Bulletin n. 1/2007
June 2007
CONTENTS
  • Section A) The theory and practise of the federal states and multi-level systems of government
  • Section B) Global governance and international organizations
  • Section C) Regional integration processes
  • Section D) Federalism as a political idea
    • Patzelt Werner J.
    The Constituency Roles of MPs at the Federal and Länder Levels in Germany
    in Regional and Federal Studies , Volume 17, Number 1 / March ,  2007 ,  47-70
    Germany has both a federal system of government and mixed member proportional (MMP) electoral systems at both federal and Länder levels. The paper explains how most patterns in the constituency work of German MPs at both levels are functions of the electoral systems employed, party competition and tactical considerations. District MPs have significant commitments to constituency work; overall list MPs do as well, though to a lesser extent. The article defines three types of list MP, between which there are variations in both the volume of constituency work undertaken and engagement with individual constituents or group interests. Relationships between members are strongly related to partisan contests, although the overall legitimacy of both federal and electoral systems means there is no dispute over the rules governing the rights of different types of member in constituency work.
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