englischThe appropriate way of remembering the crimes of National Socialism and communism continues to be the subject of controversial political discussions, and in this respect there are considerable differences between Germany and the countries in East-Central Europe. On the one hand, they relate [...]

englischCrises and conflicts over limited energy resources together with Europe's import dependency on fossil fuels and the challenges posed by climate change have increasingly put energy policy on the European agenda. EU energy policy and the Energy Union made remarkable progress during the second [...]

englischThe yearbook on European integration, compiled by the Institute of European Politics in Berlin, has documented the process of European integration in an up-to-date and detailed way since 1980. The result is a unique record of contemporary European history over a 40 year period. The 2020 [...]

Das Jahrbuch „Extremismus & Demokratie“ fördert die wissenschaftliche Beschäftigung mit dem Problemkreis des politischen Extremismus in seinen verschiedenen Ausprägungen. Es versteht sich als Diskussionsforum, Nachschlagewerk und Orientierungshilfe zugleich. Der 32. Band dokumentiert, kommentiert [...]

englischVolume 9 of the Yearbook for Direct Democracy contains contributions on the digital transformation of direct democracy and the electronic development of participatory democracy; on the question of how direct democracy can be made resistant to populism; and on the interaction between direct [...]

englischWho votes strategically and in which context? This book is the first to systematise the entire range of international comparative research on the determinants of strategic voting in legislative elections. The author’s own analyses of the CSES close the research gaps he identifies in the [...]

englischIn German politics, elections occur constantly. When voters are not being called upon to elect a new Bundestag, the next election at federal state level is just around the corner. Despite some commonalities, each federal state parliament is elected within a different legal framework. In both [...]

englischWhat makes international law legitimate? Based on a critique of the traditional idea of state voluntarism and canonical notions of legitimacy, this book develops an alternative conception of international legal legitimacy. Hannah Arendt's political thinking guides its normative analysis of [...]

englischWell-being is a core concept for measuring the satisfaction of citizens with and in their social, political and economic situations. In particular, it is local conditions that are decisive for such an evaluation—and thus also for local welfare production. In addition to municipalities as [...]

englischIn Uganda, corruption, bribery, low-quality services, the exclusion of citizens from managing public expenditure and the mobilisation of revenues triggered tax evasion, tax avoidance and protests for a long time. As a result, the government recently digitalised its systems of revenue [...]