Together with Amal Sethi (University of Leicester) and Michael Riegner (University of Erfurt), Danny Schindler has published a special issue of the journal Verfassung und Recht in Übersee/World Comparative Law (Open Access) on the topic of "Public Law and Opposition". With contributions on China, Morocco, Pakistan and South Africa, among others, the volume sheds light on how legal regulations influence the opposition's opportunities for participation.
In the 18th IParl-Blickpunkt, Oliver Kannenberg analyses which committees in the German Bundestag make the (pre-)selection of Bundestag presidents and which criteria have been taken into account more or less over time.
Danny Schindler's study discusses possible reasons for the constitutionalisation of parliamentary minority rights and the conceptual and empirical variations in oppositional participation.
In the series "Reflecting on Democracy", the citizens' association Demokratieort Paulskirche e.V. will address the question: What kind of personnel for our democracy? In the panel discussion, Danny Schindler will debate this with Volker Rissing (Head of the "Berliner Republik" department of Cicero magazine) and Bettina M. Wiesmann (former Member of the Bundestag and Member of the State Parliament in Hesse).
The Speaker of the House of Representatives plays a key role in the US political system. In the 118th Congress (2023-2025), Republican Representative Kevin McCarthy was the first Speaker to be removed by an internal party vote of no confidence. In his article, Alexander Kühne analyses the events surrounding the removal and explores the question of whether Donald Trump's strong influence amounts to an "executive takeover".
Is Julia Klöckner rightly criticised as Bundestag president? Danny Schindler spoke to t-online about the need for robust and impartial leadership in order to conduct heated debates without restricting the parliamentary debate.
Immigrant candidates in multi-level Germany, paper presentation by Danny Schindler at the ninth conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Barcelona.
Discourse on representation in the Association of European Senates, paper presentation by Franziska Carstensen at the ninth conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Barcelona.
In their article, Franziska Carstensen and Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer emphasise that the Berlin House of Representatives is an extremely active state parliament. As a result of the recent reforms, it has developed into a professionalised full-time parliament, which is, however, facing representation challenges in the face of increased popular legislation procedures.
Does decision-making in parliamentary groups follow democratic standards? Oliver Kannenberg and Danny Schindler have investigated this question in an anthology on the Berlin House of Representatives.
Short presentation by Christian Ignorek as part of the SWuD Open House at Kieler Woche
Participation of Danny Schindler in the panel discussion "Die Legislative in Gefahr? Historical and current challenges in dialogue", organised by the Chair of Modern and Contemporary History (Prof. Dr. Theo Jung), Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
Short presentation by Daniel Hellmann as part of the SWuD Open House at Kieler Woche
How resilient is liberal democracy? This question was the focus of a roundtable on democratic politics organised by the Bertelsmann Stiftung and the Progressive Centre. Danny Schindler spoke on the ability of parliaments to act.
Lecture by Danny Schindler at the Akkon University of Applied Sciences, Berlin.
Paper presentation by Danny Schindler at the Global Conference on Parliamentary Studies, Athens
Keynote speech by PD Dr Werner Reutter (HU Berlin) at the IParl Research Colloquium, Berlin.
How do local councillors define their political role - between citizen dialogue, administrative logic and digital participation approaches? The article by Kevin W. Settles and Nadin Fromm et al. in ZParl offers empirically sound insights and discusses challenges and reform perspectives.
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