@article{2016:karow:demokratie,
title = {Demokratie unter Zeitdruck? Befunde zur Beschleunigung der deutschen Gesetzgebung},
year = {2016},
note = {Modern societies are characterized by an increasing acceleration in
all areas of life . The political system is under pressure to adapt to
this, especially since decision-making in demo- cratic systems is
perceived as taking too long . The question is whether democratic
legisla- tors adapt to the process of acceleration - which ultimately
is a challenge to the political system’s claim to exercise power -
by speeding up their legislation . A quantitative analysis of German
national legislation (1990 to 2013) shows that the German Bundestag
has in fact been accelerating its legislation . In contrast, there is
no evidence that other legislative actors outside the parliament have
adapted to the general process of acceleration in the German society
so far . [ZParl, vol . 47 (2016), no . 1, pp . 69 - 84]},
journal = {ZParl Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen},
pages = {69--84},
author = {Karow, Sophie and Bukow, Sebastian},
volume = {47},
number = {1}
}