Politikserien
Indes. Zeitschrift für Politik und Gesellschaft 2014 Heft 04
Edited by Franz Walter
Paperback (Out of print)
(December 2014)
ISBN: 9783525800096
6.54 x 9.84 inches
Price: $25.00
On back order
Politics and political TV series.
Issue 4/2014 of INDES (Journal for Politics and Society) is concerned with the theme of political TV series. What is the recipe for their success? What role do they play in our view of politics? “House of Cards,” “West Wing,” “Borgen” – these are just a few of the most popular examples of the genre of political TV series. Their success in times of broad political disgruntlement and fatigue would seem to be surprising and calls for an explanation, especially since the series tend to depict the unpopular backroom politics of compromise. Yet it is this very “hotbed of intrigue” in the episodes which appears to be greeted as a veritable necessity and laudable part of “politicking.” This issue of INDES also looks at the image given to politics in these series. Why is this format presently so successful? House of Cards, West Wing und Borgen als sicherlich popularste Beispiele, aber auch The Thick of It, Political Animalsoder Secret State – in den letzten Jahren hat das Phanomen aufwendig produzierter politischer Erfolgsserien sichtbar zugenommen. In Zeiten vermeintlicher Politik(er)verdrossenheit sind der Erfolg und die Faszination solcher Formate durchaus erstaunlich, jedenfalls aber einer Begrundung wert. Werden doch in den Episoden oftmals genau jene kleinteiligen, langwierigen und kompromissbehafteten Prozesse des politischen Alltagsbetriebs gezeigt, denen im Realen haufig mit Ablehnung begegnet wird. In den Serien wird eben diese klassische Hinterzimmerpolitikzwar auch als Hort von Intrigen prasentiert – aber eben keinesfalls ausschliesslich. Sie erscheint vielmehr, wenn nicht gar vornehmlich, als notwendiges, geradezu begrussenswertes Element des Politikmachens. INDES 4_2014 fragt also: Welches Bild von Politik wird in diesen Serien vermittelt – und warum ist dieses Format derzeit so erfolgreich?
Prof. Dr. Franz Walter ist Direktor des Gottinger Instituts fur Demokratieforschung.
- Edited by Franz Walter
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