Plenary Session, October 2003

October 3-4, 2003
Stockholm, Sweden

We are very grateful to International IDEA for their sponsorship of the conference which was held at the Aronsborg Conference Center near Stockholm, Sweden.

Agenda

Friday, October 3, 2003, 10:00 AM to 12:15 PM

Review of the CSES project. Jacques Thomassen, David Howell
Report on the state of affairs of analysis and publication for CSES Module 1. Hans-Dieter Klingemann
Brief business, including election of new members for the Module 3 Planning Committee.

Friday, October 3, 2003, 2:15 PM to 6:30 PM

International IDEA, 2:30-4:15
- Welcome and opening remarks. Karen Fogg, Secretary-General, International IDEA
- International IDEA’s work on electoral participation. Maria Gratschew
  International IDEA Voter Turnout website
- Handout: Trends in Electoral Participation in Latin America. Daniel Zovatto and Mark Payne
- Presentations
  1. A Comparative Perspective on Political Behaviour and Turnout. Pippa Norris
  2. Confronting the Problem of Declining Turnout Among Youth. Jon Pammett
  3. Turnout, Voter Engagement and Young People in Britain. Andrew Russell
  4. Encouraging Turnout And/Or Maintaining Integrity. Richard Rose
- Discussion, moderated by Andrew Ellis
Preliminary presentation by Hermann Schmitt and Bernhard Weßels of a stimulus paper, intended to focus initial discussion of the content of Module 3 of the CSES study, 4:30-6:30.

Saturday, October 4, 2003, 9:00 AM to 12:15 PM

Parties, Politicians, and Policies: Orientations of Vote Choice Across Voters and Contexts, Ph.D. Dissertation, by Martin Kroh, 9:00-10:00
Research Panels (see list below), 10:00-12:15

Saturday, October 4, 2003, 2:00 PM to 6:00 PM

Private meeting of new Module 3 Planning Committee, 2:00-4:00
Reconvening of Plenary and report by new Module 3 Planning Committee, 4:00-6:00

Research Panels (Presentations List):

Panel A: Electoral Developments in Interesting Countries

Economic Model in Post Civil war: The Paradox Victory of Joaquim Chissano and Frelimo in the First Two General Elections, 1994-1999. Joao Pereira, Mozambique
Methodological Peculiarities of Electoral Sociological Researches Organisation and Realization. David Rotman, Belarus
What Matters in Electoral Choice in Slovakia? Olga Gyarfasova, Slovakia

Panel B: Electoral Developments in Interesting Countries

Russia. Elena Bashkirova, Russia
The Bi-Polar Electoral Model in Bulgaria (1990-2003): Genesis, Functioning, Collapse. Andrei Raichev, Bulgaria
Continuity with Change: Shifting Paradigms in India’s Electoral Politics. Sandeep Shastri, India

Panel C: Social Bases of Electoral Choice

Determinants of Left-Right Voting in Turkey. Yilmaz Esmer, Turkey
The Gender Gap in Portuguese Political Participation. Ana Espírito Santo, Portugal
Social Structural and Cultural Deteminants of Left-Right Voting in Flanders (Belgium) Between 1991 and 1999. Jaak Billiet, Belgium

Panel D: Processes of Individual Vote Choice

Issue Voting in Portugal: The 2002 Legislative Elections. André Freire, Portugal
Turnout and Information Effects in Elections. Gábor Tóka, Hungary
A longer version of the paper, entitled Voter Inequality, Turnout and Information Effects in a Cross-National Perspective (part of the Helen Kellogg Institute Working Paper Series), is available at http://www.nd.edu/~kellogg/WPS/297.pdf
Economic and Identity Voting in the 2000 Presidential and 2001 Parliamentary Elections in Poland. Krzysztof Jasiewicz, Poland

Panel E: The Impact of Electoral Systems

Why Electors Do Not Remember Whom They Voted For. Alberto Almeida, Brazil
Fifteen Countries’ Electoral Systems. Nam Young Lee, Hyung-joon Kim, and Wook Kim, Korea
Consequences of Voting on Changes in Satisfaction with Democracy in Post-Socialist Countries. Janez Stebe, Slovenia
The 1999 and 2003 Elections to the Welsh Assembly: Electoral System Experimentation and the ‘New Politics’ of Devolution in the United Kingdom. David Broughton, United Kingdom

