Prof. Dr. Marc Debus
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Professorship of Political Science, Comparative Government
Consultation hour(s):
Tue, 2–3 pm
Please register via mail: polwiss3uni-mannheim.de
Tue, 2–3 pm
Please register via mail: polwiss3uni-mannheim.de
Marc Debus is Professor of Comparative Government at the University of Mannheim and the director of the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research (MZES). He studied Political Science, Sociology, Methods and Statistics, and History and the Universities of Marburg and Mannheim from 1999 until 2003 and finished his PhD at the University of Konstanz in 2006. His research interests include political institutions, in particular in multi-level systems, and their effects on legislative behaviour, party competition and coalition governance. In addition, he is interested in the relationship between integration, participation and representation and in the analysis of political texts of parties and their representatives.
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Career
Professional career
02/17 Director at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim 02/14 Head of the Department B (European Political Systems and their Integration) at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research, University of Mannheim 09/12 Professor for Comparative Government at the University of Mannheim 03/12 Professor for Political Science at the Carl von Ossietzky-University of Oldenburg 02/08 Project director at the Mannheim Centre for European Social Research 01/04 Academic staff member in the Emmy Noether research group at the University of Konstanz -
Publications and conference papers
- Debus, M. & Tosun, J. (2021). The manifestation of the green agenda: a comparative analysis of parliamentary debates. Environmental Politics, 30(6), 918–937. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644016.2020.1864130
- Tosun, J. & Debus, M. (2021). Operationalising and explaining environmental policy styles. In M. Howlett & J. Tosun (eds.), The Routledge handbook of policy styles (S. 123–134). Abingdon ; New York, NY: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429286322-13
- Bräuninger, T., Debus, M., Müller, J. & Stecker, C. (2020). Parteienwettbewerb in den deutschen Bundesländern (2.) . Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-29222-5
- Bäck, H. & Debus, M. (2020). Personalized versus partisan representation in the speeches of migrant members of parliament in the German Bundestag. Ethnic and Racial Studies : ERS, 43(9), 1673–1691. https://doi.org/10.1080/01419870.2019.1654112
- Debus, M. & Müller, J. (2020). Soziale Konflikte, sozialer Wandel, sozialer Kontext und Wählerverhalten. In T. Faas (eds.), Politikwissenschaftliche Einstellungs- und Verhaltensforschung : Handbuch für Wissenschaft und Studium (S. 437–457). Baden-Baden: Nomos. https://doi.org/10.5771/9783845264899-435
- Debus, M. & Navarrete, R. M. (2020). Do regional party primaries affect the ideological cohesion of political parties in multilevel systems? Evidence from Spain. Party Politics, 26(6), 770–782. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068818812200
- Debus, M., Tepe, M. & Sauermann, J. (eds.) (2019). Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie (Bd. 11) . Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23997-8
- Bräuninger, T., Debus, M., Müller, J. & Stecker, C. (2019). Die programmatischen Positionen der deutschen Parteien zur Bundestagswahl 2017: Ergebnisse einer Expertenbefragung. In M. Debus (eds.), Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie (Bd. 11, S. 93–113). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-23997-8_4
- Bräuninger, T., Debus, M., Müller, J. & Stecker, C. (2019). Party competition and government formation in Germany: Business as usual or new patterns? German Politics, 28(1), 80–100. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2018.1538362
- Bäck, H., Baumann, M. & Debus, M. (2019). Coordination of legislative speech in times of crisis: Youth unemployment and debates on redistributive policies in the Swedish Riksdag, 1994–2014. International Journal of Social Welfare, 28(4), 404–417. https://doi.org/10.1111/ijsw.12383
- Bäck, H., Baumann, M., Debus, M. & Müller, J. (2019). The unequal distribution of speaking time in parliamentary-party groups. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 44(1), 163–193. https://doi.org/10.1111/lsq.12222
- Bäck, H. & Debus, M. (2019). When do women Speak? A comparative analysis of the role of gender in legislative debates. Political Studies, 67(3), 576–596. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321718789358
- Debus, M. & Faas, T. (2019). Die hessische Landtagswahl vom 28. Oktober 2018: Fortsetzung der schwarz-grünen Wunschehe mit starken Grünen und schwacher CDU. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen : ZParl, 50(2), 245–262. https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2019-2-245
- Stecker, C. & Debus, M. (2019). Refugees Welcome? Zum Einfluss der Flüchtlingsunterbringung auf den Wahlerfolg der AfD bei der Bundestagswahl 2017 in Bayern. Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS, 60(2), 299–323. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11615-019-00151-3
- Bäck, H. & Debus, M. (2018). Representing the region on the floor: Socioeconomic characteristics of electoral districts and legislative speechmaking. Parliamentary Affairs, 71(1), 73–102. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsx014
- Debus, M. (2018). Pariah parties, policy profiles and party politics in a multilevel system: Coalition formation in Germany, 2017–2018. In B. Laffan (eds.), 2017: Europe’s Bumper Year of Elections (S. 189–205). Florence: European University Institute.
