The line-up of candidates for the German Bundestag
Empirical findings on the quality of personnel in parliamentary democracy
Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer, Pia Berkhoff, Malte Cordes, Oscar W. Gabriel, Daniel Hellmann, Benjamin Höhne, Oliver Kannenberg, Sophie Kopsch, Oskar Niedermayer, Anastasia Pyschny and Danny Schindler
The book is now available in the Nomos Publishing House available in the series "Studies on Parliamentarism". In this monograph, the IParl team presents the results of their Candidate nomination project. This research project has accompanied the IParl since its foundation and culminates in the new publication:
In a parliamentary democracy, the existence of the political order stands and falls with the fulfilment of parliamentary functions; and specifically, it is the members of parliament who have to do this. It depends on them whether there is sufficient expertise in parliament to help steer or control policy; they must ensure a lively connection to society, struggle for appropriate solutions and find compromises. The selection of candidates for parliamentary mandates is therefore of the utmost importance.
In 13 chapters, the authors explore the question of who chooses whom, how and why to run for the German Bundestag. The IParl podcast "Zwischenruf" dedicates a podcast series to the chapters of the book, in which they examine the content together with the authors.
IParl podcast series on the candidate line-up:
- Nomination of candidates 00: Trailer
- Nomination of candidates 01: The quality of parliamentary democracy
- Nomination of candidates 02: How do you miss the line-up of candidates?
- Nomination of candidates 03: Candidate line-up from a historical perspective
- Nomination of candidates 04: The aspirant - the unknown being?
- Nomination of candidates 05: Opportunity makes candidates
- Nomination of candidates 06: Who is decisive?
- Nomination of candidates 07: Controlled by Berlin?
- Nomination of candidates 08: The spoken word prevails
- Nomination of candidates 09: Candidate wanted
- Nomination of candidates 10: Exceptions confirm the rule
- Nomination of candidates 11: Party soldiers or voter magnets
- Nomination of candidates 12: Recruitment of MPs as a permanent reform issue?
