Stability and Change in German Elections: How Electorates Merge, Converge, or Collide

Abstract

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 Jurgen Kramer The Stability of the Meaning of Left and Right in Germany, 1976-90 by Wolfgang Jagodzinski and Steffen M. Kuhnel 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