- Gross, M. & Debus, M. (2018). Does EU regional policy increase parties' support for European integration? Western European Politics, 41(3), 594–614. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2017.1395249
- Gross, M. & Debus, M. (2018). Gaining new insights by going local: determinants of coalition formation in mixed democratic polities. Public Choice, 174(1/2), 61–80. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-017-0489-x
- Schäfer, C. & Debus, M. (2018). No participation without representation : Policy distances and abstention in European parliament elections. Journal of European Public Policy, 25(12), 1835–1854. https://doi.org/10.1080/13501763.2017.1363806
- Linhart, E., Debus, M. & Kittel, B. (eds.) (2017). Jahrbuch für Handlungs- und Entscheidungstheorie (Bd. 10) . Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-16714-1
- Baumann, M., Debus, M. & Gross, M. (2017). Strength of weakness? Innerparteiliche Heterogenität, divergierende Koalitionspräferenzen und die Ergebnisse von Koalitionsverhandlungen in den deutschen Bundesländern. Politische Vierteljahresschrift : PVS, 58(2), 179–204. https://doi.org/10.5771/0032-3470-2017-2-179
- Baumann, M., Debus, M. & Klingelhöfer, T. (2017). Keeping one's seat : the competitiveness of MP renomination in mixed-member electoral systems. The Journal of Politics : JOP, 79(3), 979–994. https://doi.org/10.1086/690945
- Bräuninger, T., Debus, M. & Wüst, F. (2017). Governments, parliaments and legislative activity. Political Science Research and Methods : PSRM, 5(3), 529–554. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2015.29
- Dassonneville, R., Baudewyns, P., Debus, M. & Schmitt-Beck, R. (2017). The time of the vote : causes and consequences of late deciding. In K. Deschouwer (eds.), Mind the gap : political participation and representation in Belgium (S. 201–225). Colchester [u.a.]: Rowman & Littlefield International / ECPR Press.
- Dassonneville, R., Hooghe, M. & Debus, M. (2017). Economic voting in a federal country: Overcoming the limited clarity of responsibility. In K. Deschouwer (eds.), Mind the gap : political participation and representation in Belgium (S. 161–182). Colchester [u.a.]: Rowman & Littlefield International / ECPR Press.
- Debus, M. (2017). An 'Angela Merkel effect'? The impact of gender on CDU/
CSU voting intention between 1998 and 2013. German Politics, 26(1), 35–48. https://doi.org/10.1080/09644008.2016.1182501 - Debus, M. (2017). Die Thematisierung der Flüchtlingskrise im Vorfeld der Landtagswahlen 2016 : mangelnde Responsivität als eine Ursache für den Erfolg der AfD? In C. Bieber (eds.), Regieren in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft : Impulse zur Integrationsdebatte aus Sicht der Regierungsforschung (S. 91–98). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-15714-2_14
- Debus, M. (2017). O impacto das coligações nas preferências dos eleitores e no comportamento eleitoral. In S. Krause (eds.), Coligações e disputas eleitorais na nova República : aportes teórico-metodológicos, tendências e estudos de caso (S. 93–107). Rio de Janeiro – RJ ; São Paulo – SP: Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung ; Editora Unesp.
