Dr Peter Birle
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Selection
- 1. Research Interests
- 2. Current Projects
- 3. Publications
- 4. Teaching
- 5. Commissioned Studies / Reports on University Thesis
- 6. Committees and Professional Associations
- 7. Curriculum Vitae
1. Research Interests
- Latin American foreign policies, cooperation and conflicts between Latin American states
- Relations between Latin America and Germany/ Europe
- Relations between the USA and Latin America
- Comparative analysis of political systems, democracy and the state, associations, and civil society actors
2. Current Projects
Latin American Foreign Policies in Comparative Perspective
The central objective of this project is to analyze the foreign policies of eight Latin American countries (Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Cuba, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela) since the end of the Cold War, trying to identify the main internal and external variables that offer explanations for the distinct national strategies of international insertion. The study focuses especially on the relationships with the respective neighbouring countries and on the attitudes towards the processes of regional cooperation and integration. Coordination: Dr Peter Birle; Duration: 2009-2013
Scientific Exchange between Germany and Chile since the Second Half of the Twentieth Century
Although Chile belongs to the smaller Latin American countries, traditionally it has exerted an important role in the scientific relations between Germany and Latin America. For its part, Germany for a long time has been an important point of reference for Chilean students and scientists. The central objective of this project is to analyze the reciprocal academic influences and the formation of scientific networks between the two countries since the second half of the Twentieth Century. Chilean scientists who have written their doctoral thesis in Germany, and German scientists who have spent a longer time in Chile shall be asked about to what extent the stay abroad has affected their understanding of theory and methods and what kind of scientific networks have originated from it. Besides, the importance of German scientists and researchers with regard to the development of the Chilean social sciences shall be analyzed, as well as the importance of academic exchange programs for the scientific relations between both countries. The project is realized in cooperation with Dr Enrique Fernández (Universidad Alberto Hurtado) and Prof Dr Nikolaus Werz (Rostock University). Coordination: Dr Peter Birle; Duration: 2011-2014
3. Publications
Monographs and Editions
Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2012 (co-edited with Matias Dewey and Aldo Mascareño)
Argentinien heute. Politik - Wirtschaft - Kultur
Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert 2010 (co-edited with Klaus Bodemer and Andrea Pagni)
Die Beziehungen zwischen Deutschland und Argentinien
Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert 2010 (editor)
Baden-Baden: Nomos 2010 (editor)
Memorias urbanas en diálogo: Berlín y Buenos Aires
Heinrich Böll Foundation / buenoslibros: Buenos Aires 2010 (co-edited with Vera Carnovale, Elke Gryglewski and Estela Schindel)
Urbane Erinnerungskulturen im Dialog: Berlin und Buenos Aires.
Metropol-Verlag: Berlin, 2009 (co-edited with Elke Gryglewski and Estela Schindel).
Berlin: IAI, 2008 (co-authored with Barbara Göbel and Johannes Specht).
Brazil and the Americas: Convergences and Perspectives.
Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert, 2008 (co-edited with Sérgio Costa and Horst Nitschack).
Madrid: Iberoamericana, 2007 (co-edited with Wilhelm Hofmeister, Günther Maihold and Barbara Potthast).
Wechselseitige Rezeptionsprozesse Deutschlands und Lateinamerikas im 20. Jahrhundert.
Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert, 2007 (co-edited with Friedhelm Schmidt-Welle).
Demokratie und Entwicklung in Lateinamerika.
Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert, 2006 (co-edited with Detlef Nolte und Hartmut Sangmeister).
Hemisphärische Konstruktionen der Amerikas.
Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert, 2006 (Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana, vol. 109) (co-edited with Marianne Braig, Ottmar Ette and Dieter Ingenschay).
Miradas Alemanas: Chile en las ciencias sociales alemanas 1970-2001.
Concepción: Ediciones Escaparate, 2003 (co-edited with Enrique Fernández).
Argentinien nach zehn Jahren Menem – Wandel und Kontinuität.
Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert, 2002. 374 pages (Bibliotheca Ibero-Americana, vol. 86) (co-edited with Sandra Carreras).
Globalisierung und Regionalismus: Bewährungsproben für Staat und Demokratie in Asien und Lateinamerika.
Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 2002 (co-edited with Jörg Faust, Günther Maihold and Jürgen Rüland).
Los empresarios y la democracia en la Argentina: Conflictos y coincidencias.
Buenos Aires: Editorial de Belgrano, 1997.
Bolivien: Traumland der Reformen? (editorial responsibility).
Thematic edition of the periodical "Lateinamerika: Analysen, Daten, Dokumentation" 13 (1996) 31.
Argentinien: Unternehmer, Staat und Demokratie.
Frankfurt/M.: Vervuert, 1995.
