The 2017 elections across Europe: facts, expectations and consequences. European democracy: baptism by vote or by fire? EPC Discussion Paper, 14 March 2017 [PDF]
, 2017 In the upcoming weeks and months national elections will be held in four founding member states of the EU: the Netherlands, France, Germany and Italy. With radical, anti-establishment forces on the (far) left or (far) right side of the political spectrum
Emmanouilidis, Janis A. +5 more
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Six things to know about the German election [PDF]
, 2017 Ahead of Germany's federal election on 24 September, Manès Weisskircher highlights six things to know as voters go to the polls. While many observers are expecting a clear victory for Angela Merkel's CDU/CSU, the performance of smaller parties will also ...
Weisskircher, Manès
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Die Deutsche Verwaltungselite der Regierungen Brandt bis Merkel II. Herkunft, Zusammensetzung und Politisierung der Führungskräfte in den Bundesministerien [PDF]
, 2018 Dieser Beitrag präsentiert die Befunde der Elitestudie Politisch-Administrative Elite 2013 (PAE 2013) über Zusammensetzung und Politisierung der bundesdeutschen Verwaltungseliten.
Ebinger, Falk +3 more
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The PDS tests the West: the party of Democratic Socialism's campaign to become a Pan-German socialist party [PDF]
, 2004 Since German reunification the post-communist Party of Democratic Socialism (PDS) has been widely regarded as the articulator of eastern German interests within the political system of the Federal Republic.
McKay, J
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Economic Freedom and Government Ideology Across the German States [PDF]
This paper examines whether government ideology influenced economic freedom across the German states. The results show that in former West Germany rightwing governments promoted economic freedom, whereas leftwing governments confined it.
Niklas Potrafke
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Will to Power? Intra-party Conflict in Social Democratic Parties and the Choice for Neoliberal Policies in Germany, the Netherlands and Spain (1980-2010) [PDF]
, 2012 Why do social democrats choose neoliberal labor market policies? Since social democrats are typically punished for welfare state retrenchment and because these policies do not equate well with social democratic egalitarian principles, it is difficult to ...
Marx, Paul, Schumacher, Gijs
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Is German Domestic Social Policy Politically Controversial? [PDF]
This paper investigates empirically the influence of government ideology on social policy using German data. Examining the funding and the benefits of social security and public healthcare policy, my results suggest that policies implemented by ...
Niklas Potrafke
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Maintaining partisan ties : preference divergence and partisan collaboration in Western Europe [PDF]
, 2016 Parties coordinate on a range of activities. They invite leaders from other parties to their national meetings, run joint electoral platforms and even form parliamentary factions and coalition governments.
Greene, Zachary, Haber, Matthias
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Political Cycles in Active Labor Market Policies [PDF]
This paper examines how electoral motives and government ideology influence active labor market policies (ALMP). We present a model that explains how politicians strategically use ALMP to generate political cycles in unemployment and the budget deficit ...
Mechtel, Mario, Potrafke, Niklas
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Political alignment and project funding. [PDF]
Int Tax Public Financ, 2022 Schneider L, Wech D, Wrede M.
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