Prof. Dr. Thomas Poguntke

Former project director
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2842
 
 

Research Interests

  • Political Parties and Party Systems
  • Comparative Analysis of Democratic Regimes
  • Political Parties and European Integration
  • German Politics
  • New Politics and Green Parties

Projects

RP8 B2 Contexts for Democratic Governance

RP8
Europarties Heading East. The Influence of Europarties on Central and Eastern European Partner Parties

RP6 B2 Democracy, Parties and Parliaments

Parties and Democracy in the European Union: Euro-Parties as New Democratic Intermediaries?

RP1-3 Department II: Development Trends and Problems of Democratic Government Systems

The Development of Organizational Linkages between Political Parties and Citizens (1960-1989)

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

Berge, Benjamin von dem, Thomas Poguntke, Peter Obert and Diana Tipei (2013): Measuring Intra-Party Democracy: A Guide for the Content Analysis of Party Statutes with Examples from Hungary, Slovakia and Romania. Heidelberg: Springer. [SpringerBriefs] more
Poguntke, Thomas (2000): Parteiorganisation im Wandel. Gesellschaftliche Verankerung und organisatorische Anpassung im europäischen Vergleich. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag. more

Editions

Poguntke, Thomas, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Sonja Zmerli (Eds.) (2015): Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis: Essays in honour of Jan W. van Deth. London, New York: Routledge. [Routledge Research in Comparative Politics; 64] more
Poguntke, Thomas, and Stephen Padgett (Eds.) (2001): Continuity and Change in German Politics: Beyond the Politics of Centrality. A Festschrift for Gordon Smith. Special Issue of German Politics, Band 10. Southgate: Frank Cass, UK/ISBS. more

Journal Articles

Berge, Benjamin von dem, and Thomas Poguntke (2013): The Influence of Europarties on Central and Eastern European Partner Parties: A Theoretical and Analytical Model. European Political Science Review, 5, issue 2, pp. 311-334. more
Poguntke, Thomas, and Christine Pütz (2006): Parteien in der Europäischen Union: Zu den Entwicklungschancen der Europarteien. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 37, issue 2, pp. 334-353. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2002): Germany. European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook 2001, 40, issue 3-4, pp. 307-312. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2002): Green parties in national governments: From protest to acquiescence?. Environmental Politics, 11, issue 1, pp. 133-145. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2002): Zur empirischen Evidenz der Kartellparteien-These. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, issue 4, pp. 790-806. more
Poguntke, Thomas, and Stephen Padgett (2001): Introduction: Beyond the Politics of Centrality? Continuity and Change in German Politics. A Festschrift for Gordon Smith. German Politics, 10, issue 2, pp. 1-9. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2001): The German Party System: Eternal Crisis? Continuity and Change in German Politics: Beyond the Politics of Centrality. A Festschrift for Gordon Smith. German Politics, 10, issue 2, pp. 37-50. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2000): Germany. European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook 2000, 38, issue 3-4, pp. 390-396. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1998): Alliance90/The Greens in East Germany. From Vanguard to Insignificance?. Party Politics, 4, issue 1, pp. 33-55. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1998): Germany. European Journal of Political Research: Political Data Yearbook 1998, 34, issue 3-4, pp. 403-408. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1997): Germany. European Journal of Political Research: Political Yearbook 1996, 32, pp. 367-373. more
Poguntke, Thomas, and Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck (1994): Still the Same with a New Name? Bündnis 90/Die Grünen after the Fusion. German Politics, 3, pp. 91-113. more

