Prof. Dr. Christian Stecker

Christian Stecker
Project Director
Christian.Stecker [at] mzes.uni-mannheim.de
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2842
 
 

Profile/Career

Projects

B2 Contexts for Democratic Governance: Political Institutions

B2.1832
The Populist Challenge in Parliament
B2.1834
Flexible Majorities as an Alternative to Rigid Majority Coalitions in Germany
B2.2002
Social Conflicts and Dynamics of Party Competition in Times of Migration and Integration

B3 Democratic Multilevel Governance and Europeanization

B3.1852
Patterns of Law-making in Germany's Multilevel System

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

Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2020): Parteienwettbewerb in den deutschen Bundesländern. 2., vollständig überarbeitete Auflage, Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more

Editions

Däubler, Thomas, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (Eds.) (2019): Democratic Representation in Multi-level Systems : the Vices and Virtues of Regionalisation. Abingdon: Routledge. [West European Politics Series] more
Däubler, Thomas, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (Eds.) (2018): Regionalisation – virtue or vice? Assessing democratic representation in multi-level democracies. [West European Politics, Vol. 41, Issue 3 ] more
Ganghof, Steffen, Christoph Hönnige and Christian Stecker (Eds.) (2009): Parlamente, Agendasetzung und Vetospieler. Festschrift für Herbert Döring. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more

Journal Articles

Gross, Martin, Jochen Müller, Christian Stecker and Marc Debus (In Press): Navigating complexity: exploring the changing dynamics of coalition avoidance in Germany, 1946-2023. Regional and Federal Studies, (publ. online before print). more
Debus, Marc, Noam Himmelrath and Christian Stecker (2024): How a history of migration affects individuals’ political attitudes. Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies, 50, issue 8, pp. 1886-1903. more
Jankowski, Michael, Anna-Sophie Kurella, Christian Stecker, Andreas Blätte, Thomas Bräuninger, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Susanne Pickel (2022): Die Positionen der Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2021: Ergebnisse des Open Expert Surveys. Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly, 63, pp. 53-72. more
Paasch, Jana, and Christian Stecker (2021): When Europe hits the subnational authorities: the transposition of EU directives in Germany between 1990 and 2018. Journal of Public Policy, 41, issue 4, pp. 798 - 817. more
Stecker, Christian (2020): Wie Koalitionsdisziplin den parlamentarischen Mehrheitswillen blockieren kann. GWP – Gesellschaft. Wirtschaft. Politik, 69, issue 1, pp. 71-77. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2019): Party Competition and Government Formation in Germany: Business as Usual or New Patterns?. German Politics, 28, issue 1, pp. 80-100. more
Kortmann, Matthias, Christian Stecker and Tobias Weiß (2019): Filling a Representation Gap? How Populist and Mainstream Parties Address Muslim Immigration and the Role of Islam. Representation: Journal of Representative Democracy, 55, issue 4, pp. 435-456. more
Kortmann, Matthias, and Christian Stecker (2019): Party competition and immigration and integration policies: a comparative analysis. Comparative European Politics, 17, issue 1, pp. 72-91. more
Stecker, Christian, and Marc Debus (2019): Refugees Welcome? Zum Einfluss der Flüchtlingsunterbringung auf den Wahlerfolg der AfD bei der Bundestagswahl 2017 in Bayern. Politische Vierteljahresschrift/German Political Science Quarterly, 60, issue 2, pp. 299-323. more
Willumsen, David M., Christian Stecker and Klaus H. Goetz (2019): Do electoral district size and diversity affect legislative behaviour?. Australian Journal of Political Science, 54, issue 1, pp. 37-64. more
Däubler, Thomas, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2018): Assessing democratic representation in multi‐level democracies. West European Politics, 41, issue 3, pp. 541-564. more
Schröder, Valentin, and Christian Stecker (2018): The Temporal Dimension of Issue Competition. Party Politics, 24, issue 6, pp. 708–718. more
Willumsen, David M., Christian Stecker and Klaus H. Goetz (2018): The electoral connection in staggered parliaments: Evidence from Australia, France, Germany and Japan. European Journal of Political Research, 57, issue 3, pp. 759-780. more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2016): Modeling Preferences Using Roll Call Votes in Parliamentary Systems. Political Analysis, 24, issue 2, pp. 189-210. more
Stecker, Christian, and Markus Tausendpfund (2016): Multidimensional government-citizen congruence and satisfaction with democracy. European Journal of Political Research, 55, issue 3, pp. 492-511. more
Stecker, Christian (2016): The effects of federalism reform on the legislative process in Germany. Regional and Federal Studies, 26, issue 5, pp. 604-624. more
Stecker, Christian (2015): How effects on party unity vary across votes. Party Politics, 21, issue 5, pp. 791-802. more
Stecker, Christian (2015): Parties on the Chain of Federalism: Position-Taking and Multi-Level Party Competition in Germany. West European Politics, 38, issue 6, pp. 1305-1326. more
Müller, Jochen, and Christian Stecker (2014): Zur Aussagekraft von Idealpunktschätzungen in parlamentarischen Systemen. Eine Analyse potentieller Auswahlverzerrungen. Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie, 8, pp. 85-111. more
Delius, Martin, Michael Koß and Christian Stecker (2013): „Ich erkenne also Fraktionsdisziplin grundsätzlich auch an...“ – Innerfraktioneller Dissens in der SPD-Fraktion der Großen Koalition 2005-2009. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 44, issue 3, pp. 546-566. more
Ganghof, Steffen, Christian Stecker, Sebastian Eppner and Katja Heeß (2012): Flexible und inklusive Mehrheiten? Eine Analyse der Gesetzgebung der Minderheitsregierung in NRW. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 43, issue 4, pp. 887-900. more
Harle, Isabella, and Christian Stecker (2011): Die Initiativtätigkeit des Bundesrates im Lichte der Parteipolitisierungshypothese. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen, 42, issue 2, pp. 325-334. more
Stecker, Christian (2011): Bedingungsfaktoren der Fraktionsgeschlossenheit. Eine vergleichende Analyse der deutschen Länderparlamente. Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 52, issue 3, pp. 424-447. more
Stecker, Christian (2011): Namentliche Abstimmungen als Währung individueller Verantwortlichkeit? Eine vergleichende Analyse der deutschen Länderparlamente. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, 5, issue 2, pp. 303-328. more
Stecker, Christian (2010): Causes of Roll Call Vote supply. Journal of Legislative Studies, 16, issue 4, pp. 438-459. more
Stecker, Christian (2010): The Land Election in Brandenburg 2009. German Politics, 19, issue 2, pp. 254-261. more
Zubek, Radoslaw, and Christian Stecker (2010): Legislatures and Policy Uncertainty: Evidence from East Central Europe. Journal of Public Policy, 30, issue 1, pp. 63-80. more
Miller, Bernhard, and Christian Stecker (2008): Consensus by Default? Interaction of Government and Opposition parties in the committees of the German Bundestag.. German Politics, 17, issue 3, pp. 305-322. more

