The Communal Elections in Germany. Representation Democracy on the Communal Level
No.2(2002)
Abstract
Keywords:
Communal election; germany; representation democracy; municipal election.
The aim of present article is to introduce the German municipal election systems, including a sort summary of a liberal - still proceeding - discussion about their more or less fundamental reforms. In this article you can also find the overall communal election results of the particular federative countries. Researching German communal electoral systems brings contribution to removing some of the preconceptions and ignorance/unknowing connected with the discussion about a possible reform of the way of communal elections in the Czech Republic.
Communal election; germany; representation democracy; municipal election.