Elections : the Federal Republic of Germany in comparison

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Elections : the Federal Republic of Germany in comparison

Eckhard Jesse ; translated from the German by Lindsay Batson

(German studies series)

Berg , Distributed exclusively in the US and Canada by St. Martin's Press, 1990

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Wahlen

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Translation of: Wahlen : Bundesrepublik Deutschland im Vergleich

Includes bibliographical references

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Beginning with a discussion of democratic theory, this study provides a first-class survey of elections and electoral laws in the Federal Republic.

Table of Contents

  • Part 1 The current level of research. Part 2 Elections and democracy: definition
  • history
  • identity theory versus competitive theory
  • "Freedom of Election"
  • voting principles
  • criticisms of elections. Part 3 Elections, electoral systems and parties in selected states: the range of democratic electoral systems
  • the United Kingdom
  • France
  • Germany
  • comparison and summary. Part 4 Voting and elections in West Germany: voting structure
  • electoral sociology
  • elections - is there an alternative?

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