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The comparative study of electoral systems / edited by Hans-Dieter Klingemann. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2009. - xx, 429 p. : ill. ; 25 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 398-418) and index.

CONTENTS;
Part I. Introduction;
1. The Impact of Political Institutions: A Contribution of the
"Comparative Study of Electoral Systems" (CSES) to
Micro-Macro Theories of Political Attitude Formation and
Voting Behavior;
Hans-Dieter Klingemann
Part II. The Project
2. "Big Social Science" in Comparative Politics: The History of the
Comparative Study of Electoral Systems;
Ashley Grosse and Andrew Appleton
3. Methodological Challenges: Research Opportunities and
Questions for the Future;
David A. Howell and Karen Long Jusko
Part III. Electoral Participation
4. Socioeconomic Status and Nonvoting: A Cross-National
Comparative Analysis;
Neil Nevitte, Andri Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Richard Nadeau
5. Electoral Systems, Efficacy, and Voter Turnout;
Susan A. Banducci and Jeffrey A. Karp
Part IV. Political Parties, Candidates, and Issues
6. Multiple Party Identifications;
Hermann Schmitt
7. Candidate Recognition in Different Electoral Systems
S6ren Holmberg;
8. Who Represents Us Best? One Member or Many?
John Curtice and W. Phillips Shively
9. Economic Voting: Do Institutions Affect the Way Voters
Evaluate Incumbents?
Yoshitaka Nishizawa
10. The Ease of Ideological Voting: Voter Sophistication and
Party System Complexity;
Martin Kroh
11. How Voters Cope with the Complexity of Their Political
Environment: Differentiation of Political Supply, Effectiveness
of Electoral Institutions, and the Calculus of Voting;
Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Bernhard WeAels
Part V. Expressive and Instrumental Voting
12. Expressive Versus Instrumental Motivation of Turnout,
Partisanship, and Political Learning ;
Gdbor T6ka
13. District Magnitude and the Comparative Study of
Strategic Voting;
Thomas Gschwend
Part VI. Political Support
14. Institutional Variation and Political Support: An Analysis
of CSES Data from 29 Countries;
Ola Listhaug, Bernt Aardal, and Ingunn Opheim Ellis
15. Effectiveness and Political Support in Old and
New Democracies;
Jacques Thomassen and Henk van der Kolk
Appendix 1: Final Report of the 1995-6 Planning Committee;
Appendix 2: The Micro-Level Questionnaire of Module ;
Appendix 3: The Macro-Level Questionnaire of Module 1;
Index.



ISBN: 9780199217359 (acidfree paper) 0199217351 (acidfree paper)

LCCN: 2008036752

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Elections--Cross-cultural studies.
Representative government and representation--Cross-cultural studies.
Voting--Cross-cultural studies.
Political parties--Cross-cultural studies.

LC Class. No.: JF1001 / .C572 2009

Dewey Class. No.: 324.6 KLI