Panel F: Election Studies

The Barometer Projects and Comparative Analysis. Marta Lagos, Chile
Taiwan’s Election and Democratization Study 2001. Chi Huang, Taiwan
Measuring Democratization in Thailand after Political Reform. Thawilwadee Bureekul, Thailand
Research and Data on recent Finnish Elections: An Overview. Sami Borg and Heikki Paloheimo, Finland

Panel G: Electoral Accountability

Do Institutions Explain Variance in Retrospective Voting? Ulises Beltrán, Mexico
Grofman’s Discount Model: An Application. Bernhard Weßels, Germany
Incumbents and Opposition: On Two Different Manifestations of Representation and Accountability. Radoslaw Markowski, Poland

Participants

In alphabetical order by surname.
Contact information shown is current as of the CSES Plenary Session in October of 2003.

Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Bernt Aardal Professor The Norwegian Election Studies Institute for Social Research, Munthesgate 31, N-0260 Oslo 1, Norway +47 – 230 86160 +47 – 230 86101 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Kees Aarts Dr. School of Business, Public Administration and Technology, University of Twente P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands +31 – 53 489 3251 +31 – 53 489 4732 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Baffour Agyeman-Duah Dr. Ghana Center for Democratic Development 14 Airport West Residential Area, P.O. Box 404, Legon-Accra, Ghana +233 – 21 776142 +233 – 21 763028 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Alberto Almeida Professor Fundação Getúlio Vargas Av. Treze de Maio, 23/1209, 20031-000 – Rio de Janeiro – RJ, Brazil +55 – 21 2524 7156 +55 – 21 2524 7068 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Johannes Andersen Professor Danish Election Programme Department of Economics, Politics and Public Administration, Aalborg University, Fibigerstraede 1, 9220 Aalborg Oest, Denmark +45 96 35 8200 +45 98 15 53 46 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Asher Arian Professor Senior Fellow of the Israel Democracy Institute, and Distinguished Professor of the Political Science Department, City University of New York Department of Political Science, University of Haifa, Haifa 31905, Israel +972 – 4 825 3786 +972 – 4 825 7076 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Gabriel Badescu Professor Faculty of Political and Administrative Sciences Babes-Bolyai University, Str. G-ral Traian Mosoiu 71, 3400 Cluj-Napoca, Romania +40 – 264 431485 +40 – 264 431505 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Steven Barnett Professor of Communications School of Media, University of Westminster Northwick Park Campus, Watford Road, Harrow, Middx HA1 3TP, United Kingdom +44 20 7911 5981 +44 20 7911 5942 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Elena Bashkirova ROMIR (Russian Opinion & Market Research) 4, Zubovsky Blvd., Moscow, 119021 Russia +7 095 201 5239 +7 095 201 3979 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Ulises Beltrán Professor Associate Professor, División de Estudios Políticos, CIDE (Centro de Investigacion y Docencia Economica) Carretera México-Toluca 3655, Col. Lomas de Santa Fe, México, D.F. 11850, Mexico +525 – 211 3044 +525 – 256 0510 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Jaak Billiet Professor University of Leuven, Department of Sociology E-Van Evenstraat 2B, 3000 Leuven, Belgium +32 – 16 32 31 57 +32 – 16 32 33 65 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Sarah Birch Dr. – Reader in Politics Department of Government, University of Essex Wivenhoe Park, Colchester CO3 4SQ, United Kingdom +44 1206 872 690 +44 1206 873 598 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	André Blais Professor Département de Science Politique, Université de Montréal 3150, rue Jean-Brillant, bureau C-4040, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7, Canada +1 – 514 343 7349 +1 – 514 343 2360 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Sami Borg Dr. FSD Finnish Social Science Data Archive Åkerlundinkatu 2 A, 5. krs, 33014 Tampereen Yliopisto, Finland +358 – 3 215 8524 +358 – 3 215 8520 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	David Broughton Dr. School of European Studies, Cardiff University P.O. Box 908, Cardiff CF10 3YQ, United Kingdom +44 – 29 20 874146 / 874808 +44 – 29 20 874 946 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Thawilwadee Bureekul Dr. The King Prajadhipok’s Institute Civil Service Training Institute Building, Tiwanon Road, Nontaburi 11000, Thailand +66 – 2 5277 830 +66 – 2 5277 824 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Yun-Han Chu Professor Institute of Political Science, Academia Sinica 128 