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Der Verlust politischer Gleichheit: Warum die sinkende Wahlbeteiligung der Demokratie schadet

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Bundestagswahlen, Landtagswahlen, Kom­munalwahlen, Europawahlen - seit Jahren sinkt die Wahlbeteiligung in Deutschland. Doch was steht hinter diesem Trend und was bedeutet er für die Demokratie? Armin Schäfer beantwortet diese Frage umfassend und zeigt, dass wachsende soziale Ungleich­heit zu einer Verringerung der Wahlbeteiligung führt: Sozial benachteiligte Gruppen bleiben in großer Zahl der Wahlurne fern. Die Unterschiede in der Wahlbeteiligung waren in der Geschichte der Bundesrepublik nie so groß wie heute. Aktuelle Reformmaßnahmen, die die Partizipationsmöglichkeiten ausweiten, verringern entgegen optimistischen Erwartungen die Beteiligungskluft nicht, sondern vergrößern sie sogar.

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  • Schäfer, Armin, 2015. "Der Verlust politischer Gleichheit: Warum die sinkende Wahlbeteiligung der Demokratie schadet," Schriften aus dem Max-Planck-Institut für Gesellschaftsforschung Köln, Max Planck Institute for the Study of Societies, volume 81, number 81.
    • Handle: RePEc:zbw:mpifgs:81
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