Edeltraud Roller
Biographic Data
| ID | 4075274 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Edeltraud Roller |
| GIVEN NAMES | Edeltraud |
| FAMILY NAME | Roller |
| SIGNATURE | ROLLER E |
| AFFILIATIONS | WZB Berlin Social Science Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 29 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 77 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 7 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Conceptualizing and Measuring the Quality of Democracy: The Citizens’ Perspective
In recent years, several measurements of the quality of democracy have been developed (e.g. Democracy Barometer, Varieties of Democracy Project). These objective measurements focus on institutional and procedural characteristics of democracy. This article starts from the premise that in order to fully understand the quality of democracy such objective measurements have to be complemented by subjective measurements based on the perspective of citi…
Welfare State and Political Culture in Unified Germany
This paper addresses the assertion that preferences for a comprehensive welfare state hamper and delay the emergence of a liberal-democratic culture in East Germany. Two questions are explored: first, has the impact of welfare-state values on support of the German democratic regime declined in East Germany since re-unification and adapted to the lower levels observed in West Germany? Second, are attitudes towards different welfare-state programme…
Die Bundestagswahl 2002: Analysen der Wahlergebnisse und des Wahlkampfes
Europäische Integration in der öffentlichen Meinung
Ende der Politisierten Sozialstruktur
Comparing the performance of autocracies: Issues in Measuring Types of Autocratic Regimes and Performance
This paper discusses two methodological issues in research studying the performance of political regimes. First, it compares the conceptualisation and measurement of three data sets on types of autocratic regimes developed by Geddes et al. (2012a), Hadenius et al. (2012), and Cheibub et al. (2010). The data sets are found to differ with respect to their conceptualisation of autocratic regimes (narrow vs. flexible concepts) and types of autocratic…
Jugend und Politik: Voll Normal
Jugend und Politik: „Voll normal!“
Jugendliche wenden sich zunehmend von der Politik ab. Ihr Interesse am politischen Geschehen, ihr Vertrauen in politische Institutionen sowie ihre politische Beteiligungsbereitschaft sind deutlich niedriger als bei der Erwachsenen. Diese Klischees Ã1⁄4ber das Verhältnis der Jugendlichen zur Politik sind immer wieder anzutreffen. Aber sie treffen nicht zu. Das Verhältnis der Jugendlichen zur Politik unterscheidet sich nicht grundsätzlich von dem d…
Learned Democracy? Support of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
In this article, the extent of support for democracy is determined for thirteen countries in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in East Germany. In addition, West Germany, representing an established democracy, is included as a benchmark country. The analysis rests on the assumption, that a democracy can be regarded as consolidated only if it is supported by the majority of its citizens. The empirical analysis is based on comparative surveys c…
The Performance of Democracies: Political Institutions and Public Policy
This book offers a description and explanation of the performance of western democracies. It addresses two main questions: Is the performance of western democracies in decline? Do institutions matter for political performance? It aims at a comprehensive stock-taking for twenty-one OECD countries by systematically examining all major domestic policy areas — domestic security policy, economic policy, social policy, and environmental policy — from 1…
Die Bundestagswahl 2002
Europäische Integration in der öffentlichen Meinung
Bürger und Demokratie in Ost und West
Politische Kultur und politische Werte - Wahlen und politischer Prozess - Politische Partizipation und Interessenartikulation - Politische Parteien und Politiken - Politische Reprasentation und politische Leistungsfahigkeit - Anhang
B urger und Demokratie in Ost und West: Studien zur politischen Kultur und zum politischen Prozess
Das Ende der politisierten Sozialstruktur?
