Elmar Brähler

Johannes Kiess

Oliver Decker

Ayline Heller

Neue Herausforderungen - alte Reaktionen? / Leipziger Autoritarismus Studie 2022

Autoritäre Dynamiken in unsicheren Zeiten

Escape into Authoritarianism

Dynamics of Right-Wing Extremism Within German Society

Oliver Decker (PD Dr. phil.)

Seit 2002 untersucht die Leipziger Arbeitsgruppe um Brähler und Decker die rechtsextreme Einstellung in Deutschland. Die gewonnenen Daten und sozialpsychologischen Analysen der Mitte-Studien der Universität Leipzig sind zur bundesweiten Grundlage der Auseinandersetzung mit Rechtsextremismus geworden. Die rechtsextreme Einstellung ist kein Randphänomen. Insbesondere autoritäre Aggressionen gegen MigrantInnen sind weit verbreitet. Die globale Wanderungsbewegung stellt die Bundesrepublik deshalb zunehmend vor besondere Herausforderungen. Die aktuellen Ergebnisse zeigen, dass antidemokratische Ideologien seit einigen Jahren verstärkt artikuliert werden und sich das politische Klima in der Bundesrepublik verschiebt. Im Langzeitverlauf lassen sich so verschiedene politische Milieus, ihre Polarisierung und der Legitimationsverlust demokratischer Institutionen beschreiben. Mit Beiträgen von Elmar Brähler, Anna Brausam, Oliver Decker, Eva Eggers, Jörg M. Fegert, Alexander Häusler, Johannes Kiess, Kati Lang, Thorsten Mense, Paul L. Plener, Timo Reinfrank, Jan Schedler, Frank Schubert, Gregor Wiedemann und Alexander Yendell

autoritäre und rechtsextreme Einstellung in Deutschland : die Leipziger "Mitte"-Studie 2016

Die enthemmte Mitte

Rechtsextremismus der Mitte

This book discusses right-wing extremism by analysing Germanophone research on this topic for the first time in English, including unique survey data from Germany and Austria. Highlighting how questions of terminology can become complicated when country cases are compared, the authors analyse theoretical and methodological issues in relation to the question of right-wing extremism. In Anglo-American academia, the term is often associated with fairly rare phenomena in the form of extremist political groups, whereas in Germany the term is often applied to a wide range of attitudes, behaviours and parties, including those which operate more within the mainstream political sphere. Covering an array of sub-fields such as right-wing terrorism, iconography of the extreme right and the Germanophone discussion on the differentiation of right-wing populism and right-wing extremism, the authors account not only for the centrality of right-wing extremist attitudes in Germanophone research, but also point at its often overlooked relevance for the phenomenon in general. Offering an important insight into the nuanced definition of right-wing extremism across Europe and enhancing both international debate and cross-country comparative research, this book will be of interest to students and scholars researching extremism, German politics and European politics more generally.

Challenges for Comparative Analysis

German Perspectives on Right-Wing Extremism

Martin Seeliger

Trade Unions and European Integration brings together pessimists and optimists on trade unionism under the contemporary pressures of European integration. The Great Recession has brought new attention to structural problems of the European integration process, specifically monetary integration; holding the potential of disabling any trans-national co-ordination. Other authors argue that the current crisis also poses the chance for mobilization and new impulses for European trade unionism. This is discussed in the volume alongside a variety of topics including bargaining coordination, co-determination, European governance regimes, and European wide mobilization. While the importance of the question of how trade unionism and wage policy can, will, and should develop under the conditions of European integration seems widely shared, the polarization of the debate itself deserves our attention to learn about the opposing arguments and points of view; and to enhance academic discussion as well as consultancy to policy makers. This volume addresses this debate by bringing together the most distinguished voices and searching for common ground as well as new perspectives on European trade unionism and collective bargaining. The chapters of the volume, organised topically, are each accompanied by a comment from a distinguished scholar, highlighting the divisions of the debate. With this innovative approach, this book advances the dialogue between what have become openly opposed camps of optimists and pessimists on the future of European integration, trade unionism and its future chances. Trade Unions and European Integration will appeal to students and researchers interested in fields such as European Studies, Industrial Relations, Political Economics, Social Movements and Sociology of Work.

Trade Unions and European Integration: A Question of Optimism and Pessimism?

Internationale Gewerkschaftspolitik im Prozess der europäischen Integration

Zwischen Institutionalisierung und Abwehrkampf

Johannes Kiess

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