Table of Contents

Preface, Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Ian McAllisterForeword, Hans-Dieter KlingemannAbout the ContributorsPart I Introduction1. The Impact of Political Institutions, Hans-Dieter KlingemannPart II The Project2. 'Big Social Science' in Comparative Politics, Ashley Grosse and Andrew Appleton3. Methodological Challenges, David A. Howell and Karen Long JuskoPart III Electoral Participation4. Socio-economic Status and Non-voting, Neil Nevitte, André Blais, Elisabeth Gidengil, and Richard Nadeau5. Electoral Systems, Efficacy, and Voter Turnout, Susan A. Banducci and Jeffrey A. KarpPart IV Political Parties, Candidates, and Issues6. Multiple Party Identifications, Hermann Schmitt7. Candidate Recognition in Different Electoral Systems, Sören Holmberg8. Who Represents Us Best? One Member or Many?, John Curtice and W. Phillips Shively9. Economic Voting, Yoshitaka Nishizawa10. The Ease of Ideological Voting, Martin Kroh11. How Voters Cope With the Complexity of Their Political Environment, Hans-Dieter Klingemann and Bernhard WesselsPart V Expressive and Instrumental Voting12. Expressive versus Instrumental Motivation of Turnout, Partisanship, and Political Learning, Gábor Tóka13. District Magnitude and the Comparative Study of Strategic Voting, Thomas GschwendPart VI Political Support14. Institutional Variation and Political Support: An Analysis of CSES Data from 29 Countries, Ola Listhaug, Bernt Aardal, and Ingunn Opheim Ellis15. Effectiveness and Political Support in Old and New Democracies, Jacques Thomassen and Henk van der KolkAppendix 1: Final Report of the 1995-6 Planning CommitteeAppendix 2: The micro-level questionnaire of Module 1Appendix 3: The macro-level questionnaire of Module 1ReferencesIndex