Book Chapters

Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2019): Die programmatischen Positionen der deutschen Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2017: Ergebnisse einer Expertenbefragung. Pp. 93-113 in: Marc Debus, Markus Tepe, Jan Sauermann (Eds.) Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie Band 11. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Stecker, Christian (2018): Germany. Heated debates but cooperative behaviour. Pp. 35-52 in: Elisabetta De Giorgi, Gabriella Ilonszki (Eds.) Opposition parties in European legislatures. Conflict or consensus?. London: Routledge. more
Stecker, Christian (2017): Parteien und Fraktionsgeschlossenheit auf der kommunalen Ebene. Pp. 323-348 in: Markus Tausendpfund, Angelika Vetter (Eds.) Politische Einstellungen von Kommunalpolitikern im Vergleich. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Ganghof, Steffen, and Christian Stecker (2015): Investiture Rules in Germany: Stacking the Deck against Minority Governments. Pp. 67-85 in: Bjorn Erik Rasch, Shane Martin, José Antonio Cheibub (Eds.) Parliaments and Government Formation: Unpacking Investiture Rules. Oxford: Oxford University Press. more
Stecker, Christian, and Klaus H. Goetz (2014): Government at the Centre. Pp. 16-34 in: Stephen Padgett, William E. Paterson, Reimut Zohlnhöfer (Eds.) Developments in German Politics. Houndmills, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan. more
Ganghof, Steffen, and Christian Stecker (2008): Das institutionelle Design parlamentarischer Demokratien: Zum Zusammenspiel von Wahl- und Gesetzgebungssystemen. Pp. 217-236 in: Steffen Ganghof, Christoph Hönnige, Christian Stecker (Eds.) Parlamente, Agendasetzung und Vetospieler. Festschrift für Herbert Döring. Wiesbaden: VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. more

