Elections and referenda / suffrage

Im politischen System der Bundesrepublik zeichnet sich auf der lokalen Ebene seit geraumer Zeit ab, dass sich das Parteiensystem durch den Einzug neuer Parteien in die Kreistage und Räte erweitert hat, während neue Beteiligungsmöglichkeiten politische Mehrheitskonstellationen weniger vorhersehbar machen.

This book analyzes the verticalization of coalition cabinets from the national to the sub-national level.

Das Buch bietet eine Einführung in die quantitative Datenanalyse mit dem Statistikprogramm SPSS.

This book examines the unintended consequences of top-down reforms in Iran, analysing how the Iranian reformist governments (1997-2005) sought to utilise gradual reforms to control independent activism, and how citizens responded to such a disciplinary action.

This book explores partisan dealignment in France between 1978 and 2012, with a particular focus on the blue-collar electorate and its relationship with the political parties of the established left (the Socialist Party, or Parti socialiste, and the Communist Party, or Parti communiste francais).

This edited volume presents the first comprehensive analysis of recall processes which have spread globally since the end of the Cold War, and which are now re-configuring the political dynamics of electoral democracy.

This book examines the presidency in twentieth century America and explores why some presidents succeed as makers of U.

In light of the transformation of the Front National (FN) to a major player in French politics, this book examines how the unprecedented boost in positive opinions towards the FN as well as its increasing membership and electoral success have been possible.

Armin Pfahl-Traughber erörtert die Frage, ob die „Alternative für Deutschland“ (AfD) als rechtsextremistische Partei anzusehen ist.

This book brings together a team of specialists to explore why some left-wing politicians are able to communicate their message effectively, whereas others struggle to connect with the public.

This book shows how the introduction of  intermediation is relevant in studying political and public policy processes, as they are increasingly accompanied by grey spaces in public and non-public arenas that cannot be categorized as purely representative or purely participative.

This book provides an analysis of the European Parliament elections 2019 with a focus on East-Central European countries.

Gegenwärtig ist viel vom „Rechtsruck“ die Rede.

This third volume in the Japan Decides series remains the premier venue for scholarly research on Japanese elections.

This book seeks to understand and classify differences that exist between a variety of elections in Britain.

This book confronts the threats of epistemic relativism and Pyrrhonian scepticism to analytic philosophy.

This volume focuses on the 2016 Presidential campaign from a communication perspective, with each chapter considering a specific area of political campaign communication and practice.

Veteran political journalist Scott Farris tells the stories of legendary presidential also-rans, from Henry Clay to Stephen Douglas, from William Jennings Bryan to Thomas Dewey, and from Adlai Stevenson to Al Gore.

This book examines the dynamics behind shifts in voter registration rates across the states and adopts a framework of collaborative governance with election administration at its center.

This book explains how citizens are using referendums to challenge decisions taken by the European Union.

This book comprises findings from the author's wide-ranging research since 1948 on the unresolved Arab/Israel protracted conflict.

This book investigates how political parties from 12 European countries used Facebook to inform, interact with and mobilise voters at the 2019 European Parliament election.

Die Fähigkeit, empirische Studien lesen zu können, ist ein zentrales Ziel der sozialwissenschaftlichen Ausbildung.

This book presents comprehensive information on a range of issues in connection with the Fair and Equitable Treatment (FET) standard, with a particular focus on arbitral awards against host developing countries, thereby contributing to the available literature in this area of international investment law.

This special issue of the German Political Science Quarterly addresses the transformation and the sustainability of European party democracies, both at the level of party organization as well as party systems and competition.

This book provides a lively and comprehensive account of the unprecedented Italian general election of 2018 and of its profound significance for Italy and beyond.

This book examines the highly emotional context of the 2016 US presidential campaign through the scope of political theater and emotional attribution.

This edited collection is one of the first books to focus on the distinctive political marketing and branding strategies utilized by the candidates and their parties in one of the most gripping elections in U.

This book provides an overview of the sudden ascendancy of Islamism in post-Mubarak Egypt and a detailed history of the power grab by the Muslim Brotherhood.

This book presents in-depth analyses of the wave of political protest and unrest that spread throughout Latin America between 2010 and 2015 in order to answer a question that has been challenging social scientists all over the region: why some countries have faced a divorce between their social movements and political parties while others have not?

In light of the growing support for populist political actors, this book examines political party behavior and political positions towards the integration process in the European Union.

This book deals with 20 voting procedures used or proposed for use in elections resulting in the choice of a single winner.

The British General Election of 2017 is the definitive and authoritative account of one of the most dramatic elections in British history.

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This book is about how opinion polls are reported in the media.

This book examines how patterns of political representation, party system, and political culture have changed in Southern Europe following the "e;Great Recession"e; of 2008.

This book is the second volume in the Palgrave Studies in Political Marketing and Management series to focus on political marketing and management in New Zealand's general elections.

Electronic participation is an emerging and growing research area that makes use of internet solutions to enhance citizens' participation in government processes in order to provide a fair and efficient society.

This book examines the effects of preferential voting on intraparty electoral competition and voting behavior.

In recent decades, and particularly since the US Supreme Court's controversial Citizens United decision, lawmakers and other elites have told Americans that stricter campaign finance laws are needed to improve faith in the elections process, increase trust in the government, and counter cynicism toward politics.

This book analyses the origins of security dilemmas in the South China Sea (SCS) and the significance of China's actions in asserting its claim from the perspective of defensive realist theory.

Social pacts - policy agreements between governments, labor unions and sometimes employer organizations - began to emerge in many countries in the 1980s.

Which get-out-the-vote efforts actually succeed in ethnoracial communities—and why?

Unlike the election models in other Asian countries, rural elections in China were created from the grassroots level by farmers before they were officially and legally recognized by the government.

The current combination of electoral systems in the Philippines essentially guarantees the perpetuation of weak and incoherent political parties.

The growing ideological gulf between Democrats and Republicans is one of the biggest issues in American politics today.