Politics

Representative Democracy and the Crisis of Legitimacy

Democracy, aristocracy, oligarchy, dictatorship, despotism, totalitarianism, absolutism and anarchy - each of these forms of government faces the fundamental challenge of finding a balance between the two crucial criteria of efficiency and legitimacy. While efficiency describes how quickly... [...]

The systematic plundering of the rural communities in Lusatia

The rural communities in Lusatia have been struggling with growing structural deficits for a long time because higher-level administrative levels are constantly burdening them with new duties. The federal, state and European institutional landscapes are continuously delegating additional responsibilities without the need for... [...]

Serbsky Sejm and the importance for Lusatia

The establishment of the Serbsky Sejm was a decisive step in the political and cultural self-determination of the Sorbs. At a time when national identities became increasingly important, the assembly enabled the Sorbs to... [...]

The debate about the abolition of Christian holidays

The debate about the abolition of Christian holidays affects many people like an attack on identity, memory and social stability. Not as a factual reform, but as a cold offsetting exercise that wants to exchange culture for supposed productivity gains.... [...]

An invisible network

In a hypothetical scenario, the image of a fine, hardly tangible network of influence is created in which German state and semi-state actors try to have a deep impact on the administrative processes of the USA without ever appearing openly.... [...]

Defects in election counts and postal elections in Germany

Trust in the course of democratic elections is based on transparency, traceability and legal control. In recent years, however, there have been increasing indications of discrepancies in the handling of postal voting documents, of non-transparent counts and insufficient controls,... [...]
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