Chemnitz UT: School of Humanities and Social Sciences: Institute of Political Science: Department of Governmental Systems in Europe in Comparison
Political Effects of Electoral Systems
Project partner / Funding
Robert Bosch-Stiftung
Specific funding programme:
"Denkwerk - Networking High School Students, Teachers and Scholars in the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences"
Objective
The aim of the project is to analyse political effects resulting from different voting systems with the help of high school students and their teachers. The main emphasis is put on impacts of electoral systems on the attitudes of delegates in matters pertaining to representation and communication
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Visiting Sir Malcolm Rifkind, former Secretary of State for Foreign and, Commonwealth Affairs, in London |
Visiting the President of the Bundestag, Dr. Norbert Lammert, in Berlin |
Further Information
Results of the project were published in: Strohmeier, Gerd (2011): Zur Persönlichkeitsorientierung des deutschen Wahlsystems im Vergleich, in: Poier, Klaus (Hrsg.): Persönlichkeiten und Demokratie: Wie wählen wir die besten Köpfe? Schriftenreihe für Öffentliches Recht und Politikwissenschaft. Band 2, Wien/Graz: nwv. Furthermore, some results were used in a written statement for the Committee on Internal Affairs of the German Bundestag.
