Should the dates of local. State parliamentary and Bundestag elections be bundled? Danny Schindler spoke to BR24 about the advantages and disadvantages of combining election dates.
Democracies around the world are coming under pressure - and many countries in Europe are also affected. While some states are already under authoritarian rule, others are threatening to drift in this direction. Danny Schindler and Oliver Kannenberg discussed this development at the Brandenburg State Centre for Political Education. The recording of the event can be watched on YouTube.
The public perception of parliamentary processes is often characterised by empty rows of seats, supposed „factionalism“ or the image of aloof MPs. The article by Christian Ignorek and Alexander Kühne shows how popular prejudices can lead to a distorted assessment of the functional logic of representative democracy and resolves these on the basis of political science principles. This blog post is part of a cooperation with the Brandenburg State Centre for Political Education.
What is the state of the parliamentary opposition's ability to exert influence in Germany? And what actually makes a good opposition? Danny Schindler talked about these questions in the podcast by the Brandenburg State Centre for Political Education.
Public lecture and discussion with Dr Danny Schindler and Oliver Kannenberg, Brandenburgische Landeszentrale für politische Bildung, Potsdam. Registration information
Paper presentation by Daniel Hellmann at the DVPW Section Conference „Policy Analysis and Administrative Science“, Otto von Guericke University Magdeburg
Is the Bundestag a toxic workplace? Around 150 MPs voluntarily resigned during the last parliamentary term. We discuss what this reveals about the Bundestag as a workplace with Carlo Greß, co-author of the Bertelsmann study „Arbeitsplatz Bundestag“, and Yvonne Magwas, former MP. The study takes the trend as an opportunity to ask what characterises everyday life in parliament and what reforms could strengthen the Bundestag as a workplace. We talk about what keeps people in office and what motivated them to leave, what individual motives and structural reasons the study reveals, and whether the Bundestag is perceived as a modern workplace despite the abolition of its fax machines.
In over 2,000 cities and municipalities in Bavaria, city and municipal councils and mayors will be elected on 8 March. Rumours of possible election manipulation are already circulating in the run-up. Daniel Hellmann spoke to BR24 Faktenfuchs about this and explained which mechanisms ensure that the elections are nevertheless held safely.
Presentation of the dissertation by Martin Klausch (Helmut-Schmidt University) at the IParl Research Colloquium, Berlin.
Coalition governments are the norm at both federal and state level. Oliver Kannenberg talks to Sabine Schmidt-Peter about fundamental and more in-depth aspects of coalitions in politics in the podcast by the Brandenburg State Centre for Political Education.
How have the political groups in the German Bundestag professionalised their organisational structure since 1949?
Danny Schindler and Theresa Pescht look at structures of vertical and horizontal division of labour as well as the scope and level of detail of internal rules. They also show that the parliamentary groups are professional democratic collective actors.
Lecture by Oliver Kannenberg at the workshop „Continuity and Change after the Transition form Authoritarian Rule“ organised by the Southeast Europe Society in cooperation with the Centre for Southeast European Studies, University of Graz.
Presentation of the dissertation by Marius Minas (University of Trier) at the IParl Research Colloquium, Berlin.
Online lecture by Anastasia Pyschny as part of the „Forum Bachelor“ course at Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg.
In the podcast by the Brandenburg State Centre for Political Education, Daniel Hellmann talks to Sabine Schmidt-Peter about what parties are, what their function is and what makes up the party system in Germany.
The participation of the member base in important internal party decisions has been a growing trend in Germany for several years. However, member surveys in the aftermath of coalition negotiations in particular have repeatedly attracted criticism. In their article, Danny Schindler and Oliver Kannenberg analyse the empirical trend, the underlying logic of action and the implications for coalition governments.
How hierarchical or participation-friendly is the decision-making process in parliamentary groups? Danny Schindler and Oliver Kannenberg have investigated this question in an international comparative study on parliamentary group rules of procedure.
Presentation of a book project by Dr Burkhard Conrad (lecturer at the University of Hamburg) at the IParl Research Colloquium, Berlin.
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