Academia Road, Section 2, Nan Kang, Taipei, 115, Taiwan +886 – 2 27899939 ext. 202 +886 – 2 27832610 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	John Curtice Professor Department of Government, University of Strathclyde 16 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XQ, Scotland +44 – 141 548 4223 +44 – 141 552 5677 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Juan Díez-Nicolás Professor ASEP (Analisis Sociológicos Económicos y Políticos) P° de la Castellana 173, 5° Izquierda, 28046 Madrid, Spain +34 – 91 570 5107 +34 – 91 579 4073 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Jørgen Elklit Professor Department of Political Science, University of Aarhus DK-8000 Aarhus C, Denmark +45 8942 1259 +45 8613 9839 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Andrew Ellis Head of Elections Team International IDEA SE-103 34 Strömsborg, Stockholm, Sweden +46 8 698 3700 +46 8 202422 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Yilmaz Esmer Professor Department of Political Science, Bogazici University 80814 Bebek, Istanbul, Turkey +90 – 212 358 1540 +90 – 212 287 2455 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Karen Fogg Secretary General International IDEA Strömsborg, S-103 34 Stockholm, Sweden +46 8 698 3700 +46 8 202422 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	André Freire ISCTE, Higher Institute for Labour and Business Studies, and ICS-UL, Social Sciences Research Institute, University of Lisbon Av.ª Prof. Aníbal Bettencourt, 9, 1600-189 Lisboa, Portugal +351 – 21 780 4700 +351 – 21 794 0274 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Vladas Gaidys Dr. Public Opinion Research Center “Vilmorus”, Institute for Social Research Gedimino 1-15 , Vilnius 2001, Lithuania +3705 – 269 0979 +3705 – 269 0981 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Elisabeth Gidengil Professor Department of Political Science, McGill University 855 Sherbrooke West, Montreal QC, H3A 2T7, Canada +1 – 514 398 4805 +1 – 514 398 1770 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Ron Gould Election Consultant 1133 Ambleside Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K2B 8E2, Canada +1 – 613 820 3732 +1 – 613 820 9990 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Maria Gratschew Programme Officer – Elections International IDEA Strömsborg, S-103 34 Stockholm, Sweden +46 8 – 698 3700 +46 8 – 202422 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Linda Luz Guerrero Vice-President Social Weather Stations 52 Malingap Street, Sikatuna Village, Quezon City 1101, Philippines +632 – 924 4465 +632 – 920 2181 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Olga Gyarfasova Institute for Public Affairs Hviezdoslavovo nam. 15, 811 02 Bratislava, Slovakia +421 – 2 5443 4030 +421 – 2 5443 4041 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Henry E. Hale Professor Assistant Professor of Political Science, Indiana University Woodburn Hall 210, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A. +1 – 812 855 1664 +1 – 812 855 2027 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Ólafur Þ. Harðarson Professor University of Iceland, Faculty of Social Science 101 Reykjavik, Iceland +354 – 525 4514 +354 – 552 6806 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Sören Holmberg Professor Statsvetenskapliga Institutionen, Department of Political Science, Göteborg University P.O. Box 711, SE-405 30 Göteborg, Sweden +46 – 31 773 1227 +46 – 31 773 4599 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	David A. Howell Director of Studies CSES Secretariat, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Room 4118, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321, U.S.A. +1 – 734 936 1774 +1 – 734 764 3341 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Chi Huang Professor Department of Political Science, National Chung Cheng University 160 San-Hsing, Ming-Hsiung, Chia-Yi 621, Taiwan +886 – 5 272 0411 ext. 32601 +886 – 5 272 1195 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Krzysztof Jasiewicz Professor Department of Sociology, Washington and Lee University 5 Newcomb Hall, 116 N. Main Street, Lexington, VA 24450-0303, U.S.A. +1 – 540 458 8790 +1 – 540 458 8498 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Christiaan Keulder Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) 14 Nachtigal Street Windhoek, P.O. Box 86058, Eros, Windhoek, Namibia +264 – 61 238415 +264 – 61 240516 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Hyung-joon Kim Dr., Vice-Director Korean Social Science Data Center 44-3 Yeouido Youngdungpo-Ku, 4th floor, Jei, Strongbox B/O, Korea +82 – 02 786 8061 +82 – 02 786 8614 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Wook Kim Dr. Professor, Department of Political Science, Paichai University 439-6, Doma-dong, Seo-gu, Taejon, Korea +82 – 42 520 5568 +82 – 42 520 5566 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Hans-Dieter Klingemann Prof. Dr. