Salient to Whom? The Positioning of German Political Parties on Agricultural Pollutants in Water Bodies
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Integrating Water and Agricultural Policy
3. Theoretical Considerations
Expectation 1a: The CDU/CSU do not address the issue of agricultural pollutants and do not refer to an integration of water protection and agricultural policy.
Expectation 1b: Alliance’90/The Greens do not address the issue of agricultural pollutants and do not refer to an integration of water protection and agricultural policy.
Expectation 2a: The CDU/CSU, FDP, and the AfD oppose any policy measures aimed at reducing the entry of agricultural pollutants into water bodies that involve strong state intervention in the agricultural sector.
Expectation 2b: Alliance’90/The Greens emphasize the need for strong state intervention in the agricultural sector in order to reduce the entry of agricultural pollutants into water bodies and demand equivalent policy measures.
Expectation 2c: The Left and the SPD will support policy measures that include strong state intervention when dealing with the issue of agricultural pollutants.
4. Materials and Methods
5. Results
5.1. Attention towards Pollutants in Water Bodies
5.2. Integration of Water Protection and Agricultural Policy?
5.3. Positions and Policy Measures to Mitigate Agricultural Pollutants in Water Bodies
6. Discussion
Funding
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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Party | Manifestos Total (Number) | Agricultural Pollutants (Number) | Agricultural Pollutants (Row Percentage) |
---|---|---|---|
AfD | 16 | 4 | 25.00 |
CDU/CSU | 78 | 6 | 7.69 |
FDP | 79 | 7 | 8.86 |
The Greens | 69 | 31 | 44.93 |
The Left | 45 | 12 | 26.67 |
SPD | 79 | 9 | 11.39 |
Sum | 366 | 69 |
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Schaub, S. Salient to Whom? The Positioning of German Political Parties on Agricultural Pollutants in Water Bodies. Water 2019, 11, 2278. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112278
Schaub S. Salient to Whom? The Positioning of German Political Parties on Agricultural Pollutants in Water Bodies. Water. 2019; 11(11):2278. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112278
Chicago/Turabian StyleSchaub, Simon. 2019. "Salient to Whom? The Positioning of German Political Parties on Agricultural Pollutants in Water Bodies" Water 11, no. 11: 2278. https://doi.org/10.3390/w11112278