- Debus, M. (2017). Verrückte Verhältnisse? Wahlverhalten und Parteienwettbewerb in Baden-Württemberg zwischen 2011 und 2016. In F. Hörisch (eds.), Das grün‐rote Experiment in Baden-Württemberg : eine Bilanz der Landesregierung Kretschmann 2011–2016 (S. 15–45). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-14868-3_2
- Debus, M., Tosun, J. & Maxeiner, M. (2017). Support for policies on entrepreneurship and self-employment among parties and coalition governments. Politics & policy, 45(3), 338–371. https://doi.org/10.1111/polp.12205
- Fleig, A. & Debus, M. (2017). Außergewöhnliche Ereignisse und responsives Regieren : die Auswirkungen der Energiewende auf das Vertrauen in politische Institutionen. In R. Schomaker (eds.), Die europäische Energiewende (S. 167–190). Schriften zu Ordnungsfragen der Wirtschaft, De Gruyter Oldenbourg: Berlin ; Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110525762-010
- Wessler, H., Theil, C. K., Stuckenschmidt, H., Storrer, A. & Debus, M. (2017). 'Wikiganda' : detecting bias in multimodal Wikipedia entries. In O. Seizov (eds.), New studies in multimodality : conceptual and methodological elaborations (S. 201–224). London: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC.
- Williams, L. K., Stegmaier, M. & Debus, M. (2017). Relaxing the constant economic vote restriction : economic evaluations and party support in Germany. Party Politics, 23(3), 286–296. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068815593458
- Bowler, S., Bräuninger, T., Debus, M. & Indridason, I. H. (2016). Let’s just agree to disagree : dispute resolution mechanisms in coalition agreements. The Journal of Politics : JOP, 78(4), 1264–1278. https://doi.org/10.1086/686805
- Bäck, H. & Debus, M. (2016). Political parties, parliaments and legislative speechmaking . Basingstoke ; New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan.
- Bäck, H., Debus, M. & Klüver, H. (2016). Bicameralism, intra-party bargaining, and the formation of party policy positions : evidence from the German federal system. Party Politics, 22(3), 405–417. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068814549343
- Bäck, H., Debus, M. & Müller, W. C. (2016). Intra-party diversity and ministerial selection in coalition governments. Public Choice, 166(3/4), 355–378. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11127-016-0327-6
- Debus, M. (2016). Parlamentswahl in der Diktatur : eine Analyse des Wählerverhaltens auf Ebene der Land- und Stadtkreise bei der Reichstagswahl vom 12. November 1933. Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen : ZParl, 47(3), 693–708. https://doi.org/10.5771/0340-1758-2016-3-693
- Debus, M. (2016). Weder ein „modern gender gap“ noch „same gender voting“ in Deutschland? Zum Einfluss des Geschlechts auf das individuelle Wahlverhalten bei den Bundestagswahlen zwischen 1998 und 2013. In H. Schoen (eds.), Wahlen und Wähler : Analysen aus Anlass der Bundestagswahl 2013 (S. 271–293). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-11206-6_13
- Debus, M. & Gross, M. (2016). Coalition formation at the local level : institutional constraints, party policy conflict, and office-seeking political parties. Party Politics, 22(6), 835–846. https://doi.org/10.1177/1354068815576292
- Müller, J. & Debus, M. (2016). Koalitionsoptionen und Lagerdenken aus Wählerperspektive : eine Analyse anhand der Parteiensympathien der Bundesbürger von 1977 bis 2011. In S. Roßteutscher (eds.), Bürger und Wähler im Wandel der Zeit : 25 Jahre Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung in Deutschland (S. 119–148). Wiesbaden: Springer VS. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-11276-9_6