Prof. Dr. Wolfgang C. Müller

Former Project director, external fellow
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2842
 
 

Projects

BI Associated Projects

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

RP9 B2 Contexts for Democratic Governance: Political Institutions

RP9
Personal Campaign Strategies and Political Representation

RP7 A2 Education, Labour Markets and Social Stratification

Network of Excellence "Economic Change, Quality of Life and Social Cohesion" (EQUALSOC)

RP7 B2 Contexts for Democratic Governance

Parliamentary Rules and Institutional Design
Europe in National Parliaments
Coalition Conflict and Party Politics
Integrated and United: A Quest for a Citizenship in an Ever Closer Europe (IntUne)
Comparative Phasing-Out Nuclear Energy: Public Policies, Party Competition and Public Opinion in European Countries
The Austrian National Election Study (AUTNES). The Supply Side: Party Records, Party Positions, and Candidates
Ideology and Activism of Green Party Members in Western Europe

RP6 B3 Democracy and Multi-Level Governance

Network of Excellence on "Efficient and Democratic Governance in a Multi-level Europe" (CONNEX)

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.)

Editions

Müller, Wolfgang C., and Paul W. Thurner (Eds.) (2017): The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman (Eds.) (2008): Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining. Oxford: Oxford University Press. [Comparative Politics] more
Dachs, Herbert, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller and Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) (2006): Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch. Wien: Manz. more
Mair, Peter, Wolfgang C. Müller and Fritz Plasser (Eds.) (2004): Political Parties and Electoral Change. Party Responses to Electoral Markets. London: SAGE Publications. more
Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman (Eds.) (2003): Delegation and Accountability in Parliamentary Democracies. Oxford , New York: Oxford University Press. more

Journal Articles

Ecker, Alejandro, Marcelo Jenny, Wolfgang C. Müller and Katrin Praprotnik (2022): How and why party position estimates from manifestos, expert, and party elite surveys diverge: a comparative analysis of the ‘left–right’and the ‘European integration’ dimensions. Party Politics, 28, issue 3, pp. 528-540. 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
Jenny, Marcelo, and Wolfgang C. Müller (2010): From the Europeanization of Lawmaking to the Europeanization of National Legal Orders: The Case of Austria. Public Administration, 88, issue 1, pp. 36–56. more
Miller, Bernhard, and Wolfgang C. Müller (2010): Managing Grand Coalitions: Germany 2005–2009. German Politics, 19, issue 3-4, pp. 332–352. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Mark Bovens, Jørgen Gronnegaard Christensen, Marcelo Jenny and Kutsal Yesilkagit (2010): Legal Europeanization: Comparative Perspectives. Public Administration, 88, issue 1, pp. 75–87. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Thomas M. Meyer (2010): Meeting the Challenges of Representation and Accountability in Multi-party Government. West European Politics, 33, issue 5, pp. 1065–1092. more
Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller and Daniel Markham Smith (2010): Parliamentary Control of Coalition Governments. Annual Review of Political Science, 13, pp. 517–535. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2009): The snap election in Austria, September 2008. Electoral Studies, 28, issue 3, pp. 492-517. more
Andeweg, Rudy B., Lieven De Winter and Wolfgang C. Müller (2008): Parliamentary Opposition in Post-Consociational Democracies: Austria, Belgium, and the Netherlands. Journal of Legislative Studies, 14, issue 1, pp. 77-112. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2008): The surprising election in Austria, October 2006. Electoral Studies, 27, issue 1, pp. 175–179. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2008): Warum Große Koalitionen? Antworten aus koalitionstheoretischer Sicht. Zeitschrift für Staatswissenschaft und Europafragen, 6, issue 3, pp. 499-523. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Marcelo Jenny (2004): "Business as usual" mit getauschten Rollen oder Konflikt- statt Konsensdemokratie? Parlamentarische Beziehungen unter der ÖVP-FPÖ-Koalition. Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 33, issue 3, pp. 309-326. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Franz Fallend (2004): Changing Patterns of Party Competition in Austria: From multipolar to bipolar System. West European Politics, 27, issue 5, pp. 801-835. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Politische Delegation und Strategien der Problemlösung: das Beispiel westlicher Demokratien. Zeitschrift für Staats- und Europawissenschaften, 2, issue 4, pp. 527-547. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): The parliamentary election in Austria, November 2002. Electoral Studies, 23, issue 2, pp. 346-353. more

