Steffen Kailitz (born 18 May 1969) is a German political scientist and a senior research fellow at the Hannah Arendt Institute for Research on Totalitarianism. He specializes in comparative studies of democracy, extremism, totalitarianism, electoral systems and studies of political parties. ^[1] He has also testified as an expert witness before the Federal Constitutional Court, the Parliament of Bavaria and other government authorities. ^{[2] [3]}

Kailitz earned a PhD in political science at Chemnitz University of Technology in 1999; his doctoral advisor was Eckhard Jesse. He has worked as a researcher at Chemnitz University of Technology since 1998 and earned his habilitation in 2005.

Following his critical comments regarding the far-right NPD party, the party initiated legal proceedings against him that were eventually dismissed by the court. ^{[4] [5]}

Bibliography

• Die politische Deutungskultur im Spiegel des „Historikerstreits“. What's right? What's left?. Westdeutscher Verlag, Wiesbaden 2001, ISBN  3-531-13701-8 (TU Chemnitz 1999).
• Aktuelle Entwicklungen im deutschen Rechtsextremismus (= Zukunftsforum Politik. No. 17). Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Sankt Augustin 2000.
• Politischer Extremismus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Eine Einführung. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden 2004, ISBN  3-531-14193-7.
• Rechtsextremismus in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Auf dem Weg zur "Volksfront"? (= Zukunftsforum Politik. No. 65). Konrad Adenauer Foundation, Sankt Augustin 2005, ISBN  3-937731-44-X.

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