Die CDU. Repräsentationsgarantien und -defizite einer Volkspartei
- Submitting institution
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University of Oxford
- Unit of assessment
- 19 - Politics and International Studies
- Output identifier
- 14701
- Type
- C - Chapter in book
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- Book title
- Parteien und soziale Ungleichheit
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag
- ISBN
- 9783658103903
- Open access status
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- Month of publication
- December
- Year of publication
- 2016
- URL
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- Supplementary information
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- Output has been delayed by COVID-19
- No
- COVID-19 affected output statement
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- Forensic science
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- Criminology
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- Interdisciplinary
- No
- Number of additional authors
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0
- Research group(s)
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- Proposed double-weighted
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- Reserve for an output with double weighting
- No
- Additional information
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- Author contribution statement
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- Non-English
- Yes
- English abstract
- The extent to which political parties are characterized by representation deficits vis-à-vis a country’s population depends on the level of analysis. This chapter focuses on Germany’s CDU to show that representation deficits can be less pronounced at the party leadership than at the membership level due to (in)formal seat guarantees for politically relevant groups. Empirically, the chapter compares the socio-structural composition of Germany’s population with the CDU’s membership and federal executive board since the mid-1960s. The varying share of women, Protestant Christians, and East Germans illustrates how parties use representation as an integrative signal and response to social change (German)