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Informationen zum Autor Hans-Dieter Klingemann earned his academic degrees from the University of Cologne (1966: Dr. rer. pol.) and from the University of Mannheim (1978: Dr. habil.). He has held academic positions at the University of Cologne (1966-74), the Center for Survey Research (ZUMA), Mannheim (1974-80), the Free University of Berlin (1980-2002), and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (1989-2003). In the profession Professor Klingemann has served as Vice-President (1982/83) and President of the International Society of Political Psychology (1986/87), as member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research (1988/94), as Vice-President of the International Political Science Association (1994/97), as President of the German Paul Lazarsfeld-Society (1994/99), and as President of the European Political Science Network (2002-2005). Klappentext The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems systematically deals with the question of the impact of institutions on political behaviour. It provides comparative data on the micro- and the macro-level to study electoral behaviour empirically across a broad range of institutional contexts. Zusammenfassung The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems systematically deals with the question of the impact of institutions on political behaviour. It provides comparative data on the micro- and the macro-level to study electoral behaviour empirically across a broad range of institutional contexts. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Foreword About the Contributors Part I Introduction 1: Hans-Dieter Klingemann: The Impact of Political Institutions Part II The Project 2: Ashley Grosse and Andrew Appleton: 'Big Social Science' in Comparative Politics 3: David A. Howell and Karen Long Jusko: Methodological Challenges Part III Electoral Participation 4: Neil Nevitte, André Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Richard Nadeau: Socio-economic Status and Non-voting 5: Susan A. Banducci and Jeffrey A. Karp: Electoral Systems, Efficacy, and Voter Turnout Part IV Political Parties, Candidates, and Issues 6: Hermann Schmitt: Multiple Party Identifications 7: Sören Holmberg: Candidate Recognition in Different Electoral Systems 8: John Curtice and W. Phillips Shively: Who Represents Us Best? One Member or Many? 9: Yoshitaka Nishizawa: Economic Voting 10: Martin Kroh: The Ease of Ideological Voting 11: Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Bernhard Wessels: How Voters Cope With the Complexity of Their Political Environment Part V Expressive and Instrumental Voting 12: Gábor Tóka: Expressive versus Instrumental Motivation of Turnout, Partisanship, and Political Learning 13: Thomas Gschwend: District Magnitude and the Comparative Study of Strategic Voting Part VI Political Support 14: Ola Listhaug, Bernt Aardal, and Ingunn Opheim Ellis: Institutional Variation and Political Support: An Analysis of CSES Data from 29 Countries 15: Jacques Thomassen and Henk van der Kolk: Effectiveness and Political Support in Old and New Democracies Appendix 1: Final Report of the 1995-6 Planning Committee Appendix 2: The micro-level questionnaire of Module 1 Appendix 3: The macro-level questionnaire of Module 1 References Index ...
