Parliamentary Democracy Versus Direct Democracy? : Challenging Liberal, Representative Democracy in the German Bundestag During the Anti-nuclear Demonstrations of 1995–1997

Abstract
In German politics, concepts of parliamentarism and the relationship between parliamentarism and democracy have evolved since the nineteenth century. Politicians, citizens and scholars have regularly redefined and challenged conceptions of parliament’s task of representation, public debate and legitimate decision-making in different historical circumstances. One such crucial phase in re-evaluating and redefining conceptions of democracy in Germany was the second half of the 1990s, when a vigorous anti-nuclear movement arose. In the German federal parliament, members had to explain their understandings of German democracy. The tradition of liberal, representative democracy was in a conflict with the demands of more direct citizens’ involvement in political decision-making. Both sides of the conflict laid claims to competing forms of the concept ‘democracy’ as their source of legitimacy.
Main Authors
Format
Books Book part
Published
2019
Series
Subjects
Publication in research information system
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
The permanent address of the publication
https://urn.fi/URN:NBN:fi:jyu-201911064756Käytä tätä linkitykseen.
Parent publication ISBN
978-3-030-20122-7
Review status
Peer reviewed
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20123-4_8
Language
English
Published in
Palgrave Studies in Political History
Is part of publication
Historical Perspectives on Democracies and their Adversaries
Citation
  • Kaarkoski, M. (2019). Parliamentary Democracy Versus Direct Democracy? : Challenging Liberal, Representative Democracy in the German Bundestag During the Anti-nuclear Demonstrations of 1995–1997. In J. Augusteijn, C. Hijzen, & M. L. de Vries (Eds.), Historical Perspectives on Democracies and their Adversaries (pp. 189-211). Palgrave Macmillan. Palgrave Studies in Political History. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-20123-4_8
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In CopyrightOpen Access
Funder(s)
Research Council of Finland
Funding program(s)
Academy Project, AoF
Akatemiahanke, SA
Research Council of Finland
Copyright© 2019 The Author(s)

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