Web Publications

Debus, Marc, Julius Kölzer and Christian Stecker (2024): Rekorde im Westen – welche Faktoren erklären die Zugewinne der AfD in Hessen und Bayern?, DVPW-Blog more

Conference Presentations

Debus, Marc, Noam Himmelrath and Christian Stecker (2023): How a history of migration affects citizens’ political attitudes. [29th International Conference of Europeanists, Reykjavik, June 27th to June 29th, 2023] more
Blätte, Andreas, Marcel Lewandowsky, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2019): Amusement, laughter and applause: Alternative sources for ideal point estimation?. [77th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 04th to April 07th, 2019] more
Blätte, Andreas, Marina König, Marcel Lewandowsky, Jochen Müller, Christian Stecker and Tobias Weiß (2019): Nach Köln…“ – Die Flüchtlingskrise, die Kölner Silvesterereignisse und der parlamentarische Diskurs. [Workshop: The Established Populists. The implications of the AfD’s success, MZES, Mannheim, May 24th, 2019] more
Blätte, Andreas, Marcel Lewandowsky, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2019): Policing, Muslims and Populism Parliamentary Discourse in Germany during the European Migrant Crisis. [77th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association (MPSA), Chicago, IL, April 04th to April 07th, 2019] more
Paasch, Jana, and Christian Stecker (2019): Better late than never? EU Implementation beyond the National Level – An Analysis of the Sixteen German Regional Parliaments between 1990 and 2018. [ECPR General Conference, Wrocław, September 04th to September 07th, 2019] more
Paasch, Jana, and Christian Stecker (2019): Better late than never? EU Implementation beyond the National Level – An Analysis of the Sixteen German Regional Parliaments between 1990 and 2018. [Annual DSE-ECSA Conference 2019: Europe and the Rule of Law, Aarhus, October 03rd to October 04th, 2019] more
Paasch, Jana, and Christian Stecker (2019): EU Implementation beyond the National Level – An Analysis of the Sixteen German Regional Parliaments between 1990 and 2018. [5th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Leiden, June 27th to June 29th, 2019] more
Schnaudt, Christian, and Christian Stecker (2019): Immigration and integration as ‘flash issues’: How the refugee crisis has altered electoral behavior in Europe. [9th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Belfast, June 20th to June 22nd, 2019] more
Schnaudt, Christian, and Christian Stecker (2019): Immigration and integration as ‘flash issues’: How the refugee crisis has altered electoral behavior in Europe. [4th International ESS Conference “Turbulent times in Europe: Instability, insecurity and inequality", MZES, Mannheim, April 15th to April 17th, 2019] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2018): Business as usual? Party competition and government formation in Germany following the refugee crisis. [Jahrestagung des DVPW Arbeitskreises Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie, Oldenburg, May 31st to June 01st, 2018] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2018): Jamaica, minority government or grand coalition? Government formation after the Bundestagwahl 2017. [44th Annual Conference of the International Association for the Study of German Politics (IASGP), GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences, Cologne, May 29th to May 30th, 2018] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Marc Debus, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2018): Party Competition and Government Formation in Germany: Business as Usual or New Patterns?. [27. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Frankfurt am Main, September 25th to September 28th, 2018] more
Kortmann, Matthias, Christian Stecker and Tobias Weiß (2018): Politicizing Islam: How Populism Changes the Relevance of Islam in Electoral Manifestos. [Workshop ‘Minding the Gap? The Populist Surge and its Consequences for Representation’, WZB, Berlin, June 07th to June 08th, 2018] more
Paasch, Jana, Christian Stecker and Jale Tosun (2018): Party Competition and Implementation of European Law in the Multi-level Polity of Germany. [ECPR General Conference, Hamburg, August 22nd to August 25th, 2018] more
Stecker, Christian, and Marc Debus (2018): Refugees Welcome? The presence of refugees and the electoral success of the right-wing populist AfD in Germany. [8th Annual Conference of the European Political Science Association, Vienna, June 21st to June 23rd, 2018] more
Debus, Marc, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2017): Group-serving bias and confirmation bias von Wählern im Spiegel der Politbarometerdaten. [Wählerverhalten und Parteiensystem im Wandel - 40 Jahre Politbarometer. Symposium anlässlich des 40-jährigen Bestehens des Politbarometers, Universität Mannheim, November 23rd, 2017] more