Book Chapters

Müller, Wolfgang C. (2017): Austria: Rejecting Nuclear Energy—From Party Competition Accident to State Doctrine. Pp. 98-124 in: Wolfgang C. Müller, Paul W. Thurner (Eds.) The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Paul W. Thurner and Christian Schulze (2017): Conclusion: Explaining Nuclear Policy Reversals. Pp. 286-324 in: Wolfgang C. Müller, Paul W. Thurner (Eds.) The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Paul W. Thurner (2017): Nuclear Energy in Western Europe: Revival or Rejection? An Introduction. Pp. 1-20 in: Wolfgang C. Müller, Paul W. Thurner (Eds.) The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Paul W. Thurner (2017): Understanding Policy Reversals and Policy Stability. Pp. 21-46 in: Wolfgang C. Müller, Paul W. Thurner (Eds.) The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Thurner, Paul W., Wolfgang C. Müller and Christian Schulze (2017): Appendix: Other European Countries—An Analytical Reconstruction. Pp. 324-360 in: Wolfgang C. Müller, Paul W. Thurner (Eds.) The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Thurner, Paul W., and Wolfgang C. Müller (2017): Comparative Policy Indicators on Nuclear Energy. Pp. 47-64 in: Wolfgang C. Müller, Paul W. Thurner (Eds.) The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Thurner, Paul W., Sylvain Brouard, Martin Dolezal, Isabelle Guinaudeau, Swen Hutter and Wolfgang C. Müller (2017): The Conflict over Nuclear Energy: Public Opinion, Protest Movements, and Green Parties in Comparative Perspective. Pp. 65-97 in: Wolfgang C. Müller, Paul W. Thurner (Eds.) The Politics of Nuclear Energy in Western Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Jenny, Marcelo, Wolfgang C. Müller and Nikolaus Eder (2010): Wie „europäisch“ sind Österreichs Journalisten? Opinion Leaders im Vergleich. Pp. 33–48 in: Andy Kaltenbrunner, Matthias Karmasin, Daniela Kraus (Eds.) Der Journalisten Report III: Politikjournalismus in Österreich. Vienna: Fakultas. more
Miller, Bernhard, and Wolfgang C. Müller (2010): Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel. Pp. 154–177 in: Christoph Egle, Reinhold Zolnhöfer (Eds.) Die Große Koalition 2005–2009. Eine Bilanz der Regierung Merkel. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Nikolaus Eder and Marcelo Jenny (2010): Demokratiereform: Reformnotwendigkeiten, Reformbereitschaft und Reformpotentiale in Österreich. Pp. 62–68 in: Susanne Janistyn, Karl Megner (Eds.) Die Margaretha Lupac-Stiftung für Parlamentarismus und Demokratie. Vienna: Springer. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Marcelo Jenny, Alejandro Ecker, Nikolaus Eder and Isabella Skrivanek (2010): Der Elite–Public Gap in der europäischen Integration. Ein europäischer Vergleich. Pp. 115–130 in: Roman Pfefferle, Nadja Schmidt, Gerd Valchars (Eds.) Europa als Prozess: 15 Jahre Europäische Union und Österreich. Festschrift für Peter Gerlich. Vienna: LIT Verlag. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Thomas M. Meyer (2010): Mutual Veto? How Coalitions Work. Pp. 99–124 in: Thomas König, George Tsebelis, Marc Debus (Eds.) Reform Processes and Policy Change: How Do Veto Players Determine Decision-making in Modern Democracies. New York: Springer. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2009): Government Formation. Pp. 227–245 in: Todd Landman, Neil Robinson (Eds.) Handbook of Comparative Politics. London: Sage. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Kaare Strøm (2008): Coalition Agreements and Cabinet Governance. Pp. 159-200 in: Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman (Eds.) Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Torbjörn Bergman and Kaare Strøm (2008): Coalition Theory and Cabinet Governance: An Introduction. Pp. 1-50 in: Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman (Eds.) Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2008): Governments and bureaucracies. Pp. 189-216 in: Daniele Caramani (Ed.) Comparative Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2008): Zur (angeblichen) Alternativlosigkeit der großen Koalition in Österreich: koalitionstheoretische und politisch-historische Perspektiven. Pp. 301-324 in: Franz Schausberger (Ed.) Geschichte und Identität: Festschrift für Robert Kriechbaumer zum 60. Geburtstag. Vienna: Böhlau. more
