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Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft
Journal Prestige (SJR): 0.298

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ISSN (Print) 1865-2646 - ISSN (Online) 1865-2654
Published by Springer-Verlag

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Sebastian Jungkunz. 2022. The Nature and Origins of Political Extremism in
Germany and Beyond
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  PubDate: 2023-11-29
Researching far right extremism—a transdisciplinary, lifeworld, and
political culture perspective
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  Abstract: Abstract Far right extremism, understood as both an ideology of inequality and exclusion that manifests itself in attitudes and behavior as well as a heterogeneous movement, partially with affinity to violence, challenges and even threatens democratic societies. We argue that social science research on far right extremism contributes to strengthen democracy and civil society against this threat. By adopting a transdisciplinary, lifeworld (Lebenswelt) and political culture perspective, social science can contribute to this task and also help to overcome the fragmentation of the research field. In this article, we first provide an overview of current developments in social science research on far right extremism with a focus on Germany. Second, we outline five premises for such a transdisciplinary research perspective on far right extremism. Thus, we argue for adopting both a theoretical perspective built around the lifeword’ concept and methodological pluralism. Third, we propose four interrelated thematic clusters as a taxonomy of transdisciplinary research perspectives on far right extremism: a) Far right ideologies and knowledge constructions; b) Far right actors, organizations, and networks; c) Far right extremist discourses, (digital) media, and strategies in the public sphere; and d) political education, transfer, and implementation research regarding projects against far right extremism. Fourth, we argue that further institutionalization research on far right extremism is indispensable to make research on far right extremism more sustainable, to connect research with societal actors, and to utilize research results to strengthen society’s democratic resilience.
  PubDate: 2023-11-22
AKP’s right-wing authoritarian populism
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  Abstract: Abstract The aim of this study is to draw a conceptual framework for populism and then analyze AKP’s right-wing authoritarian populism in terms of examples of political discourse. Three main conceptualization lines are used to open populism to discussion: Anti-rationalism, anti-elitism, anti-elite and charismatic leader, and anti-pluralist emphasis on homogeneous people. AKP’s right-wing authoritarian populism has a content in line with these core features. While linking AKP populism to the general framework of populism, the themes such as New Turkey and New Osmanism have helped us to deepen the discussion within a holistic framework.
  PubDate: 2023-11-16
Student-led replication studies in comparative politics: new findings by
fresh eyes'
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  Abstract: Abstract This research note presents two replication studies that were conducted during a research-oriented course at Heidelberg University in summer 2022. The first study, initially conducted by Korell, replicates the findings from Albert’s original contribution on rebel governance. Albert conducted an explorative study in analyzing the associations between rebel governance and rebel military capacity. Our replication study indicates support for Albert’s argument of the relevance of disaggregating rebel governance, while we also show that the original findings are mainly driven by Albert’s explorative model specifications. The second study, initially conducted by Reinecke, tests the robustness of Levin et al.’s study on the democratic peacekeeping hypothesis and expands upon the original study by directly testing the “selectorate-theoretic causal mechanism” for the democratic peacekeeping hypothesis. Overall, the replication studies presented in this research note provide interesting findings regarding empirical conflict studies and contribute to ongoing efforts to promote replication initiatives in the education of future political scientists.
  PubDate: 2023-10-20
Karlo Basta. 2021. The Symbolic State. Minority Recognition, Majority
Backlash, and Secession in Multinational Countries.
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  PubDate: 2023-10-19
Die Stichwahl als integrales Element eines Grabenwahlsystems. Ergebnisse
von Simulationen mit Bezug auf die deutschen Bundestagswahlen von 2017 und
2021
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  Abstract: Zusammenfassung Im Rahmen der Arbeit der vom Deutschen Bundestag eingesetzten Wahlrechtskommission wurde von den Parteien CDU und CSU die Einführung eines Grabenwahlsystems vorgeschlagen, bei dem der Wahlkreisgewinner mit absoluter Mehrheit ermittelt werden soll, in der Regel durch eine Stichwahl in einem zweiten Wahlgang. Als Argumente für ein solches System wurde vorgebracht, dass damit die üblichen Effekte des Grabenwahlsystems wie starke Verzerrungen der Proportionalität und mögliche Umkehrungen der Mehrheitsverhältnisse abgemildert werden könnten. Der Artikel untersucht die zu erwartenden Effekten der Einführung eines Grabenwahlsystems mit absoluter Mehrheitsregel mit Stichwahl für den Deutschen Bundestag anhand von Simulationen für die letzten beiden Bundestagswahlen. Entgegen den Vermutungen kommt es bei einer solchen Ausgestaltung des Grabenwahlsystems zu stärkeren Verzerrungen des Proporzes als bei einem Grabenwahlsystem, das mit der relativen Mehrheitsregel in den Wahlkreisen kombiniert ist. Des Weiteren kommt es häufiger auch zu Umkehrungen der Parlamentsmehrheiten. Die bekannten Nachteile des Grabenwahlsystems werden also in keiner Weise abgeschwächt, ganz im Gegenteil verstärken sie sich noch.
