The origins of political parties and conflict structures in Germany

This project examines the classic question of why political parties formed and how they shaped political conflict structures, combining historical information about roll call votes in the German Reichstag with political and socio-economic data about constituency characteristics of parliamentarians from 1867 to 1918.

Frank M. Häge
Frank M. Häge
Political Scientist

Senior Lecturer at the University of Limerick. Interested in Legislative Politics, European Union Politics, and Historical Political Economy.