Reforming the Spanish Senate: Mission Impossible
Attempts in recent years to reform the Spanish Senate have proven futile. Using an institutionalist approach, this article highlights some of the weaknesses of the Spanish Senate in terms of its constitutional design and institutional development. The article explains how attempts at reforming political institutions are influenced by the historical context in which the institution was originally designed and the political context in which it has …
Ende der politisierten Sozialstruktur
Marktwirtschaftliche und wohlfahrtsstaatliche Gerechtigkeitsprinzipien in Deutschland und den USA
Zu den konstitutiven Elementen einer gesellschaftlichen Ordnung zählen die Regeln oder Normen, nach denen wertvolle Güter wie Rechte, Einkommen, Macht und Prestige verteilt werden. Diese entscheiden über die faktische Güterverteilung und damit den Grad sozialer Ungleichheit in einer Gesellschaft. Der wichtigste Maßstab zur Beurteilung dieser Normen und der resultierenden Verteilungsergebnisse ist die Gerechtigkeit, wenn “jedem frei von Willkür da…
Ende des sozialstaatlichen Konsenses? Zum Aufbrechen traditioneller und zur Entstehung neuer Konfliktstrukturen in Deutschland
Der Kern des Wohlfahrtsstaats besteht in der staatlichen Verantwortung für sozio-ökonomische Sicherheit und Gleichheit der Bürger. Da es dabei vor allem um eine Korrektur negativer Nebenfolgen des Marktes geht, verkörpert der Wohlfahrtsstaat eine Art Kompromiss zwischen Kapitalismus und Sozialismus. Er steht somit zwangsläufig im Schnittpunkt politischer Auseinandersetzungen. In Deutschland war der Sozialstaat bei seiner Errichtung eine Streitfra…
Die Republik auf dem Weg zur Normalität?: Wahlverhalten und Politische Einstellungen Nach Acht Jahren Einheit
Das Werk einschlieBlich aller seiner Teile ist
Staatsbezug und Individualismus: Dimensionen des sozialkulturellen Wertwandels
Zu den Basisinstitutionen der Bundesrepublik zählt neben der Demokratie und der Marktwirtschaft auch der Sozialstaat.1 Der Kern des Sozialstaats besteht in der Anerkennung staatlicher Verantwortung für sozio-ökonomische Sicherheit und Gleichheit der Bürger (Flora u.a. 1977). Er stellt einen Kompromiß zwischen den konkurrierenden Ideen des „Kapitalismus“und „Sozialismus“dar und steht demgemäß im Schnittpunkt unterschiedlicher Wertvorstellungen. We…
Shrinking the welfare state: Citizens' attitudes towards cuts in social spending in Germany in the 1990s
Citizens' support for social spending cuts is a central factor influencing the feasibility of retrenchment policy. According to representative surveys, only a small portion of Germans favour general cuts in social spending, whereas more people prefer cuts in specific social benefits, mainly those for minorities. East Germans show markedly less support for cuts in social spending than west Germans. Both sections of the population, however, give wi…
Political Agendas and Beliefs About the Scope of Government
Focuses on public expectations and demand for government services, at the specific level at which general expectations and desires are converted into specific political demands. The conversion of wants into demands—the politicization process—is the crucial point which determines whether such public input is relevant to the political process. The analysis involves two aspects of public perception: first, the issue of value changes that determine p…
The Welfare State: The Equality Dimension
There are two motives underlying support for the welfare state—socio‐economic egalitarianism (the redistributive function) and socio‐economic security provision (the safety net function). This chapter assesses the various hypotheses concerning the former, the indicators on which they rely, and the statistical evidence for the varying degrees of support for redistributive policies across Western Europe. The evidence suggests that the concern over …
Debate: Globalization
Learned Democracy? Support of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
In this article, the extent of support for democracy is determined for thirteen countries in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in East Germany. In addition, West Germany, representing an established democracy, is included as a benchmark country. The analysis rests on the assumption, that a democracy can be regarded as consolidated only if it is supported by the majority of its citizens. The empirical analysis is based on comparative surveys c…
Reforming the Spanish Senate: Mission Impossible
Attempts in recent years to reform the Spanish Senate have proven futile. Using an institutionalist approach, this article highlights some of the weaknesses of the Spanish Senate in terms of its constitutional design and institutional development. The article explains how attempts at reforming political institutions are influenced by the historical context in which the institution was originally designed and the political context in which it has …
Shrinking the welfare state: Citizens' attitudes towards cuts in social spending in Germany in the 1990s
