The German Basic Law is open for an interpretation that would allow the Constitutional Court to test the normative adequacy of most statutes. If the court does, it could be modelled as the supervisor of the legislator, i.e., of the agent of the people. The model predicts collusion between the...

Main description: Sind Liberalismus und Demokratie widersprüchliche Ideale? Ist das deutsche Parteiensystem effizient organisiert? Warum delegiert ein Staat hoheitliche Aufgaben auf private Anbieter? Ist es überhaupt rational, Steuern zu zahlen?Diese und andere Fragen thematisierten die...

A well known and established model in communication policy in sociology and marketing is that of opinion leadership. Opinion leaders are actors in a society who are able to affect the behavior of other members called followers. Hence, opinion leaders might have a considerable impact on the...

This paper provides a comprehensive theoretical model of the political decision making process. Therein two ideologically different political parties compete for power. Their primary instrument in this competition are programmatic concessions in favor of voters and interest groups. As any...