Editors

Editors-in-Chief
Prof. Dr. Matthijs Bogaards, Department of Political Science, Central European University, Vienna, Austria
Prof. Dr. Stefan Wurster, Department for Politics, Technical University, Munich, Germany (Editor-in-Charge)

Editors
Prof. Dr. Marianne Kneuer, Institute of Political Science, TU Dresden, Germany
Prof. Dr. Gert Pickel, Institute of Practical Theology, Leipzig University, Germany
Prof. Dr. Susanne Pickel, Institute of Political Science, University Duisburg-Essen, Germany

Editorial Board
Dr. Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach, Institute of Political Science and Sociology, University of Würzburg, Germany
Dr. Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann, Department of Social Sciences, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Prof. Dr. Annette Elisabeth Töller, Department of Political Science III, University of Hagen, Germany


Editorial Office

Managing Editor
Dr. Christoph Mohamad-Klotzbach, Institute of Political Science and Sociology, University of Würzburg, Germany
Email: zfvp@uni-wuerzburg.de
Tel: +49 (0)931 31-80095

Book Review Editor and literature reviews
Dr. Norma Osterberg-Kaufmann, Institute of Social Sciences, Humboldt Universität zu Berlin, Germany
Email: norma.osterberg-kaufmann@hu-berlin.de


Advisory Board
Prof. Dr. Heidrun Abromeit, Chair for Comparative Analysis of Political Systems, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. Dr. i.R. Arthur Benz, Institute of Political Science, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany
Prof. em. Dr. Dirk Berg-Schlosser, Institute of Political Science, Marburg University, Germany
Assoc. Prof. Hans Blomkvist, PhD, Department of Government, Uppsala University, Sweden
Prof. em. Peter Burnell, PhD, Politics and International Studies, University of Warwick, United Kingdom
Assoc. Prof. Consuelo Cruz, PhD, Tufts University, Department of Political Science, Medford, MA, United States
Prof. Jan W. van Deth, PhD, Mannheim University, Chair of Political Science and International Comparative Social Research, Germany
Prof. em. Jørgen Elklit, Dr.scient.pol., Aarhus University, Department of Political Science, Denmark
Prof. Dr. Danica Fink-Hafner, University of Ljubljana, Chair of Policy Analysis and Public Administration, Slovenia
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ludger Helms, Innsbruck University, Comparative Politics, Austria
Prof. em. Adrienne Héritier, European University Institute, Department of Political and Social Sciences, Florence, Italy
Prof. em. Kenji Hirashima, University of Tokyo, Department of Comparative Contemporary Politics, Japan
Prof. em. Hans Keman, PhD, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Comparative Political Science, Netherlands
Prof. Todd Landman, University of Nottingham, Faculty of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
Prof. Steven Levitsky, PhD, Harvard University, Department of Government, United States
PhDr. Zdenka Mansfeldova, CSc., Czech Academy of Sciences, Department of Political Sociology, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. em. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Renate Mayntz, Max Planck Institute for the Studies of Societies, Cologne, Germany
Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Merkel, Democracy and Democratization Department, Social Science Research Center Berlin, Germany
Prof. em. Leonardo Morlino, Department of Political Science, LUISS Guido Carli, Rome, Italy
Prof. Dr. Ferdinand Müller-Rommel, Institute of Political Science, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Germany
Prof. Yannis Papadopoulos, PhD, Institute of Political Studies (IEP), Université de Lausanne, Switzerland
Prof. Anton Pelinka, J.D., Doctoral School of Political Science, Public Policy, and International Relations, Central European University - Budapest Campus, Hungary
Prof. Andreas Schedler, PhD, Department of Political Studies, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas, Mexico-City, Mexico)
Prof. Dr. Suzanne S. Schüttemeyer, Institute of Political Studies, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Germany
Prof. em. Lars G. Svåsand, Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen, Norway)
Prof. Máté Szabó, PhD, Eötvös Loránd University, Budapest, Hungary
Prof. Fernando Vallespin, Department of Political Science and International Relations, Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain