Dr. Martin Gross

former staff
Phone: 
+49-621-181-2842
 
 

Projects

RP9 B2 Contexts for Democratic Governance: Political Institutions

RP9
Going Local: Determinants of Institutional Changes of Local Government and their Implications for Political Participation and Political Decision-Making in West European Democracies

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

Gross, Martin (2016): Koalitionsbildungsprozesse auf kommunaler Ebene: Schwarz-Grün in deutschen Großstädten. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. 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
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2021): Strategic issue emphasis in parties’ election campaign statements. Party Politics, 27, issue 3, pp. 515-527. more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2018): Does EU regional policy increase parties' support for European integration?. West European Politics, 41, issue 3, pp. 594-614. more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2018): Gaining new insights by going local: Determinants of coalition formation in mixed democratic polities. Public Choice, 174, issue 1-2, pp. 61-80. more
Gross, Martin (2018): ‘Sowing the Seeds of Love’? Determinants of Local Coalition Formation and Termination between the CDU and the Greens, 1994–2016. German Politics, 27, issue 3, pp. 339-358. more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2017): Strength of weakness? Innerparteiliche Heterogenität, divergierende Koalitionspräferenzen und die Ergebnisse von Koalitionsverhandlungen in den deutschen Bundesländern. PVS Politische Vierteljahresschrift, 58, issue 2, pp. 179-204. more
Gross, Martin, and Tim Niendorf (2017): Determinanten der Bildung nicht-etablierter Koalitionen in den deutschen Bundesländern, 1990 – 2016. Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Politikwissenschaft, 11, issue 3, pp. 365-390. more
Debus, Marc, and Martin Gross (2016): Coalition formation at the local level: Institutional constraints, party policy conflict, and office-seeking political parties. Party Politics, 22, issue 6, pp. 835-846. more
Gross, Martin (2014): Koalitionsbildung in deutschen Großstädten: Empirische Befunde aus Nordrhein-Westfalen. Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft, 24, issue 1-2, pp. 109-143. more
Adendorf, Anna, and Martin Gross Under pressure? How regional dominant parties shift their EU positions when challenged by Euroskeptic parties. Journal of European Integration, (publ. online before print). more

Book Chapters

Gross, Martin (2017): Großstadt ist nicht gleich Großstadt: Erklärungsfaktoren für die Unterschiede bei kommunalen Koalitionsverhandlungen und Koalitionsvereinbarungen. Pp. 193-219 in: Marlon Barbehön, Sybille Münch (Eds.) Variationen des Städtischen - Variationen lokaler Politik. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more
Gross, Martin (2017): Machtstrukturen in der lokalen Politik. Pp. 111-149 in: Markus Tausendpfund, Angelika Vetter (Eds.) Politische Einstellungen von Kommunalpolitikern im Vergleich. Wiesbaden: Springer VS. more

MZES Working Papers

Baumann, Markus, and Martin Gross (2016): Where Is My Party? Introducing New Data Sets on Ideological Cohesion and Ambiguity of Party Positions in Media Coverage. Mannheim [Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung: Arbeitspapiere; 167] more

Papers / Reports

Heichel, Stephan, Martin Gross and Marc Debus (2018): Cohesion policy implementation, performance and communication: Baden-Württemberg case study. [COHESIFY research paper] more
Heichel, Stephan, Martin Gross and Marc Debus (2018): Cohesion policy implementation, performance and communication: Thuringia case study. [COHESIFY research paper] more
Debus, Marc, and Martin Gross (2017): Positions on and issue emphasis of European integration and EU Cohesion policy: Analysing (sub-)national party manifestos. [COHESIFY research paper; 4] more

Web Publications

Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2015): Local politicians take the party affiliation of directly elected mayors into account when forming coalitions, Democratic Audit UK, http://www.democraticaudit.com/?p=14998 more