  PubDate: 2023-09-28
Downsian closeness hypothesis under investigation: a study on
austrian direct mayoral elections
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  Abstract: Abstract Does the expectation of a close race drive more people to vote' Despite increasingly intensified electoral competition and hardened fronts at all political levels over the last decades, a decline in turnout rates can be observed representing a puzzling development. Though there are anomalies, previous studies show a clear trend towards a positive association between a close race and an increase in turnout. Based on the idea of the “rational choice” theory, the prospect of a close or undecided race increases the subjective weight of the individual vote, which drives more voters to the ballot box. In fact, ‘expected Closeness’ is one of the most frequently tested independent variables in voter turnout research. However, the factor is only measured ex-post in most cases. Such measurements use the results of the actual election to infer the ‘Closeness’ of the race. However, these measurement methods are less valid because they do not measure ‘Closeness’ in the decisive period before the election takes place. We want to contribute a test of the effect by analysing all runoff elections in Austrian direct mayoral elections since 1991 as they allow for ex-ante measurement. The first ballots and the runoffs are temporally close. Thus, the first vote results serve as a direct indicator of the ‘expected Closeness’ in the second round of voting. The electorate changes, if at all, only insignificantly between the ballots. In addition, socio-economic factors influencing voter turnout can be kept constant, increasing the validity of the test. The results of this study underline the positive and independent effect of ‘Closeness’ on the turnout of the election. The closer a mayoral race in Austria is in the first round, the higher is the turnout in the following runoff elections. The study also presents the independent and strong effects of socioeconomic factors on turnout. Our research not only provides a valid test of the effect of ‘expected Closeness’ on voter turnout, it also constitutes pioneering work in complete data collection on all direct mayoral elections in Austria.
  PubDate: 2023-09-27
Carsten Anckar. 2022. Presidents, Monarchs, and Prime Ministers. Executive
Power Sharing in the World
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  PubDate: 2023-09-22
Kollektive politische Identitäten und ihr Beitrag zur Erklärung
staatlicher Performanz in Demokratien
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  Abstract: Zusammenfassung Die sozio-kulturellen Grundlagen einer Gesellschaft spielen eine wichtige Rolle bei der Erklärung von Performanz in demokratischen Ordnungen, wie bereits Alexis de Tocqueville erkannt hat. Allerdings ist dieser Erklärungsansatz bis auf wenige Ausnahmen nicht systematisch weiterentwickelt worden, was insbesondere für den Gegenstand kollektiver politischer Identitäten gilt. Aufbauend auf der theoretischen Prämisse, wonach eine umfassende Verankerung des liberalen Paradigmas in der kollektiven politischen Identität eine Zielorientierung hinsichtlich ökonomischer Performanz und Wohlstand, eine Stärkung republikanisch-gemeinschaftsorientierter Elemente hingegen den Fokus auf sozio-ökonomische Sicherheit und Gleichheit legt, soll zur Schließung dieser Forschungslücke beigetragen werden. Gegenstand der empirischen Analyse ist eine Fuzzy-Set QCA, die überprüft, ob liberale und republikanische politische Identität notwendige oder hinreichende Bedingungen für eine wachsende Wirtschaft beziehungsweise soziale Gleichheit sind. Die beiden politischen Identitäten werden mit Hilfe von World Values Survey und European Values Study für den Zeitraum 2005 bis 2021 gemessen, die Grundlage der Performanzdaten sind die Sustainable Governance Indicators der Bertelsmann-Stiftung für die Jahre 2018 bis 2022. Im Ergebnis zeigt sich, dass liberale politische Identität als Teil einer kombinatorischen Erklärung für ökonomische Performanz gesehen werden kann, der Erklärungsbeitrag republikanischer Identität für die sozialpolitische Performanz ist jedoch weniger eindeutig. Insgesamt ist eine äquifinale Vielfalt der Lösungspfade für Performanz in westlichen Demokratien und kombinierte Erklärungspotenziale beider untersuchten politischen Identitäten zu bilanzieren.
