Professorship for Political System of the Federal Republic of Germany and the EU

Organisational unit: Professoship

Organisation profile

This research area focuses on the political institutions (polity) and processes (politics) of the Federal Republic of Germany in the context of both the EU and other European democracies. Special attention is paid to parties, parliaments and democracy. Is Germany on the way to polarized pluralism or is it rather characterized by technocratic structures? This overarching guiding question can ultimately only be answered over time and thus in a historically informed manner.

  1. 2025
  2. Published

    Der Brand hinter der Brandmauer: Zur politischen Epistemologie der Trampeltiergesellschaft

    Koss, M., 02.2025, In: Zeitschrift fur Religions- und Geistesgeschichte. 77, 1, p. 27-44 18 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  3. Published

    ‘Void’ democrats? The populist notion of ‘democracy’ in action

    Schwörer, J. & Koß, M., 01.2025, In: Party Politics. 31, 1, p. 72-85 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  4. Published

    Challengers or the Establishment? How Populists Talk About Populists

    Schwörer, J., Fernández-García, B. & Caiani, M., 2025, In: German Politics. 34, 1, p. 52-76 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  5. 2024
  6. Published
  7. Published

    Lübbe-Wolff, Gertrude (2023): Demophobie. Muss man die direkte Demokratie fürchten?

    Koß, M., 09.2024, In: Politische Vierteljahresschrift. 65, 3, p. 609-611 3 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsCritical reviewsResearch

  8. Published

    Climate Sceptics or Climate Nationalists? Understanding and Explaining Populist Radical Right Parties’ Positions towards Climate Change (1990–2022)

    Schwörer, J. & Fernández-García, B., 08.2024, In: Political Studies. 72, 3, p. 1178-1202 25 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  9. Published

    Addressing the financing needs of the European Union through three C’s: Reforming Cohesion and CAP funds and communicate European funding efforts to stakeholders and citizens

    Breuer, J., 05.2024, TEPSA - Transeuropean policy studies assiciation, p. 1-2, 2 p. (European Council Experts' Debrief; vol. 2024/The Future of EU Financing, no. 11).

    Research output: Working paperWorking papers

  10. Published

    Constructing the European Union's Budget: Origins, Continuities, and Consequences

    Breuer, J., 23.02.2024, Florence, Italy : European University Institute.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsResearch

  11. Published

    Mainstream parties and global warming: What determines parties’ engagement in climate protection?

    Schwörer, J., 02.2024, In: European Journal of Political Research. 63, 1, p. 303-325 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  12. E-pub ahead of print

    When (and how) ideas become arguments: the regulation of party donations in Germany

    Koß, M., 31.01.2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica. 2024, 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  13. Published

    Delegitimation durch Verfahren: Warum ein AfD-Verbotsverfahren kontraproduktiv wäre

    Koß, M., 2024, In: MIP Zeitschrift für Parteienwissenschaften . 30, 2, p. 140–145 6 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearch

  14. Published

    Der lange Schatten fauler Kompromisse. Das Beispiel des Kongresses der USA

    Koß, M., 2024, Kompromiss: Kultur und Praxis eines parlamentarischen Entscheidungsverfahrens im Europa des 19. und frühen 20. Jahrhunderts. Pyta, W. (ed.). 1 ed. Düsseldorf: Droste Grupello, p. 79-100 22 p. (Beiträge zur Geschichte des Parlamentarismus und der politischen Parteien; vol. 191)(Reihe Parlamente in Europa; vol. 11).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksArticle in conference proceedingsResearch

  15. 2023
  16. Published

    Parlamentarische Minderheitenrechte in Zeiten der Polarisierung

    Koß, M., 01.06.2023, Mehrheit/Minderheit: Über ein notwendiges Strukturmerkmal des demokratischen Verfassungsstaats. Krüper, J. & Pilniok, A. (eds.). Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck GmbH and Co. KG, p. 73-95 23 p. (Beiträge zum Organisationsverfassungsrecht ; vol. 14).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksContributions to collected editions/anthologiesResearchpeer-review

  17. Published

    In the name of God and Christianity: mapping parties’ and candidates’ religious communication in Latin America

    Schwörer, J. & Fernández-García, B., 06.2023, In: Religion, State and Society. 51, 2, p. 131-152 22 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  18. Published

    Unfall in Zeitlupe: Warum das BVerfG die etablierten Parteien zum Jagen tragen muss

    Koß, M. & Schwörer, J., 23.02.2023, 6 p. Berlin : Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsTransfer

  19. Published

    Legislative Democracy in the Bundestag After Reunification

    Koß, M., 01.2023, In: German Politics. 32, 1, p. 107-126 20 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  20. Published

    The rise and fall of GMOs in politics: party positions and mainstream party behaviour in Western Europe

    Schwörer, J., Vidal, X. R. & Vallejo, S. M., 2023, In: Environmental Sociology. 9, 1, p. 93-106 14 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  21. 2022
  22. Published

    Rechtspopulistische Parteien und diskursive Möglichkeiten während Covid-19. Populistische Schuldzuweisungen in Zeiten der Krise

    Schwörer, J. & Fernández-García, B., 11.2022, In: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 16, 3, p. 545-570 26 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  23. Published

    Fehler und Versuch. Parteispenden und ihre Regulierung

    Koß, M., 15.07.2022, Handbuch Lobbyismus . Polk, A. & Mause, K. (eds.). 1 ed. Wiesbaden: Springer, p. 283-306 24 p. (Springer reference).

    Research output: Contributions to collected editions/worksChapter

  24. Published

    Less Populist in Power Online Communication of Populist Parties in Coalition Governments

    Schwörer, J., 10.07.2022, In: Government and Opposition. 57, 3, p. 467-489 23 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  25. Published

    Wenig Lärm um nichts

    Koß, M., 27.05.2022, 7 p. Berlin : Max Steinbeis Verfassungsblog gGmbH.

    Research output: other publicationsArticles in scientific forums or blogsTransfer

  26. 2021
  27. Published

    Don't call me a populist! The meaning of populism for western European parties and politicians

    Schwörer, J., 01.08.2021, In: Electoral Studies. 72, 102358.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review

  28. Published

    Demokratie ohne Mehrheit? Die Volksparteien von gestern und der Parlamentarismus von morgen

    Koß, M., 18.03.2021, München: dtv Verlagsgesellschaft mbH. 270 p.

    Research output: Books and anthologiesMonographsTransfer

  29. 2020
  30. Published

    Politicized Transnationalism: The Visegrád Countries in the Refugee Crisis

    Koß, M. & Séville, A., 13.02.2020, In: Politics and Governance. 8, 1, p. 95-106 12 p.

    Research output: Journal contributionsJournal articlesResearchpeer-review