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Für die vollständige Konsolidierung einer Demokratie ist eine demokratische politische Kultur vonnöten. Vertrauen stellt in diesem Zusammenhang einen wesentlichen Aspekt dar und gilt zudem als unerlässliche Voraussetzung für Demokratien. Erstaunlicherweise hat die politikwissenschaftliche Forschung der Frage nach der Entwicklung des politischen Vertrauens in neuen Demokratien bislang jedoch nicht die notwendige Aufmerksamkeit geschenkt. Vor diesem Hintergrund untersucht die Autorin drei wesentliche Fragestellungen anhand von empirisch-quantitativen Analysen: Wie entwickelt sich politisches Vertrauen in Ländern nach einem Systemumbruch? Handelt es sich dabei um eine stabile Vertrauensbeziehung? Inwiefern wirkt sich das Regimeerbe auf die Herausbildung und Entwicklung des politischen Vertrauens aus? Die Ergebnisse beinhalten sowohl einen theoretisch-konzeptuellen Beitrag zur politischen Vertrauensforschung als auch inhaltliche Erkenntnisse über die Vertrauensentwicklung in neuen Demokratien.Der InhaltPolitisches Vertrauen und neue Demokratien • Das politische Vertrauenskonzept • Forschungsstand: Die politische Vertrauensforschung • Untersuchungsdesign • Determinanten politischen Vertrauens • Vertrauensentwicklung und Vertrauensstabilisierung • Honeymoon, Desillusionierung, Stabilisierung Die Zielgruppen· PolitikwissenschaftlerInnen· SozialwissenschaftlerInnenDie AutorinDaniela Braun ist wissenschaftliche Assistentin am Lehrstuhl für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

Less researched than the second-order character of elections to the European Parliament (EP) is the 'Europeanness' of European elections and its implications for voter participation in these elections. This article aims to fill this gap by studying the Europeanness of the public debate in the run-up to the 2019 EP elections and the mobilising power of European issues in these electoral contests. In doing this, we draw on a new data set covering intriguing aspects of the 2019 EP elections. The findings of the empirical analysis of media and survey data indicate that the elections to the EP were more European contests than ever before in the history of these elections – yet this is not true in the same way for all of the countries under consideration. Moreover, the Europeanness of electorates, measured as genuine orientations towards EU politics, matters for electoral participation and thus has the power to mobilise citizens. Nonetheless, national factors still play an important role in these elections. These findings are insightful for the future assessment of EP elections and the scholarly debate over multi-level electoral politics in Europe.

The world in 2036: there was an outbreak of a new, deadly type of virus. But after a few months it was contained globally. This was only possible because the lessons of 2020 had been heeded. (IP)

Die Welt im Jahre 2035: ein neuartiges Virus bricht aus, doch nach wenigen Monaten ist es eingedämmt. Wie das? Weil man die Lehren aus 2020 gezogen hat. (IP)

Bei der Bekämpfung von Infektionskrankheiten weltweit haben die USA traditionell eine führende Rolle gespielt. Mit der Amtsübernahme Donald Trumps droht nun der Rückzug Amerikas. Die Folgen für Gesundheit, Entwicklung und Sicherheit wären erheblich. Immerhin : bisher konnte das Schlimmste abgewendet werden. (IP)

INNOVATIVE DEMOCRACY–WORKING PAPER SERIES VOL.1 (Institutions) Issue 2-2012 Series Editor: Reinhard Heinisch, Salzburg

AbstractThe European Union (EU)—the world's most advanced and exemplary case of regional integration—is adapting to an era when internal criticisms are becoming more influential than ever before in the history of European integration. An entirely new party family of Eurosceptic parties has emerged and consolidated over the last decade. Given that one of their main aims is to challenge and critique the EU, Eurosceptic parties have a particular interest in European issues—the European polity as well as major European policies. Against this backdrop, the paper investigates whether and how the rise and consolidation of Eurosceptic parties of the left and right has affected party competition over European polity and policy issues. Empirically, we use information from the Euromanifesto data set covering the past 40 years (1979–2019) relating to elections to the European Parliament. Our paper's findings suggest that the upsurge and consolidation of Eurosceptic parties of the left and right has an important effect on party competition over European issues: Eurosceptic party success affects mainstream leftist parties' issue salience and position when it comes to the EU polity. Moreover, higher levels of support for far-right Eurosceptic parties have an impact on the position of rightist mainstream parties on EU cultural policy issues, whereas leftist mainstream parties appear mostly unresponsive to the Eurosceptic parties' success when it comes to EU economic policy issues. These findings give us a clearer insight on how exactly Eurosceptic parties are transforming mainstream party competition.

European democracy is undergoing profound change. The various crises of the past 15 years and the transformations associated with modernisation, globalisation, geopolitics and Europeanisation are threatening the trust of citizens in political actors and institutions and the legitimacy of the EU multi-level system. This goes hand in hand with the polarisation of European societies. In order to counter these developments, the problems of trust and legitimacy must be better researched. This is where the ActEU research project "Towards a new era of representative democracy. Activating European Citizens' Trust in Times of Crises and Polarisation" comes in. This article provides an overview of the underlying conceptual considerations of the Horizon Europe project.