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University of Zurich / Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau

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Daniel Bochsler

Assistant Professor in Comparative Politics [Democratisation]

NCCR Democracy
University of Zurich / Zentrum für Demokratie Aarau

 

Daniel Bochsler is Assistant Professor of Democratisation at NCCR Democracy at the University of Zurich. He received his PhD in Political Science from the University of Geneva. His main research interests include elections, political parties and ethnic politics, with a special focus on young democracies. He has been for research stays at the Universities of Tartu, Belgrade, at the University of California at Irvine and at the Central European University in Budapest. His monograph “Territory and Electoral Rules in Post-Communist Democracies” has been published by Palgrave.


Research news

When two of the same are needed: A multi-level model of intra-group party competition. New article, forthcoming in Nationalism and Ethnic Politics (available soon)
A quasi-proportional electoral system "only for honest men"? The hidden potential for manipulating mixed compensatory electoral systems. New article forthcoming in International Political Science Review (available soon)
Minority representation in a semi-democratic regime: the Georgian case, Article with Daniel Zollinger forthcoming in Democratization
Electoral Entry and Success of Ethnic Minority Parties in Central and Eastern Europe: A Hierarchical Selection Model. Article with Julian Bernauer, forthcoming in Electoral Studies.
Conference 'Ethnic politics and electoral democracy', at the NCCR Democracy in Zurich, 14-16 June 2012 (co-organised with Bernard Grofman)
Non-discriminatory rules and ethnic representation: the election of the Bosnian state presidency. New article forthcoming in: Ethnopolitics, 2012.
It is not how many votes you get, but also where you get them. Territorial determinants and institutional hurdles for the success of ethnic minority parties in post-communist countries. New article published in Acta Politica, 2011
Who gains from apparentments under D’Hondt? New article in Electoral Studies, 29(4), 2010.
So close but so far: voting propensity and party choice for left-wing parties in the Swiss national elections 2003-2007. New article, with Pascal Sciarini, in the Swiss Political Science Review.
Territory and Electoral Rules in Post-Communist Democracies. New monograph by Palgrave, 2010.
Database on sub-national results of national elections in post-communist democracies. First preliminary version online. One of the largest databases covering district and municipality electoral results.
Calculate Party Nationalisation

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


 

 

 


Recent media reports

Fragmented centre becomes political battleground. Swissinfo, 18 July 2011.
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Trends in Swiss cantonal elections [in German, French]
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  Last update: 23 July 2011