Dieter Rucht (born 26 June 1946 in Kempten) is a German sociologist. He is known for his contributions to the protest and

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literature. Until his retirement in June 2011, he was co-director of the research group ''Civil Society, Citizenship, and Political Mobilization in Europe'' at the

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(WZB) and (since 2001) honorary professor at the institute of sociology of the Free University of Berlin (department of political and social sciences). Rucht taught and conducted research in Munich, Berlin, Cambridge (

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), Paris (

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) and Ann Arbor (

University of Michigan , mottoeng = "Arts, Knowledge, Truth" , former_names = Catholepistemiad, or University of Michigania (1817–1821) , budget = $10.3 billion (2021) , endowment = $17 billion (2021)As o ...

Publications (selection)

* as an editor jointly with Donatella della Porta and

Hanspeter Kriesi Hanspeter Kriesi (born 1949, in Bischofszell, Switzerland) is a professor of political science at the European University Institute in Florence where he holds the Stein Rokkan Chair in Comparative Politics. Previously, he has been teaching at the u ...

: ''Social Movements in a Globalizing world.'' London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009, ; 023023531X * as an editor jointly with

Wim Van De Donk Wilhelmus Bernhard Henricus Josephus "Wim" van de Donk (born 17 May 1962) is a Dutch former politician and former academic, who served as the King's Commissioner of North Brabant from 1 October 2009 to 1 October 2020. He is a member of the Chri ...

, Brian D. Loader and Paul G. Nixon: '' Cyberprotest: New media, citizens and social movements.'' London: Routledge, 2004 * as an editor jointly with Stefaan Walgrave: ''The World Says No to War.'' University of Minnesota, Minneapolis/London 2010, *''Modernisierung und neue soziale Bewegungen. Deutschland, Frankreich und USA im Vergleich.'' Campus-Verlag, Frankfurt am Main u. a. 1997, (''Theorie und Gesellschaft'' 32) Living people German sociologists 1946 births University of Michigan faculty German male writers {{Germany-sociologist-stub