ZfP Zeitschrift für Politik

Liberal democracies depend on a functioning political public sphere. In recent years, however, alarming developments have become apparent in many societies. These tendencies, with reference to the German public sphere, are critically analyzed in...

In Britain since 1945, as a rule, only one of two parties, the Conservatives or the Labour Party, governed. They won absolute majorities in general elections, often even by a landslide. This pattern of electoral successes sets Britain aside from the...

Based on a few examples of the moralization of politics, the concept of political action is first explained and the most important operative means of politics are presented. Then, in a longer-term view of Western developments, the discovery of the...

At the latest since the refugee crisis of 2015, flight and displacement, migration and immigration have become a challenge for the Western world that still awaits management beyond anything that could be described as crisis management of...

In Germany, political moralism has increased in the most diverse fields of politics. Identity politics is a typical example of this. This political moralism has more disadvantages than advantages. However, those who are skeptical about it should not...

Although the activities of political parties have for some time extended to the level of the European Union, the institutionalisation of forms of party organisation beyond the nation state has remained manageable. It is the national parties and...

The paper gives an outline of techniques of moralizing in present public communication. It argues that nowadays public moralizing has functions that differ completely from those of moral norms in traditional societies. Public moralizing tends to...