(2004):
Stuck Between a Rock and a Hard Place: Electoral Dilemmas and Turnout in the 2002 French Legislative Elections.
155-177.
Houndmills, Basingstoke,
Palgrave.
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The French Study: the Strategies of Voters in the Super-Election of 2002 in France
Project Directors
Prof. Ph.D. Thomas Gschwend,
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Hermann Schmitt
MZES, Thyssen Foundation, ZA (Cologne) and CSA (Paris)-funded
2002 – 2005
Research question/goal:
Due to its electoral and party system, France is a very interesting case for studying strategic voting comparatively because the election outcome of the first round should have a strong impact on the proclivity to vote strategically in the second round. Moreover the super election year of 2002 provides a unique opportunity to identify strategies and assess political consequences of strategies that aim to balance various levels of governance (e.g., cohabitation).
Publications
Book Chapters
Journal Articles
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(2005): Divided We Stand - Unified We Govern? Cohabitation and Regime Voting in the 2002 French Elections. British Journal of Political Science, 35, 691-712. More
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Presentations
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(2004): Das politische System der V. Republik: Präsidentschaftswahlen und Parteien als Stabilisatoren. [Das politische System der V. Republik – eine Lösung des französischen Regierbarkeitsproblems? Kolloquium zu Ehren von Herrn Prof. Dr. Adolf Kimmel, Europäische Akademie, Otzenhausen/Saar, 30/09/2004 - 01/10/2004]. More
MZES Working Papers
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(2003): When Voters Choose Regimes: The Issue of Cohabitation in the French Elections of 2002. 63, Mannheim, MZES. More