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Philippe C. Schmitter

Philippe C. Schmitter

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Political Science
Italy
2026
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Law and Political Science
Italy
2023

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Political Science

D-Index
67
Citations
30200
World Ranking
68
National Ranking
4

Research.com Recognitions

  • 2026 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2025 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2022 - Research.com Law and Political Science in Italy Leader Award
  • 2009 - Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science For his path-breaking work on the role of corporatism in modern democracies, and for his stimulating and innovative analysis of democratization.
  • 2009 - Mattei Dogan Prize from International Political Science Association
  • 1977 - Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

Overview

Philippe C. Schmitter is affiliated with the European University Institute in Italy. Their recent research contributions include the paper titled Neocorporativismo y Estado, published in 2024 in the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas. This work has been cited 8 times, indicating engagement with the scholarly community.

Coauthors frequently collaborating with Schmitter include:

  • Marc Blecher
  • Aynsley Kellow
  • Tony Porter
  • Karsten Ronit

Key publication venues where Schmitter's work appears are focused, with the Revista Española de Investigaciones Sociológicas being a notable outlet. This reflects a specialized research interest aligned with sociological and political studies.

Their book publications comprise:

  • Politics as a Science: A Prolegomenon, published by the European University Institute in 2020, cited 6 times
  • Politics as a Science: A Prolegomenon (Edition 1), available through BiblioBoard Library Catalog (Open Research Library) in 2020, cited once

Schmitter's academic recognition includes several awards:

  • Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science (2009) for work on corporatism in modern democracies and democratization analysis
  • Mattei Dogan Prize from International Political Science Association (2009)
  • Fellow of John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation (1977)

Best Publications

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Tentative Conclusions about Uncertain Democracies

    Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter

  • What Democracy Is. . . and Is Not

    Philippe C. Schmitter;Terry Lynn Karl

  • Still the Century of Corporatism

    Philippe C. Schmitter

  • Community, market, state and associations? : the prospective contribution of interest governance to social order

    Wolfgang Streeck;Philippe C. Schmitter

  • How to Democratize the European Union...and Why Bother

    Philippe C. Schmitter

  • Governance in the European Union

    Gary Wolfe Marks;Fritz Wilhelm Scharpf;Philippe C. Schmitter;Wolfgang Streeck

  • Three Neo-Functional Hypotheses About International Integration

    Philippe C. Schmitter

  • A Revised Theory of Regional Integration

    Philippe C. Schmitter

  • Interest conflict and political change in Brazil

    Philippe C. Schmitter

  • The organization of business interests: Studying the associative action of business in advanced industrial societies

    Philippe C. Schmitter;Wolfgang Streeck

  • Economics and Differential Patterns of Political Integration: Projections About Unity in Latin America

    Ernst B. Haas;Philippe C. Schmitter

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Prospects for Democracy

    Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter;Laurence Whitehead

  • Patterns of corporatist policy-making

    Gerhard Lehmbruch;Philippe C. Schmitter

  • The Organization of Business Interests: A Research Design to Study the Associative Action of Business in the Advanced Industrial Societies of Western Europe

    Philippe C. Schmitter;Wolfgang Streeck

  • Private interest government : beyond market and state

    Wolfgang Streeck;Philippe C. Schmitter

  • Trends toward Corporatist Intermediation

    Philippe C. Schmitter;Gerhard Lehmbruch

  • Transitions from Authoritarian Rule: Comparative Perspectives

    Guillermo A. O'donnell;Philippe C. Schmitter;Laurence Whitehead

  • The Conceptual Travels of Transitologists and Consolidologists: How Far to the East Should They Attempt to Go?

    Philippe C. Schmitter;Terry Lynn Karl

  • Governing capitalist economies : performance and control of economic sectors

    J. Rogers Hollingsworth;Philippe C. Schmitter;Wolfgang Streeck

  • The Future of Representative Democracy

    Sonia Alonso;John Keane;Wolfgang Merkel

  • Imagining the Future of the Euro-Polity with the Help of New Concepts

    Philippe Schmitter

  • Governance in the European Union

    Unknown

Frequent Co-Authors

Wolfgang Streeck
Wolfgang Streeck Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Laurence Whitehead
Laurence Whitehead University of Oxford
Guillermo O'Donnell
Guillermo O'Donnell University of Notre Dame
Michael W. Bauer
Michael W. Bauer European University Institute
Alexander H. Trechsel
Alexander H. Trechsel University of Lucerne
Fritz W. Scharpf
Fritz W. Scharpf Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies
Colin Crouch
Colin Crouch University of Warwick
Donatella Della Porta
Donatella Della Porta Scuola Normale Superiore di Pisa
Vivien A. Schmidt
Vivien A. Schmidt Boston University
Ernst B. Haas
Ernst B. Haas University of California, Berkeley

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