterly), Associate Editor, 1995-98
Research Committee, "Social Movements and Social Classes" within the International Sociological Association (ISA), Board of Officers, 1994-98
Teaching
- U.S. political system: parties, interest groups, institutions, and social movements
- Cities in comparative perspective: Los Angeles - New York - Berlin
- Federal politics and the politics of urban development in the U.S.; Global Cities
- Urban politics in international comparative perspective
- State-civil society relations in the U.S.
- New Social Movements: empirical research, U.S.-German comparative perspective
- Welfare State restructuring in the U.S. and Germany; labor market and social policy reforms
Research
2005-2007
Transatlantic Graduate Research Project "Berlin – New York"
with Technische Universität, Humboldt Universität, Freie Universität, New York University, Columbia University
2000-2003
DFG Research Project: „From Welfare to Work: A German-American Comparison of Local Social and Employment Policies considering in particular the Third Sector in Berlin and Los Angeles"
with Volker Eick, Britta Grell, Jens Sambale
1996-1997
The Freie Universität’s Research Committee: „New forms of cooperation and approaches to action in the politics of urban development and the labor market. The cases of Berlin and Los Angeles"
with: Volker Eick, Britta Grell, Thomas Franke
1995-1997
Berlin Research, Freie Universität: "The New Face of Metropolitan Homelessness. Urban Development and Homelessness between Global Constraints and Local Action"
with Jens Sambale und Dominik Veith
1994-1996
Berlin Research, Freie Universität: „Whose City Center? An Analysis of Decision-Making Processes in Urban Development: the Cases of Alexanderplatz and Friedrichstraße"
with Karin Lenhart, Jürgen Ungerer
Since 1994
ERASMUS project: "Social movements, conflicts, and political action"
in cooperation with Prof. Bert Klandermans, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, Netherlands, and 10 other European universities
Publications (selected)
Monographs
Mayer, M., "Urban Social Movements." Oxford: Basil Blackwell (forthcoming).
Eick, V., Grell, B., Mayer, M., Sambale, J., "Nonprofits und die Transformation lokaler Beschäftigungspolitik" [Nonprofits and the Transformation of Local Employment Policies]. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 2004.
Edited Volumes
Hamel, P., Lustiger-Thaler, H., Mayer, M. (eds.), "Urban Movements in a Globalizing World." London: Routledge, 2000.
Lang, S., Mayer, M., Scherrer, Chr. (eds.), „Jobwunder USA – Modell für Deutschland?" [Model USA: Social Justice through Growing Employment?] Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot 1999.
Mayer, M., J. Ely, (eds.), "The German Greens: Paradox between Movement and Party." Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1998.
Heinelt, H., Mayer, M. (eds.), „Modernisierung der Kommunalpolitik. Neue Wege zur Ressourcenmobilisierung" [Modernization of Municipal Politics. New Paths towards Resource Mobilization]. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 1997.
Heinelt, H., Mayer, M. (eds.), „Politik in europäischen Städten. Fallstudien zur Bedeutung lokaler Politik" [Politics in European Cities. Case Studies on the Significance of Local Politics]. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 1993.
Borst, R., Krätke, S., Mayer, M., Roth, R., Schmoll, F. (eds.), „Das neue Gesicht der Städte. Theoretische Ansätze und empirische Befunde" [The New Face of Cities: Theoretical Approaches and Empirical Findings]. Basel: Birkhäuser Verlag, 1990.
Book Chapters and Journal Articles
Eick, V., Grell, B., Mayer, M., "Handlungsansätze von Nonprofit-Organisationen in der lokalen Beschäftigungspolitik – Erfahrungen aus Los Angeles und Berlin" [Approaches of Nonprofits in the Politics of Local Employment – Experiences from Los Angeles and Berlin], in: Sandra Kotlenga, Barbara Nägele, Nils Pagels, Bettina Ross (eds.), Der Dritte Sektor: Chancen für Beschäftigung. Göttingen: Talheimer Verlag, 2005.
Manning, St., M. Mayer, "Praktiken informeller Ökonomie: Eine Einführung" [Practices of Informal Economy: An Introduction], in: Manning, St., M. Mayer (eds.), Praktiken informeller Ökonomie – Explorative Studien aus Berlin und nordamerikanischen Städten, Working Paper No. 2, Abteilung Politik, JFK Institut, Freie Universität Berlin, 2004, 4-14.
