Stefan Wallaschek
Biographic Data
| ID | 84519 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stefan Wallaschek |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stefan |
| FAMILY NAME | Wallaschek |
| SIGNATURE | WALLASCHEK S |
| AFFILIATIONS | Europa-Universität Flensburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3758-1799 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 21 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 108 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 21 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 6 |
Instagramming politics
This article investigates how members of the 20th German Bundestag use Instagram during non-campaign periods. Drawing on research on visual political communication, platform affordances, and the professionalization of digital political communication, we introduce the Instagram Complexity Index – a novel measure of how extensively posts leverage Instagram’s interactive and multimedia features. We analyze 1279 posts by 24 MPs across two 2-week peri…
How geographic divides shape value orientations in Europe
All for One, and One for All? Analysing Party Positions on EU Solidarity in Germany in Challenging Times
This article analyses party positions on European Union (EU) solidarity in Germany in the run-up to the 2021 German federal elections. While previous studies have investigated whether and under which conditions individuals support or reject different types of EU solidarity, little is known about how political parties position themselves on the issue. The study draws on an original expert survey on German party positions, including various items o…
Cleavage theory meets gender equality
The paper analyses party positions on gender equality policies in Germany. While these policies have been intensively studied in various national contexts and for different parties, less is known to what extent these positions are explained by socio-cultural or socio-economic cleavages. Based on an original party expert survey, conducted in Germany in 2021, we demonstrate that the political space in Germany on gender equality policies is strongly…
One conflict, two public spheres, three national debates
Conflicts over the independence of judiciary as one of the European Union's core democratic values is one indicator of democratic backsliding among its member states. Based on the Europeanization framework, we compare this conflict in German, Polish and Spanish print media and Twitter from 2019 to 2021. In the countries that are strongly affected by the value conflict, Poland and Spain, Europeanization is less evident. In contrast, the German dis…
Framing Covid-19
While communication generally embodies an essential part of public leadership, this is even more true in times of crisis when uncertainty prevails, and the public expects the leader not only to take adequate measures to mitigate the crisis, but also to justify and explain these measures. In the COVID-19 pandemic, Angela Merkel's communication differed from other Western political leaders who strongly relied on a war narrative. This paper focuses …
Same Same but Different? Gender Politics and (Trans-)National Value Contestation in Europe on Twitter
The progress achieved in women’s rights and gender equality has become the target of a backlash driven by “anti-gender” activists and right-wing populists across EU member states. To a large extent, this conflict takes place in the digital and social media spheres, illustrating the new mediatized logic of value contestation. Therefore, we ask to what extent are the debates about gender equality on Twitter similar in three European countries, and …
Claiming solidarity
Solidarity is one of the central concepts in social theory and has gained much attention due to the multiple challenges that the EU has been facing the last decade and due to the most recent COVID-19 pandemic. Although the debate on the nature and conditions of solidarity has been revitalized, there remains a large variety in how to conceptualize solidarity. In contrast to other approaches, we do not conceive solidarity as normative concept, but …
Legitimate Wealth? How Wealthy Business Owners are Portrayed in the Press
Germany has one of the highest levels of wealth concentration of any Western capitalist country. Research on the legitimization of economic inequality highlights that wealth elites tend to stress meritocratic arguments for legitimizing elite positions and wealth accumulation. However, whether this is also the case for wealthy business owners and how the media tends to portray those remains largely unknown. Drawing on a unique sample of 899 press …
Über was spricht die Politische Theorie? Eine Netzwerkanalyse der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie (2010‒2019)
