http://dx.doi.org/10.59704/eda6c914f5caa32b https://verfassungsblog.de/subnational-politics-and-the-path-of-national-democracies/ Subnational Politics and the Path of National Democracies - A Preliminary Look at Recent German and American Experiences Huq, Aziz Z. Ginsburg, Tom eng 2024-02-08 electronic resource text/html ddc:342 AfD Alternative für Deutschland. Landesverband Thüringen | Erfurt Far right parties Florida Obstruktion [Politik] Republican Party Republican Party (USA) | Washington DC federalism Alternative für Deutschland. Landesverband Thüringen | Erfurt Obstruktion [Politik] Republican Party (USA) | Washington DC Verfassungsblog Verfassungsblog--2366-7044 CC BY-SA 4.0 In Germany and the United States, political factions have emerged in the last decade that have challenged some of the core institutions, conventions, and norms of liberal democratic life. In both countries, subnational units of government—states or municipalities—have operated as staging grounds for parties or factions of parties that reject some or all necessary elements of democratic practice. While they have used different institutional tactics to this end, many basic elements of political strategy can be observed across the two cases.