Entwicklungsdiskussion und Entwicklungspraxis in Lateinamerika, Südostasien und Indien (co-edited with Manfred Mols).
Münster: LIT, second edition 1993.
Parteien, Parteiensystem und Demokratie in Argentinien: Die neuere Entwicklung der Unión Cívica Radical und ihre Stellung innerhalb des argentinischen Parteiensystems.
Mainz, 1989 (Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz, section Politische Auslandsstudien und Entwicklungspolitik [political studies abroad and politics of development]. Dokumente und Materialien Nr. 11).
Articles
Zur Einführung. Luhmann und Lateinamerika
In: Peter Birle, Matías Dewey, Aldo Mascareño (eds.): Durch Luhmanns Brille. Herausforderungen an Politik und Recht in Lateinamerika und in der Weltgesellschaft. Wiesbaden: Springer VS 2012, p. 5-16 (with Matías Dewey and Aldo Mascareño)
Argentinien und Brasilien zwischen Rivalität und Partnerschaft
In: Aus Politik und Zeitgeschichte 12/2010, p. 3-8.
In: Werz, Nikolaus (ed.): Populisten, Revolutionäre, Staatsmänner. Politiker in Lateinamerika. Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert 2010, p. 418 - 432.
In: Lothar Mark/Erich G. Fritz (eds.): Lateinamerika im Aufbruch. Eine kritische Analyse. Oberhausen: Athena-Verlag 2009, p. 123-136.
In: Bertelsmann Stiftung, BTI 2010 — Brazil Country Report. Gütersloh: Bertelsmann Stiftung, 2009.
Nuevos impulsos para la cooperación de investigación en ciencias sociales entre Alemania y Chile
In: Fundación Alexander von Humboldt (ed.): Cooperación científica chileno-alemana: Tradición y Futuro. Bonn 2009, p. 107-109.
In: NUEVA SOCIEDAD No 214, marzo-abril de 2008, p. 143-151.
¿Desencuentro creciente o socios estratégicos? Las relaciones entre Europa y América Latina en el espejo de nuevas publicaciones de ciencias sociales.
In: Iberoamericana. América Latina-España-Portugal, IX, 2009, 33, 201-206.
"Lateinamerikanistik in Deutschland - Quo vadis?"
eins Entwicklungspolitik 4 (2007): 41-43.
"Argentinien: Institutionenschwäche und Personalismus."
KultuRRevolution 51 (September 2006): 5-7 (Focus: Argentinien fünf Jahre nach der Krise [Argentina five years after the crisis]), edited by Dieter Ingenschay and Torben Lohmüller.
In Birle, Braig, Ette and Ingenschay (editors), 2006: 139-166.
Country Report Brazil (2003-2004).
Gutachten für den Bertelsmann Transformations Index 2006 (expert report for the Bertelsmann transformation index 2006).
"Mythos, Machtmensch, Patriot."
("Der erkrankte kubanische Revolutionsführer Fidel Castro wird am 13. August 80 Jahre alt – was nach ihm wird, ist ungewiss" MAZ-spezial.) Insert of the Märkische Allgemeine, 10 Aug. 2006: 1-2.
In Birle, Nolte and Sangmeister (editors), 2006: 311-339.
Country Report Brazil (1998-2002).
Gutachten für den Bertelsmann Transformations Index 2003 (expert report for the Bertelsmann transformation index 2003).
In Jahrbuch Preußischer Kulturbesitz Band XXXIX, edited by Klaus-Dieter Lehmann, 359-364. Berlin, 2003.
"Introducción" (co-authored with Enrique Fernández).
In Miradas Alemanas: Chile en las ciencias sociales alemanas 1970-2001, edited by Peter Birle and Enrique Fernández, 11-35. Concepción: Ediciones Escaparate, 2003.
In Lateinamerika im internationalen System: Zwischen Regionalismus und Globalisierung, edited by Klaus Bodemer and Susanne Gratius, 127-150. Opladen: Leske + Budrich, 2003.
"Gewerkschaften, Unternehmerverbände und Staat: Der schwierige Abschied vom Klassenkampf durch Mittelsmann."
In Argentinien heute: Politik - Wirtschaft - Kultur, edited by Klaus Bodemer, Andrea Pagnia and Peter Waldmann, 153-182. Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert 2002.
"Zwischen Mercosur und ALCA: Die Position Argentiniens gegenüber Brasilien und der gesamtamerikanischen Freihandelszone."
In Südamerika zwischen US-amerikanischer Hegemonie und brasilianischem Führungsanspruch: Konkurrenz und Kongruenz der Integrationsprozesse in den Amerikas, edited by Gilberto Calcagnotto and Detlef Nolte, 170-184. Frankfurt am Main: Vervuert, 2002.
