Dr. Franz Rothenbacher

Former staff Data and Methods Unit
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2804
 
 

Research Interests

  • Social inequality in Europe
  • Welfare state analysis and social policy research in Europe
  • Sociology of the European family and demography of European societies
  • European social reporting

Profile/Career

Dr. phil. of the Department for Social Sciences, University of Mannheim

Projects

A1 Institutions of Societal Integration: Market Economies, Organisations, and Welfare States

A1.1802
The Welfare of Public Servants in European Comparison

RP7 A3 Family and Migration

The East European Population since 1850

RP5 A1 The Development of Social Structures in European Societies

Social Structure, Social Security, and the Social Position of the Public Service Sector: European Models and National Case Studies

RP5 AI Supplementary Projects of Research Area A

The 'Societies of Europe' Series

RP1-3 Department I : Living Conditions and Inequality in the Relationship between Social Structure and the Welfare State

Old Age Securtiy in the European Union

RP1-3 EURODATA Research Archive

Data Handbook on Household and Family Statistics in Germany 1815-1990
Statistical Sources of for Social Research on Western Europe 1945-1995: A Guide to Social Statistics

Publications

(Note: Generally, the former staff pages only feature publications that have been published at the MZES. Furthermore, the former staff pages feature publications that have been published in co-authorship with current MZES staff.)

Monographs

Rothenbacher, Franz (2012): The Central and East European Population since 1850. Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire, England, UK; New York, NY, USA: Palgrave Macmillan, Macmillan Publishers Limited. [The Societies of Europe; 5] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2005): The European Population since 1945. 1st ed., Basingstoke, Hampshire: Palgrave Macmillan. [The Societies of Europe; 4] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2002): The European Population, 1850-1945. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. [The Societies of Europe] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): Statistical Sources for Social Research on Western Europe 1945-1995. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. [Europe in Comparison - A Series of Guidebooks for the Social Sciences; 6] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1997): Historische Haushalts- und Familienstatistik von Deutschland 1815-1990. Frankfurt/NewYork: Campus Verlag. more

Editions

Flora, Peter, Franz Kraus, Heinz-Herbert Noll and Franz Rothenbacher (Eds.) (1994): Social Statistics and Social Reporting in and for Europe. Bonn, Mannheim: Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung. [Europe in Comparison - A Series of Guidebooks for the Social Sciences; 1] more

Journal Articles

Rothenbacher, Franz (2012): Book Review: Patrick Sachweh. Deutungsmuster sozialer Ungleichheit – Wahrnehmung und Legitimation gesellschaftlicher Privilegierung und Benachteiligung. Schriften des Zentrums für Sozialpolitik, Bremen, Band 22. Frankfurt und New York: Campus Verlag. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 64, issue 1, pp. 207-209. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2007): Rezension: 'Hartmut Kaelble: Sozialgeschichte Europas 1945 bis zur Gegenwart. München: Verlag C.H. Beck 2007'. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 59, issue 4, pp. 719-721. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2005): Literaturbesprechung: Jürgen Gerhards, unter Mitarbeit von Michael Hölscher: Kulturelle Unterschiede in der Europäischen Union. Ein Vergleich zwischen Mitgliedsländern, Beitrittskandidaten und der Türkei. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 57, issue 4, pp. 740-741. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2002): The Public Service and Social Protection in Europe: A Comparative Research Project. EURODATA Newsletter, 2001/02, issue 14/15, pp. 1-9. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2001): European Population Censuses 2000/1. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 12/13, pp. 20-23. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2001): United Kingdom. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 12/13, pp. 28-34. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2000): The European Population: A Historical Data Handbook for 21 European Countries from 1850-1945. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 11, pp. 1-10. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1999): Der öffentliche Dienst in Europa ein schrumpfender Sektor? Sozialstruktur, Einkommenschancen und soziale Sicherheit. Informationsdienst Soziale Indikatoren, issue 21, pp. 1-4. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1999): Measuring Social Reporting Intensity in Industrialized Countries: An Exercise in the Sociology of Knowledge. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 9, pp. 1-8. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): Country Profile: France. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 7, pp. 29-33. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): Country Profile: The Netherlands. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 8, pp. 23-25. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): European scientific socio-economic reporting: state and possiblities of development. Social Indicators Research, 44, issue 3, pp. 291-328. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): Statistical Sources for Social Research on Western Europe 1945-1995: A Guide to Social Statistics. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 8, pp. 16. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): The changing public sector in Europe: Social structure, income and social security. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 8, pp. 1-6. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1997): Country Profile: Portugal. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 5, pp. 26-29. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1997): European Indicators of Social Security. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 5, pp. 23-25. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1997): Public Sector Employment in Europe: Where Will the Decline End?. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 6, pp. 1-11. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1996): Country Profile: Belgium. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 3, pp. 24-25. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1996): Country Profile: Greece. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 4, pp. 22-24. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1996): European Family Indicators. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 3, pp. 19-23. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1996): Social Indicators for East European Transition Countries. EURODATA Newsletter, issue 4, pp. 19-21. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1995): European Social Indicators. EURODATA Newsletter, 2, pp. 21-23. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1995): Household and family trends in Europe: from convergence to divergence. EURODATA Newsletter, 1, pp. 3-9. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1995): The 1990 Population Censuses in East and South-East Europe. EURODATA Newsletter, 2, pp. 19-20. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1994): Bases de données en sciences sociales en Europe: Leur utilisation dans la recherche. Revue internationale des sciences sociales, 46, issue 4, pp. 637-668. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1994): Fuentes estadísticas para la investigación social comparada en Europe. Revista internacional de ciencias sociales, 46, issue 4, pp. 615-645. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1994): Statistical Sources for Comparative European Social Research. International Social Science Journal (Blackwell/UNESCO), 142, pp. 541-570. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1993): National and international approaches in social reporting. Social Indicators Research, 29, pp. 1-62. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1990): Die subjektive und sozialpsychologische Dimension in der Geschichte der empirischen Sozialforschung. Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 42, issue 3, pp. 525-546. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1990): Literaturbesprechung "Georg P. Müller, Comparative World Data. A Statistical Handbook for Social Science. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus; Baltimore and London: The Johns Hopkins University Press.". Kölner Zeitschrift für Soziologie und Sozialpsychologie, 42, issue 3, pp. 587-588. more