Eick, V., Grell, B., Mayer, M., "Zwischen Sozialintegration und Arbeitszwang: Gemeinnützige Beschäftigungsinitiativen in den USA und der Bundesrepublik" [Between Social Integration and Mandatory Work: Nonprofit Employment Initiatives in the U.S.A. and Germany], WSI-Mitteilungen 11, 2004, 610-616.
Mayer, M., "Vom Versprechen lokaler Kohäsion. Blindstellen in der internationalen Debatte" [The Promise of Local Cohesion. Some Blind Spots in the International Debate], in: Fabian Kessl, Hans-Uwe Otto (eds.), Soziale Arbeit und soziales Kapital. Zur Kritik lokaler Gemeinschaftlichkeit. Wiesbaden: VS, 2004.
Mayer, M., "Schutz der Heimat. Über die Aushöhlung der Bürgerrechte in den Vereinigten Staaten" [Homeland Security. On the Erosion of Civil Rights in the U.S.], Blätter für deutsche und internationale Politik, 7. Juli 2003, 843-852.
Mayer, M., "The Onward Sweep of Social Capital: Causes and Consequences for Understanding Cities, Communities, and Urban Movements," International Journal of Urban and Regional Research, 27/1, March 2003, 110-132.
Mayer, M., H. Heinelt, "Local Politics Research in Germany. Developments and Characteristics in Comparative Perspective," European Urban and Regional Studies 10/1 (January) 2003, 39-47.
Mayer, M., „Soziales Kapital und Stadtentwicklungspolitik – ein ambivalenter Diskurs" [Social Capital and the Politics of Urban Development – an Ambivalent Discourse], in: Michael Haus (ed.), Lokale Politik, soziales Kapital und Bürgergesellschaft. Opladen: Leske+Budrich, 2002, 33-58.
Mayer, M., "Urban Movements and Urban Theory in the Late 20th Century," in: Sophie Body-Gendrot & Bob Beauregard (eds.), The Urban Moment. Thousand Oaks: Sage, 1999, 209-239.
Mayer, M., "Social Movements in European Cities: Transitions from the 1970s to the 1990s," in: Arnaldo Bagnasco , Patrick LeGalès (eds.), Cities in Contemporary Europe. Cambridge: Cambridge UP, 1999, 131-152.
Mayer, M., „Städtische soziale Bewegungen" [Urban Social Movements], in: Ansgar Klein, Hans-Josef LeGrand, Thomas Leif (eds.), Neue soziale Bewegungen - Impulse, Bilanzen, Perspektiven. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag, 1998, 257-271.
Mayer, M., „Kritische Stadtforschung" [Critical Urban Research], in: Ch. Görg, R. Roth (eds.), Kein Staat zu machen. Zur Kritik der Sozialwissenschaften. Münster: Westfälisches Dampfboot, 1998, 427-445.
Mayer, M., "Global City Berlin?" Prokla 109, 1997, 519-543.
Mayer, M., „Postfordistische Stadtpolitik. Neue Regulationsweisen in der lokalen Politik und Planung" [Postfordist Urban Politics. New Modes of Regulation in Local Politics and Planning], Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsgeographie, Jg.40, Heft 1-2, 1996, 20-27.
Mayer, M., R. Roth, "New Social Movements and the Transformation to Post-Fordist Society," in: Marcy Darnovsky, Barbara Epstein, Richard Flacks (eds.), Cultural Politics and Social Movements. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1995.
Mayer, M., "Post-Fordist City Politics." In: Ash Amin (ed.), Post-Fordism: A Reader. Oxford: Basil Blackwell, 1994.
Mayer, M., "The ‘Career’ of Urban Social Movements in German Cities." In: Robert Fisher and Joseph Kling (eds.), Mobilizing the Community: Local Politics in a Global Era. Newbury Park: Sage, 1993.
Mayer, M., "Social Movement Research and Social Movement Practice: The U.S. Pattern." In: Dieter Rucht (ed.), Research on Social Movements. The State of the Art in Western Europe and the USA. Frankfurt/M.: Campus/Westview, 1991.
Working Papers
Manning, St., Mayer, M. (eds.), "Praktiken informeller Ökonomie: Explorative Studien aus Berlin und nordamerikanischen Städten" [Practices of Informal Economy: Explorative Studies on Berlin and North American Cities]. Berlin: JFKI, 2004.
Eick, V., Mayer, M., Sambale, J. (eds.), "From Welfare to Work." Nonprofits and the Workfare State in Berlin and Los Angeles. Berlin: JFKI, 2003.