Conference Presentations

Gross, Martin, and Constantin Wurthmann (2024): Wählerinnen und Wählern auf den Mund schauen: Dialekte als eine Dimension von Repräsentation?. [29. Wissenschaftlicher Kongress der Deutschen Vereinigung für Politikwissenschaft, Göttingen, September 24th to September 27th, 2024] more
Adendorf, Anna, and Martin Gross (2020): Under Pressure: Dominant Parties' Reactions to Euroskeptic Challenger Parties in European Regions. [ECPR General Conference, (virtual conference), August 24th to August 28th, 2020] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2017): Economic hardship and the policy emphases of political parties in the last weeks of an election campaign: Evidence from nine European countries. [75th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 06th to April 09th, 2017] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2017): Strength of weakness? Intra-Party Heterogeneity and Coalition Negotiations. [113th APSA Annual Meeting & Exhibition, San Francisco, CA, August 31st to September 03rd, 2017] more
Gross, Martin, and Michael Jankowski (2017): Analyzing Local Party Manifestos in Multi-Level Democracies. [7th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Mailand, June 22nd to June 24th, 2017] more
Gross, Martin, and Michael Jankowski (2017): Analyzing Local Party Manifestos in Multi-Level Democracies. [Jahrestagung DVPW AK Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie, MZES, Mannheim, June 08th to June 09th, 2017] more
Gross, Martin (2017): Does anyone care? Explaining the variation in sub-national parties’ emphasis of European issues and EU Cohesion policy. [1st Regional Research and Networking Conference, Heidelberg, January 27th, 2017] more
Gross, Martin (2017): Economic hardship and the policy emphases of political parties in the last weeks of an election campaign: Evidence from nine European countries. [75th Annual Conference of the Midwest Political Science Association, Chicago, IL, April 06th to April 09th, 2017] more
Gross, Martin, and Constantin Schäfer (2017): What moves party systems in times of crises? Economic conditions, public opinion and the domestic electoral arena. [Conference DVWP AK Parteienforschung “Change and Future Viability of Party Democracy in Europe”, Düsseldorf, October 13th to October 14th, 2017] more
Baumann, Markus, Marc Debus and Martin Gross (2016): Innerparteiliche Zerstrittenheit, divergierende Koalitionspräferenzen und Ergebnisse von Koalitionsverhandlungen. [Annual meeting of the Analytical Politics Section (Arbeitskreis Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie) of the German Political Science Association, University of Cologne, May 20th to May 21st, 2016] more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2016): EU regional policy and the support for European integration among political parties. [MZES-Workshop "Vices and Virtues of Decentralization: Challenges in European multi-level Democracies", MZES, Mannheim, November 25th to November 26th, 2016] more
Gross, Martin (2016): Netzwerkstrukturen in der lokalen Politik. [Workshop "Politische Orientierungen von Kommunalpolitikern im Vergleich", Universität Stuttgart, February 26th, 2016] more
Gross, Martin (2016): Spending other people's money? Sub-national party positions on European integration and EU cohesion policy. [ECPR General Conference, Charles University Prague, September 07th to September 10th, 2016] more
Gross, Martin (2016): Sub-national party positions on European integration and EU cohesion policy: An exploratory analysis. [3-Länder-Tagung "Regionalismus in einer entgrenzten Welt" der DVPW, ÖGPW und SVPW, Universität Heidelberg, September 29th to October 01st, 2016] more
Schäfer, Constantin, and Martin Gross (2016): What Moves Voters and Parties in Times of Crisis? A Macro-Level Analysis on the Euro Crisis Effects on Euroscepticism. [3-Länder-Tagung "Regionalismus in einer entgrenzten Welt" der DVPW, ÖGPW und SVPW, Universität Heidelberg, September 29th to October 01st, 2016] more
Calca, Patrícia, and Martin Gross (2015): To adapt or to disregard? Parties' reactions to external shocks. [5th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Vienna, June 25th to June 27th, 2015] more
Gross, Martin (2015): Kommunale Koalitionsverhandlungen und Koalitionsvereinbarungen: Handeln lokale politische Akteure wie ihre nationalen Pendants?. [Jahrestagung des DVPW-Arbeitskreises "Lokale Politikforschung", Universität Heidelberg, January 30th to January 31st, 2015] more
Gross, Martin (2015): Who gets in? The determinants of coalition membership on the local level. [5th Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Vienna, June 25th to June 27th, 2015] more
Debus, Marc, and Martin Gross (2014): Institutional Constraints, Party Policy Conflict and Coalition Formation in Multilevel Systems: Evidence from the German Local Level. [Swiss Political Science Association Annual Convention, Universität Bern, January 30th to January 31st, 2014] more
Gross, Martin, and Marc Debus (2013): Institutional Constraints, Party Policy Conflict and Coalition Formation at the Local Level: Evidence from 29 German Cities. [3rd Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association, Barcelona, June 20th to June 22nd, 2013] more
Gross, Martin (2013): Koalitionen auf kommunaler Ebene zwischen CDU und Bündnis 90/Die Grünen: Befunde aus deutschen Großstädten. [Vierte Düsseldorfer Graduiertenkonferenz Parteienwissenschaften, Düsseldorf, February 08th to February 09th, 2013] more
Gross, Martin (2013): Kommunale "Politik der Vielfalt"? Koalitionsbildung in 29 nordrhein-westfälischen Großstädten. [3-Länder-Tagung Politikwissenschaft: "Politik der Vielfalt" der DVPW, ÖGPW und SVPW, Universität Innsbruck, September 19th to September 21st, 2013] more
Gross, Martin (2013): The Formation and Non-Formation of Coalitions between the CDU and the Greens at the Local Level, 1993-2011: Evidence from German Cities. [Konferenz "Qualitative Comparative Analysis - Applications and Methodological Challenges", Goethe Universität, Frankfurt am Main, November 22nd to November 23rd, 2013] more