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin, Germany +49 – 30 25491 320 +49 – 30 25491 345 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Ilze Koroleva Dr. Institute of Philosophy and Sociology, University of Latvia Akademijas laukums 1, Riga LV-1940, Latvia +371 – 722 7920 +371 – 721 0806 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Polina Kozyreva Institute of Sociology, Russian Academy of Sciences ul. Krzhyzhanovskogo 24/35, korp. 5, rm. 406, Moscow 117218, Russia +011 – 7 095 125 8088 +011 – 7 095 719 0261 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Martin Kroh DIW Berlin – German Institute for Economic Research Königin-Luise-Straße 5, D-14195 Berlin, Germany +49 – 30 89789 678 +49 – 30 89789 109 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Algis Krupavicius Prof. Dr. Policy and Public Administration Institute, Department of Public Administration, Kaunas University of Technology K. Donelaicio 20, LT-3000 Kaunas, Lithuania +370 – 7 300 111 +370 – 7 300 102 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Hsin-chi Kuan Professor Department of Governance and Public Administration, The Chinese University of Hong Kong Shantin, N.T., Hong Kong +852 – 2609 7555 +852 – 2603 5229 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Marta Lagos Professor Latinobarómetro, Opinión Pública Latinoamericana Darío Urzúa #2080 – Providencia, Santiago, Chile +562 – 334 4544 +562 – 334 6970 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Stina Larserud International IDEA Strömsborg, S-103 34 Stockholm, Sweden +46 8 698 3700 +46 – 8 202422 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Nam-Young Lee Professor Department of Political Science and International Relations, Sookmyung Women’s University 53-12 Chungpa-Dong 2-Ka, Youngsan-Ku, Seoul 140-742, Korea +82 – 2 710 9486 +82 – 2 710 9648 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Karen J. Long CSES Secretariat, Center for Political Studies, University of Michigan Institute for Social Research, Room 4116, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321, U.S.A. +1 – 734 763 0141 +1 – 734 764 3341 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Anna Markovich CPSR (Center for Sociological and Political Research), Belarus State University Karl Marx St. 31, office 103, 220031 Minsk, Belarus +375 – 17 227 2521 +375 – 17 229 2879 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Radoslaw Markowski Professor Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences ul. Polna 18/20, 00-625 Warszawa, Poland +48 – 22 825 5221 +48 – 22 825 2146 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Michael Marsh Professor Department of Political Science, Trinity College Dublin 1 College Green, Dublin 2, Ireland +353 – 1 608 1070 +353 – 1 677 0546 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Mikko Mattila Dr., Lecturer Department of Political Science, University of Helsinki P.O. Box 54, 00014 Helsinki, Finland +358 9 191 24904 +358 9 191 24832 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Ekkehard Mochmann Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung, Universität zu Köln Bachemer Str. 40, D-50931 Köln, Germany +49 – 221 476 9412 +49 – 221 476 9477 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Manuel Mora y Araujo Ipsos-Mora y Araujo Vuelta de Obligado 1947, 3° piso, C1428ADC Buenos Aires, Argentina +54 – 11 4706 3300 +54 – 11 4706 3300 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Yoshitaka Nishizawa Professor Political Science Department, Doshisha University Imadegawa Karasuma, Kamigyo, Kyoto 602-8580, Japan +81 – 75 251 3597 +81 – 75 251 3060 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Pippa Norris Professor John F. Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University Cambridge MA 02138, U.S.A. +1 – 617 495 1475 +1 – 617 496 2850 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Heikki Paloheimo Professor Department of Political Science, University of Turku 20014 Turku, Finland +358 – 2 333 5386 +358 – 2 333 5090 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Jon H. Pammett Dr., Professor of Political Science Carleton University 1125 Colonel By Drive, Ottawa, Ontario K1S 5B6, Canada +1 – 613 520 3741 +1 – 613 520 3742 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Therese Pearce Laanela Senior Programme Officer International IDEA Strömsborg, S-103 34 Stockholm, Sweden +46 8 698 3746 +46 8 202422 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	João C.G. Pereira Department of Political Studies, University of Capetown (South Africa), Eduardo Mondlane University (Mozambique) Centre for Social Science Research, University of Cape Town, Private Bag, Rondebosch, 7701, Cape Town, South Africa 08 47 686884 +27 – 21 689 7574 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Andrei Raichev Director TNS BBSS 23, James Boucher Street, 1164 Sofia, Bulgaria +359 – 2 9694 101 +359 – 2 9694 112 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Ben Reilly Dr., Senior Lecturer National Centre for Development Studies, Asia Pacific School of Economics and Government, Australian National University Canberra, ACT 0200, Australia +61 – 2 6125 0431 +61 – 2 6125 5570 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Andrew Reynolds Professor University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Political Science Department 361 Hamilton Hall, CB 3265 Chapel Hill, North Carolina, U.S.A. +1 – 919 962 0403 +1 – 919 962 0432 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Richard Rose Professor, Senior Fellow, Oxford Internet Institute and Director of the Centre for the Study of Public Policy University of Strathclyde, Glasgow G1 1XH, United Kingdom +44 – 141 548 3217 +44 – 141 552 4711 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	David Rotman Professor CPSR (Center for Sociological and Political Research), Belarus State University Karl Marx St. 31, office 103, 220031 Minsk, Belarus +375 – 17 227 2521 +375 – 17 229 2879 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Andrew Russell Dr., Lecturer in Government University of Manchester Manchester M13 9PL, United Kingdom +44 161 275 4250 +44 161 275 4925 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Babaly Sall Coordinator GERCOP UFR SJP/UGB, ST-Louis BP 234, Senegal +221 – 961 2356 +221 – 961 1884 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Ana Espírito Santo Instituto de Ciências Sociais da Universidade de Lisboa Avenida Professor Aníbal Bettencourt, 9, 1600 – 189 Lisboa, Portugal +351 – 21 780 4700 +351 21 794 0274 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Hermann Schmitt PD Dr. Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES) Universität Mannheim, D-68131 Mannheim, Germany +49 – 621 181 2881 +49 – 621 181 2880 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Peter Selb Dr. Swiss Electoral Studies (Selects), Institute for Political Science, University of Zurich Seilergraben 53, CH-8001 Zurich, Switzerland +41 – 1 634 3979 +41 – 1 634 4360 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Michal Shamir Professor Department of Political Science, Tel Aviv University Ramat-Aviv, Tel Aviv 69 978, Israel +972 – 3 640 9574 +972 – 3 640 9515 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Sandeep Shastri Professor and Dean of Research and Social Science International Academy for Creative Teaching, MATS University, Bangalore 52, Bellary Road, Hebbal, Bangalore 560 024, India +91 – 80 3545246 +91 – 80 3545247 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Allan Sikk Department of Political Science, University of Tartu Ülikooli 18, Tartu 50090, Estonia +372 – 7 375 668 +372 – 7 375 154 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Janez Stebe Faculty of Social Science, University of Ljubljana Kardeljeva pl. 5, SI – 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia +386 – 1 5805 292 +386 – 1 5805 104 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Donley Studlar Professor, Eberly Distinguished Professor of Political Science West Virginia University P.O. Box 6317, West Virginia University, Morgantown, WV 26506-6317, U.S.A. +1 – 304 293 3811, ext. 5269 +1 – 304 293 8644 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Jacques Thomassen Professor Department of Political Science, University of Twente P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands +31 – 53 489 3225 +31 – 53 489 4734 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Gábor Tóka Dr. Political Science Department, Central European University Nador u. 9, 1051 Budapest, Hungary +36 – 1 327 3084 +36 – 1 327 3087 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Jack Vowles Professor Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand +64 – 9 3737 599 ext. 88644 +64 – 9 3737 449 [email protected]
Name: Title: Organization: Address: Telephone: Fax: E-Mail:	Bernhard Weßels Prof. Dr. Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB) Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin, Germany +49 – 30 25491 315 +49 – 30 25491 345 [email protected]

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