The German Länder An Introduction /

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Reutter, Werner (Author)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Summary:X, 107 p. 6 illus.
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Language:English
Published: Wiesbaden : Springer Fachmedien Wiesbaden : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-33681-3
Format: Electronic Book
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.