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Before making it into the Bundestag in 2017, the party “Alternative für Deutschland”(AfD) had been present in 13 state parliaments. This study focuses on the AfD parliamentary groups profiles, on AfD’s parliamentary performances and the impact they have on their respective parliaments as...
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Die AfD hat es binnen kurzer Zeit geschafft, in alle deutsche Landesparlamente einzuziehen sowie als Bundestags-Novizin die größte Oppositionsfraktion zu stellen. Gleichwohl bleibt sie mit ihren inneren Dynamiken, den Wandlungs- und Transformationsprozessen sowie der heterogenen Koalition von...
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This article develops and tests empirically a theory of the effect on political trust of forms of behaviour that violate social, political and legal norms about how politicians ought to behave. These include taking money for favours, over-indulging in private life and making misleading promises...
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Representative democracy gives voters the right to influence who governs but its influence on policy making is only indirect. Free and fair referendums give voters the right to decide a policy directly. Elected representatives usually oppose referendums as redundant at best and as undermining...
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European democracies have experienced drastic changes in electoral competition. Voter support for insider parties that have traditionally governed has declined while support for radical and populist parties has increased. Simultaneously, citizens’ declining political trust has become a...
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For the personal vote to be cast in a meaningful way it is a minimal condition that voters recognise candidates. However, from earlier studies we know that there is huge variation in the number of candidates recognised. Little to nothing is known about candidate recognition and its determinants....
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Die deutschen industriellen Beziehungen haben sich in den letzten drei Jahrzehnten strukturell in drei Welten der Arbeitsbeziehungen segmentiert. Zugleich hat sich der Konfliktmodus in der ersten Welt, die durch die exportorientierte Industrie geprägt ist, stark modifiziert: Durch komplexe...
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Vor 100 Jahren, im November 1918, wurde das Stinnes-Legien-Abkommen zwischen verschiedenen Arbeitgeberverbänden und Gewerkschaften abgeschlossen. Es beinhaltete die Tarifautonomie und Kollektivvereinbarungen sowie die Einführung des Achtstundentags und von Betriebsräten. Es scheiterte zwar...
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