Der Artikel untersucht die Begriffe und Konzepte, die in der ersten Dekade des Erscheinens der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie (ZPTh) diskutiert wurden. Dafür wurden die Schlagworte aller Forschungsartikel gesammelt und aufbereitet, um eine Netzwerkanalyse durchzuführen. Der Fokus der Analyse liegt auf der Rekonstruktion des diskursiven Feldes der politischen Theorie. Zwei zentrale Ergebnisse wurden identifiziert: Erstens bildet das Schlagwort…
Appendix zum Artikel „Über was spricht die Politische Theorie? Eine Netzwerkanalyse der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie (2010‒2019)“
Appendix zum Artikel Leseprobe ----- Zusammenfassung Der Artikel untersucht die Begriffe und Konzepte, die in der ersten Dekade des Erscheinens der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie (ZPTh) diskutiert wurden. Dafür wurden die Schlagworte aller Forschungsartikel gesammelt und aufbereitet, um eine Netzwerkanalyse durchzuführen. Der Fokus der Analyse liegt auf der Rekonstruktion des diskursiven Feldes der politischen Theorie. Zwei zentrale Ergebniss…
Making sense of the ‘new normal’
This article analyzes the communication of the prime ministers of Ireland and New Zealand during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Ireland and New Zealand share the characteristics of being small, prosperous OECD island states with a liberal political culture. Both countries experienced a similar COVID-19 trajectory in which a sharp increase in cases was followed by a strict shutdown of public life and a decreasing rate of infecti…
Solidarism as a contemporary idea from the past
Solidarity in the Public Sphere
Multiple crises in the EU have sparked a renaissance of the concept of solidarity. However, discursive approaches to solidarity and the public understanding of solidarity have hardly received scholarly attention. Empirical research on solidarity is rather centered on welfare institutions as well as on individual attitudes and behavior. To shed new light on solidarity in public discourse, we investigate in which policy fields the term is most ofte…
The Discursive Construction of Solidarity
This article proposes a new approach to solidarity. Previous research has focused on macro-structural and micro-behavioural aspects of solidarity, overlooking that solidarity is discursively constructed by actors on the meso-level. The meso approach to solidarity consists of two key dimensions: meaning and scale. The meaning of solidarity characterises its content. The scale of solidarity indicates who is encompassed by solidarity. This approach …
Contested solidarity in the Euro crisis and Europe’s migration crisis
The article analyses the solidarity discourse in the Euro crisis and Europe's migration crisis and examines how meanings of solidarity are framed and which political parties participate in these debates. The discourse coalition and coalition magnet approaches are combined to study the two discourse dynamics of demanding solidarity (migration crisis) or being criticised for not showing solidarity (Euro crisis) in the German media discourse. By app…
The Discursive Appeal to Solidarity and Partisan Journalism in Europe’s Migration Crisis
The article analyses the discursive appeal to solidarity in the mass media during the unfolding of Europe’s migration crisis. Solidarity was claimed by numerous actors in the public discourse to legitimise political decisions and mobilise public opinion. While it seems that the call for solidarity was shared by many actors, media studies show the ‘partisan journalism’ of media outlets. Thus, the political orientation of media outlets influences t…
Framing Solidarity in the Euro Crisis
The article analyses the framing of solidarity in the Euro crisis discourse. Previous research has argued that the Euro crisis and the debtor–creditor constellation highlights the political conflict around solidarity in the EU. Based on a discursive institutionalist framework, the article investigates the different meanings of solidarity as well as the constellation of actors in Germany and Ireland from 2010 to 2015. Whilst Germany as the biggest…
Austerity & recovery in Ireland
Greece has a role model and that role model is Ireland. (Jean-Claude Trichet, 2010, former president of the European Central Bank)The quote by Trichet exemplifies the most common narrative on Irela
Political and Media Discourses of Illegal Immigration in Ireland
Europe is facing turbulent years due to issues of immigration and asylum. Refugees and asylum seekers challenge the ‘fortress Europe’ by claiming their human rights. The International Organization
Sammelbesprechung
The Discursive Construction of Solidarity
This article proposes a new approach to solidarity. Previous research has focused on macro-structural and micro-behavioural aspects of solidarity, overlooking that solidarity is discursively constructed by actors on the meso-level. The meso approach to solidarity consists of two key dimensions: meaning and scale. The meaning of solidarity characterises its content. The scale of solidarity indicates who is encompassed by solidarity. This approach …
