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Mythos direkte Demokratie
Die Debatte um direkte Demokratie in Deutschland wird von einem Mythos beherrscht. Besonders Rechtspopulisten und Bürgerproteste propagieren das Bild einer elitenfreien, sachlichen und demokratischeren Politik durch Volksrechte. Tatsächlich aber ist direkte Demokratie eng mit Interessengruppen und Parteien verbunden und auch die Schweiz taugt nicht als Vorbild. Das Buch zeigt wie direkte Demokratie jenseits des Mythos funktioniert. Passgenau konstruierte Referenden könnten Reformfreudigkeit, Transparenz, Verantwortlichkeit, Politisierung und Legitimation der repräsentativen Politik erhöhen – wenn direkte Demokratie, dann richtig.
Understanding the Transformation of Germany’s CDU
This book analyses the Christian Democratic Union of Germany (CDU), one of Europe’s most successful and influential political parties. The CDU might have been expected to struggle in the circumstances of a more diverse, secular reunified Germany, yet it has prospered to an extent almost unparalleled in western Europe. Chapters consider the CDU’s policies (the factors driving them, their variation across Germany, the relationship to women, and the welfare state), its organisational development and change, and its position within the party system. Contributors particularly emphasise the diversity of the CDU, and the way it varies across Germany’s regions. The CDU is compared to other Christian Democratic parties, and special consideration is given to the CDU’s Bavarian sister party, the Christian Social Union (CSU). This book was published as a special issue of German Politics.
Configurations, Dynamics and Mechanisms of Multilevel Governance
This edited volume provides a comprehensive overview of the diverse and multi-faceted research on governance in multilevel systems. The book features a collection of cutting-edge trans-Atlantic contributions, covering topics such as federalism, decentralization as well as various forms and processes of regionalization and Europeanization. While the field of multilevel governance is comparatively young, research in the subject has also come of age as considerable theoretical, conceptual and empirical advances have been achieved since the first influential works were published in the early noughties. The present volume aims to gauge the state-of-the-art in the different research areas as it brings together a selection of original contributions that are united by a variety of configurations, dynamics and mechanisms related to governing in multilevel systems.
Immigration Policy and Crisis in the Regional Context
This book compares the immigration policies of EU states and Asian countries—Germany, Poland, Estonia, Taiwan, China, South Korea, Japan, Vietnam,- and Thailand—analyses the policy strengths and weaknesses of various political actors in the regions and explores what can be learned from the experiences of different states. In the recent decades, immigration policy has become a hot topic due to globalization. EU has faced challenges in immigration since the refugee crisis in 2015 when over a million migrants and refugees crossed into Europe. In Asia, immigration issue has become more complicated as the economic ties among Asian countries have grown significantly in recent years. With contributions by professors, experts and scholars from various countries across Europe and Asia, the book provides both in-depth analyses and broad perspectives on the topic, making it a valuable read for academics and policymakers alike.
Constitutional Policy in Multilevel Government
This volume compares processes of constitutional reform in federal and regionalized states.
Changing Federal Constitutions
This book analyses constitutional change in federal and decentralizing countries from a comparative perspective. The authors identify structures, processes and strategies which have proven to favour successful constitutional amendment. Thereby, the book enables public officials, scholars, and students to learn from the constitutional reform experiences of other federal democracies and from practical suggestions how future reforms could be designed. From the Contents: The Relevance of Constitutional Change Constitutional Reform in “Co-operative” Federalism Constitutional Reform in Federal Systems with Divided Societies Devolution and Regionalisation in Federalising States Processes of Ratification Evolution after a Constitutional Reform Conclusion
Democratic Dilemma
The process used to select judges of the Supreme Court of Canada has provoked criticism from the start. Some observers argue the process - where the prime minister has unfettered discretion - suffers from a democratic deficit, but there is also disagreement regarding alternative methods of selection. The Democratic Dilemma: Reforming Canada's Supreme Court explores the institutional features of the Court, whether the existing process used to select judges ought to be reformed, the overall legitimacy of the Court, as well as the selection and appointment processes of Supreme Court justices in other liberal democracies. This book will be of special interest to students and scholars of Canadian...
Abkehr von den Parteien?
„Wutbürger“ wurde von der Gesellschaft für deutsche Sprache zum „Wort des Jahres 2010“ gewählt. Offenkundig gibt es in Deutschland ungewohnten und scheinbar parteiübergreifenden Bürgerprotest. Dieser Band betrachtet das Thema „Parteien in der Gesellschaft“ und deren Rolle im Zuge der Protestbewegungen umfassend und deshalb auch aus verschiedenen wissenschaftlichen Perspektiven. Dazu gehören eine kritische Bestandsaufnahme und Diagnose des gegenwärtigen Zustands der Parteiendemokratie, die Suche nach Ursachen für die aktuelle Situation mit ihren Wirkungen auf Parteien bis hin zu Parteienverdrossenheit. Nicht zuletzt wird auch der Blick auf alternative oder partizipationsakzentuierte Formen der Organisation von Parteien, aber auch von Staatlichkeit geworfen.
Partizipation für alle und alles?
Basierend auf einer Darstellung herausfordernder Projekte, diskutiert der Band Grenzen der politischen Partizipation in Deutschland und identifiziert Erfolgsfaktoren. Zunächst rücken ausgewählte Projekte in das Blickfeld, bei denen Bemühungen um mehr Partizipation nicht immer zum gewünschten Ergebnis führten. Grenzen der Beteiligung im politischen System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland werden systematisch analysiert. Vor diesem Hintergrund arbeiten mehrere Beiträge schließlich Erfolgsfaktoren für Partizipation heraus. So entsteht ein fundiertes Bild von Beteiligung als kommunikatives Verfahren der Integration und kollektiven Entscheidungsfindung aus Sicht von Wissenschaft und Praxis.
