Sascha Kneip
Biographic Data
| ID | 4193579 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Sascha Kneip |
| GIVEN NAMES | Sascha |
| FAMILY NAME | Kneip |
| SIGNATURE | KNEIP S |
| AFFILIATIONS | WZB Berlin Social Science Center |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 8 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Courting constitutional crises
Constitutional crises are typically considered as among the most profound crisis type, shaking political regime foundations and posing a challenge for democratic futures. This article critically engages with the concept of ‘constitutional crises’, highlighting how the difficulties with determining clear criteria for their occurrence may undermine democracy by non-democratic partisan elites creating a sense of existential threat that necessitates …
The Rise of Faith-Based Welfare Providers in Germany and Its Consequences
Since the 1970s welfare organisations operated by the churches in Germany have evolved into the country’s largest employers. While church affiliation and attendance dropped sharply, the churches grew as employers. Caritas and Diakonie, the two largest faith-based welfare providers, enjoy a special status as ecclesiastical employers. They can dismiss employees that do not live in congruence with their worldview such as homosexuals, those who have …
Democracy and Crisis
Demokratie, Diktatur, Gerechtigkeit
Demokratie, Diktatur, Gerechtigkeit
Rekonvaleszenz der Demokratie? Die Erholung bürgerlicher Freiheitsrechte im internationalen Vergleich
Mehr (nationale) Demokratie wagen? Die Europarechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts im Lichte des Demokratie- und Gewaltenkontrolldefizits im EU-Mehrebensystem
Heterogeneity and Democracy Reconsidered
The relationship between heterogeneity and democracy is complex and manifoldly interwoven. The increasing heterogenisation of democratic societies seems to be the most apparent internal challenge to modern democracies, manifesting at least in two dimensions: culturally as ethnic and religious heterogenisation and structurally as socioeconomic and social heterogenisation. Following this distinction, democratic societies today are particularly faci…
Constitutional courts as democratic actors and promoters of the rule of law
Die Plenardebatten um das Kopftuch in den deutschen Landesparlamenten
The Rise of Faith-Based Welfare Providers in Germany and Its Consequences
Since the 1970s welfare organisations operated by the churches in Germany have evolved into the country’s largest employers. While church affiliation and attendance dropped sharply, the churches grew as employers. Caritas and Diakonie, the two largest faith-based welfare providers, enjoy a special status as ecclesiastical employers. They can dismiss employees that do not live in congruence with their worldview such as homosexuals, those who have …
Die Plenardebatten um das Kopftuch in den deutschen Landesparlamenten
Constitutional courts as democratic actors and promoters of the rule of law
Heterogeneity and Democracy Reconsidered
The relationship between heterogeneity and democracy is complex and manifoldly interwoven. The increasing heterogenisation of democratic societies seems to be the most apparent internal challenge to modern democracies, manifesting at least in two dimensions: culturally as ethnic and religious heterogenisation and structurally as socioeconomic and social heterogenisation. Following this distinction, democratic societies today are particularly faci…
Mehr (nationale) Demokratie wagen? Die Europarechtsprechung des Bundesverfassungsgerichts im Lichte des Demokratie- und Gewaltenkontrolldefizits im EU-Mehrebensystem
Demokratie, Diktatur, Gerechtigkeit
Demokratie, Diktatur, Gerechtigkeit
Rekonvaleszenz der Demokratie? Die Erholung bürgerlicher Freiheitsrechte im internationalen Vergleich
Democracy and Crisis
The Rise of Faith-Based Welfare Providers in Germany and Its Consequences
Since the 1970s welfare organisations operated by the churches in Germany have evolved into the country’s largest employers. While church affiliation and attendance dropped sharply, the churches grew as employers. Caritas and Diakonie, the two largest faith-based welfare providers, enjoy a special status as ecclesiastical employers. They can dismiss employees that do not live in congruence with their worldview such as homosexuals, those who have …
Courting constitutional crises
Constitutional crises are typically considered as among the most profound crisis type, shaking political regime foundations and posing a challenge for democratic futures. This article critically engages with the concept of ‘constitutional crises’, highlighting how the difficulties with determining clear criteria for their occurrence may undermine democracy by non-democratic partisan elites creating a sense of existential threat that necessitates …
Political science (8 works) · Law (5 works) · Democracy (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Art (3 works) · Economics (3 works) · Judicial and Constitutional Studies (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Sociology (3 works) · Democracy (2 works)