PVS Politische Vierteljahresschrift

Since its formation, the Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) has been subject to a lively debate. While it has been characterized as ‘Eurosceptical’ in public, the party is more and more accused of promoting conservative and right-wing positions...

The article concentrates on the link between democracy and sustainability. Focusing at modern representative democracies and capitalist economies with their multiple principles of social and ecological externalization, there is the need to find ways...

A comprehensive typology of basic executive formats is presented and linked to a discussion of tradeoffs in the design of executive-legislative relations. The focus is on the tradeoffs between three goals: (1) programmatic parties, (2) identifiable...

This article examines the influence of the types of procedure on the degree of politicization of European constitutional courts. Based on an analysis of the German, Bulgarian and Portuguese cases, we show that the lower the legal requirements on the...

This article undertakes a Franco-German comparison of the function national European Discourses can take on in the construction of European identity. After a presentation of the state of the art of research in the field and the research design,...

Is there a trade-off between methodological rigour and substantive relevance in political science? If yes, is this related to the use of quantitative or qualitative methods? Focusing on four arguments raised by Mead (2010), the article discusses...

This paper argues that the introduction of mass conscription, changes in military technology and progressing industrialization in the late 19th century have generated a growing interest of the military in issues related to social policy and...