Achim Hildebrandt
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 658535 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Achim Hildebrandt |
| PRENOMES | Achim |
| SOBRENOME | Hildebrandt |
| ASSINATURA | HILDEBRANDT A |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Stuttgart |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-7389-3899 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 29 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 77 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 3 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2008 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
The Road to Nowhere
In his influential book The road to somewhere David Goodhart claims that a split between a majority of people who are rooted in particular places or groups (the “Somewheres”) and a minority of people who are or can be at home anywhere in the world (the “Anywheres”) is at the heart of many contemporary political conflicts. According to him, the Anywheres dominate public discourse and political decisions, while the preferences of the Somewheres are…
(No) money for others? Perceived unfairness, support for welfare state intervention, and attitudes toward interregional redistribution
Territorial inequalities are a matter of growing concern in many advanced democracies, as they may leave citizens in disadvantaged areas feeling ‘left behind.’ Interregional transfers can mitigate these inequalities, but redistribution creates winners and losers among the regions, making such transfers politically contentious. We analyze support for interregional transfers in Germany and Switzerland, two established federations with large interre…
Making sense of federalism – insights from an open-ended survey question
Barriers to the Global LGBTQ Progress (and How They May be Crossed)
Increasing globalization and modernization correlate with improvements in LGBTQ rights in most parts of the world, but not in member states of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC). These countries may have hardened their cultural or historical perceptions of sexuality and gender in response to a perceived Western threat to local identity and national sovereignty. Additionally, highly developed and globalized Muslim-majority countries may…
Particularly in Highly Developed and More Gender Egalitarian Societies
Time and again, research has shown that men are less accepting of homosexuality than women. Studies on such attitudinal sex differences have been overwhelmingly conducted in Western democracies, however, with a special focus on the U.S. Whether the sex difference in attitudes towards homosexuality is a worldwide phenomenon has not yet been investigated. Using data from the seventh wave of the World Values Survey (2017-2021), this article provides…
Franchise extensions and second-order contests
Local turnout has declined in many European countries, posing challenges to the inclusiveness and representativeness of elections. One response proposed to address this challenge are franchise extensions to new groups of voters. Distinguishing between horizontal extensions to non-national EU-citizens and vertical extension to 16- to 18-year-olds, we analyse their effects on voter turnout in the context of German local council elections. The count…
A Matter of Trust
Belonging and exclusion
A collective regional identity is a favourable condition for the acceptance of majority decisions made at the regional level and for the delegation of competencies from the central to regional governments. Moreover, a regional identity can play an important role in times of global challenges. Regional attachment might generate a we-feeling and help individuals to cope better with a complex world. The same feeling, however, might also serve as a b…
Responding to Policy Signals? An Experimental Study on Information about Policy Adoption and Data Retention Policy Support in Germany
Objective We analyze whether and how individuals react to information about the adoption of a particular policy, with a focus on the role of conservatism. Methods We conducted an online survey experiment on support for data retention in Germany. A recent law on this issue allowed us to test the effects of two policy signals, information about the adoption of a new law (law signal) and information that this followed a Constitutional Court decision…
The shifting class-base of social democratic parties in Western Europe
In a classic piece, Przeworski and Sprague describe an electoral dilemma of social democratic parties: they need to attract middle-class voters without losing support in the shrinking working-class. With cultural issues (e.g. immigration) becoming more salient, this dilemma has intensified recently as the positions of both classes differ markedly on those issues. Against this background, we analyse the class base of social democratic parties in 1…
History is not Bunk. Tradition, Political Economy and Regional Identity in the GermanLänder
The question of regional identity in the German Länder has received only little attention so far. It is of great political importance, however, as a collective identity at the regional level is a favourable condition for binding decisions to be made on that level or for the delegation of competencies from the central to regional governments. Based on data from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) 2016 we show that the vast majority of German…
Pervasive Polarization or Partial Convergence? Moral Attitudes of Religious and Secular People at Various Levels of Development
The effects of religiosity on moral attitudes have been described in numerous studies (see for an overview: Hood, Hill, & Spilka 2009, pp. 381–411). There is also a long research tradition on how economic development promotes tolerance (Inglehart & Welzel, 2005). Much less is known about how religiosity and development interact in their effect on moral attitudes. In a pioneering study, Gaskins, Golder, and Siegel (2013) analyzed this interaction …