Book Chapters

Rothenbacher, Franz, and Georg Fertig (2015): Bevölkerung, Haushalte und Familien. Pp. 30-45 in: Thomas Rahlf (Ed.) Deutschland in Daten: Zeitreihen zur Historischen Statistik. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung. more
Rothenbacher, Franz, and Jean-Marie Jungblut (2004): Monitoring the Quality of Life of Public Servants in Europe. Richard J. Estes (Ed.) Advancing Quality of Life in a Turbulent World. International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS) conference, November 10-14, 2004, Philadelphia, USA. Final Conference Materials, CD-ROM. Philadelphia: ISQOLS. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2003): The Changing Public Sector in Europe: Social Structure, Income and Social Security. Pp. 101-109 in: Arno Tausch (Ed.) The Three Pillars of Wisdom? A Reader on Globalization, World Bank Pension Models and Welfare Society. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc.. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2001): Die Altersversorgung im öffentlichen Dienst in Großbritannien, Frankreich und Deutschland seit dem Zweiten Weltkrieg. Pp. 127-152 in: Bernd Wunder (Ed.) Pensionssysteme im öffentlichen Dienst in Westeuropa (19./20.Jh.).... Baden-Baden: Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2000): Ähnlichkeiten und Unterschiede der Familienberichterstattung in Europa. Pp. 165-209 in: Walter Bien, Richard Rathgeber (Eds.) Die Familie in der Sozialberichterstattung: Ein europäischer Vergleich. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. more
Bahle, Thomas, and Franz Rothenbacher (1998): Family Policies in Germany: After Re-unification the Shock of Globalization. Pp. 37-49 in: Developments in National Family Policies in 1996. Brüssel: Europäische Kommission. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): Similarities and Differences of Social Reporting in Europe. Pp. 105-154 in: Sozialberichterstattung: Bilanz und Perspektiven. Eine Tagung des Deutschen Jugendinstituts, München, und der Evangelischen Akademie Tutzing vom 2.-4. Februar 1998 in Tutzing. München: DJI. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): Social Change in Europe and its Impact on Family Structures. Pp. 3-31 in: John Eekelaar, Thandabantu Nhlapo (Eds.) The Changing Family. International Perspectives on the Family and Family Law. Oxford: Hart Publishing. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): Special Report: Children in Germany. Pp. 49-61 in: Developments in national family policies in 1996. Brüssel: Europäische Kommission. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1997): Familienberichterstattung in und für Europa. Pp. 93-123 in: Heinz-Herbert Noll (Ed.) Sozialberichterstattung in Deutschland. Weinheim, München: Juventa. more
Bahle, Thomas, and Franz Rothenbacher (1996): Family Policy in Germany in 1995. Pp. 25-36 in: John Ditch, Helen Barnes, Jonathan Bradshaw (Eds.) Developments in National Family Policies in 1995. Brussels: European Commission. more
Hebette, Chantal, and Franz Rothenbacher (1994): The European System of Social Protection Statistics - ESSPROS. Pp. 207-233 in: Peter Flora, Franz Kraus, Heinz-Herbert Noll, Franz Rothenbacher (Eds.) Social Statistics and Social Reporting in and for Europe. Bonn-Mannheim. more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1994): Social Reporting in Europe. Pp. 9-98 in: Peter Flora, Franz Kraus, Heinz-Herbert Noll, Franz Rothenbacher (Eds.) Social Statistics and Social Reporting in and for Europe. Bonn-Mannheim. more

