The substantive components of a democracy include free competition of political parties, regular elections, accoutability of the governing, the universality of human rights and the rule of law.

Prof. Dr. Stefan Marschall

The political system of Germany

Welcome to the portal for the textbook "Das politische System Deutschlands".

This website offers you interesting information, documents, links and diagrams about the political system of the Federal Republic of Germany. It is designed to complement the textbook "Das politische System Deutschlands" by Professor Stefan Marschall and is based on the chapter structure of the book. You will find the contents sorted by chapters on the left side.

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