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Political Parties and Civil Society in Federal CountriesWhile federalism shapes the ways parties compete and organize, parties as central actors in parliaments and governments have a decisive impact on federal dynamics. Looking at both perspectives within one study will allow to understand better the role of political parties in federal democracies. In this study, we are interested in the multi-level structures of electoral competition and the vertical linkages of statewide party organizations in federal systems as well as the processes of government formation and the coordination of public policies across territorial levels via party channels. Moreover, our comparative study will ask how recent challenges such as state transformation in the era of transnational governance and the representative crisis of parties have affected the parties-federalism nexus. Are there processes of denationalization in party competition? How do parties respond to such challenges? Co-ordinators for this theme are Dr. Wolfgang Renzsch and Dr. Klaus Detterbeck of the University of Magdeburg, Germany. Country co-ordinators include:
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