Strøm, Kaare, Torbjörn Bergman, Wolfgang C. Müller and Benjamin Nyblade (2008): Conclusion: Cabinet Governance in Parliamentary Democracies. Pp. 403-430 in: Kaare Strøm, Wolfgang C. Müller, Torbjörn Bergman (Eds.) Cabinets and Coalition Bargaining. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Strøm, Kaare, and Wolfgang C. Müller (2008): Parliamentary Democracy, Agency Problems, and Party Politics. Pp. 25–49 in: Daniela Giannetti, Kenneth Benoit (Eds.) Intra-party Politics and Coalition Governments in Parliamentary Democracies. London: Routledge. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2007): Political Institutions and Linkage Strategies. Pp. 251-­275 in: Herbert Kitschelt, Steven I. Wilkinson (Eds.) Patrons or Policies? Patterns of Democratic Accountability and Political Competition. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2007): The changing role of Austrian civil service: the impact of politicisation, public sector reform, and Europeanisation. Pp. 38-62 in: Edward C. Page (Ed.) From the active to the enabling state. The changing role of top officials in European nations. 1st ed., Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Franz Fallend (2006): Dal multipolarismo al bipolarismo: il cambiamento del sistema partitico in Austria. Pp. 287-311 in: Luciano Bardi (Ed.) Partiti e sistemi di partito. Bologna: il Mulino. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Das Regierungssystem. Pp. 105-118 in: Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch. Wien: Manz. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Der Bundespräsident. Pp. 188-200 in: Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch. Wien: Manz. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Die Österreichische Volkspartei. Pp. 341-363 in: Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch. Wien: Manz. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Parteiensystem: Rahmenbedingungen, Format und Mechanik des Parteienwettbewerbs. Pp. 279-304 in: Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch. Wien: Manz. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Ulrich Sieberer (2006): Party Law. Pp. 435-445 in: Richard S. Katz, William Crotty (Eds.) Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage Publications. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Party Patronage and Party Colonization of the State. Pp. 189-195 in: Richard S. Katz, William Crotty (Eds.) Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage Publications. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Regierung und Kabinettsystem. Pp. 168-187 in: Herbert Dachs, Peter Gerlich, Herbert Gottweis, Helmut Kramer, Volkmar Lauber, Wolfgang C. Müller, Emmerich Tálos (Eds.) Politik in Österreich: Das Handbuch. Wien: Manz. more
Strøm, Kaare, Wolfgang C. Müller and Torbjörn Bergman (2006): The (Moral) Hazards of Parliamentary Democracy. Pp. 27-51 in: Dietmar Braun, Fabrizio Gilardi (Eds.) Delegation in Contemporary Democracies. London: Routledge. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2005): Austria: A Complex Electoral System with Subtle Effects. Pp. 397-416 in: Michael Gallagher, Paul Mitchell (Eds.) The Politics of Electoral Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2005): Die Relevanz von Institutionen für Koalitionstreue: Theoretische Überlegungen und Beobachtungen zur Bundesrepublik Deutschland. Pp. 73-107 in: Steffen Ganghof, Philip Manow (Eds.) Mechanismen der Politik. Strategische Interaktion im deutschen Regierungssystem. Frankfurt am Main: Campus. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2005): Parteiensysteme und Muster des Parteienwettbewerbs. Pp. 90-104 in: Tanja Hitzel-Cassagnes, Thomas Schmidt (Eds.) Demokratie in Europa und europäische Demokratien. Festschrift für Heidrun Abromeit. Wiesbaden: Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Conclusion: Political Parties in Changing Electoral Markets. Pp. 264-274 in: Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller, Fritz Plasser (Eds.) Political Parties and Electoral Change. London: Sage. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Introduction: Electoral Challenges and Party Responses. Pp. 1-19 in: Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller, Fritz Plasser (Eds.) Political Parties and Electoral Change. London: Sage. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Koalitionstheorien. Pp. 267-301 in: Ludger Helms, Uwe Jun (Eds.) Politische Theorie und Regierungslehre. Frankfurt a.M.: Campus. more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2004): Party Responses to the Erosion of Voter Loyalties in Austria: Weakness as an Advantage and Strength as a Handicap. Pp. 145-178 in: Peter Mair, Wolfgang C. Müller, Fritz Plasser (Eds.) Political Parties and Electoral Change. London: Sage. more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Kaare Strom (2004): Servants or Oligarchs? Politicians and Parties in Parliamentary Democracies. Pp. 421-458 in: Hanne Marthe Narud, Anne Krogstad (Eds.) Elections, Parties and Political Representation. Oslo: Universitetsforlaget. more

