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Overview

Edgar Grande is affiliated with the Social Science Research Center Berlin in Germany. Their research contributions focus primarily on the social sciences with particular attention to political science and international relations.

Their publications cover various topics, including electoral systems and political participation, public administration and political analysis, and European Union policy and governance. Other areas of focus include political influence and corporate strategies, populism and right-wing movements, social media and politics, and migration, refugees, and integration.

Key peer-reviewed papers authored or co-authored by Edgar Grande include:

  • Politicizing Europe in Elections to the European Parliament (1994-2019): The Crucial Role of Mainstream Parties, 2021, JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • Civil Society, Cleavage Structures, and Democracy in Germany, 2022, German Politics
  • A revolt of the distrustful? Political trust, political protest and the democratic deficit, 2025, Journal of European Public Policy
  • Wie wichtig ist die Zivilgesellschaft? Einführende Bemerkungen, 2021, EconStor Open Access Articles

Among the frequent co-authors collaborating with Edgar Grande are Brigitte Grande, Udo Hahn, Clara van den Berg, Swen Hutter, and Daniela Braun. This network reflects an interdisciplinary approach involving sociology, political science, and related disciplines.

Edgar Grande's research has been published in several venues, including:

  • Forschungsjournal Soziale Bewegungen
  • JCMS Journal of Common Market Studies
  • Journal of European Public Policy
  • Voluntaris Zeitschrift für Freiwilligendienste
  • German Politics

Their multidisciplinary work spans subfields such as political science and international relations, sociology and political science, strategy and management, and communication. This breadth supports a comprehensive exploration of political behavior, democratic processes, and civil society functions within both national and European contexts.

Best Publications

  • West European Politics in the Age of Globalization

    Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Romain Lachat;Martin Dolezal

  • Globalization and the transformation of the national political space: Six European countries compared

    Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Romain Lachat;Martin Dolezal

  • Political Conflict in Western Europe

    Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Martin Dolezal;Marc Helbling

  • Beyond delegation: transnational regulatory regimes and the eu regulatory state

    Burkard Eberlein † Daad Visiting;Edgar Grande

  • Varieties of second modernity: the cosmopolitan turn in social and political theory and research.

    Ulrich Beck;Edgar Grande

  • Politicizing Europe in the National Electoral Arena: A Comparative Analysis of Five West European Countries, 1970–2010

    Swen Hutter;Edgar Grande

  • Complex sovereignty : reconstituting political authority in the twenty-first century

    Edgar Grande;Louis W. Pauly

  • The state and interest groups in a framework of multi‐level decision‐making: The case of the European Union

    Edgar Grande

  • Das kosmopolitische Europa : Gesellschaft und Politik in der zweiten Moderne

    Ulrich Beck;Edgar Grande

  • Governance-Forschung in der Governance-Falle? – Eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme

    Edgar Grande

  • Politicizing immigration in Western Europe

    Edgar Grande;Tobias Schwarzbözl;Matthias Fatke

  • Beyond authority transfer: explaining the politicisation of Europe

    Edgar Grande;Swen Hutter

  • Jenseits des methodologischen Nationalismus

    Ulrich Beck;Edgar Grande

  • Wie problemlösungsfähig ist die EU ? : Regieren im europäischen Mehrebenensystem

    Edgar Grande;Markus Jachtenfuchs

  • Introduction : European integration and the challenge of politicisation

    Edgar Grande;Swen Hutter

  • Cosmopolitanism Europe's Way Out of Crisis

    Ulrich Beck;Edgar Grande

  • Globalization and its impact on national spaces of competition

    Hanspeter Kriesi;Edgar Grande;Romain Lachat;Martin Dolezal

  • Institutionelle Bedingungen ordnungspolitischen Strategiewechsels im internationalen Vergleich

    Gerhard Lehmbruch;Otto Singer;Edgar Grande;Marian Döhler

  • Political Conflict in Western Europe: The transformative power of globalization and the structure of political conflict in Western Europe

    Edgar Grande;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Jenseits des methodologischen Nationalismus: Aussereuropäische und europäische Variationen der Zweiten Moderne

    Ulrich Beck;Edgar Grande

  • Charisma und Komplexität

    Edgar Grande

  • Conclusions : the postfunctionalists were (almost) right

    Edgar Grande;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Industrieforschung und Forschungspolitik: staatliche Steuerungspotentiale in der Informationstechnik

    Edgar Grande;Jürgen Häusler

  • Zivilgesellschaft, politischer Konflikt und soziale Bewegungen

    Edgar Grande

  • Neue Governance der Wissenschaft: Reorganisation - externe Anforderungen - Medialisierung

    Edgar Grande;Dorothea Jansen;Otfried Jarren;Arie Rip

  • Die Eurokrise : ein Quantensprung in der Politisierung des europäischen Integrationsprozesses?

    Edgar Grande;Hanspeter Kriesi

  • Die neue Governance der Wissenschaft: Zur Einleitung

    Edgar Grande;Dorothea Jansen;Otfried Jarren;Uwe Schimank

  • Reflexive Modernisierung des Staates

    Edgar Grande

  • Perspektiven der Governance-Forschung

    Edgar Grande;Stefan May

  • Empire Europa: Politische Herrschaft jenseits von Bundesstaat und Staatenbund

    Ulrich Beck;Edgar Grande

  • Die politische Kontingenz der Globalisierung

    Edgar Grande

  • Verwaltung im globalen Wandel – Neue Perspektiven für die Verwaltungswissenschaft

    Edgar Grande

  • Status und Perspektiven der politikwissenschaftlichen Verwaltungsforschung in Deutschland

    Edgar Grande;Michael W. Bauer

  • Perspektiven der Telekommunikationspolitik

    Edgar Grande;Rainer Kuhlen;Gerhard Lehmbruch;Heinrich Mäding

  • Differenz als Potential - Das kosmopolitische Europa

    Edgar Grande

Frequent Co-Authors

Hanspeter Kriesi
Hanspeter Kriesi European University Institute
Swen Hutter
Swen Hutter Social Science Research Center Berlin
Ulrich Beck
Ulrich Beck Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
Marc Helbling
Marc Helbling University of Mannheim
Peter Weingart
Peter Weingart Bielefeld University
Michael W. Bauer
Michael W. Bauer European University Institute
Arie Rip
Arie Rip University of Twente
Jan W. van Deth
Jan W. van Deth University of Mannheim
Wolfgang C. Müller
Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna
Oscar W. Gabriel
Oscar W. Gabriel University of Stuttgart

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