Parité-Gesetze, Vorwahlen, Volksgesetzgebung und Bürgerräte – es werden gegenwärtig verschiedene Wege zur Ergänzung der repräsentativen Demokratie empfohlen. In einem Beitrag für die Zeitschrift Gesellschaft-Wirtschaft-Politik stellen Sven T. Siefken und Alexander Kühne die Grundgedanken parlamentarischer Repräsentation vor, diskutieren verbreitete Missverständnisse und gehen auf Reformansätze ein. Sie finden den Beitrag hier
Routledge are publishing a collection “Parliamentary Committees in the Policy Process” edited by Sven T. Siefken and Hilmar Rommetvedt. The book sheds new light on the often shadowy but essential role of committees which exist in modern parliaments around the globe. It questions the conventional notion that the ‘real’ work of parliament happens in committees….
How do crises and parliaments relate? In a new article, published in the Taiwan Journal of Democracy, Sven T. Siefken discusses the concepts and relevant research perspectives: how do parliaments act in crises? How are crises dealt with in parliaments? And is there a danger of resulting crises of parliaments? The complete article is available…
Coalition negotiations play a key role in government formation, but they have not been analyzed much in detail. In Germany, the past decades have seen an ongoing differentiation of their organization, leading to a complex multi-level negotiation structure with a policy-oriented division of labor. Studying the working group on health policy in the coalition negotiations…
Based on data compiled for the Global Parliamentary Report, Maya Kornberg and Sven T. Siefken study the role of committee hearings for public engagement by parliaments. They discuss how hearings have evolved and which mechanisms are in use and how new approaches change the practices, for example through digital hearings or field hearings. The article…
The editorial board of the textbook series „Elemente der Politik“, published by Springer VS, met in Bielefeld to discuss future books. You can find more about the series here https://www.springer.com/series/12234 and the editors always look forward to receive suggestions of topics for new editions.
Parliaments fullfill a key function in political system of linking society and the political system. The new article by Cristina Leston-Bandeira and Sven T. Siefken explores changes and continuity in how parliaments fulfill engagement, which actors are doing it and what it entails. The article is available open access: Cristina Leston-Bandeira/ Sven T. Siefken (2023):…