  PubDate: 2023-09-22
Die Männerpartei: distinktiver Organisationstypus nur für
Rechtsaußenparteien'
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  Abstract: Zusammenfassung In der Populismusforschung dient der von Cas Mudde vergleichend herausgearbeitete Begriff der „Männerpartei“ zur Beschreibung rechtspopulistischer Parteien. Daran anknüpfend geht dieser Artikel auf Basis einer quantitativen Befragung aktiver Parteimitglieder im Vorfeld der Bundestagswahl 2017 (N = 7923) der Frage nach, inwiefern dieses Konzept auf die „Alternative für Deutschland“ übertragen werden kann und welche Unterschiede und Gemeinsamkeiten zu den sechs anderen im Deutschen Bundestag vertretenen Parteien bestehen. Während zum Wahlverhalten und zur Programmatik rechtspopulistischer Parteien schon länger internationale Forschungsarbeiten vorliegen, stellt die geschlechtliche Verfasstheit von rechten Parteiorganisationen ein Forschungsdesiderat dar. Die 2013 gegründete AfD ist ein besonders interessanter Forschungsgegenstand, da sie sich vom traditionellen Erscheinungsbild von Rechtsaußenparteien unterscheidet, insbesondere bei ihrer inklusiven innerparteilichen Demokratie sowie ihrer zumeist paritätischen Doppelspitze. Diese Genderanalyse zeigt, dass sich die AfD bei der Mitgliedschaft, den Einstellungen und der Partizipation zumeist von den anderen Parteien unterscheidet. Zwar weisen auch die verglichenen Parteien maskuline Prägungen auf, jedoch in abgeschwächter Intensität. Eine graduelle Differenzierung der AfD von den anderen Parteien erscheint hinsichtlich der Geschlechterdimension daher sinnvoller als eine distinktive. Ausgehend von den empirischen Befunden wird vorgeschlagen, die unpräzise Klassifikation der „Männerpartei“ durch eine mehrdimensionale Typologie zu ersetzen, die relationale Aussagen zur Genderdimension von Parteiorganisationen und deren Anti-Feminismus treffen kann. Diese parteienvergleichende Analyse möchte sowohl zur politikbezogenen Genderforschung als auch zur Parteienforschung, die populistische Parteiorganisationen fokussiert, beitragen.
  PubDate: 2023-08-07
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00571-x
Reporting of conflict fatalities in the UCDP Georeferenced Event Dataset:
insights from Kosovo
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  Abstract: Abstract Many studies rest on the assumption that Uppsala Conflict Data Program data allow for an unbiased approximation to the temporal and spatial variation of deadly violence across cases. This research note compares fatality data in the program’s Georeferenced Event Dataset with the name-by-name compilation of victims in the Kosovo Memory Book for the period 1 January 1998–30 June 1999. The extent of underreporting of fatalities in the Georeferenced Event Dataset increases with conflict intensity. Events outside Kosovo and events with many fatalities are disproportionally covered. The Georeferenced Event Dataset is more likely to ignore an event when many other events occur on the same day. Surprisingly, international observer missions do not make an event more likely to be reported. Despite the mentioned problems, the dataset’s high estimates of conflict deaths mirror the temporal and spatial variation of violence fairly well. Some of the inconsistencies and biases identified in the selected case plausibly also occur in other conflicts. Events that span several months or lack specific location data impede analysis and are more prominent in the dataset’s entries for Kosovo than in the entire Georeferenced Event Dataset.