Contested solidarity in the Euro crisis and Europe’s migration crisis
The article analyses the solidarity discourse in the Euro crisis and Europe's migration crisis and examines how meanings of solidarity are framed and which political parties participate in these debates. The discourse coalition and coalition magnet approaches are combined to study the two discourse dynamics of demanding solidarity (migration crisis) or being criticised for not showing solidarity (Euro crisis) in the German media discourse. By app…
Framing Covid-19
While communication generally embodies an essential part of public leadership, this is even more true in times of crisis when uncertainty prevails, and the public expects the leader not only to take adequate measures to mitigate the crisis, but also to justify and explain these measures. In the COVID-19 pandemic, Angela Merkel's communication differed from other Western political leaders who strongly relied on a war narrative. This paper focuses …
Legitimate Wealth? How Wealthy Business Owners are Portrayed in the Press
Germany has one of the highest levels of wealth concentration of any Western capitalist country. Research on the legitimization of economic inequality highlights that wealth elites tend to stress meritocratic arguments for legitimizing elite positions and wealth accumulation. However, whether this is also the case for wealthy business owners and how the media tends to portray those remains largely unknown. Drawing on a unique sample of 899 press …
Solidarity in the Public Sphere
Multiple crises in the EU have sparked a renaissance of the concept of solidarity. However, discursive approaches to solidarity and the public understanding of solidarity have hardly received scholarly attention. Empirical research on solidarity is rather centered on welfare institutions as well as on individual attitudes and behavior. To shed new light on solidarity in public discourse, we investigate in which policy fields the term is most ofte…
Framing Solidarity in the Euro Crisis
The article analyses the framing of solidarity in the Euro crisis discourse. Previous research has argued that the Euro crisis and the debtor–creditor constellation highlights the political conflict around solidarity in the EU. Based on a discursive institutionalist framework, the article investigates the different meanings of solidarity as well as the constellation of actors in Germany and Ireland from 2010 to 2015. Whilst Germany as the biggest…
Claiming solidarity
Solidarity is one of the central concepts in social theory and has gained much attention due to the multiple challenges that the EU has been facing the last decade and due to the most recent COVID-19 pandemic. Although the debate on the nature and conditions of solidarity has been revitalized, there remains a large variety in how to conceptualize solidarity. In contrast to other approaches, we do not conceive solidarity as normative concept, but …
All for One, and One for All? Analysing Party Positions on EU Solidarity in Germany in Challenging Times
This article analyses party positions on European Union (EU) solidarity in Germany in the run-up to the 2021 German federal elections. While previous studies have investigated whether and under which conditions individuals support or reject different types of EU solidarity, little is known about how political parties position themselves on the issue. The study draws on an original expert survey on German party positions, including various items o…
Cleavage theory meets gender equality
The paper analyses party positions on gender equality policies in Germany. While these policies have been intensively studied in various national contexts and for different parties, less is known to what extent these positions are explained by socio-cultural or socio-economic cleavages. Based on an original party expert survey, conducted in Germany in 2021, we demonstrate that the political space in Germany on gender equality policies is strongly…
Same Same but Different? Gender Politics and (Trans-)National Value Contestation in Europe on Twitter
The progress achieved in women’s rights and gender equality has become the target of a backlash driven by “anti-gender” activists and right-wing populists across EU member states. To a large extent, this conflict takes place in the digital and social media spheres, illustrating the new mediatized logic of value contestation. Therefore, we ask to what extent are the debates about gender equality on Twitter similar in three European countries, and …
Making sense of the ‘new normal’
This article analyzes the communication of the prime ministers of Ireland and New Zealand during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Ireland and New Zealand share the characteristics of being small, prosperous OECD island states with a liberal political culture. Both countries experienced a similar COVID-19 trajectory in which a sharp increase in cases was followed by a strict shutdown of public life and a decreasing rate of infecti…
