ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen

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ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen

Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen

Editors:: Deutsche Vereinigung für Parlamentsfragen Chefredaktion: Prof. Dr. Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg Mitglieder der Redaktion: Prof. Dr. Jörg-Detlef Kühne, Leibniz Universität Hannover; Prof. Dr. Werner J. Patzelt, Technische Universität Dresden; Thomas Hadamek, Ministerialrat, Verwaltung des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin; Prof. Dr. Sven T. Siefken, Hochschule des Bundes für öffentliche Verwaltung. Beauftragter des Vorstands der DVParl: Prof. Dr. Heinrich Oberreuter, Universität Passau. Gründer der Zeitschrift: Winfried Steffani† und Uwe Thaysen †
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Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen contains articles on political issues dealing with representation and legitimation of the political system. The articles provide a broad overview of the functioning of national and regional parliaments as well as a forum for comparative analysis of international parliaments. One stress is on the parliamentary development of different countries. Indices are provided in every issue which makes the ZParl an outstanding reference book for institutional and comparative political studies.

For further information on the editos, author guidelines, or the review process of ZParl please go to www.zparl.nomos.de.

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ISSN-Print: 0340-1758
ISSN-Online: 1862-2534
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Language: Deutsch
Product Type: Journal

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Volume 57 (2026), Issue 2

Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen contains articles on political issues dealing with representation and legitimation of the political system. The articles provide a broad overview of the functioning of national and regional parliaments as well as...

Nomos Verlagsgesellschaft mbH & Co. KG, Baden-Baden 2026

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Between March 2023 and May 2024, 17 so-called Constituency Days were held as part of the project Hallo Bundestag. In this format, 20 to 35 constituents selected through outreach random selection from the civil registers of a constituency discuss a...

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Voter turnout in local elections in Germany’s territorial states has declined significantly since the 1980s. Research mainly attributes this downward trend to the general decrease in political participation and to the horizontal and vertical...

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The 2025 local elections in North Rhine-Westphalia signal a structural transformation of the municipal party system. The CDU and SPD recorded their historically weakest results, while the AfD achieved substantial gains and became institutionally...

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What do parliamentary group leaders expect of themselves, what factors influence political leadership, and what tools are used to ensure party discipline? This pilot study explores these questions on the basis of eight structured interviews with...

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Can strategically motivated redistricting help large U.S. states counteract the historically recurring seat losses of the president’s party in the midterm elections? Using Texas and California – together accounting for over 20 percent of the...

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Beginning in the middle of the 2010s in Germany a couple of legal norms were adopted concerning the regulation of lobbying that on the whole can be assessed as a paradigmatic change. The reforms had been made possible by a convergence between the...

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ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen

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Parlamentsautonomie und Resilienzprobleme im Übergang zwischen zwei Wahlperioden

Repräsentationsbeziehungen im Fokus: Wahlkreistage zur Stärkung der repräsentativen Demokratie

Die Beteiligung an den Kommunalwahlen in den deutschen Flächenländern zwischen 1949 und 2025. Trends, Determinanten und (Fehl-)Diagnosen

Die Kommunalwahl in Nordrhein-Westfalen im September 2025: Geschwächte Volksparteien, wachsende Polarisierung, schwierige Mehrheiten

Zwischen „Streitschlichter, Vermittler und Initiator“ – Politische Führung von sozialdemokratischen Fraktionsvorsitzenden in Landtags- und Stadtratsfraktionen

Die US-Midterms 2026: Mit Gerrymandering zur Mehrheit? Eine Fallstudie zu Texas und Kalifornien

Parteimitgliedschaften im Jahre 2025

Grenzen der Transparenz? Politische Kontroversen bei der Reform des Lobbyregistergesetzes