Papers / Reports

Miller, Bernhard, and Wolfgang C. Müller (2009): Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel. Bremen more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2006): Intra-party Conditions for Power-sharing: Comparing Power-sharing Post-War and Conflict Inter-War Austria. Oslo more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Hermann Schmitt (2006): Representation. A Review of the Literature and the Role of Representation in the IntUne Research Design.. more

Conference Presentations

Imre, Michael, Alejandro Ecker, Thomas M. Meyer and Wolfgang C. Müller (2019): If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands: coalition mood in European parliamentary democracies. [ECPR General Conference, Wrocław, September 04th to September 07th, 2019] more
Imre, Michael, Alejandro Ecker, Thomas M. Meyer and Wolfgang C. Müller (2019): If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands: coalition mood in European parliamentary democracies. [3-Länder-Tagung DVPW, ÖGPW, SVPW, Zürich, February 14th to February 16th, 2019] more
Imre, Michael, Alejandro Ecker, Thomas M. Meyer and Wolfgang C. Müller (2019): If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands: coalition mood in European parliamentary democracies. [9th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Belfast, June 20th to June 22nd, 2019] more
Imre, Michael, Alejandro Ecker, Thomas M. Meyer and Wolfgang C. Müller (2019): If you’re happy and you know it, clap your hands: coalition mood in European parliamentary democracies. [Summer School of ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Lisbon, July 23rd to August 02nd, 2019] 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
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
Miller, Bernhard, and Wolfgang C. Müller (2009): Koalitionsmechanismen in einer Großen Koalition: Das Beispiel der Regierung Merkel. [Conference: Bilanz der Großen Koalition, University of Bremen, March 16th to March 27th, 2009] more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Ulrich Sieberer and Michael Becher (2009): Engineering Parliamentary Rules. A Theoretical Framework and Macro Patterns in 20 European Democracies. [ECPR Conference 2009 Joint Sessions of Workshops, Lisbon, April 14th to April 19th, 2009] more
Müller, Wolfgang C., Nikolaus Eder and Marcelo Jenny (2009): Party Democracy and Individualized Constituency Campaigning: Candidate Strategies and Behavior in the 2006 Austrian Elections. [Conference: Candidates in Constituency Campaigns from a Comparative Perspective. Is Collectivist Representation in Established Party Democracy under Stress?, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, October 02nd to October 03rd, 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
Jenny, Marcelo, and Wolfgang C. Müller (2005): 'Delors' Vision and the Sobering Reality of Europeanizing the Legal Order. An Austrian Perspective. [ECPR Joint Session of Workshops, Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005] more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Bernhard Miller (2005): Coalition government and intra-party politics. [ECPR Joint Session of Workshops, Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005] more
Müller, Wolfgang C. (2005): Condemned to success: The 1945 transitional government in Austria. [Workshop on Transitional Institutions (Center for the Study of Civil War, Peace Research Institute Oslo), Oslo, May 11th to May 13th, 2005] more
Müller, Wolfgang C., and Peter Stefou (2005): Green Varieties. Ideological Beliefs Of Green Party Members And Tensions Between Them In Western Europe And Beyond. [Third ECPR Conference, Budapest, September 08th to September 10th, 2005] more
Strøm, Kaare, and Wolfgang C. Müller (2005): Parliamentary Democracy, Agency Problems and Party Politics. [ECPR Joint Sessions of Workshops, Workshop 25 'Intraparty Politics and Its Effects on Government Formation and Duration in Parliamentary Systems', Granada, April 14th to April 19th, 2005] more