ZfP Zeitschrift für Politik

The European integration process is often narrowed down to the European Union (EU). What is forgotten is the both older and in terms of the participating states also larger format of European cooperation in the form of the Strasbourg-based Council...

This article examines the Council of Europe's practices in dealing with non-democratic or hybrid member states that deviate from its fundamental principles of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. It assumes that the changing global order, in...

The new trend towards science communication can be described as the result of the economization of the public sphere since the Enlightenment. The ideas of the Enlightenment were based on circulation, on the publicity of ideas, on a certain idea of...

For a long time, the political meso-level of the regions in European integration was analysed primarily in the context of the EU. However, the Council of Europe was the first to grant institutional participation to sub-state actors, first the...

The Irish party system was regarded as unique. Characteristica of Irish exceptionalism were a party landscape lacking a left-right axis, without social bases, with pragmatic (non-ideological) coalitions and an absolutely unthinkable government...

The article depicts the various lobbying regulations at the federal level in Germany, e.g. the regulations on MPs‘ side jobs, party donations, cooling-off periods for former policymakers, the legislative and executive footprint, and the amended...

In this article we develop the idea of productive lobbying in the Social Market Economy. Lobbying is always productive when it promotes social cohesion and contributes to the pacification of opposing interests. We argue that this perspective expands...

The phenomenon of highly fragmented party systems is becoming increasingly prevalent in Europe, as evidenced by the observed increase in the effective number of parties. The fragmentation of the party system is also increasing in Germany. Against...