ZfP Zeitschrift für Politik

History laws are not a new phenomenon, but have been known for centuries. To understand the current French debates on the laws associated with the term "loi mémorielle", it is necessary to consider the French legal and political system, but also a...

Taking PEGIDA as an example for right wing populist protest in Germany the analyses focus on the effect of the perceived climate of opinion in the population, among friends/acquaintances and colleagues/neighbors on political communication....

While the election of African heads of state takes centre stage in political research, only scant attention is paid to legislative elections. However, the latter are no negligible sideshow. Even though parliamentary assemblies face considerable...

For some time now, right-wing extremism in (German) security authorities has not only occupied the authorities themselves, but also social science research. However, little attention has been paid to the extremist actors themselves, such as their...

The history of Germany’s coming to terms with the National Socialist past after 1945 unfolded in different phases and at different levels. Initially, the focus was driven by the victorious powers' interest in the origins of the "Third Reich" and...

The stability of democracy depends on political conflicts being resolved peacefully, regulated and solution-oriented. In Germany too, it is increasingly threatened today by illiberal and authoritarian tendencies. The demand-side causes for this lie...

Picking up on relevant findings of the German party research, this article analyses all Austrian state elections since 1945 with regard to the electoral successes of parties that were or are not represented in the federal parliament...

Persons in penal institutions have a »right to a self-determined death«. Yet if access to assisted suicide is not currently practiced in penal institutions – as shown in published court decisions – this is an interference with the fundamental...