The German Länder : an introduction / Werner Reutter.
The textbook looks at the German federal state from the perspective of the Länder. It provides information on the development of the German Länder, analyzes their significance for democracy, the federal state and the rule of law, and introduces the central principles of politics in the Länder. It of...
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Wiesbaden :
Springer,
[2021]
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| Online Access: | Springer Humanities and Social Science eBook Collection 2021 English/International |
Table of Contents:
- Introduction: the German states between diversity and unity
- The states: how they became what they are
- The federal government and the states: constitutional foundations and political science explanations
- Representative and direct democracy in the states: Complement or contradiction?
- Parties and party systems in the Länder
- Parliaments, governments and constitutional courts: division of powers in the Länder
- The Länder in the Federation and in Europe
- The Länder and democracy in the German federal state.