@article{2014:patzelt:unerfreuli, title = {Unerfreuliche Einblicke in Tiefenschichten deutscher Parlamentswahrnehmung: Die Kritik an den Vorschlägen der Unabhängigen Kommission zu Fragen des Abgeordnetenrechts}, year = {2014}, note = {The Independent Commission was installed to submit new proposals on how to remunerate members of the German Bundestag. Welcomed by a vast majority of MPs, the Commission’s report attracted fierce public reactions. Documented in press articles, letters to editors, and weblogs these reactions offer revealing insights into deep structures of German perceptions of parliament. This article discusses pertinent findings and puts them into the broader framework of what is known from polls about popular criticism of parliament in Germany. [ZParl, vol. 45, no. 2, pp. 282 – 307]}, journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen}, pages = {282--307}, author = {Patzelt, Werner J.}, volume = {45}, number = {2} }