  PubDate: 2023-07-18
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00573-9
„Demokratie – flexibel, streitbar oder gefährdet'“
Jubiläumstagung des AK Demokratieforschung der DVPW am 30. und
31. März 2023
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  PubDate: 2023-07-07
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00572-w
Existential anxieties and right-wing populism in Europe—why people
unconcerned by globalisation vote against it
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  Abstract: Abstract In recent years several contributions have made the argument that right-wing populist voting is interrelated with individuals being negatively affected by globalisation. While there is certainly merit to this argument, it cannot explain why voters unconcerned by globalisation vote for right-wing populist parties. In this article we answer this question and argue that ontological insecurity or, the way we frame it, existential anxieties are a previously overlooked determinant of right-wing populist voting, as these anxieties make people vulnerable to right-wing populist crises narratives even when they are not affected by the crises. Using European Social Survey data for 12 Western European countries between 2004 and 2018, we construct a novel index that measures existential anxieties on the individual level. Our index shows (1) that existential anxieties increase the likelihood of right-wing populist voting and (2) that the fear fuelling narratives of these parties especially mobilise individuals with moderate globalisation attitudes.
  PubDate: 2023-06-12
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00569-5
The analysis of partisan differences in advanced democracies. The
“independent variable problem” reconsidered
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  Abstract: Abstract The paper challenges the idea that using governing parties’ policy positions is necessarily desirable in quantitative analyses of partisan differences in public policies. Rather, for some research questions parties’ affiliation with certain party families is the preferable solution. The paper shows that the use of policy positions instead of party family affiliation shifts the research question from asking whether parties make a difference in public policy to the question whether parties in government do what they promise. This shift can have considerable analytical costs and can potentially blindfold scholars for certain dynamics. Moreover, the use of party family affiliation has less drawbacks than is often claimed even under multidimensional party competition if the simple distinction between left, center and right parties is abandoned and more fine-grained data for various party families are used.
  PubDate: 2023-06-04
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00568-6
Democratic patterns and party systems in the Western Balkans
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  Abstract: Abstract The article explores the role of political parties in hybrid regimes in the Western Balkans. The Western Balkans have been marked by considerable variations in democracy ratings over the past decades, altogether informed by the number of government turnovers and degree of political consolidation since the 1990s. Yet all countries in the region feature deeply entrenched political parties, that draw on either their socialist legacies, anti-communist profile, or the representation of a particular demographic, as well as their control over state institutions. Rather than differentiating between democratic and authoritarian systems in the region, the article stresses their commonalities. It understands parties and their extended networks as the central gatekeepers that mediate citizens’ access to economic and societal resources, effectively reversing the accountability between parties and voters. The article categorises party systems along two axes, based on the criteria of competitiveness and consolidation. Instead of adhering to the common dichotomy of authoritarian versus democratic systems, it suggests to understand plural and dominant systems as different manifestations of the same principle. It concludes that the main difference between plural and dominant systems lies in the fact whether power is monopolised or dispersed.
  PubDate: 2023-05-30
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00564-w
Anke Hassel und Bruno Palier. 2021. Growth and Welfare in Advanced
Capitalist Economies. How have growth regimes evolved'
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  PubDate: 2023-03-21
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00566-8
Oliver Schlenkrich. 2021. Origin and performance of democracy profiles
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  PubDate: 2023-03-20
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00565-9
Jean Blondel: his professional legacy
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  PubDate: 2023-03-10
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00563-x
How procedural and economic performance shape political trust: Affective
and cognitive foundations of the performance-trust nexus
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  Abstract: Abstract In which ways and under what conditions do the procedural and economic performance of political systems matter for citizens’ political trust' While this question has been a recurring theme in research on political support, we still lack a clear understanding of the conditional nature of the performance-trust nexus. In this study, we focus on the affective and cognitive foundations of the performance-trust nexus, arguing that the impact of objective procedural and economic performance on political trust is conditioned by citizens’ political allegiances (i.e., status as electoral winner or loser) and political sophistication (i.e., political knowledge and political interest). Our empirical analysis using comparative survey data from two European high-quality surveys (European Election Study 2014 and European Social Survey 2002–2018) shows that procedural and economic performance feature particularly prominently in the trust calculus of politically more knowledgeable and interested citizens as well as electoral losers, while being less relevant for the political trust of less sophisticated citizens and electoral winners. Moreover, the analysis provides evidence that cognitive orientations are overall more important than affective ones in moderating the performance-trust nexus. These findings offer important implications concerning the nature and meaning of feelings of disenchantment and distrust in contemporary democracies.
  PubDate: 2023-03-01
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-023-00570-y
Erratum to: Advisory boards for migrants and democratic regression.
Actors, conflicts and representation in comparative perspective
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  PubDate: 2022-12-01
  DOI: 10.1007/s12286-022-00529-5