4. Teaching
Latin America in the International System
FU Berlin (2011/2012)
Latin America and the United States: Between Cooperation and Conflict
Heinrich Heine University, Düsseldorf (2011/2012)
The Brazilian Political System
FU Berlin (2011)
Regional Integration and Cooperation in Latin America
Free University of Berlin (winter semester 2009 / 2010)
The United States and Latin America
Free University of Berlin (winter semester 2008 / 2009)
The Relations between Europe and Latin America
Free University of Berlin (summer semester 2008)
Latin America in the International System
Free University of Berlin (winter semester 2007/2008)
Latin American Foreign Policies between Cooperation and Conflict
Free University of Berlin (winter semester 2006 / 2007)
Democracy in Latin America
Free University of Berlin (summer semester 2003)
Parties and Party Systems in Latin America
Free University of Berlin (winter semester 2002/2003)
Latin America in the International System
Free University of Berlin (summer semester 2002)
State Reform and Decentralization in Latin America
Free University of Berlin (winter semester 2001/2002)
Regional Integration and cooperation in Latin America
Free University of Berlin (summer semester 2001)
German and European Foreign Policies Towards Latin America
Free University of Berlin (winter semester 2000/2001)
1995 - 1999
Political science courses at Rostock University
1989 - 1995
Political science courses at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz
5. Commissioned Studies / Reports on University Thesis
Efficient Assistance to Regional Integration and Cooperation in Latin America
Study commissioned by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit GTZ, Eschborn 2009.
Crisis in the Andes? EU Response Capacities
Contributed to the in-depth study "Crisis in the Andes? EU Response Capacities," Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik - Conflict Prevention Network, September 2001
Sociocultural analysis of Bolivia
Study prepared for the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development, commissioned by the Institute for Ibero-American Studies, Hamburg, 1998
The political conditions for development cooperation in Bolivia
Study commissioned by the Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), Mainz, 1994
Evaluation of the Latin American Re-Integration Programm
Co-author of the study commissioned by the International Organization for Migration, Mainz, 1993
6. Committees and Professional Associations
Committees
- Vice Chairman of the German Association of Latin American Studies (ADLAF)
- Member of the editorial board of Iberoamericana: América Latina – España – Portugal
- Member of the editorial board of "Cahiers des Amériques latines"
Professional Associations
- Member of the Deutsche Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft (German Political Science Association)
- Member of the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Politikwissenschaft (German Society for Political Science), DGfP
- Member of the Arbeitsgemeinschaft Deutsche Lateinamerikaforschung (German Association of Latin American Studies)
7. Curriculum Vitae
2007-2010 | Chairman of the German Association of Latin American Studies (ADLAF) |
Since 04/ 2001 | Director of the Research Division and the Research and Publications Department of the Ibero-American Institute, Berlin |
Since 01/ 2000 | Member of the research staff of the Ibero-American Institute; adjunct professor at the Free University of Berlin |
04/ 1995 - 12/ 1999 | Assistant professor at the Department of Political and Administrative Sciences at Rostock University, chair for comparative government |
07/ 1995 | Received Ph.D. Dissertation: “Die politische Rolle der Unternehmer und ihrer Interessenorganisationen in Argentinien" (The Political Role of Company Owners and Their Lobby Groups in Argentina”) |
06/ 1994 - 12/ 1994 | Worked as a freelance consultant for the Gesellschaft für Teschnische Zusammenarbeit (GTZ), conducted a study on the general political conditions of collaborative development work in Bolivia |
10/ 1993 - 05/ 1994 | Member of the academic staff of the Department of Political Science at the University of Mainz, involved in the project on employer associations in the Southern Cone, funded by the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (German Research Foundation) |
11/ 1992 - 06/ 1993 | Collaborated on a study of the effectiveness of job orientation grants awarded by the Latin American Reintegration Program, commissioned by the German Federal Ministry of Economic Cooperation and Development |
1992 - 1993 | Teaching assignments at the Department of Social Sciences at the Lausitz University of Applied Sciences, Cottbus (“Introduction to Political Science” ) |
02/ 1989 - 09/ 1993 | Research associate at the Department of Political Science at the University of Mainz (section: Comparative Politics); teaching, research and administrative tasks |
12/ 1988 | Received Magister Artrium (master's degree). Thesis: “Parteien, Parteiensystem und Demokratie in Argentinien: Die neuere Entwicklung der Unión Cívica Radical und ihre Stellung innerhalb des argentinischen Parteiensystems” (“Parties, the Party System and Democracy in Argentina: The Recent Development of Unión Cívica Radical and Its Position in the Argentinean Party System”) |
1982 - 1988 | Studied political science, journalism and Romance languages and literature at the Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz |