ALT "European integration, German unification, and, not least, the ongoing debate about a reform of federalism in Germany are presenting new challenges to the state parliaments in the Federal Republic of Germany. While the number of studies dealing with state governments or state politics in general has certainly increased in recent years, a comprehensive inventory of the functions, tasks, and status of the state parliaments in the individual federal states is still lacking. This anthology fills this gap. It provides information on the historical development and constitutional requirements of the sixteen state parliaments, presents the respective party landscapes, electoral law, and election results, analyzes the political and social composition as well as the structure and organization of the state parliaments, and finally examines the functional changes of these institutions."

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