Prof. Dr. Hanna Bäck

Former Project Director
hanna.back [at] svet.lu.se
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2842
Postal Address
Lund
Sweden
Visiting Address
Lund University
Lund

Research Interests

  • Parties and coalition formation
  • Political participation and voting behavior
  • Research methods

Projects

BI Associated Projects

BI.1844
"Strong" vs. "Weak" Governments and the Challenge of Economic Reforms

Publications

(Note: Generally, the former staff pages only feature publications that have been published at the MZES. Furthermore, the former staff pages feature publications that have been published in co-authorship with current MZES staff.)

Monographs

Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2016): Political Parties, Parliaments and Legislative Speechmaking. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Bäck, Hanna (2003): Explaining Coalitions. Evidence and Lessons From Studying Coalition Formation in Swedish Local Government. Uppsala: Acta Universitatis Upsaliensis. more

Editions

Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes (Eds.) (2021): The politics of legislative debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [The Oxford Politics of Institutions] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Mikael Gilljam (Eds.) (2006): Valets mekanismer. Stockholm: Liber. more

Journal Articles

Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Michael Imre (2024): Populist Radical Parties, Pariahs, and Coalition Bargaining Delays. Party Politics, 30, issue 1, pp. 96-107. more
Fernandes, Jorge M., Marc Debus and Hanna Bäck (2021): Unpacking the politics of legislative debates. European Journal of Political Research, 60, issue 4, pp. 1032-1045. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2020): Personalized versus partisan representation in the speeches of migrant members of parliament in the German Bundestag. Ethnic and Racial Studies, 43, issue 9, pp. 1673-1691. more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann and Marc Debus (2019): Coordination of legislative speech in times of crisis: Youth unemployment and debates on redistributive policies in the Swedish Riksdag, 1994–2014. International Journal of Social Welfare, 28, issue 4, pp. 404-417. more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2019): The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in Parliamentary-Party Groups. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 44, issue 1, pp. 163-193. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2019): When do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates. Political Studies, 67, issue 3, pp. 576–596. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2018): Representing the Region on the Floor: Socioeconomic Characteristics of Electoral Districts and Legislative Speechmaking. Parliamentary Affairs, 71, issue 1, pp. 73-102. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Heike Klüver (2016): Bicameralism, Intra-party Bargaining, and the Formation of Party Policy Positions: Evidence from the German Federal System. Party Politics, 22, issue 3, pp. 405-417. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Wolfgang C. Müller (2016): Intra-party diversity and ministerial selection in coalition governments. Public Choice, 166, issue 3-4, pp. 355-378. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun (2015): Partisanship, Ministers and Biotechnology Policy. Review of Policy Research, 32, issue 5, pp. 556-575. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2014): Who takes the parliamentary floor? The role of gender in speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag. Political Research Quarterly, 67, issue 3, pp. 504-518. more
Debus, Marc, and Hanna Bäck (2014): Der Einfluss von Mandatstyp und Wahlkreiseigenschaften auf die inhaltlichen Positionen in Parlamentsreden: Eine Untersuchung anhand der parlamentarischen Debatten im Deutschen Bundestag von 1998 bis 2002. Swiss Political Science Review, 20, issue 2, pp. 330-353. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Henry Bäck (2013): Regional Government Formation in Varying Multilevel Contexts: A Comparison of Eight European Countries. Regional Studies, 47, issue 3, pp. 368-387. more
Bäck, Hanna, Jan Teorell and Anders Westholm (2011): Explaining Modes of Participation. A Dynamic Test of Alternative Rational Choice Models. Scandinavian Political Studies, 34, issue 1, pp. 74–97. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Patrick Dumont (2011): Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies. European Journal of Political Research, 50, issue 4, pp. 441-478. more
Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont, Henk Erik Meier, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby (2009): Does European Integration Lead to a Presidentialization of Executive Politics? Ministerial Selection in Swedish Post-War Cabinets. European Union Politics, 10, issue 2, pp. 226-252. more
Bäck, Hanna, Thomas Persson and Henk Erik Meier (2009): Party Size and Portfolio Payoffs. The Proportional Allocation of Ministerial Posts in Coalition Governments. Journal of Legislative Studies, issue 15, pp. 10-34. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Axel Hadenius (2008): Democracy and State Capacity. Exploring a J-shaped Relationship. Governance, 21, issue 1, pp. 1-24. more
Bäck, Hanna (2008): Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Formation: Evidence from Swedish Local Government. Party Politics, 14, issue 1, pp. 71-89. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Patrick Dumont (2008): Making the First Move. A Two-Stage Analysis of the Role of Formateurs in Parliamentary Government Formation. Public Choice, 135, issue 3-4, pp. 353 - 373. more
Lewin, Leif, Barbro Lewin, Hanna Bäck and Lina Westin (2008): A Kinder, Gentler Democracy? The Consensus Model and Swedish Disability Politics. Scandinavian Political Studies, 31, issue 3, pp. 291-310. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Patrick Dumont (2007): Combining Large-n and Small-n Strategies: The Way Forward in Coalition Research. West European Politics, 30, issue 3, pp. 467–501. more
Dumont, Patrick, and Hanna Bäck (2006): Why So Few and Why So Late? Green Parties and the Question of Governmental Participation. European Journal of Political Research, 45, issue Sonderheft, pp. 35-67. more
Bäck, Hanna (2003): Explaining and predicting coalition outcomes: Conclusions from studying data on local coalitions. European Journal of Political Research, 42, issue 4, pp. 441–472. more