The Discursive Appeal to Solidarity and Partisan Journalism in Europe’s Migration Crisis
The article analyses the discursive appeal to solidarity in the mass media during the unfolding of Europe’s migration crisis. Solidarity was claimed by numerous actors in the public discourse to legitimise political decisions and mobilise public opinion. While it seems that the call for solidarity was shared by many actors, media studies show the ‘partisan journalism’ of media outlets. Thus, the political orientation of media outlets influences t…
Sammelbesprechung
Austerity & recovery in Ireland
Greece has a role model and that role model is Ireland. (Jean-Claude Trichet, 2010, former president of the European Central Bank)The quote by Trichet exemplifies the most common narrative on Irela
Political and Media Discourses of Illegal Immigration in Ireland
Europe is facing turbulent years due to issues of immigration and asylum. Refugees and asylum seekers challenge the ‘fortress Europe’ by claiming their human rights. The International Organization
The Discursive Appeal to Solidarity and Partisan Journalism in Europe’s Migration Crisis
The article analyses the discursive appeal to solidarity in the mass media during the unfolding of Europe’s migration crisis. Solidarity was claimed by numerous actors in the public discourse to legitimise political decisions and mobilise public opinion. While it seems that the call for solidarity was shared by many actors, media studies show the ‘partisan journalism’ of media outlets. Thus, the political orientation of media outlets influences t…
Framing Solidarity in the Euro Crisis
The article analyses the framing of solidarity in the Euro crisis discourse. Previous research has argued that the Euro crisis and the debtor–creditor constellation highlights the political conflict around solidarity in the EU. Based on a discursive institutionalist framework, the article investigates the different meanings of solidarity as well as the constellation of actors in Germany and Ireland from 2010 to 2015. Whilst Germany as the biggest…
Solidarity in the Public Sphere
Multiple crises in the EU have sparked a renaissance of the concept of solidarity. However, discursive approaches to solidarity and the public understanding of solidarity have hardly received scholarly attention. Empirical research on solidarity is rather centered on welfare institutions as well as on individual attitudes and behavior. To shed new light on solidarity in public discourse, we investigate in which policy fields the term is most ofte…
The Discursive Construction of Solidarity
This article proposes a new approach to solidarity. Previous research has focused on macro-structural and micro-behavioural aspects of solidarity, overlooking that solidarity is discursively constructed by actors on the meso-level. The meso approach to solidarity consists of two key dimensions: meaning and scale. The meaning of solidarity characterises its content. The scale of solidarity indicates who is encompassed by solidarity. This approach …
Contested solidarity in the Euro crisis and Europe’s migration crisis
The article analyses the solidarity discourse in the Euro crisis and Europe's migration crisis and examines how meanings of solidarity are framed and which political parties participate in these debates. The discourse coalition and coalition magnet approaches are combined to study the two discourse dynamics of demanding solidarity (migration crisis) or being criticised for not showing solidarity (Euro crisis) in the German media discourse. By app…
Über was spricht die Politische Theorie? Eine Netzwerkanalyse der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie (2010‒2019)
Der Artikel untersucht die Begriffe und Konzepte, die in der ersten Dekade des Erscheinens der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie (ZPTh) diskutiert wurden. Dafür wurden die Schlagworte aller Forschungsartikel gesammelt und aufbereitet, um eine Netzwerkanalyse durchzuführen. Der Fokus der Analyse liegt auf der Rekonstruktion des diskursiven Feldes der politischen Theorie. Zwei zentrale Ergebnisse wurden identifiziert: Erstens bildet das Schlagwort…
Appendix zum Artikel „Über was spricht die Politische Theorie? Eine Netzwerkanalyse der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie (2010‒2019)“
Appendix zum Artikel Leseprobe ----- Zusammenfassung Der Artikel untersucht die Begriffe und Konzepte, die in der ersten Dekade des Erscheinens der Zeitschrift für Politische Theorie (ZPTh) diskutiert wurden. Dafür wurden die Schlagworte aller Forschungsartikel gesammelt und aufbereitet, um eine Netzwerkanalyse durchzuführen. Der Fokus der Analyse liegt auf der Rekonstruktion des diskursiven Feldes der politischen Theorie. Zwei zentrale Ergebniss…
