TY - BOOK AU - Kaase,Max AU - Beyme,Klaus Von TI - Elections & parties SN - 0803998899 PY - 1978/// CY - London PB - SAGE Publications KW - Germany (West). Bundestag KW - Elections, 1976 KW - Elections KW - Germany (West) KW - Political parties N1 - Introduction / Max Kaase and Klaus von Beyme -- What has electoral sociology in West Germany achieved? / Manfred Kuchler -- Regional stability of voting behaviour in federal elections / Peter Hoschka and Hermann Schunck -- The relationship between federal and state elections in West Germany / Reiner Dinkel -- The new politics / Kai Hildebrandt and Russell J. Dalton -- Partisan, candidates, and issues / Hans D. Klingemann and Charles Lewis Taylor -- The dual climate of opinion / Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann -- Structural assimilation versus ideological polarization / Ursula Feist, Manfred Gullner, and Klaus Liepelt -- The Christian-Social Union in Bavaria / Alf Mintzel -- On civic initiative groups / Udo Bermbach -- The study of elites in West Germany / Dietrich Herzog -- Bibliography of West German political science literature, 1975-1977 / Klaus von Beyme and Volker Rittberger ER -