#  CES: Visiting Scholars Seminar: Federalism in West Germany 1949-2008 

 



####  calendar\_today Date and Time 

 **September 30, 2015** 

 12:15PM - 01:45PM EDT 

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 **Adolphus Busch Hall, Cabot Room**  



 

 



 

Practices and notions of democracy seem to change constantly within the history of West German federalism. Between 1949 and 2008, we trace various concepts of democratic legitimacy in West Germany and later in the reunited Germany. Each time federalism related differently to democracy. Which institutions and mechanisms favored the formation of compromise? How did federal consensus-building change democratic practices?  
**Siegfried Weichlein** Visiting Scholar, CES  
Sponsors: [Visiting Scholars Seminar: New Research on Europe](https://ces.fas.harvard.edu/studygroups/vs_seminar/)Contact: Arthur Goldhammer, <art.goldhammer@gmail.com>

 

 



 

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