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.
The citizens of Croatia were called to four different elections within 13 months. Oliver Kannenberg writes about the astonishing stability of the party landscape with the simultaneous dominance of two "strong men" in his article for Südosteuropa Mitteilungen
Institutional opportunities for the opposition to exert influence can help to counter authoritarian-populist governing parties. In the hands of an authoritarian-populist opposition, on the other hand, they can be utilised to disparage liberal institutions and parliamentary work. Danny Schindler discusses the resulting tension as an unavoidable consequence of any democracy that distributes institutional rights without knowledge of the future position holders.
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