The Missing Link? Modernization, Tolerance, and Legislation on Homosexuality
Research suggests that modernization is an important driver of liberalization in the field of gay and lesbian rights. Surprisingly, it has often been assumed—but not empirically examined—that a culture of tolerance mediates the relationship between socioeconomic modernization and liberal legislation. This article closes this gap by analyzing the seventy-three countries that took part in the fifth and sixth waves of the World Values Survey. As gov…
Sooner or later
Starting in the 1990s, almost all Western democracies recognized same-sex partnerships within just over two decades. This study examines which factors accelerated or decelerated these legal changes. It focuses on the effects of several facets of culture: attitudes towards homosexuality in general; attitudes towards gays and lesbians as people; and religiosity. An event history analysis of 19 Western countries shows that the less tolerant people a…
Die Politik der Bundesländer
Die Politik der Bundesländer
Who’s in favour? Same-sex union laws in parliament
The article analyses which parties support registered partnership and same-sex marriage bills in parliament in Western Europe. Existing comparative research indicates that left parties back same-sex union laws. This article shows that support is not limited to the left camp. Liberal and even Christian democratic parties have expressed above-average support as well, albeit with certain exceptions. The chief opponents of same-sex union laws are Pro…
How Much of a Sea-Change? Land Policies after the Reforms of Federalism
The reforms of German federalism in 2006 and 2009 that widened the scope of Länder powers and rearranged Germany's fiscal structures were met with great expectations as well as outright hostility. This article analyses how the resulting patterns of Länder policies and their determinants differ from the period between re-unification and the 2006 reforms. It focuses on higher education and environmental law, the two areas over which initial reform …
Experteninterviews
Methodologie, Methoden, Forschungsdesign
Christianity, Islam and Modernity
This article investigates why homosexual acts are still banned in 77 countries. It extends the current state of research by focusing on the religious roots of these bans. Previous studies have analysed the influence of Islam on prohibitions of same-sex sexual acts but produced contradictory findings. Moreover, the influence of the second world religion that condemns homosexuality in its scriptures – Christianity – has largely been ignored. This a…
Routes to decriminalization
In many places around the world, sexual acts between persons of the same sex have been criminalized for centuries. The process of decriminalization started as early as 1791 but has not been completed as same-sex acts remain illegal in 77 countries. This article analyses this process showing that in the course of the last two centuries it expanded in several dimensions. Geographically, legalization was for a very long time almost exclusively limit…
Causes and contexts of tax morale
In political theory, the subject of tax morale is closely linked to issues of citizenship and civic duties. Research on tax morale, however, is still rather underdeveloped in political science. In this article, we systematically compare a rational considerations approach with an approach focusing on the influence of community orientations on an individual’s tax morale. We expect that contexts varying with the existence and duration of communist r…
Die finanzpolitische Handlungsfähigkeit der Bundesländer
Das Buch verfolgt eine doppelte Stoßrichtung: Einerseits erklärt es die Unterschiede in der Höhe der Defizite der deutschen Bundesländer, andererseits werden auf Basis der empirisch festgestellten Kausalfaktoren Reformoptionen für eine effektivere Begrenzung der Defizite identifiziert. Leitend ist dabei die Differenz zwischen strukturell erzwungener Verschuldung und wiederwahlorientierter Verschuldung. Die empirischen Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die …
Die finanzpolitische Handlungsfähigkeit der Bundesländer
Sooner or later
Starting in the 1990s, almost all Western democracies recognized same-sex partnerships within just over two decades. This study examines which factors accelerated or decelerated these legal changes. It focuses on the effects of several facets of culture: attitudes towards homosexuality in general; attitudes towards gays and lesbians as people; and religiosity. An event history analysis of 19 Western countries shows that the less tolerant people a…
Who’s in favour? Same-sex union laws in parliament
The article analyses which parties support registered partnership and same-sex marriage bills in parliament in Western Europe. Existing comparative research indicates that left parties back same-sex union laws. This article shows that support is not limited to the left camp. Liberal and even Christian democratic parties have expressed above-average support as well, albeit with certain exceptions. The chief opponents of same-sex union laws are Pro…
Christianity, Islam and Modernity
This article investigates why homosexual acts are still banned in 77 countries. It extends the current state of research by focusing on the religious roots of these bans. Previous studies have analysed the influence of Islam on prohibitions of same-sex sexual acts but produced contradictory findings. Moreover, the influence of the second world religion that condemns homosexuality in its scriptures – Christianity – has largely been ignored. This a…
Belonging and exclusion
A collective regional identity is a favourable condition for the acceptance of majority decisions made at the regional level and for the delegation of competencies from the central to regional governments. Moreover, a regional identity can play an important role in times of global challenges. Regional attachment might generate a we-feeling and help individuals to cope better with a complex world. The same feeling, however, might also serve as a b…
