Network Convenor is Jan W. van Deth, Professor of political science and international comparative social research at the University of Mannheim and Director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES).
According to ESF instructions, a Steering Committee is established with leading scholars from each of the countries participating in the activities of the group in Autumn 1998 and Spring 1999. The members of this committee are:
The Steering Committee, then, is expected to have a limited function (mainly to co-ordinate national activities). The network evidently relies on the active involvement of the total group of scholars, each of whom has shown a substantive and substantial interest in participating in comparative research on the basis of their own national projects. This group consists of the following scholars:
The group of participants will be extended if attempts to invite colleagues from other countries appear to be successful.
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