@article{2018:kwaschnik:die_landes,
title = {Die Landesgruppen von SPD und CDU im Bundestag. Zum Stellenwert im innerfraktionellen Aushandlungs- und Entscheidungsprozess},
year = {2018},
note = {Landesgruppen are groups consisting of MPs from the same German state
in a parliamentary party . Their meetings, committee and parliamentary
group meetings are firmly anchored in the work routine of the
Bundestag . Political science literature, however, has neglected the
Landesgruppen almost entirely . Do the Landesgruppen influence
negotiations and decision-making processes in their parliamentary
party? In order to close this research and knowledge gap an
explorative study with interviews of the chairpersons of eleven
Landesgruppen was conducted . In this study, the Landesgruppen
presented themselves as transmission belts, providing a permanent
exchange between leadership and members in their respective
parliamentary party . Furthermore, they boost decision and negotiation
processes, especially in the arenas of staff and issue policies .},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {498--511},
author = {Kwaschnik, Gerrit},
volume = {49},
number = {3}
}