The Missing Link? Modernization, Tolerance, and Legislation on Homosexuality
Research suggests that modernization is an important driver of liberalization in the field of gay and lesbian rights. Surprisingly, it has often been assumed—but not empirically examined—that a culture of tolerance mediates the relationship between socioeconomic modernization and liberal legislation. This article closes this gap by analyzing the seventy-three countries that took part in the fifth and sixth waves of the World Values Survey. As gov…
Particularly in Highly Developed and More Gender Egalitarian Societies
Time and again, research has shown that men are less accepting of homosexuality than women. Studies on such attitudinal sex differences have been overwhelmingly conducted in Western democracies, however, with a special focus on the U.S. Whether the sex difference in attitudes towards homosexuality is a worldwide phenomenon has not yet been investigated. Using data from the seventh wave of the World Values Survey (2017-2021), this article provides…
The shifting class-base of social democratic parties in Western Europe
In a classic piece, Przeworski and Sprague describe an electoral dilemma of social democratic parties: they need to attract middle-class voters without losing support in the shrinking working-class. With cultural issues (e.g. immigration) becoming more salient, this dilemma has intensified recently as the positions of both classes differ markedly on those issues. Against this background, we analyse the class base of social democratic parties in 1…
A Matter of Trust
How Much of a Sea-Change? Land Policies after the Reforms of Federalism
The reforms of German federalism in 2006 and 2009 that widened the scope of Länder powers and rearranged Germany's fiscal structures were met with great expectations as well as outright hostility. This article analyses how the resulting patterns of Länder policies and their determinants differ from the period between re-unification and the 2006 reforms. It focuses on higher education and environmental law, the two areas over which initial reform …
History is not Bunk. Tradition, Political Economy and Regional Identity in the GermanLänder
The question of regional identity in the German Länder has received only little attention so far. It is of great political importance, however, as a collective identity at the regional level is a favourable condition for binding decisions to be made on that level or for the delegation of competencies from the central to regional governments. Based on data from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) 2016 we show that the vast majority of German…
Causes and contexts of tax morale
In political theory, the subject of tax morale is closely linked to issues of citizenship and civic duties. Research on tax morale, however, is still rather underdeveloped in political science. In this article, we systematically compare a rational considerations approach with an approach focusing on the influence of community orientations on an individual’s tax morale. We expect that contexts varying with the existence and duration of communist r…
Die Politik der Bundesländer
Dieser Band bietet einen umfassenden Überblick über die Politik in den Bundesländern. Er beschreibt die Unterschiede in Staatstätigkeit und Institutionenpolitik, die zwischen den Bundesländern bestehen, und analysiert theoriegeleitet die Erklärungsfaktoren dieser Variation. Außerdem geht er auf die Veränderungen ein, welche sich in Folge der Föderalismusreform ergeben. Angesichts der in vielen Politikfeldern großen Bedeutung der Landespolitik und…
Die Politik der Bundesländer
Die Potenziale des Bundesländervergleichs
Welche Unterschiede bestehen zwischen den Arten und Weisen, in denen die Bundesländer ihre politischen Gestaltungsspielräume nutzen, und welche Faktoren erklären diese Variation? So lautet die Leitfragestellung des vorliegenden Bandes. Während für andere föderale Staaten wie die USA und Kanada analoge Überblickswerke (Gray/Hanson 2004 und Dunn 2006) oder, wie für die Schweiz, Monographien mit breiter Abdeckung (Vatter 2002) vorliegen, ist der the…
Die Politik der Bundesländer
Die finanzpolitische Handlungsfähigkeit der Bundesländer
Das Buch verfolgt eine doppelte Stoßrichtung: Einerseits erklärt es die Unterschiede in der Höhe der Defizite der deutschen Bundesländer, andererseits werden auf Basis der empirisch festgestellten Kausalfaktoren Reformoptionen für eine effektivere Begrenzung der Defizite identifiziert. Leitend ist dabei die Differenz zwischen strukturell erzwungener Verschuldung und wiederwahlorientierter Verschuldung. Die empirischen Ergebnisse zeigen, dass die …
Die finanzpolitische Handlungsfähigkeit der Bundesländer
Causes and contexts of tax morale
In political theory, the subject of tax morale is closely linked to issues of citizenship and civic duties. Research on tax morale, however, is still rather underdeveloped in political science. In this article, we systematically compare a rational considerations approach with an approach focusing on the influence of community orientations on an individual’s tax morale. We expect that contexts varying with the existence and duration of communist r…
Routes to decriminalization
In many places around the world, sexual acts between persons of the same sex have been criminalized for centuries. The process of decriminalization started as early as 1791 but has not been completed as same-sex acts remain illegal in 77 countries. This article analyses this process showing that in the course of the last two centuries it expanded in several dimensions. Geographically, legalization was for a very long time almost exclusively limit…
Experteninterviews
Methodologie, Methoden, Forschungsdesign
Christianity, Islam and Modernity
This article investigates why homosexual acts are still banned in 77 countries. It extends the current state of research by focusing on the religious roots of these bans. Previous studies have analysed the influence of Islam on prohibitions of same-sex sexual acts but produced contradictory findings. Moreover, the influence of the second world religion that condemns homosexuality in its scriptures – Christianity – has largely been ignored. This a…
