Nach jeder Bundestagswahl gibt es zahlreiche Kommentare zur sozialen Zusammensetzung des Bundestags und dazu, wie viele Frauen, junge Menschen usw. unter den Abgeordneten zu finden sind. Doch spielt das überhaupt eine Rolle und wenn ja, warum? In diesem Beitrag erläutert Calixte Bloquet die Bedeutung der deskriptiven Repräsentation und macht deutlich, wie und warum soziale Vielfalt im Parlament politische Entscheidungen verbessern kann.
Unterscheiden sich die Machtpotentiale parlamentarischer Opposition in Demokratien und Autokratien? Entlang dieser Fragestellung hat Danny Schindler die in der Oppositionsforschung selten beleuchteten Staaten Afrikas untersucht.
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.
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.
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