Book Chapters

Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (In Press): Legislatures and legislative behaviour. Pp. 248-262 in: Adrian Vatter, Rahel Freiburghaus (Eds.) Handbook of Comparative Political Institutions. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes (2021): The politics of legislative debates: An introduction. Pp. 1-20 in: Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus, Jorge M. Fernandes (Eds.) The Politics of Legislative Debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes (2021): Unpacking comparative patterns in legislative debates. Pp. 825-850 in: Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus, Jorge M. Fernandes (Eds.) The Politics of Legislative Debates. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Bäck, Hanna (2010): Den svenska regeringsbildningen i ett jämförande perspektiv. Pp. 33-55 in: Jörgen Hermansson (Ed.) Regeringsmakten i Sverige. Ett experiment i parlamentarism, 1917–2009. Stockholm: SNS. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Jacques Thomassen (2009): European Citizenship and Identity after Enlargement. Pp. 184-207 in: Jacques Thomassen (Ed.) The Legitimacy of the European Union after Enlargement. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Bäck, Hanna, and Jan Teorell (2009): The Stability of Partisanship: evidence from a Russian panel study. Pp. 162-179 in: John Bartle, Paolo Bellucci (Eds.) Political Parties and Partisanship. London: Routledge. more
Bäck, Hanna, Carina Gunnarsson and Magdalena Inkinen (2008): Explaining Generalised Trust. Pp. 137-162 in: Carina Gunnarsson (Ed.) Cultural Warfare and Trust: Fighting the Mafia in Palermo. Manchester: Manchester University Press. more
Bäck, Hanna, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby (2008): In Tranquil Waters? Swedish Cabinet Ministers in the Post-War Era. Pp. 159-178 in: Keith Dowding, Patrick Dumont (Eds.) The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing. London: Routledge. more
Bäck, Hanna (2008): Intraparty Politics and Local Coalition Formation. Pp. 53-68 in: Daniela Giannetti, Kenneth Benoit (Eds.) Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracies. London: Routledge. more

Papers / Reports

Thomassen, Jacques, and Hanna Bäck (2008): European Citizenship after Enlargement. Fiesole [EUI working papers] more