Die Politik der Bundesländer
Die Politik der Bundesländer
Who’s in favour? Same-sex union laws in parliament
The article analyses which parties support registered partnership and same-sex marriage bills in parliament in Western Europe. Existing comparative research indicates that left parties back same-sex union laws. This article shows that support is not limited to the left camp. Liberal and even Christian democratic parties have expressed above-average support as well, albeit with certain exceptions. The chief opponents of same-sex union laws are Pro…
How Much of a Sea-Change? Land Policies after the Reforms of Federalism
The reforms of German federalism in 2006 and 2009 that widened the scope of Länder powers and rearranged Germany's fiscal structures were met with great expectations as well as outright hostility. This article analyses how the resulting patterns of Länder policies and their determinants differ from the period between re-unification and the 2006 reforms. It focuses on higher education and environmental law, the two areas over which initial reform …
Sooner or later
Starting in the 1990s, almost all Western democracies recognized same-sex partnerships within just over two decades. This study examines which factors accelerated or decelerated these legal changes. It focuses on the effects of several facets of culture: attitudes towards homosexuality in general; attitudes towards gays and lesbians as people; and religiosity. An event history analysis of 19 Western countries shows that the less tolerant people a…
Pervasive Polarization or Partial Convergence? Moral Attitudes of Religious and Secular People at Various Levels of Development
The effects of religiosity on moral attitudes have been described in numerous studies (see for an overview: Hood, Hill, & Spilka 2009, pp. 381–411). There is also a long research tradition on how economic development promotes tolerance (Inglehart & Welzel, 2005). Much less is known about how religiosity and development interact in their effect on moral attitudes. In a pioneering study, Gaskins, Golder, and Siegel (2013) analyzed this interaction …
The Missing Link? Modernization, Tolerance, and Legislation on Homosexuality
Research suggests that modernization is an important driver of liberalization in the field of gay and lesbian rights. Surprisingly, it has often been assumed—but not empirically examined—that a culture of tolerance mediates the relationship between socioeconomic modernization and liberal legislation. This article closes this gap by analyzing the seventy-three countries that took part in the fifth and sixth waves of the World Values Survey. As gov…
Belonging and exclusion
A collective regional identity is a favourable condition for the acceptance of majority decisions made at the regional level and for the delegation of competencies from the central to regional governments. Moreover, a regional identity can play an important role in times of global challenges. Regional attachment might generate a we-feeling and help individuals to cope better with a complex world. The same feeling, however, might also serve as a b…
Responding to Policy Signals? An Experimental Study on Information about Policy Adoption and Data Retention Policy Support in Germany
Objective We analyze whether and how individuals react to information about the adoption of a particular policy, with a focus on the role of conservatism. Methods We conducted an online survey experiment on support for data retention in Germany. A recent law on this issue allowed us to test the effects of two policy signals, information about the adoption of a new law (law signal) and information that this followed a Constitutional Court decision…
The shifting class-base of social democratic parties in Western Europe
In a classic piece, Przeworski and Sprague describe an electoral dilemma of social democratic parties: they need to attract middle-class voters without losing support in the shrinking working-class. With cultural issues (e.g. immigration) becoming more salient, this dilemma has intensified recently as the positions of both classes differ markedly on those issues. Against this background, we analyse the class base of social democratic parties in 1…
History is not Bunk. Tradition, Political Economy and Regional Identity in the GermanLänder
The question of regional identity in the German Länder has received only little attention so far. It is of great political importance, however, as a collective identity at the regional level is a favourable condition for binding decisions to be made on that level or for the delegation of competencies from the central to regional governments. Based on data from the German General Social Survey (ALLBUS) 2016 we show that the vast majority of German…
Particularly in Highly Developed and More Gender Egalitarian Societies
Time and again, research has shown that men are less accepting of homosexuality than women. Studies on such attitudinal sex differences have been overwhelmingly conducted in Western democracies, however, with a special focus on the U.S. Whether the sex difference in attitudes towards homosexuality is a worldwide phenomenon has not yet been investigated. Using data from the seventh wave of the World Values Survey (2017-2021), this article provides…
Franchise extensions and second-order contests
Local turnout has declined in many European countries, posing challenges to the inclusiveness and representativeness of elections. One response proposed to address this challenge are franchise extensions to new groups of voters. Distinguishing between horizontal extensions to non-national EU-citizens and vertical extension to 16- to 18-year-olds, we analyse their effects on voter turnout in the context of German local council elections. The count…
A Matter of Trust
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