Hans-Dieter Klingemann earned his academic degrees from the University of Cologne (1966: Dr. rer. pol.) and from the University of Mannheim (1978: Dr. habil.). He has held academic positions at the University of Cologne (1966-74), the Center for Survey Research (ZUMA), Mannheim (1974-80), the Free University of Berlin (1980-2002), and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (1989-2003). In the profession Professor Klingemann has served as Vice-President (1982/83) and President of the International Society of Political Psychology (1986/87), as member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research (1988/94), as Vice-President of the International Political Science Association (1994/97), as President of the German Paul Lazarsfeld-Society (1994/99), and as President of the European Political Science Network (2002-2005).

• Preface ; Foreword ; About the Contributors ; PART I INTRODUCTION ; 1. The Impact of Political Institutions ; PART II THE PROJECT ; 2. 'Big Social Science' in Comparative Politics ; 3. Methodological Challenges ; PART III ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION ; 4. Socio-economic Status and Non-voting ; 5. Electoral Systems, Efficacy, and Voter Turnout ; PART IV POLITICAL PARTIES, CANDIDATES, AND ISSUES ; 6. Multiple Party Identifications ; 7. Candidate Recognition in Different Electoral Systems ; 8. Who Represents Us Best? One Member or Many? ; 9. Economic Voting ; 10. The Ease of Ideological Voting ; 11. How Voters Cope With the Complexity of Their Political Environment ; PART V EXPRESSIVE AND INSTRUMENTAL VOTING ; 12. Expressive versus Instrumental Motivation of Turnout, Partisanship, and Political Learning ; 13. District Magnitude and the Comparative Study of Strategic Voting ; PART VI POLITICAL SUPPORT ; 14. Institutional Variation and Political Support: An Analysis of CSES Data from 29 Countries ; 15. Effectiveness and Political Support in Old and New Democracies ; Appendix 1: Final Report of the 1995-6 Planning Committee ; Appendix 2: The micro-level questionnaire of Module 1 ; Appendix 3: The macro-level questionnaire of Module 1 ; References ; Index

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Hans-Dieter Klingemann earned his academic degrees from the University of Cologne (1966: Dr. rer. pol.) and from the University of Mannheim (1978: Dr. habil.). He has held academic positions at the University of Cologne (1966-74), the Center for Survey Research (ZUMA), Mannheim (1974-80), the Free University of Berlin (1980-2002), and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (1989-2003). In the profession Professor Klingemann has served as Vice-President (1982/83) and President of the International Society of Political Psychology (1986/87), as member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research (1988/94), as Vice-President of the International Political Science Association (1994/97), as President of the German Paul Lazarsfeld-Society (1994/99), and as President of the European Political Science Network (2002-2005).

• Preface ; Foreword ; About the Contributors ; PART I INTRODUCTION ; 1. The Impact of Political Institutions ; PART II THE PROJECT ; 2. 'Big Social Science' in Comparative Politics ; 3. Methodological Challenges ; PART III ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION ; 4. Socio-economic Status and Non-voting ; 5. Electoral Systems, Efficacy, and Voter Turnout ; PART IV POLITICAL PARTIES, CANDIDATES, AND ISSUES ; 6. Multiple Party Identifications ; 7. Candidate Recognition in Different Electoral Systems ; 8. Who Represents Us Best? One Member or Many? ; 9. Economic Voting ; 10. The Ease of Ideological Voting ; 11. How Voters Cope With the Complexity of Their Political Environment ; PART V EXPRESSIVE AND INSTRUMENTAL VOTING ; 12. Expressive versus Instrumental Motivation of Turnout, Partisanship, and Political Learning ; 13. District Magnitude and the Comparative Study of Strategic Voting ; PART VI POLITICAL SUPPORT ; 14. Institutional Variation and Political Support: An Analysis of CSES Data from 29 Countries ; 15. Effectiveness and Political Support in Old and New Democracies ; Appendix 1: Final Report of the 1995-6 Planning Committee ; Appendix 2: The micro-level questionnaire of Module 1 ; Appendix 3: The macro-level questionnaire of Module 1 ; References ; Index

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Hans-Dieter Klingemann earned his academic degrees from the University of Cologne (1966: Dr. rer. pol.) and from the University of Mannheim (1978: Dr. habil.). He has held academic positions at the University of Cologne (1966-74), the Center for Survey Research (ZUMA), Mannheim (1974-80), the Free University of Berlin (1980-2002), and the Social Science Research Center Berlin (1989-2003). In the profession Professor Klingemann has served as Vice-President (1982/83) and President of the International Society of Political Psychology (1986/87), as member of the Executive Committee of the European Consortium for Political Research (1988/94), as Vice-President of the International Political Science Association (1994/97), as President of the German Paul Lazarsfeld-Society (1994/99), and as President of the European Political Science Network (2002-2005).

• Preface ; Foreword ; About the Contributors ; PART I INTRODUCTION ; 1. The Impact of Political Institutions ; PART II THE PROJECT ; 2. 'Big Social Science' in Comparative Politics ; 3. Methodological Challenges ; PART III ELECTORAL PARTICIPATION ; 4. Socio-economic Status and Non-voting ; 5. Electoral Systems, Efficacy, and Voter Turnout ; PART IV POLITICAL PARTIES, CANDIDATES, AND ISSUES ; 6. Multiple Party Identifications ; 7. Candidate Recognition in Different Electoral Systems ; 8. Who Represents Us Best? One Member or Many? ; 9. Economic Voting ; 10. The Ease of Ideological Voting ; 11. How Voters Cope With the Complexity of Their Political Environment ; PART V EXPRESSIVE AND INSTRUMENTAL VOTING ; 12. Expressive versus Instrumental Motivation of Turnout, Partisanship, and Political Learning ; 13. District Magnitude and the Comparative Study of Strategic Voting ; PART VI POLITICAL SUPPORT ; 14. Institutional Variation and Political Support: An Analysis of CSES Data from 29 Countries ; 15. Effectiveness and Political Support in Old and New Democracies ; Appendix 1: Final Report of the 1995-6 Planning Committee ; Appendix 2: The micro-level questionnaire of Module 1 ; Appendix 3: The macro-level questionnaire of Module 1 ; References ; Index

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