Carsten Q. Schneider
Associate Professor
Director, Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies
Track Representative for Comparative Politics, Doctoral School of Political Science
Building:
Nador u. 9, Faculty Tower
Room:
903
Phone number:
+36-1-327-3086 Qualifications:
PhD in Political and Social Science, European University Institute
Diploma in Political Science, Free University, Berlin
Academic/Professional Experience and Achievements:
Schneider is associate professor in political science at Central European University, Hungary, and founding director of the Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies (DISC). Part of his research focuses on political regime transitions and qualities of democracies. His book 'The Consolidation of Democracy in Europe and Latin America' (Routledge, 2008) has been published with Routledge. His co- authored textbook 'Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences: A Guide for Qualitative Comparative Analysis' has just been published with Cambridge University Press. Schneider has published in Comparative Sociology, Democratization, European Journal of Political Research, Journal of Politics, Political Research Quarterly, and other journals. His current project assesses the impact of socioeconomic inequalities in different market economies on qualities of democracies. Schneider is member of the Young Academy of Science in Germany and he was a Kennedy fellow at the Center for European Studies at Harvard University for the academic year 2009–2010.
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democratization
qualities of democracies
set-theoretic methods
Qualitative Comparative Analysis
comparative political methodology
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Language proficiencies (spoken):
English
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German
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Italian
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Courses taught by Carsten Q. Schneider
| Comparative Political Research | 2013/2014 |
| Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences | 2013/2014 |
| Analyzing Democracy | 2013/2014 |
| Political Dynamics | 2013/2014 |
| Analyzing Democracy | 2012/2013 |
| Comparative Political Research | 2012/2013 |
| Set-Theoretic Methods for the Social Sciences | 2012/2013 |
| Political Dynamics | 2012/2013 |
| Analyzing Democracy | 2011/2012 |
| Comparative Political Research | 2011/2012 |
| Political Dynamics: Regime Change | 2011/2012 |
| Set-Theoretic Methods | 2011/2012 |
| Political Dynamics: Comparative Regime Change | 2010/2011 |
| Comparative Political Research | 2010/2011 |
| Analyzing Democracy | 2010/2011 |
| Advanced Methods: QCA | 2008/2009 |
| Comparative Regime Change | 2008/2009 |
| Topics and Methods in Comparative Politics | 2008/2009 |
| Political Institutions in Comparative Perspective | 2008/2009 |
| Departmental Doctoral Seminar | 2008/2009 |
| Departmental Doctoral Seminar | 2007/2008 |
| Comparative Democratization | 2007/2008 |
| Configurational Comparative Methods | 2007/2008 |
Projects with involvement of Carsten Q. Schneider
Publications
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Set-Theoretic Methods in the Social Sciences: A Guide to Qualitative Comparative Analysis. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012.
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The consolidation of democracy. Comparing Europe and Latin America. London: Routledge, 2008.
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Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) und Fuzzy Sets. Ein Lehrbuch fur Anwender und alle, die es werden wollen. Opladen and Farmington Hills: Verlag Barbara Budrich, 2007.
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Patterns of consolidated democracies. Europe and Latin America compared. Florence: Thesis defended at the Department of Political and Social Sciences, European University Institute, 2004.
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"Standards guter Praxis in Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) und Fuzzy-Sets." In Neue Entwicklungen und Anwendungen auf dem Gebiet der Methoden der vergleichenden Politik- und Sozialwissenschaft, edited by Gert Pickel, hans-Joachim Lauth and Detlef Jahn, 387-412. Wiesbaden: VS-Verlag, 2009.
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"Qualitative Comparative Analysis und Fuzzy Sets." In Methoden der Politikwissenschaft: Neuere qualitative und quantitative Analyseverfahren, edited by Thomas Gschwend, Delia Schindler and Kai-Uwe Schnapp, 273-285. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2006.
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"Fuzzy-Set Qualitative Comparative Analysis (fs/QCA): ein Zwei-Stufen-Modul." In Vergleichende politikwissenschaftliche Methoden – Neue Entwicklungen und Diskussionen, edited by Gert Pickel, hans-Joachim Lauth and Detlef Jahn, 105-134. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2003.
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"Korruption und Vertrauen in Implementationsinstitutionen: ein Vergleich Lateinamerikas mit konsolidierten Demokratien." In Rechtsstaat und Demokratie. Theoretische und empirische Studien zum Recht in der Demokratie, edited by hans-Joachim Lauth and Gert Pickel, 275-298. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag, 2001.
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Determinants of Democratization: Explaining Regime Change in the World, 1972-2006 In Teorell, J. (2010). Determinants of democratization: Explaining regime change in the world, 1972-2006. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. . Acta Politica., 2012.
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The Quality of Democracy in Eastern Europe: Public Preferences and Policy Reforms. Vol. 8. Perspectives on Politics 8, no. 3., 2010.
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Book review: Gary Goertz and Harvey Starr (eds.): Necessary Conditions: Theory, Methodology and Applications (Rowman and Littlefield, 2003) In Journal of Politics. Vol. 70., 2008.
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"Opposition in Transition. Does Unity Bring Dictators Down? A QCA-Reanalysis of Howerd&Roessler's Study of Liberalizing Electoral Outcomes." In “Stand und Zukunft der Vergleichenden Politikwissenschaft”, organized by the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft (DVPW). Delmenhorst, 2007.
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Gender-based participataory inequalities in real existing democracies? In DISC Working Paper Series. Budapest: CEU, Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies , 2011.
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Educational and Participatory Inequalities in Real Existing Democracies: Probing the Effect of Labor Markets on the Quailities of Democracies In Open Forum CES Working Paper Series. Harvard: The Minda de Gunzbur Center for European Studies, 2010.
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Issues in Measuring Political Regimes In DISC Working Paper Series. CEU, Center for the Study of Imperfections in Democracies, 2010.
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The fuzzy-set/QCA two-step approach to middle-range theories. Prepared for delivery at the 2004 Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, September 2 - September 5, 2004, Chicago, 2004.
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