Table of Contents

Introduction: German Elections After Modernization and Unification by Christopher J. Anderson and Carsten Zelle
A New Type of Voter? The Balance Between Short-term and Long-term Factors
The Erosion of Social Cleavages in Western Germany, 1971-97 by Peter Gluchowski and Ulrich Von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff
The Social Bases of Voting Behavior in Unified Germany by Karl Schmitt
A Third Face of Dealignment? An Update on Party Identification in Germany, 1971-94 by Carsten Zelle
Candidate Evaluations and Party Choice in Germany, 1972-94: Do Candidates Matter? by Angelika Vetter and Oscar W. Gabriel
Economic Conditions and Voting Preferences in East and West Germany, 1989-94 by Hans Rattinger and Jürgen Krämer
The Stability of the Meaning of Left and Right in Germany, 1976-90 by Wolfgang Jagodzinski and Steffen M. Kühnel
A Postmaterialist Realignment? Value Change and Electoral Behavior in Unified Germany by Markus Klein
A New Type of Nonvoter? Turnout Decline in German Elections, 1980-94 by Thomas Kleinhenz
Collisions Between East and West? Regional Differences in Party Systems
Voting Behavior in Subnational Elections: Local and State Elections in Three Lander, 1988-95 by Ulrich Eith
Factors Explaining the Increase in PDS Support After Unification by Carsten Zelle
New Directions: The Impact of Political Factors on German Elections
Media Use, Interpersonal Communication, and Voting Behavior in Germany, 1990-95 by Frank Brettschneider and Peter D. Schrott
Candidate Characteristics and Electoral Performance: A Long-Term Analysis of the German Bundestag by Thomas Lancaster
Political Parties and the Changing Framework of German Electoral Competition by Susan E. Scarrow
Bibliography
Index

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About the Author

CHRISTOPHER J. ANDERSON is Assistant Professor of Political Science at the State University of New York, Binghamton. He has written extensively on the economy and public opinion in Europe, including Blaming the Government: Citizens and the Economy in Five European Democracies.

CARSTEN ZELLE was Assistant Professor of Political Science at the University of Potsdam. His research on electoral behavior, politial culture, and political parties in Germany and the United States have appeared in German and English in articles and a book.

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