Political Decision-Making in the Federal Republic of Germany (A17 [C06])

• Subject Area: Modern and Contemporary History
• Term: from 2015 to 2019
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 252080619

This project examines the end of planning euphoria in Germany and Britain as expressed in the concept of “ungovernability”. We look at the discourses, the respective agents and groups of agents, the formation of new decision-making structures and political practices since the mid-1970s. The comparison of Germany and Britain allows the examination of two political spheres in which questions not only of the legitimacy of decision-making, but also problems of the labour market, wage policy and internal security were discussed and practically handled very differently.

• DFG Programme: Collaborative Research Centres
• Subproject of: SFB 1150: Cultures of Decision-Making
• Applicant Institution: Universität Münster
• Project Head: Professor Dr. Thomas Großbölting