Making sense of the ‘new normal’
This article analyzes the communication of the prime ministers of Ireland and New Zealand during the first phase of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020. Ireland and New Zealand share the characteristics of being small, prosperous OECD island states with a liberal political culture. Both countries experienced a similar COVID-19 trajectory in which a sharp increase in cases was followed by a strict shutdown of public life and a decreasing rate of infecti…
Solidarism as a contemporary idea from the past
Same Same but Different? Gender Politics and (Trans-)National Value Contestation in Europe on Twitter
The progress achieved in women’s rights and gender equality has become the target of a backlash driven by “anti-gender” activists and right-wing populists across EU member states. To a large extent, this conflict takes place in the digital and social media spheres, illustrating the new mediatized logic of value contestation. Therefore, we ask to what extent are the debates about gender equality on Twitter similar in three European countries, and …
Claiming solidarity
Solidarity is one of the central concepts in social theory and has gained much attention due to the multiple challenges that the EU has been facing the last decade and due to the most recent COVID-19 pandemic. Although the debate on the nature and conditions of solidarity has been revitalized, there remains a large variety in how to conceptualize solidarity. In contrast to other approaches, we do not conceive solidarity as normative concept, but …
Legitimate Wealth? How Wealthy Business Owners are Portrayed in the Press
Germany has one of the highest levels of wealth concentration of any Western capitalist country. Research on the legitimization of economic inequality highlights that wealth elites tend to stress meritocratic arguments for legitimizing elite positions and wealth accumulation. However, whether this is also the case for wealthy business owners and how the media tends to portray those remains largely unknown. Drawing on a unique sample of 899 press …
One conflict, two public spheres, three national debates
Conflicts over the independence of judiciary as one of the European Union's core democratic values is one indicator of democratic backsliding among its member states. Based on the Europeanization framework, we compare this conflict in German, Polish and Spanish print media and Twitter from 2019 to 2021. In the countries that are strongly affected by the value conflict, Poland and Spain, Europeanization is less evident. In contrast, the German dis…
Framing Covid-19
While communication generally embodies an essential part of public leadership, this is even more true in times of crisis when uncertainty prevails, and the public expects the leader not only to take adequate measures to mitigate the crisis, but also to justify and explain these measures. In the COVID-19 pandemic, Angela Merkel's communication differed from other Western political leaders who strongly relied on a war narrative. This paper focuses …
All for One, and One for All? Analysing Party Positions on EU Solidarity in Germany in Challenging Times
This article analyses party positions on European Union (EU) solidarity in Germany in the run-up to the 2021 German federal elections. While previous studies have investigated whether and under which conditions individuals support or reject different types of EU solidarity, little is known about how political parties position themselves on the issue. The study draws on an original expert survey on German party positions, including various items o…
Cleavage theory meets gender equality
The paper analyses party positions on gender equality policies in Germany. While these policies have been intensively studied in various national contexts and for different parties, less is known to what extent these positions are explained by socio-cultural or socio-economic cleavages. Based on an original party expert survey, conducted in Germany in 2021, we demonstrate that the political space in Germany on gender equality policies is strongly…
How geographic divides shape value orientations in Europe
Instagramming politics
This article investigates how members of the 20th German Bundestag use Instagram during non-campaign periods. Drawing on research on visual political communication, platform affordances, and the professionalization of digital political communication, we introduce the Instagram Complexity Index – a novel measure of how extensively posts leverage Instagram’s interactive and multimedia features. We analyze 1279 posts by 24 MPs across two 2-week peri…
Political science (18 works) · Law (15 works) · Law (14 works) · Politics (14 works) · Political economy (13 works) · Sociology (13 works) · German (8 works) · Populism, Right-Wing Movements (8 works) · Solidarity (8 works) · Social Media and Politics (7 works)