Citizens' support for social spending cuts is a central factor influencing the feasibility of retrenchment policy. According to representative surveys, only a small portion of Germans favour general cuts in social spending, whereas more people prefer cuts in specific social benefits, mainly those for minorities. East Germans show markedly less support for cuts in social spending than west Germans. Both sections of the population, however, give wi…
Comparing the performance of autocracies: Issues in Measuring Types of Autocratic Regimes and Performance
This paper discusses two methodological issues in research studying the performance of political regimes. First, it compares the conceptualisation and measurement of three data sets on types of autocratic regimes developed by Geddes et al. (2012a), Hadenius et al. (2012), and Cheibub et al. (2010). The data sets are found to differ with respect to their conceptualisation of autocratic regimes (narrow vs. flexible concepts) and types of autocratic…
Ideological Basis of the Market Economy: Attitudes Toward Distribution Principles and the Role of Government in Western and Eastern Germany
The establishment of market-economy structures in the former GDR raises the question to what degree a market economy culture exists among East Germans, i.e. the existence of orientations and behavioural dispositions that are congruent with market-economy structures. This question is analysed on the basis of surveys conducted in East and West Germany within the year following unification in October 1990. The empirical analyses show that immediatel…
Conceptualizing and Measuring the Quality of Democracy: The Citizens’ Perspective
In recent years, several measurements of the quality of democracy have been developed (e.g. Democracy Barometer, Varieties of Democracy Project). These objective measurements focus on institutional and procedural characteristics of democracy. This article starts from the premise that in order to fully understand the quality of democracy such objective measurements have to be complemented by subjective measurements based on the perspective of citi…
Welfare State and Political Culture in Unified Germany
This paper addresses the assertion that preferences for a comprehensive welfare state hamper and delay the emergence of a liberal-democratic culture in East Germany. Two questions are explored: first, has the impact of welfare-state values on support of the German democratic regime declined in East Germany since re-unification and adapted to the lower levels observed in West Germany? Second, are attitudes towards different welfare-state programme…
Debate: Globalization
Einstellungen der Bürger zum Wohlfahrtsstaat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Einstellungen der Bürger zum Wohlfahrtsstaat der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Ideological Basis of the Market Economy: Attitudes Toward Distribution Principles and the Role of Government in Western and Eastern Germany
The establishment of market-economy structures in the former GDR raises the question to what degree a market economy culture exists among East Germans, i.e. the existence of orientations and behavioural dispositions that are congruent with market-economy structures. This question is analysed on the basis of surveys conducted in East and West Germany within the year following unification in October 1990. The empirical analyses show that immediatel…
Sozialpolitische Orientierungen nach der deutschen Vereinigung
Bei der Transformation des sozialistischen Systems der DDR in ein marktwirtschaftlich-demokratisches System spielt die Sozialpolitik eine besondere Rolle. Das westdeutsche System der Sozialpolitik — der Sozialstaat — wird eingesetzt, um die mit der Transformation verbundenen sozialen und ökonomischen Kosten, insbesondere den dramatischen Verlust von Arbeitsplätzen abzufedern (Schmähl 1992: 41ff.; Offe 1994: 95). Als mittelbares Ziel des Einsatzes…
Political Agendas and Beliefs About the Scope of Government
Focuses on public expectations and demand for government services, at the specific level at which general expectations and desires are converted into specific political demands. The conversion of wants into demands—the politicization process—is the crucial point which determines whether such public input is relevant to the political process. The analysis involves two aspects of public perception: first, the issue of value changes that determine p…
The Welfare State: The Equality Dimension
There are two motives underlying support for the welfare state—socio‐economic egalitarianism (the redistributive function) and socio‐economic security provision (the safety net function). This chapter assesses the various hypotheses concerning the former, the indicators on which they rely, and the statistical evidence for the varying degrees of support for redistributive policies across Western Europe. The evidence suggests that the concern over …
Debate: Globalization
Staatsbezug und Individualismus: Dimensionen des sozialkulturellen Wertwandels
