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Klaus Stolz
Researcher at Chemnitz University of Technology
Publications - 18
Citations - 320
Klaus Stolz is an academic researcher from Chemnitz University of Technology. The author has contributed to research in topics: Politics & Political class. The author has an hindex of 9, co-authored 17 publications receiving 285 citations. Previous affiliations of Klaus Stolz include University of Göttingen.
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Moving up, moving down: Political careers across territorial levels
TL;DR: In the sparse literature on political careers in federal systems, regional positions are often seen as mere stepping stones on the way to federal office as mentioned in this paper. But are they really? The recent professionalization of state politics in federal system and the regionalization of former unitary states point to the strengthening of the regional level as a career arena in its own right.
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Introduction: Political Careers in Multi-level Systems
Jens Borchert,Klaus Stolz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors argue for a dynamic, careers oriented approach to supersede the traditional institution-centred analysis and reveal the existing links between political careers and the complex institutional opportunity structures provided by each political system.
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Die Bekämpfung der Unsicherheit: Politikerkarrieren und Karrierepolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Jens Borchert,Klaus Stolz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the rekonstruierenden Elemente individueller Karrierepolitik in der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, i.e., demokratische Anbindung an den Wahlerwillen (and damit the Moglichkeit der Wahlniederlage and der Abwahl).
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German Political Careers: The State Level as an Arena in its Own Right?
Jens Borchert,Klaus Stolz +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors look at political career patterns in Germany with a focus on the state level and find that despite an institutional structure that allows for high levels of permeability between different territorial levels of government in Germany, there is actually very limited movement.
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Towards a regional political class?: Professional politicians and regional institutions in Catalonia and Scotland
TL;DR: In this paper, the quest for a regional political class in Catalonia and Scotland is discussed, and traces of a region political class are found in both Spain and Scotland, with traces of regionalism, regionalisation, and regional institutions.