Conference Presentations

Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Michael Imre (2024): Incumbency Advantages, Prime Minister Replacements and Government Formation. [ECPR General Conference, Dublin, Irland, August 12th to August 15th, 2024] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2022): Political Polarization and Bargaining Delays: Evidence from the German Federal States. [Paneltagung: Jetzt wird regiert - Aktuelle Herausforderungen der deutschen Koalitionsdemokratie, (virtual conference), March 30th to March 31st, 2022] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2018): Personalized versus partisan representation in the speeches of migrant MPs in the German Bundestag. [27. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, September 25th to September 28th, 2018] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2017): Analyzing the Apportionment of Speaking Time in Parliamentary Party Groups: Does the Electoral Cycle Matter?. [4th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Basel, June 29th to July 01st, 2017] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann and Marc Debus (2017): Who Speaks for Young People? An Analysis of Debates on (Youth) Unemployment in the Swedish Riksdag, 1994–2014. [Youth in a Post-Crisis Europe: Policy-Making and its Effects, Lissabon, September 21st to September 22nd, 2017] more
Baumann, Markus, Hanna Bäck and Johan Bo Davidsson (2017): In line with the party? The role of intra-party politics, personal characteristics, and gender in Swedish cabinet appointments. [7th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Milan, June 22nd to June 24th, 2017] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2016): Representing the Region on the Floor Electoral Districts, Economic Characteristics, and Speechmaking in the German Bundestag. [Parliaments in Challenging Times. 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, München, June 30th to July 02nd, 2016] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2016): The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups. [74th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 07th to April 10th, 2016] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Marc Debus (2016): When do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates. [Parliaments in Challenging Times. 3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, München, June 30th to July 02nd, 2016] more
Baumann, Markus, Hanna Bäck and Johan Bo Davidsson (2016): In line with the party? The role of intra-party politics and gender in Swedish cabinet appointments. [ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague, September 07th to September 10th, 2016] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2014): Campaigning in the House: The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups. [4th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Edinburgh, June 19th to June 21st, 2014] more
Bäck, Hanna, Markus Baumann, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2014): Campaigning in the House: The Unequal Distribution of Speaking Time in European Parliamentary Party Groups. [8th ECPR General Conference, Glasgow, September 03rd to September 06th, 2014] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun (2014): Partisanship, Ministers and Environmental Policy Outputs: A Comparative Analysis of Biotechnology Regulation in the EU Countries. [72nd Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, Illinois, April 03rd to April 06th, 2014] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jale Tosun (2014): Partisanship, Ministers and Environmental Policy Outputs: A Comparative Analysis of Biotechnology Regulation in the EU Countries. [Meeting of the Analytical Politics Section of the German Political Science Association, Budapest, May 23rd to May 24th, 2014] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Who is allowed to take the floor? Individual and party-level determinants of the number of legislative speeches delivered by Swedish MPs. [Political Studies Association Annual Conference, Cardiff, March 25th to March 27th, 2013] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Who is allowed to take the floor? The role of saliency and gender when explaining speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag. [71st National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 11th to April 14th, 2013] more
Bäck, Hanna, Marc Debus and Jochen Müller (2013): Who takes the parliamentary floor? Party- and gender-specific issue attention in speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag. [European Political Science Association Annual Conference, Barcelona, June 20th to June 22nd, 2013] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller (2011): Intra-party conflict and office allocation in coalition governments. [ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments Conference, Leiden, November 24th to November 25th, 2011] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller (2010): The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties: An Evaluation of the Method of Deriving MPs’ Policy Positions from Parliamentary Speeches. [68th National Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 22nd to April 25th, 2010] more
Bäck, Hanna, Henk Erik Meier, Jörn Fischer and Thomas Persson (2009): European Integration and Prime Ministerial Power. A Differential Impact on Cabinet Reshuffles in Germany and Sweden. [ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Henry Bäck (2009): Regional government formation in varying multi-level contexts: A comparison of Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. [ECPR Conference 2009 Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon, April 14th to April 19th, 2009] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Henry Bäck (2009): Regional Government Formation in Varying Multi-Level Contexts: A Comparison of Germany, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. [IPSA 2009 World Congress of Political Science, Santiago de Chile, July 12th to July 16th, 2009] more
Debus, Marc, Hanna Bäck and Wolfgang C. Müller (2009): The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties: An Analysis of Parliamentary Speeches in Austria and Germany. [ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009] more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Hanna Bäck and Marc Debus (2009): The Ideological Cohesion of Political Parties. An Analysis of Parliamentary Speeches in Austria and Germany. [ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, September 10th to September 12th, 2009] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Martin Rosema (2008): Government Formation and Strategic Voting in Multiparty Systems. [The Politics of Change workshop: How Parties, Elections and Voters Adjust to Changing Political Environments, Amsterdam, June 13th to June 14th, 2008] more
Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont and Marc Debus (2008): Who Gets What in Coalition Governments? Predictors of Portfolio Allocation in Parliamentary Democracies. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association (APSA), Boston, Mass., August 28th to August 31st, 2008] more
Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont, Henk Erik Meier, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby (2007): Does European Integration Lead to a Presidentialization of Executive Politics?. [ECPR General meeting, Pisa, September 06th to September 08th, 2007] more
Bäck, Hanna, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby (2007): European Integration and Prime Ministerial Power: An Interrupted Time-Series Study of Cabinet Reshuffles. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, August 30th to September 02nd, 2007] more
Bäck, Hanna, Patrick Dumont, Thomas Persson and Kare Vernby (2007): Presidentialized Executive Politics. The Effect of European Integration in the Swedish case. [ECPR Joint Sessions, Helsinki, May 07th to May 12th, 2007] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Patrick Dumont (2006): Making the First Move. A Two-Stage Analysis of the Role of Formateurs in Parliamentary Government Formation. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, August 31st to September 03rd, 2006] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Jan Teorell (2006): The Stability of Partisanship. Evidence from a Russian Panel Study. [ECPR Joint Sessions, Nicosia, April 25th to April 30th, 2006] more
Bäck, Hanna (2005): Intraparty Politics and Coalition Formation. Evidence from Swedish Local Government. [ECPR Joint Sessions, Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Thomas Persson (2005): Party Size and Portfolio Payoffs. A Study of the Mechanism Underlying Gamson's Law of Proportionality. [ECPR Joint Sessions, Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005] more
Bäck, Hanna, and Patrick Dumont (2004): A Combination of Methods. The Way Forward in Coalition Research. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 02nd to September 05th, 2004] more
Bäck, Hanna, Jan Teorell and Anders Westholm (2004): Explaining Modes of Participation. A Dynamic Test of Alternative Theoretical Models. [Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, September 02nd to September 05th, 2004] more