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Ferdinand A. Hermens includes a wealth of books and numerous articles. Most of them are based on his "thoroughly sound thesis that until we understand fully the great influence which structural relationships can have on governmental policy we shall be unprepared to put
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representative government in the position of strength it must have to meet the challenges which now confront it." The
Library of Congress (see External links) holds about 25 titles by this scholar or related to him, the German National Library (
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from 1930 to 1932. During his tenure at
Cologne Hermens was supervisor for a couple of post-docs and Ph.D. candidates who later became professors of political science in German universities. Among them are: Rudolf Wildenmann
464:. Die Festansprachen, eine Bibliographie von F. A. Hermens und die Veröffentlichungen des Forschungsinstituts für Politische Wissenschaft und Europäische Fragen der Universität zu Köln. Cologne: Heymanns Verlag, 1972.
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Thümmler, Elllen: 'Ferdinand A. Hermens und die Formel der Demokratie', in: Schale, Frank et al. (eds.):
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