PVS Politische Vierteljahresschrift

Political parties provide an attitudinal linkage between citizen and the state, but in Germany, partisan ties are weakening. We know little about what this decline implies for citizens’ attitudes towards the party system and democracy more...

Since the global financial crisis, there has been a shift in the governance of market liquidity. While private actors are playing an increasing role in liquidity generation, state institutions are becoming more and more important with respect to...

The “in-or-out” referendum on Britain’s EU membership on 23 June 2016 has returned a narrow majority for “Brexit”. This result brings to the fore deep divisions within British society and has aggravated the current crisis of European...