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§ 7 (1) 9. b. SE Electoral Analysis (2 / 4)

Students are able to evaluate and apply the theoretical and empirical instruments of electoral analysis, i.e. psephology. They can identify central theories and models of the behavior of participants, on both the supply and demand side, and of the media. Students are able to analyze specific research questions.

The seminar examines the state of research, methods and data on current areas of research in election and campaign research, such as recent developments in conflict dimensions, strategies of party competition, establishment of new parties and decline of established parties.

1)      Compulsory readings

2)      Presentations

3)      Seminar paper

Seminar paper

Bolleyer, Nicole  (2013). New Parties in Old Party Systems: Persistence and Decline in Seventeen Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ignazi, Piero  (2017). Party and Democracy: The Uneven Road to Party Legitimacy. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

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