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Vom Konsens zum Dissens? Politische Ordnungspräferenzen von Eliten und Bürgern im ost-westdeutschen Vergleich

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Wie steht es in der Bundesrepublik mit dem politischen Grundkonsens, den noch die letzte großangelegte Eliten-Bürger-Umfrage, die Mannheimer Studie von 1981, konstatieren konnte? Hat sich der Konsens aufgelöst, und wenn ja, welchen Anteil hatte die Wiedervereinigung daran? Diese Fragen beantwortet der Beitrag an Hand der ersten gesamtdeutschen Eliten-Bürger-Befragung, der Potsdamer Studie von 1995. Das theoretische Leitmotiv der Analysen bildet die Annahme, daß die politische Ordnung eines möglichst breiten Konsenses innerhalb der Eliten sowie zwischen Eliten und Bürgern bedarf, um den Kriterien der Effektivität und der Legitimität genügen zu können. Aus dieser Theorieperspektive vergleicht der Beitrag die politischen Ordnungspräferenzen von ost- und westdeutschen Eliten und Bürgern. Als Hauptbefund läßt sich festhalten, daß die bundesdeutsche Gesellschaft mittlerweile durch Konsensdefizite sowohl im Inter-Eliten- als auch im Eliten- Bürger-Verhältnis gekennzeichnet ist, welche die Konflikthaftigkeit der politischen Ordnung befördern, damit zugleich aber auch deren Reformperspektiven erweitern.

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  • Welzel, Christian, 1998. "Vom Konsens zum Dissens? Politische Ordnungspräferenzen von Eliten und Bürgern im ost-westdeutschen Vergleich," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Institutions and Social Change FS III 98-201, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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