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Thomas Saalfeld

Thomas Saalfeld

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Political Science

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31
Citations
4015
World Ranking
1100
National Ranking
58

Research.com Recognitions

  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom
  • Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences, United Kingdom

Overview

Thomas Saalfeld is affiliated with the University of Bamberg in Germany and has a research focus within the social sciences. Their work primarily covers political science and international relations, with additional contributions to sociology and political science, strategy and management, economics and econometrics, and gender studies.

The main topics explored in Saalfeld's research include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Migration, Refugees, and Integration
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

Among recent publications are:

  • "Party-system polarisation, legislative institutions and cabinet survival in 28 parliamentary democracies, 1945-2019," 2021, West European Politics
  • "Veto power fosters cooperative behaviour: institutional incentives and government-opposition voting in the German Bundestag," 2020, West European Politics
  • "Inequality, macroeconomic performance and political polarization: a panel analysis of 20 advanced democracies," 2022, Review of Social Economy
  • "The Politics of Select Committee Assignments in the British House of Commons," 2021, Legislative Studies Quarterly
  • "What Does It Take for Immigrants to Join Political Parties?," 2024, Politics and Governance

Saalfeld's book contribution is titled "Wanderlust to wonderland?: Exploring key issues in expatriate careers: Individual, organizational, and societal insights," published in 2022 under the series Personalmanagement und Arbeits- und Organisationspsychologie.

Frequent co-authors include Claudia Landwehr, Armin Schäfer, Maike Andresen, Silke Anger, and Akram Al Ariss. These collaborations reflect ongoing engagement with scholars who also focus on political and social science topics.

Thomas Saalfeld has published multiple times in key venues such as West European Politics, Politics and Governance, Review of Social Economy, Legislative Studies Quarterly, and Cambridge University Press eBooks, indicating a consistent presence in both journal articles and book publications.

They have been recognized as a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in the United Kingdom, highlighting their association with established academic institutions in their field.

Best Publications

  • The Political Representation of Immigrants and Minorities : Voters, Parties and Parliaments in Liberal Democracies

    Karen Bird;Thomas Saalfeld;Andreas M. Wüst

  • Members of parliament and governments in western Europe: Agency relations and problems of oversight

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • Parliamentary Questions as Instruments of Substantive Representation: Visible Minorities in the UK House of Commons, 2005–10

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • The Oxford Handbook of Legislative Studies

    Shane Martin;Thomas Saalfeld;Kaare W Strøm

  • Coalitions in Germany: Stable Parties, Chancellor Democracy and the Art of Informal Settlement

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • Minority-Ethnic MPs and the Substantive Representation of Minority Interests in the House of Commons, 2005–2011

    Thomas Saalfeld;Daniel Bischof

  • Deliberate delegation or abdication? Government backbenchers, ministers and European Union legislation

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • On Dogs and Whips: Recorded Votes

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • Institutions, Chance and Choices: The Dynamics of Cabinet Survival in the Parliamentary Democracies of Western Europe (1945-99)

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • Members of Parliament in Western Europe: Roles and Behaviour

    Wolfgang C. Müller;Thomas Saalfeld

  • Germany: Stability and Strategy in a Mixed-Member Proportional System

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • The German Party System: Continuity and Change

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • Institutions, Chance, and Choices: The Dynamics of Cabinet Survival

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  • The Effect of Electoral Institutions on Legislative Behaviour

    Audrey André;Sam Depauw;Matthew Søberg Shugart

  • Professionalisation of parliamentary roles in germany: An aggregate‐level analysis, 1949–94

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • Roles in legislative studies: A theoretical introduction

    Thomas Saalfeld;Wolfgang C. Müller

  • Parteisoldaten und Rebellen

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • Political Parties and Legislators

    Thomas Saalfeld;Kaare W. Strøm

  • Economic and Political Reactions to the World Economic Crisis of the 1930s in Six European Countries

    Ekkart Zimmermann;Thomas Saalfeld

  • The West German bundestag after 40 years: The role of parliament in a ‘party democracy’

    Thomas Saalfeld

  • Ethnic diversity, political participation and representation: A theoretical framework

    Karen Bird;Thomas Saalfeld;Andreas M . Wüst

  • Roll-Call Votes in the German Bundestag: A New Dataset, 1949-2013

    Ulrich Sieberer;Thomas Saalfeld;Tamaki Ohmura;Henning Bergmann

  • The Life and Times of Bills

    Rolf Becker;Thomas Saalfeld

  • 4. Parties and Party Systems

    Thomas Saalfeld;Margret Hornsteiner

Frequent Co-Authors

Reimut Zohlnhöfer
Reimut Zohlnhöfer Heidelberg University
Wolfgang C. Müller
Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna
Kaare Strøm
Kaare Strøm University of California, San Diego
Kenneth Dyson
Kenneth Dyson Cardiff University
Hanna Bäck
Hanna Bäck Lund University
Stefanie Bailer
Stefanie Bailer University of Basel

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