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Die deutsche Wirtschaft und die AfD: Erfahrungen, Befunde und erste Forschungsergebnisse

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  • Bergmann, Knut
  • Diermeier, Matthias
  • Kinderman, Daniel
  • Schroeder, Wolfgang

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Klassischerweise üben Vertreter der Wirtschaft sich jenseits der unmittelbaren Betroffenheit weitgehend parteipolitischer Enthaltsamkeit. Da sich in der Bundesrepublik mit der Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) eine von ihrer wirtschaftspolitischen Programmatik her liberal-rechtspopulistische Partei etabliert hat, ist auch hierzulande die Frage aufgekommen, wie sich die Wirtschaft - Verbände und Unternehmen - ihr gegenüber positionieren. Auf Grundlage einer quantitativen und qualitativen Befragung von Hauptgeschäftsführern von führenden Arbeitgeber- und Wirtschaftsverbänden lässt die vorliegende Untersuchung eine Ausgrenzungsstrategie der Wirtschaft gegenüber der AfD erkennen: Die verfasste Wirtschaft sieht kaum programmatische Überlappungen und bewertet die Partei vielmehr als vor allem politisches, aber auch ökonomisches Standortrisiko. Die Zweifel an der Verfassungstreue der Partei spiegeln sich unter anderem darin, dass der Partei auch personell durchweg die Regierungsfähigkeit abgesprochen wird. Trotzdem bestehen unter den Hauptgeschäftsführern Zweifel, inwiefern eine Ausgrenzung der Viktimisierungs-Strategie der AfD in die Karten spielen könnte und inwieweit sich diese Verweigerung überhaupt durchhalten lässt, sollten die Rechtspopulisten vermehrt in politische Verantwortung gewählt werden.

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  • Bergmann, Knut & Diermeier, Matthias & Kinderman, Daniel & Schroeder, Wolfgang, 2024. "Die deutsche Wirtschaft und die AfD: Erfahrungen, Befunde und erste Forschungsergebnisse," Discussion Papers, Research Unit: Center for Civil Society Research ZZ 2024-602, WZB Berlin Social Science Center.
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    Keywords

    Rechtspopulismus; Wirtschaftsverbände; Wirtschaftspolitik; gesellschaftliche Verantwortung; Right-wing populism; business organisations; economic policy; social responsibility;
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    • P00 - Political Economy and Comparative Economic Systems - - General - - - General
    • D71 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Social Choice; Clubs; Committees; Associations
    • D72 - Microeconomics - - Analysis of Collective Decision-Making - - - Political Processes: Rent-seeking, Lobbying, Elections, Legislatures, and Voting Behavior

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