Die formale Dimension der Kandidatenaufstellung: Satzungen im Parteien- und Zeitvergleich

Party statutes stipulate their internal rules . Among other things they address how candidates are selected, who is allowed to nominate candidates, who is eligible to stand as a candidate and which voting procedures apply . For the 2017 Bundestag election, we studied the CDU, CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Di...

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Published in:Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 2020-01, Vol.51 (1), p.3-25
Main Authors: Hellmann, Daniel, Höhne, Benjamin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Candidates
Elections
Nominations
Participation
Statutes
Voting
Voting rules
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Summary:Party statutes stipulate their internal rules . Among other things they address how candidates are selected, who is allowed to nominate candidates, who is eligible to stand as a candidate and which voting procedures apply . For the 2017 Bundestag election, we studied the CDU, CSU, SPD, Bündnis 90/Die Grünen, Die Linke, FDP and AfD statues . As a consequence of Germany’s comparatively rigid legal frame for candidate selection all parties show several similarities but we were also able to identify a few differences . These differences indicate deviations in participation culture, e .g . how many members are allowed to nominate candidates, with smaller parties generally being more inclusive than bigger parties . AfD has the lowest grade of formal rules, which is owed to its relative short existence and therefore no need to institutionalize more formal rules . We also compared the aforementioned statues to the 2002 Bundestag election in a longitudinal analysis and concluded remarkable continuity and with only little change .
ISSN:0340-1758
1862-2534
DOI:10.5771/0340-1758-2020-1-3