MZES Working Papers

Rothenbacher, Franz (2004): The Welfare State of the Civil (or Public) Servants in Europe : a Comparison of the Pension Systems for Civil (or Public) Servants in France, Great Britain, and Germany. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 74] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1995): Familienberichterstattung in und für Europa. Mannheim [EURODATA; 6] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1993): National and International Approaches in Social Reporting. Mannheim [EURODATA; 2] more
Bahle, Thomas, Franz Kraus, Franz Rothenbacher and Kirsten Scheiwe (1992): Family Change and Family Policy. A bibliography of studies and data sources. Mannheim [Arbeitsbereich I, Bibliographie; 1] more

Thesis

Rothenbacher, Franz (2005): Sozialstruktur, soziale Lage und soziale Sicherung des öffentlichen Dienstes. Europäische Muster und nationale Fallstudien: Deutschland, Frankreich und das Vereinigte Königreich im Vergleich. Mannheim: Universität Mannheim. more

Papers / Reports

Fertig, Georg, and Franz Rothenbacher (2015): Bevölkerung, Haushalte, Familien. [Historical Social Research Transition (Online Supplement): Dokumentation zum Zeitreihendatensatz für Deutschland, 1834-2012; 26] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2006): Quality of Life of Public Servants in European Comparison. Rhodes University, Grahamstown / South Africa more
Rothenbacher, Franz, and Jean-Marie Jungblut (2004): Monitoring the Quality of Life of Public Servants in Europe. Philadelphia, USA more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2003): The Welfare State of the Civil (or Public) Servants in Europe: A Comparison of the Pension Systems for Civil (or Public) Servants in France, Great Britain and Germany. more
Bahle, Thomas, Birgit Fix, Peter Flora, Franz Kraus, Franz Rothenbacher and Harry Willekens (2002): Family Change and Family Policies: Belgium. Mannheim [Preprints of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research] more
Bahle, Thomas, Birgit Fix and Franz Rothenbacher (2002): Family Change and Family Policies: Germany. Mannheim [Preprints of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1998): Similarities and Differences of Social Reporting in Europe. Tutzing more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1997): Public Service Employment in Germany, with Reference to European Developments. Bern, Switzerland more
Rothenbacher, Franz (1997): Social Change in Europe and the Impact on Family Structures. Durban, South Africa more

Web Publications

Rothenbacher, Franz, and Georg Fertig (2016): Population, households and families, Deutschland in Daten online, 2016, http://www.deutschland-in-daten.de/en/population/ more

Conference Presentations

Rothenbacher, Franz (2014): Pension System Reforms and Changing Living Conditions. [BIGSSS International Conference 2014 "(UN-)STABLE, (UN-)EQUAL & (UN-)PREDICTABLE: The Link between Social Stratification and the Welfare State", Universität Bremen, June 12th to June 13th, 2014] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2013): Die historischen Zusammenstellungen der Abteilung Eurodata am Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Beitrag zur Autorenkonferenz "Vademecum Historische Statistik von Deutschland". [GESIS, Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Datenservice Historische Studien, Cologne, April 18th to April 19th, 2013] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2013): The Demography of Central and Eastern Europe: Differences to Western Europe and Internal Heterogeneity. [Kolloquium des Imre Kertész Kollegs, Jena, November 18th, 2013] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2011): The East European Population since 1850: Historical Data Handbook and Comparative Analyses. [Max-Planck-Institute for Demographic Research (MPI), Rostock, October 11th, 2011] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2006): Quality of Life of Public Servants in European Comparison. [7th International Conference of the International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), Grahamstown, July 17th to July 20th, 2006] more
Rothenbacher, Franz (2004): Monitoring the Quality of Life of Public Servants in Europe. [International Society for Quality of Life Studies (ISQOLS), 2004 ISQOLS Conference, Advancing Quality of Life in a Turbulent World, Philadelphia, November 10th to November 14th, 2004] more