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Germany’s future electors

Author : Nora E. Sánchez Gassen

Publisher : Springer

Page : 424 pages

File Size : 23,37 MB

Release : 2014-08-20

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 3658069422

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Nora E. Sánchez Gassen analyses how demographic trends and electoral law have influenced the German electorate in the past and projects their future impact. A set of population projections illustrates how the size and age structure of the electorate will change until 2030 due to ongoing demographic changes. Additional analyses reveal how reforms of electoral law and citizenship law could be used to influence these trends. Overall, the author combines demographic methods with democratic theory in order to investigate a topic that has so far received little attention in discussions on demographic change: the future of the democratic system.



Lowering the Voting Age to 16

Author : Jan Eichhorn

Publisher : Springer Nature

Page : 254 pages

File Size : 26,11 MB

Release : 2019-11-27

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 3030325415

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This book explores the consequences of lowering the voting age to 16 from a global perspective, bringing together empirical research from countries where at least some 16-year-olds are able to vote. With the aim to show what really happens when younger people can take part in elections, the authors engage with the key debates on earlier enfranchisement and examine the lead-up to and impact of changes to the voting age in countries across the globe. The book provides the most comprehensive synthesis on this topic, including detailed case studies and broad comparative analyses. It summarizes what can be said about youth political participation and attitudes, and highlights where further research is needed. The findings will be of great interest to researchers working in youth political socialization and engagement, as well as to policymakers, youth workers and activists.



Electoral System Design

Author : Andrew Reynolds

Publisher : Stockholm : International Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance

Page : 258 pages

File Size : 33,58 MB

Release : 2005

Category : Political Science

ISBN :

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Forecasting Elections

Author : Michael S. Lewis-Beck

Publisher :

Page : 184 pages

File Size : 42,86 MB

Release : 1992

Category : Political Science

ISBN :

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All political scientists aim to explain politics. In addition to this goal, Michael Lewis-Beck and Tom Rice aim to forecast political events, specifically election results. In "Forecasting Elections" the authors systematically develop easy-to-understand models based on national economic and political measures to forecast eleciton results for the U.S. presidency, House of Representatives, Senate, governorships, and state legislatures. For comparative purposes, the more complex French electoral system is studied. In the final chapter the authors instruct readers on how to use the models to make their own forecasts of future elections. -- From publisher's description.



Who Voted for Hitler?

Author : Richard F. Hamilton

Publisher : Princeton University Press

Page : 682 pages

File Size : 39,74 MB

Release : 2014-07-14

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1400855349

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Challenging the traditional belief that Hitler's supporters were largely from the lower middle class, Richard F. Hamilton analyzes Nazi electoral successes by turning to previously untapped sources--urban voting records. This examination of data from a series of elections in fourteen of the largest German cities shows that in most of them the vote for the Nazis varied directly with the class level of the district, with the wealthiest districts giving it the strongest support. Originally published in 1982. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions preserve the original texts of these important books while presenting them in durable paperback and hardcover editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since its founding in 1905.



A Green Dimension for the European Community

Author : David Judge

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 270 pages

File Size : 42,1 MB

Release : 2014-03-05

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1135200696

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First Published in 1993. A Green Dimension for the European Community is a collection of nine essays from a range of contributors, separated into two parts: political issues and processes. The theme discusses the idea that the introduction of the 'Single Market' marks a particularly appropriate time to consider the political issues and processes affecting environmental policy in the European Community (EC). The contributors argue that, at such a time, and in the face of such threats, an understanding of the 'green dimension' of the EC is more than an academic exercise. This title concludes with a comprehensive index.



Party System Change, the European Crisis and the State of Democracy

Author : Marco Lisi

Publisher : Routledge

Page : 315 pages

File Size : 48,99 MB

Release : 2018-08-06

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1351377647

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Party systems are crucial elements for the functioning of political systems and representative democracies. With several European countries experiencing significant changes recently, it is necessary to update our knowledge. This volume analyses party system changes in Europe in the 21st century by considering several dimensions such as interparty competition, the cleavage structure, electoral volatility and the emergence of new actors. The book describes the principal continuities and changes in party systems in Europe; analyzes the main explanations for these trends; and assesses the impact of the crisis on the patterns observed. By considering a wide range of Western and Eastern European countries, and focusing on the ‘parameters’ of party system change, this book seeks to fill an important gap in the literature through a comparative analysis of the evolution of party systems in Europe over the last decades. This book will be of key interest to scholars and students of political parties, party systems and politics, electoral behavior as well as more broadly to European politics, comparative politics. political representation and the quality of democracies.



The Emperor's Old Clothes

Author : Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger

Publisher : Berghahn Books

Page : 342 pages

File Size : 19,17 MB

Release : 2015-08-01

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 1782388060

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For many years, scholars struggled to write the history of the constitution and political structure of the Holy Roman Empire. This book argues that this was because the political and social order could not be understood without considering the rituals and symbols that held the Empire together. What determined the rules (and whether they were followed) depended on complex symbolic-ritual actions. By examining key moments in the political history of the Empire, the author shows that it was a vocabulary of symbols, not the actual written laws, that formed a political language indispensable in maintaining the common order.



The Federal Republic of Germany and NATO

Author : Emil Kirchner

Publisher : Springer

Page : 283 pages

File Size : 19,65 MB

Release : 2016-07-27

Category : Political Science

ISBN : 134921938X

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This book provides a systematic approach which explores the domestic, regional, and systemic factors shaping Germany's role in NATO. Initially intended as stock taking of West Germany's interest and role in NATO over a forty-year period, this book has been transformed by events into a retrospective of what NATO has meant for West Germany and its partners between 1949 and 1989, and what NATO may mean in the future for a unified Germany, for a Europe spanning the Atlantic to the Urals, and for the USA.