englischIn this publication, the author compares four representatives of Western European right-wing populist parties (FPÖ, AfD, PVV, RN) based on their ideologies, histories, organisation, voter bases and their cooperation in Europe. He concludes that they constitute more than an unintended family. [...]

englischWhen in the summer of 2022 the Electoral Law Commission of the Bundestag recommended the introduction of a spare vote, it took up a concept that was originally only intended to mitigate the side effects of electoral thresholds. This opened up an exciting discussion: Are systems with a spare [...]

englischThe Interventionen (“Interventions”) concern texts from recent years on the topics of (contemporary) history, political science, extremism, parties and elections, such as: What was the 68er movement? Which schools of political science existed in Germany? Do anti-fascist thought patterns [...]

englischWhy is Britain a country where landslide victories for one party are still possible? This book is the first to analyse British electoral history since 1945, placing special emphasis on general elections from Thatcher to Johnson. A comparable study in English that combines insights into [...]

englischIn this book, university education in Germany is subjected to a comprehensive examination and evaluation from an ideological, historical and contemporary perspective. This multi-perspectival approach addresses two research objectives: Methodologically, there are few political science studies [...]

englischLanguage constitutes the arena of political debate and is therefore itself the object of political struggle. But what language do populists speak? Existing research on this subject attests to its importance without being able to substantiate this empirically. This study examines the election [...]

englischIs plurality or majority electoral reform a sensible option in Germany’s muddled electoral system debate? Yes, it is. Since Germany’s mixed-member proportional system fails to concentrate the party system in a sufficient way, Peggy Matauschek searches for a suitable alternative to the [...]

englischThis dissertation examines the validity and explanatory power of party positions used by the German application ‘Wahl-O-Mat’, which offers voting advice. The study considers all the Wahl-O-Mat versions provided for the German federal and state elections from 2002 to 2017, refers to validated [...]

englischTo uncover the complex causal mechanisms that lead to the occasional democratisation of decision-making processes by party branches at the regional level, this study pursues a novel approach. It applies process-tracing and uses both data from interviews as well as party and newspaper [...]

englischThe European Union (EU) Committee of the German Bundesrat takes centre stage in the constitutionally guaranteed mechanism that allows the 16 German states (Länder) to participate in EU affairs. Hence, the EU Committee is a key player when it comes to the formulation of and decisions on the [...]