Elections: The Federal Republic of Germany in ComparisonBeginning with a discussion of democratic theory, this study provides a first-class survey of elections and electoral laws in the Federal Republic. |
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Elections and Democracy | 11 |
Elections Electoral Systems and Parties in Selected | 35 |
Voting and Elections in West Germany | 64 |
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absolute-majority system according achieved act of voting Admittedly allocated analysis Arend Lijphart Berlin Bernhard Vogel Bundesrepublik Deutschland Bundestag elections Bundestagswahl candidates Carl Schmitt CDU/CSU coalition Cologne competitive theory countries criticism decisions demo Demokratie Deutsche deutschen Dieter Nohlen Dolf Sternberger Eckhard Jesse electoral law electoral reform electoral research electoral system European example Federal France Frankfurt/Main Hence Hermens Ibid identity theory Krippendorff Länder Landtag Landtag elections legitimacy line of conflict major parties majority system ment multi-seat constituencies number of votes opinion Opladen Parlamentarismus Parliament parliamentary Partei Deutschlands participate Party of Germany party system people's political Politik Politische principle of representation proportional representation Reichstag relative-majority system representative restrictive clause Schumpeter second ballot second votes social Socialist Stein Rokkan tion universal suffrage Vernon Bogdanor voters voting-behaviour voting-rights Wahl Wahlen Wähler Wählerverhalten Wahlrecht und Parteiensystem Wahlsystem Wandel Weimar Republic West Germany Whilst