Non-Party Actors in Electoral Politics: The Role of Interest Groups and Independent Citizens in Contemporary Election Campaigns

Prof. David Farrell; Prof. Dr. Rüdiger Schmitt-Beck

doi:10.5771/9783845206639

Summary

Der vorliegende Band beschäftigt sich mit der zunehmenden Beteiligung von überparteilichen Akteuren bei Wahlen. Dabei greifen Interessengruppen, Bürger und bestimmte politische Institutionen in die Auswahl der Kandidaten und die Wahlkampagne selbst ein. Manchmal tun sie dies, um das Wahlergebnis zu beeinflussen, manchmal aber auch, um die Qualität des Wahlprozesses selbst aufzubessern.

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Bibliographic data

Edition: 1/2008
Copyright Year: 2008
ISBN-Print: 978-3-8329-3251-0
ISBN-Online: 978-3-8452-0663-9
Publisher: Nomos, Baden-Baden
Series: Studien zur Wahl- und Einstellungsforschung
Volume: 8
Language: English
Pages: 282
Product Type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages 2 - 8
List of Tables No access Pages 9 - 11
List of Figures No access Pages 12 - 12
Introduction: The Age of Non-Party Actors? No access Pages 13 - 24
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Entering through the Back Door: Non-Party Actors in Intra-Party (S)electoral Politics No access Pages 25 - 44
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Interest Group Activity in U.S. Elections No access Pages 45 - 66
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Between Electioneering and “Politics as Usual”: The Involvement of Interest Groups in Norwegian Electoral Politics No access Pages 67 - 102
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Non-Party Activity in the 2005 U.K. General Election: “Promoting or Procuring Electoral Success”? No access Pages 103 - 126
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Competing for Attention: Interest Groups in the News in a Danish Election No access Pages 127 - 150
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Divided We March, Divided We Fight: Trade Unions, Social Democrats, and Voters in the 2005 German General Election No access Pages 151 - 182
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Towards what Reign of Civil Society? Understanding NGOs in Romanian Electoral Politics No access Pages 183 - 208
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1000 Mini Election Campaigns: The Utilization of Private Weblogs in the Run-up to the 2005 German Election No access Pages 209 - 236
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Vote Advice Applications as New Campaign Players? The Electoral Effects of the “Do the Vote Test” during the 2004 Regional Elections in Belgium No access Pages 237 - 258
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Preaching to the Converted or Making a Difference? Mobilizing Effects of an Internet Application at the German General Election 2005 No access Pages 259 - 278
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Contributors No access Pages 279 - 282