Book Chapters

Poguntke, Thomas, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Sonja Zmerli (2015): Democratic citizenship under challenge. Pp. 241-249 in: Thomas Poguntke, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Sonja Zmerli (Eds.) Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis: Essays in honour of Jan W. van Deth. London, New York: Routledge. more
Poguntke, Thomas, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck and Sonja Zmerli (2015): Introduction: Citizenship, participation and democracy in an era of crisis. Pp. 1-11 in: Thomas Poguntke, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck, Sonja Zmerli (Eds.) Citizenship and Democracy in an Era of Crisis: Essays in honour of Jan W. van Deth. London, New York: Routledge. more
Berge, Benjamin von dem, and Thomas Poguntke (2013): Europäisierung nationaler Parteien und europäische Parteien. Pp. 875-904 in: Oskar Niedermayer (Ed.) Handbuch Parteienforschung. Berlin: Springer VS. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2005): Parteien ohne (An)Bindung: Verkümmern die organisatorischen Wurzeln der Parteien?. Pp. 43-62 in: Josef Schmid, Udo Zolleis (Eds.) Zwischen Anarchie und Strategie. Der Erfolg von Parteiorganisationen. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2003): Die Bündnisgrünen nach der Bundestagswahl 2002: Auf dem Weg zur linken Funktionspartei?. Pp. 89 - 107 in: Oskar Niedermayer (Ed.) Die Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 2002. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2003): International vergleichende Parteienforschung. Pp. 189 - 206 in: Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Eds.) Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft. 4th ed., Opladen: Leske + Budrich. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2002): Parteiorganisationen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Einheit in der Vielfalt?. Pp. 253 - 273 in: Oscar W. Gabriel, Oskar Niedermayer, Richard Stöss (Eds.) Parteiendemokratie in Deutschland. 2.th ed., Bonn: Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (Buchausgabe. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2002): Party organizational linkage: Parties without firm social roots?. Pp. 43-62 in: Kurt Richard Luther, Ferdinand Müller-Rommel (Eds.) Political parties in the new Europe. Political and analytical challenges. 1st ed., Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2001): Bündnis 90/Die Grünen. Pp. 57-62 in: Martin Greiffenhagen, Sylvia Greiffenhagen (Eds.) Handwörterbuch zur politischen Kultur der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. more
Poguntke, Thomas (2000): Präsidiale Regierungschefs: Verändern sich die parlamentarischen Demokratien?. Pp. 356 - 371 in: Oskar Niedermayer, Bettina Westle (Eds.) Demokratie und Partizipation. Festschrift für Max Kaase. Wiesbaden: Westdeutscher Verlag. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1999): Das Parteiensystem der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Von Krise zu Krise?. Pp. 429-439 in: Thomas Ellwein, Everhard Holtmann (Eds.) 50 Jahre Bundesrepublik. Rahmenbedingungen - Entwicklungen - Perspektiven. Opladen: Westdeutscher Verlag. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1999): Die Bündnisgrünen in der babylonischen Gefangenschaft der SPD. Pp. 83-101 in: Oskar Niedermayer (Ed.) Die Parteien nach der Bundestagswahl 1998. Opladen: Leske + Budrich. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1999): The Winner Takes it All: The FDP in 1982/1983 - Maximizing Votes, Office and Policy?. Pp. 216-236 in: Kaare Str¢m, Wolfgang C. Müller (Eds.) Policy, Office, or Votes? How Political Parties Make Hard Decisions. Cambridge: Cambridge UP. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1998): Party Organisations. Pp. 156-179 in: Jan W. van Deth (Ed.) Comparative Politics. The Problem of Equivalence. London: Routledge. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1997): Parteiorganisationen in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland: Einheit in der Vielfalt?. Pp. 257-276 in: Oscar W. Gabriel, Oskar Niedermayer, Richard Stöss (Eds.) Parteiendemokratie in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Bonn: Bundeszentrale für Politische Bildung. more
Poguntke, Thomas (1997): Politische Parteien. Pp. 501-23 in: Oscar W. Gabriel, Everhard Holtmann (Eds.) Handbuch politisches System der Bundesrepublik Deutschland. München: Oldenbourg Verlag. more

Thesis

Poguntke, Thomas (1999): Stabilität und Wandel. Die Entwicklung der organisatorischen Verbindungen von Parteien und Bürgern in Westeuropa (1960-1989). Mannheim: Universität Mannheim. more

Conference Presentations

Berge, Benjamin von dem, and Thomas Poguntke (2011): The Influence of Europarties on their Central and Eastern European Partner Parties: A Theoretical and Analytical Model. [Where now for Europarties: reflections post Lisbon?, Maastricht University, June 20th to June 21st, 2011] more