Why has democracy flourished in the Federal Republic of Germany despite that country's troubled past? Exhaustive … Weimar Republic, the only group to participate in both of Germany's most successful political experiments after 1945, a … 'Christian Democratic' party to unite Catholics and Protestants, and unified labor unions for workers of all political outlooks …

We study the descriptive and substantive representation of workers through worker representatives, focusing on the … leads to substantial wage gains for the elected, concentrated among blue-collar workers. Representatives are positively …, show greater interest in politics, and lean left politically compared to the employees they represent; blue-collar workers …