Prof. Andrzej Antoszewski Head of the Department of Political Systems, Institute of Political Science of University of Wrocław. Institute of Political Science of University of Wrocław, Koszarowa 3, Wrocław, Poland email: andrzej@ks.k.pl

Fields of Research Interest

• local government
• comparative politics
• democratic transition in East Central Europe after 1990

Graduated from

1972 - University of Wrocław (law)

Academic Background and Professional Record

• 1977 - Ph.D. in University of Wrocław.
• 1985 – habilitation in University of Warsaw
• 1992 – Professor and Chair in University of Wrocław
• 1983 – till present: Head of the Department of Political Systems in Institute of Political Science of University of Wrocław
• September 1996 - August 1999: Director of the Institute of Political Science of University of Wrocław

Foreign Study Visits

• 1991 - University in Leiden (The Netherlands)
• 1993 - University in Groeningen (The Netherlands)
• 1999 - University of Sussex in Brighton (England)
• 1999 – University in St. Petersburg (Russia)

Current Membership

• member of Political Science Committee of Polish Academy of Science
• vice-president of Polish Political Science Association

Major Publications

• Erozja systemu politycznego PRL (The erosion of political system of PPR), Wrocław, 1992, pp. 200.
• Systemy polityczne demokracji zachodnioeuropejskich (Political Systems of West European Democracies) (co-author R. Herbut), Wrocław, 1992, 300 pp.
• Partie i system partyjny w Polsce. Pierwsza faza przejścia ku demokracji (Political Parties and Party System in Poland. The first Phase of Transition) (co-authors, R. Herbut, W. Jednaka), Wrocław, 1993, pp. 170.
• Ewolucja polskiego systemu politycznego po 1989 r. (Evolution of Polish Political System after 1989) (editor and co-author), Wrocław, 1995, pp. 250.
• Socjaldemokracja w Europie Zachodniej. Studium porównawcze (Social Democracy in Western Europe. A Comparative Study) (co-author R. Herbut), Wrocław, 1995, pp. 200.
• Polish Reception of the Western Patterns of Political Competition, in:Polish Political Science Yearbook, 1995, vol. XXV, pp. 5-18.
• Cultural Determinants of Electoral Behaviour in Postcommunist Poland, in: A. Jabłoński, G. Meyer (eds), The Political Culture of Poland in Transition, Wrocław 1996, University Press. Demokracje zachodnioeuropejskie. Analiza porównawcza (West - European Democracies. Comparative Analysis) (co-author R. Herbut), Wrocław 1997, pp. 400.
• Demokracje Europy Środkowo - Wschodniej w perspektywie porównawczej (Democracies in East-Central Europe in Comparative Perspective), Wroclaw 1998, University Press, pp. 252 (co-editor and co-author), russian edition in Donetsk in 2001.
• Polityka w Polsce w latach dziewięćdziesiątych (Politics in Poland in Nineties), Wroclaw 1998, University Press, pp. 236 (co-editor and co-author).
• Encyklopedia Politologii. Tom III, Partie i systemy partyjne (Encyclopaedia of Political Science, vol. III, Parties and Party Systems), Kraków 1999, wyd. Zakamycze, pp. 355 (co-editor and co-author).
• Systemy polityczne współczesnego świata (Political Systems of Contemporary World), Gdańsk 2001, Arche (co-author R. Herbut).
• Demokratyzacja w III Rzeczyspopolitej (The Democratization in Poland), Wrocław 2002, University Press, (co-author and editor).
• Handbook of Political Science, Wroclaw, VIth ed., 2002, pp. 784 (co-editor and co-author).