englischCan established parties influence the electoral success of new parties? To answer this research question, the author examined the relationships of 168 new parties in 18 highly developed democracies with their established competitors based on their respective election programmes and election [...]

Wie kann Rechtsstaatlichkeit durch Entwicklungszusammenarbeit erfolgreich gefördert werden? Die Arbeit bettet diese Frage in ein Denken über gesamtgesellschaftliche Entwicklungsprozesse von Staaten ein und zeigt, wie komplex und voraussetzungsvoll externe Rechtsstaatsförderung tatsächlich ist. [...]

englischIs democratic society at an end? The belief in the possibility of collective self-governance is in decline today in the face of populist and regressive policies. In response to this crisis, it is necessary to rethink democracy. To this end, this study develops a system of democratic [...]

englischPositive and less positive experiences with the media, encounters with politicians and life as a researcher and university professor are the focus of the memoirs of the renowned political scientist Jürgen W. Falter. He analyses the ambivalent role of political experts in the media and the [...]

englischAfghanistan has been the focus of international interests since 1979, but its long party political tradition has received little attention. This book provides an overview of Afghanistan's political parties from 1964 to 2021, which struggled for political power against a backdrop of foreign [...]

englischIn the early modern period, security was perceived much more broadly than it is today. Security was closely linked to social order and stability. The heteronormative gender order played a central role in this and was es-sentially legitimized by the hierarchy and division of labor in the [...]

englischThe politician, intellectual and entrepreneur Walther Rathenau (1867–1922) is one of the most important German-Jewish personalities of the 19th and early 20th centuries. In the ‘Age of Extremes’, he saw himself as a spokesman for modernity. He distinguished himself as a critic of the [...]