Elections and electoral laws. Switzerland in comparison (MA seminar)

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Overview over the class schedule and readings (preliminary version)(D) = Student presentation for German-speaker.18 September: IntroductionClass readings: Lutz, Georg and Peter Selb (2007) 'The National Elections in Switzerland', inUlrich Klöti, Peter Knoepfel, Hanspeter Kriesi, Wolf Linder, Yannis Papadopoulos andPascal Sciarini (eds.) Handbook of Swiss Politics (pp. 405-434). Zurich: NZZ.Week 2 to 4: A theoretical introduction25 September: Theory I: social cleavages and the roots of political representation inSwitzerlandClass readings: Lipset, Seymour Martin and Stein Rokkan (1967) 'Cleavage Structures, PartySystems, and Voter Alignments. An Introduction', in Seymour Martin Lipset and SteinRokkan (eds.) Party Systems and Voter Alignments: Cross-National Perspectives (pp. 1-64).New York: Free Press.Kerr, Henry H. (1987) 'The Swiss Party System: Steadfast and Changing', in Hans Daalder(ed.), Party Systems in Denmark, Austria, Switzerland, the Netherlands, and Belgium (pp.107-192). New York: St. Martin's Press.Further literature: (Gruner 1977; Bolliger 2007; Lucardie 2000; Ladner and Brändle 2001;Tavits 2006; Hauss and Rayside 1978; Harmel and Robertson 1985)2 October: Theory II: Institutions and cleavagesClass readings: Taagepera, Rein and Matthew S. Shugart (1989) Seats and Votes. The Effectsand Determinants of Electoral Systems. New Haven, London: Yale University Press, pp. 1-18,61-76.Vatter, Adrian (2003) 'Legislative Party Fragmentation in Swiss Cantons A Function ofCleavage Structures or Electoral Institutions?', Party Politics 9(4): 445-461.Further literature: (Lipset and Rokkan 1967; Bartolini and Mair 1990; Ordeshook and Shvetsova1994; Taagepera 1999; Clark and Golder 2006; Harmel and Robertson 1985; Bochsler 2010b)9 October: Theory III: Issue votingClass readings: Thomassen, Jacques and Hermann Schmitt (1997) 'Policy representation',European Journal of Political Research 32: 165-184.Kriesi, Hanspeter and Pascal Sciarini (2004) 'The Impact of Issue Preferences on VotingChoices in the Swiss Federal Elections, 1999', British Journal of Political Science 34: 725-747.Further literature: (Downs 1957; Aardal and van Wijnen 2005; Enelow and Hinich 1982)16 October: Paper workshop IPage 2
Weeks 6 to 8: the chain of representation23 October: Voters I: Issues and radicalisationClass readings: Kedar, Orit (2005) 'When Moderate Voters Prefer Extreme Parties: PolicyBalancing in Parliamentary Elections', American Political Science Review 99(2): 185-199.Lachat, Romain (2006) 'A Tale of Two Councils. Explaining the Weakness of the SVP in theUpper House of the Federal Parliament', Swiss Political Science Review 12(4): 77-99.Student presentations:1. Directional voting:Rabinowitz, George and Stuart Elaine Macdonald (1989) 'A Directional Theory of Issue Voting',American Political Science Review 83(1): 93-121.Christin, Thomas and Tobias Schulz (2006) 'Is Consensual Politicizing Being Punished inSwitzerland?', Swiss Political Science Review 12(4): 101-130.2. Who are the new right voters?McGann, Anthony J. and Herbert Kitschelt (2005) 'The Radical Right in the Alps. Evolution andSupport for the Swiss SVP and Austrian FPÖ', Party Politics 11(2): 147-171.Lachat, Romain and Peter Selb (2005) 'Schweiz', in Hanspeter et al. Kriesi (ed.), Der Aufstieg derSVP. Acht Kantone im Vergleich (pp. 41-58). Zürich: NZZ Verlag.Further literature: (Powell 2004; Przeworski et al. 1999; Weßels 2007; Lutz 2006; Lachat and Selb2010; Merrill and Grofman 1999; Aardal and van Wijnen 2005; Adams et al. 2005; Downs 1957;Hinich and Munger 1994; Knutsen and Kumlin 2005; Schofield and Sened 2005; Van der Eijk et al.2005; Lewis and King 1999; Meguid 2005, 2008; Ezrow 2007, 2010)Knowledge, campaigns and voting: (Marquis 2010; or Lachat 2000)30 October: Voters II: social change and inequalitiesClass readings: Lijphart, Arend (1979) 'Religious vs. Linguistic vs. Class Voting: The"Crucial Experiment" of Comparing Belgium, Canada, South Africa, and Switzerland',American Political Science Review 73(2): 442-458.Oesch, Daniel and Line Rennwald (2010) 'The Class Basis of Switzerland’s Cleavagebetween the New Left and the Populist Right', Swiss Political Science Review 16(3): 343-371.Student presentations:1. Families and voting:Fitzgerald, Jennifer (2011) 'Family Dynamics and Swiss Parties on the Rise: Exploring Party Supportin a Changing Electoral Context', Journal of Politics 73(3): 783-796.2. Social groups and turnout:Bernhagen, Patrick and Michael Marsh (2007) 'The partisan effect of low turnout: Analyzing voteabstention as a missing data problem', Electoral Studies 26: 548-560.Oesch, Daniel (2006) Redrawing the Class Map: Stratification and Institutions in Britain, Germany,Sweden and Switzerland. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 179-96.Further literature: (Hug and Trechsel 2002; Bartolini and Mair 1990; Bartolini 2000; Elff 2007;Knutsen and Scarbrough 1995; Oskarson 2005; Rokkan 2000, Kapitel 4; Wernli 1998; Bühlmann andFreitag 2006; Nicolet and Sciarini 2006; Nicolet and Tresch 2009; Bornschier 2010)Page 3
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