Prof. Dr. Klaus Schubert is professor at the institute for political science of the Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster. His work focuses on German politics and policy analysis. For many years, in both research and teaching he has been dealing with Jamesian issues such as pluralism, pragmatism, networks, and diversity management. He is the co-author of the German introduction William James zur Einführung (Junius 1996).