Zu den Basisinstitutionen der Bundesrepublik zählt neben der Demokratie und der Marktwirtschaft auch der Sozialstaat.1 Der Kern des Sozialstaats besteht in der Anerkennung staatlicher Verantwortung für sozio-ökonomische Sicherheit und Gleichheit der Bürger (Flora u.a. 1977). Er stellt einen Kompromiß zwischen den konkurrierenden Ideen des „Kapitalismus“und „Sozialismus“dar und steht demgemäß im Schnittpunkt unterschiedlicher Wertvorstellungen. We…
Shrinking the welfare state: Citizens' attitudes towards cuts in social spending in Germany in the 1990s
Citizens' support for social spending cuts is a central factor influencing the feasibility of retrenchment policy. According to representative surveys, only a small portion of Germans favour general cuts in social spending, whereas more people prefer cuts in specific social benefits, mainly those for minorities. East Germans show markedly less support for cuts in social spending than west Germans. Both sections of the population, however, give wi…
Marktwirtschaftliche und wohlfahrtsstaatliche Gerechtigkeitsprinzipien in Deutschland und den USA
Zu den konstitutiven Elementen einer gesellschaftlichen Ordnung zählen die Regeln oder Normen, nach denen wertvolle Güter wie Rechte, Einkommen, Macht und Prestige verteilt werden. Diese entscheiden über die faktische Güterverteilung und damit den Grad sozialer Ungleichheit in einer Gesellschaft. Der wichtigste Maßstab zur Beurteilung dieser Normen und der resultierenden Verteilungsergebnisse ist die Gerechtigkeit, wenn “jedem frei von Willkür da…
Ende des sozialstaatlichen Konsenses? Zum Aufbrechen traditioneller und zur Entstehung neuer Konfliktstrukturen in Deutschland
Der Kern des Wohlfahrtsstaats besteht in der staatlichen Verantwortung für sozio-ökonomische Sicherheit und Gleichheit der Bürger. Da es dabei vor allem um eine Korrektur negativer Nebenfolgen des Marktes geht, verkörpert der Wohlfahrtsstaat eine Art Kompromiss zwischen Kapitalismus und Sozialismus. Er steht somit zwangsläufig im Schnittpunkt politischer Auseinandersetzungen. In Deutschland war der Sozialstaat bei seiner Errichtung eine Streitfra…
Die Republik auf dem Weg zur Normalität?: Wahlverhalten und Politische Einstellungen Nach Acht Jahren Einheit
Das Werk einschlieBlich aller seiner Teile ist
Ende der politisierten Sozialstruktur
Bürger und Demokratie in Ost und West
Politische Kultur und politische Werte - Wahlen und politischer Prozess - Politische Partizipation und Interessenartikulation - Politische Parteien und Politiken - Politische Reprasentation und politische Leistungsfahigkeit - Anhang
B urger und Demokratie in Ost und West: Studien zur politischen Kultur und zum politischen Prozess
Das Ende der politisierten Sozialstruktur?
Reforming the Spanish Senate: Mission Impossible
Attempts in recent years to reform the Spanish Senate have proven futile. Using an institutionalist approach, this article highlights some of the weaknesses of the Spanish Senate in terms of its constitutional design and institutional development. The article explains how attempts at reforming political institutions are influenced by the historical context in which the institution was originally designed and the political context in which it has …
Europäische Integration in der öffentlichen Meinung
Die Bundestagswahl 2002
The Performance of Democracies: Political Institutions and Public Policy
This book offers a description and explanation of the performance of western democracies. It addresses two main questions: Is the performance of western democracies in decline? Do institutions matter for political performance? It aims at a comprehensive stock-taking for twenty-one OECD countries by systematically examining all major domestic policy areas — domestic security policy, economic policy, social policy, and environmental policy — from 1…
Jugend und Politik: „Voll normal!“
Jugendliche wenden sich zunehmend von der Politik ab. Ihr Interesse am politischen Geschehen, ihr Vertrauen in politische Institutionen sowie ihre politische Beteiligungsbereitschaft sind deutlich niedriger als bei der Erwachsenen. Diese Klischees Ã1⁄4ber das Verhältnis der Jugendlichen zur Politik sind immer wieder anzutreffen. Aber sie treffen nicht zu. Das Verhältnis der Jugendlichen zur Politik unterscheidet sich nicht grundsätzlich von dem d…
Learned Democracy? Support of Democracy in Central and Eastern Europe
In this article, the extent of support for democracy is determined for thirteen countries in Central and Eastern Europe as well as in East Germany. In addition, West Germany, representing an established democracy, is included as a benchmark country. The analysis rests on the assumption, that a democracy can be regarded as consolidated only if it is supported by the majority of its citizens. The empirical analysis is based on comparative surveys c…
Jugend und Politik: Voll Normal
Die Bundestagswahl 2002: Analysen der Wahlergebnisse und des Wahlkampfes
Europäische Integration in der öffentlichen Meinung
Political science (20 works) · Social Policy and Reform Studies (12 works) · Politics (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Economics (7 works) · Law (7 works) · Democracy (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (6 works) · Computer Science (5 works) · Germany (5 works)