Gunther Hega

Gunther Hega
Associate Professor of Political Science
Location:
3406 Friedmann Hall, Mail Stop 5346
Mailing address:
Department of Political Science
Western Michigan University
1903 W Michigan Ave
Kalamazoo MI 49008-5346 USA
Gunther Hega
Office hours:

Tuesdays and Thursdays from 12 to 1 p.m. and 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

And by appointment.

Education:
  • Ph.D., Washington University-St. Louis, 1992
Teaching Interests:
  • Comparative and European politics
  • Comparative public policy
  • International relations
Research Interests:
  • Comparative public policies
  • German federalism
  • Welfare state institutions of advanced industrial societies in Europe
Bio:

Dr. Gunther M. Hega is an associate professor of political science at Western Michigan University. Hega's publications include:

  • Consensus Democracy in Switzerland (Peter Lang Publishers, 1998)
  • Several articles on the welfare state, education policy and federalism in journals such as German Policy Studies/Politikfeldanalyse, Regional & Federal Studies, Compare (A Journal of Comparative Education) and the Journal of Studies in International Education.

Hega is writing a book about the reform of the education systems in Germany, Switzerland and Austria.