Ferdinand A. Hermens

Ferdinand Aloys Hermens
Born(1906-12-20)20 December 1906
Nieheim, Germany
Died2 February 1998(1998-02-02) (aged 91)
Scientific career
Doctoral advisorJoseph Schumpeter

Ferdinand A. Hermens (20 December 1906 – 2 February 1998) was a German-American political scientist and economist. He was born in Nieheim, Kreis Höxter (district) in Germany and he died in Rockville, MD (U.S.).[1] His major books "Democracy or Anarchy?" (1941) and "The Representative Republic" (1958) were translated into German, Italian and Hebrew.[1] His most important contribution to the progress of political science was his analysis of the impact that electoral systems have in structuring party competition. Hermens advised U.S. Congressional committees on Presidential Election Procedure, the Judiciary and Divided Powers and Economic Policy, the U.S. government on re-organization of democracy in Germany and the government of Trinidad and Tobago on constitutional matters.[2]

  1. ^ a b Kürschners Deutscher Gelehrten-Kalender 1976, 12th ed., Berlin and New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1976, p. 1214.
  2. ^ "Finding Aid to the Ferdinand Aloys Hermens papers held at the Special Collections of the University Libraries at The Catholic University of America". Catholic University of America, University Libraries. Retrieved 2023-03-09.