Bulletin n. 3/2010
January 2011
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
    • Reutter Werner
    Demokratie im Bundesstaat: Zum Verhältnis zweier verfassungsrechtlicher Strukturprinzipien
    in Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft , 20. Jahrgang (2010), Heft 2 ,  2010
    Democracy and Federalism Two Constitutional Principles and Their Relationship With Each Other The relationship between democracy and federalism is a controversial issue in political science. The German case shows that two features characterize the respective debate: truncations and references to varying democratic theories. Thus, “refederalization” cannot per se be regarded as more democratic than the status quo ante, as many simply postulated in order to push forward the reform of German federalism. In contrast to what many had postulated, it rather has to be pointed out that the contradictions or the incompatibilities between democracy and federalism are merely tensions that are inherent to democracies and not to be dissolved.
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