Paasch, Jana, and Christian Stecker (2017): Better late than never? – The transposition of EU directives in the German regional parliaments between 1990 and 2016. [4th Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Basel, June 29th to July 01st, 2017] more
Kortmann, Matthias, and Christian Stecker (2016): Party Competition and Policies of Immigrant Integration in Germany. [ECPR General Conference, Prague, September 07th to September 10th, 2016] more
Paasch, Jana, and Christian Stecker (2016): Backbenchers to the Front? Parliamentary Questions in National Parliaments as a Communicative Instrument in EU Affairs. [3rd General Conference of the ECPR Standing Group on Parliaments, Munich, June 30th to July 02nd, 2016] more
Popa, Sebastian Adrian, Jan Rosset and Christian Stecker (2016): What favors the congruence between citizens and their governments? Multi-dimensional ideological congruence and party systems. [ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague, September 07th to September 10th, 2016] more
Popa, Sebastian Adrian, Jan Rosset and Christian Stecker (2016): What favors the congruence between citizens and their governments? Multidimensional ideological congruence and party systems. [6th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Brussels, June 23rd to June 25th, 2016] more
Rosset, Jan, and Christian Stecker (2016): Policy Congruence in Europe: A Multidimensional Approach. [Jahreskongress der Schweizerischen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Basel, January 21st to January 22nd, 2016] more
Rosset, Jan, and Christian Stecker (2016): Policy Congruence in Europe: A Multidimensional Approach. [ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague, September 07th to September 10th, 2016] more
Stecker, Christian (2016): Parteimitgliedschaft und Parteipolitisierung der kommunalen Ebene. [Workshop "Politische Orientierungen von Kommunalpolitikern im Vergleich", Stuttgart, February 26th, 2016] more
Stecker, Christian (2016): Stoßen Mehrheitskoalitionen auf Länderebene an ihre Grenzen und welche Alternativen gäbe es?. [Tagung der DVPW-Sektion „Regierungssystem und Regieren in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland“, Schwäbisch Gmünd, November 18th to November 19th, 2016] more
Willumsen, David M., Christian Stecker and Klaus H. Goetz (2016): When to review, when to oppose? Bicameralism and legitimacy in the Australian Senate. [ECPR General Conference, Charles University, Prague, September 07th to September 10th, 2016] more
Kortmann, Matthias, and Christian Stecker (2015): Party Competition and Policies of Immigrant Integration in Germany. [5th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Vienna, June 25th to June 27th, 2015] more
Müller, Jochen, and Christian Stecker (2015): Disentangling parties' policy shifts: "Law and Order" in European Manifestos. [26. wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, September 21st to September 25th, 2015] more
Schröder, Valentin, and Christian Stecker (2015): Was wirklich zählt: Namentliche Abstimmungen als Kommunikationsmittel von Koalitionsparteien. [26. wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politische Wissenschaft, Universität Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, September 21st to September 25th, 2015] more
Stecker, Christian (2015): Caught in the Core – How majority coalitions prevent median policies. [65th Political Studies Association Annual International Conference, Sheffield, March 30th to April 01st, 2015] more
Stecker, Christian (2015): Less conflict in times of crisis? Government-Opposition Dynamics in Germany. [22nd International Conference of Europeanists, Sciences Po, Paris, July 08th to July 10th, 2015] more
Stecker, Christian, and Markus Tausendpfund (2015): Multi-dimensional government-citizen congruence and satisfaction with democracy. [5th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Vienna, June 25th to June 27th, 2015] more
Goetz, Klaus H., Christian Stecker and David M. Willumsen (2014): Heterotemporal Parliamentarism: Does staggered membership renewal matter?. [ECPR Joint Sessions, Universidad de Salamanca, April 10th to April 15th, 2014] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2013): Strategic voting in roll calls. Pitfalls of ideal point estimation in parliamentary systems. [71st Annual Conference - Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, April 11th to April 14th, 2013] more
Bräuninger, Thomas, Jochen Müller and Christian Stecker (2013): Strategic voting in roll calls. Pitfalls of ideal point estimation in parliamentary systems. [3rd Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Barcelona, June 20th to June 22nd, 2013] more
Müller, Jochen, and Christian Stecker (2012): Dimensionality and legislative voting. Evidence from the German Länder. [4th ECPR Graduate Conference, Bremen, July 04th to July 06th, 2012] more
Müller, Jochen, and Christian Stecker (2011): Political Dimensionality in the German state parliaments. [Dreiländertagung von SVPW, DVPW und ÖGPW, Basel, January 13th to January 14th, 2011] more