A5080438103- Public Administration and Political Analysis
- Political Systems and Governance
- Law and Political Science
- Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
- European Union Policy and Governance
- Electoral Systems and Political Participation
- Social Policy and Reform Studies
- Political Conflict and Governance
- Judicial and Constitutional Studies
- Eastern European Communism and Reforms
- Russia and Soviet political economy
- Local Government Finance and Decentralization
- Post-Soviet Geopolitical Dynamics
- Environmental and Social Impact Assessments
- German legal, social, and political studies
- Crime, Illicit Activities, and Governance
- Nonprofit Sector and Volunteering
- Public Policy and Administration Research
- European and International Law Studies
- Taxation and Legal Issues
- Mining and Resource Management
- Pregnancy and Medication Impact
- Economic Sanctions and International Relations
- Sports Science and Education
- European Politics and Security
University of Utah
2024-2025
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Liège
2024
University of Liège
2024
Freie Universität Berlin
1989-2023
Stiftung Wissenschaft und Politik, German Institute for International and Security Affairs
2022
University of Fribourg
2022
University of Konstanz
2018
Berlin Heart (Germany)
2018
Helios Dr. Horst Schmidt Kliniken Wiesbaden
2012
German University of Administrative Sciences
2010
The 2005–09 Grand Coalition under Chancellor Angela Merkel was generally seen as an exceptional response to a difficult verdict of the voters in 2005 elections. It also chance overcome legislative gridlock characteristic much Kohl and Schröder chancellorships. This article demonstrates that grand coalition politics based on relatively inclusive bargaining processes runs deeper German federal republic than is sometimes acknowledged. Since unification 1990, federal–state coalitions across...
This article explains the zigzag of stepwise federalism reform in Germany by accessing theoretical concept institutional incongruity. It is argued that existing imbalance between competencies, policy problems and fiscal resources was further exacerbated as actors adopted inconsistent 'layers' during sequential reform. Two case studies on higher education unemployment reveal finally reverted to joint decision-making revived ideas solidarity order remedy results, although 'disentanglement'...
The introductory article to this Special Issue offers an analytical framework for investigating federal reforms. By looking through the lens of institutional theory, it provides avenue grasping basic mechanisms which are at work in reform processes. It is argued that German case comprises three distinct steps stretching out over more than one decade represents especially suitable example understanding general logics reform. As a "prototype" sequential, asynchronous reforms, allows generating...
Abstract As a contribution to the 'de-parliamentarisation' debate, this article discusses Europeanisation of Bundestag by focusing on parliamentary party groups and their policy experts. In German 'working parliament', these units are focal points for coordinating policymaking. By adding explanatory power 'belief systems' and, more generally, 'heuristics' theories new institutionalism, study reveals that although institutionalism frameworks have served as rather good guidelines explaining...
This article examines how governance networks and “vertical”, that is, hierarchical or coercive, modes of are related to each other under the circumstances increasing authoritarianism in Russia. The empirical data from nine in-depth case studies focusing on negotiations between administrations, non-governmental organisations, companies, experts during environmental impact assessments were collected Russian regions Krasnodar Irkutsk. confirm regional federal authorities resort control...
Abstract Federal systems create complex institutional settings that foster and encourage cooperation while also enabling self-serving even opportunistic political behavior. Focusing on parliamentary discourses, we argue parties can navigate these conflicting incentives skillfully, employing a set of five distinct discursive strategies integrate both the need for possibility self-interest. Leveraging qualitative content analysis 212 German debates 4,524 manually coded statements, demonstrate...
Der Beitrag widmet sich den Argumentationsstrategien in der Debatte über das föderale Krisenmanagement Covid-19-Pandemie. Im Mittelpunkt steht die Frage, inwiefern landespolitischen Akteure bundesstaatliche Ordnung als Gelegenheitsstruktur dieser für opportunistische nutzen oder im Sinne des bundesfreundlichen Verhaltens auf kooperative, solidarische Normen rekurrieren. Für empirische Analyse wurden Landtagsdebatten 202 Regierungserklärungen und Unterrichtungen Landesregierungen zwischen...