Papers, publications and invited conference contributions

Electoral systems, elections, and party systems in Central and Eastern Europe

2011	Non-discriminatory rules and ethnic representation: the election of the Bosnian state presidency, forthcoming in Ethnopolitics, 10(3).	326kB
2011	From big political change to permanent change of governments. The logic of 20 years of political party competition in Central and Eastern Europe, forthcoming in Nicolas Hayoz, Leszek Jesien, Daniela Koleva (eds.), Twenty Years After the Breakdown of Communism in CEE: Promises, Meanings and Implications of 1989. (With Blagovesta Cholova)
2010	Territory and Electoral Rules in Post-Communist Democracies, forthcoming in Palgrave
2009	Can the Internet Increase Political Participation? An Analysis of Remote Electronic Voting’s Effect on Turnout. Paper presented at the APSA 2009 Annual Meeting in Toronto, 3-6 September 2009, and at the 5th ECPR General Conference, 10-12 September 2009, Potsdam. CEU-DISC Working Paper 2009/09
2009	Are mixed electoral systems the best choice for Central and Eastern Europe or the reason for defective party systems?, Politics & Policy 37(4). 735-767. Appendix, 68 kB	link
2007	Umbrellas and rainbows – the early development of party systems in new European democracies. Paper presented at the 8th Postgraduate Conference on Slavonic and Eastern European Studies, Brno, 28-30 June 2007.	240 kB
2007	How Proportional are Mixed Compensatory Electoral Systems? Determining the Necessary Share of Compensation Mandates in Mixed Systems. Center for the Study of Democracy. Symposium: Democracy and Its Development. Paper G07-01.	248kB
2007	Compensatory, non-compensatory, or just fuzzy? Proportionality of positive vote transfer systems at the example of Hungary. Working Paper	37 kB
2006	Inter-election volatility as incentive for good governance? Converging volatility in Europe’s East and West and the principal-agent approach. (With Jan-Erik Lane.) Presented at: CEU Graduate Conference in Social Sciences, “The End of Transitions”, May 2006 (Budapest) [Not available as document]
2005	The puzzles of party system in Central-East Europe: Is Party Nationalisation the key variable?; Presented at: ECPR 3rd General Conference, Budapest, 8-10 September 2005. Presented as well at University of Lausanne, Journée d'étude sur la comparaison en science politique, 28 October 2005.	177KB
2005	The “normalisation” of party systems and voting behaviour in Eastern Europe; Article in: The Romanian Journal of Political Science	370kB
2004	Statistical method to compare the Electoral Systems of Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina; Presentation at the University of Augsburg (Germany), Chair for Stochastics and its Applications, 29 January 2004 (Presentation of my MA dissertation)	326KB
2003	Schweizer Kantone als Vorbild für Bosnien? Welche Wahlsysteme erleichtern das Regieren multiethnischer Länder?; Master dissertation, University of Berne, Political science department (MA dissertation: Comparative study about electoral systems in Swiss cantons and in Bosnia-Herzegovina and the way to enforce moderate forces through electoral engineering in a multi-ethnic state, using a own simulation model)	[4 zip-files, 1.3MB]

Parties of ethnic minorities in Central and Eastern Europe

forthc.	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, forthcoming in: Acta Politica Appendix, 211 kB	285kB
2010	Electoral rules and the representation of ethnic minorities in post-communist Europe, in: European Yearbook of Minority Issues 2007/8 (Vol. 7) 153-180. Komünizm Sonrası Demokrasilerde Seçim Sistemleri ve Etnik Azınlıkların Temsili, in: Ersin Erkan (Ed.), Seçim Sistemleri ve Etnik Azınlıkların Parlamenter Temsili. Beta Bası, Istanbul, pp. 37-64. (Turkish translation.)	206 kB
2009	The manifestation of regional divides under restrictive electoral laws. An analysis of multi-level representation of ethnic minorities in post-communist countries. Paper presented at the 5th ECPR General Conference, 10 - 12 September, Potsdam. Daniel Zollinger and Daniel Bochsler.
2007	Local politics and intra-ethnic party competition: Multi-party systems among ethnic minorities in Central and Eastern Europe. Paper presented at the 4th ECPR General Conference, Pisa, 6-8 September 2007.	248 kB
2007	The spread of the ethnic/nationalist divide over post-communist Europe. Paper presented at the Symposium "Post-communist social and political conflicts: citizenship and consolidation in new democracies of South East Europe" at the New Europe College, Bucharest, 1-3 June 2007. [And presented at the University of Zurich, Colloquium 'Democracy in multicultural societies', 20 June 2007.]	217kB
2006	When electoral engineering could be its own goal: Evidence on centripetalism from municipal elections in Serbia. To be presented at: 1st ECPR Graduate Conference, Essex, 7-9 September 2006	135kB
2006	Large-n QCA or logistic regression? A methodological experiment to explain formation of ethnic minority parties. To be presented at: 1st ECPR Graduate Conference, Essex, 7-9 September 2006	198kB
2006	Ethnic diversity, electoral system constraints and the nationalisation of political parties. A triangle model, applied on the Central and Eastern European countries; Article in: CEU Political Science Journal 1(4).	930kB
2006	Electoral engineering and inclusion of ethnic groups. How to integrate ethnic minorities into Central and Eastern European institutions; presented at: SSEES Postgraduate conference, London, 16-18 February 2006 .	204 kB

Parties and elections in Serbia

2010	Political parties in Serbia's regions, in Vera Stojarová & Peter Emerson (Eds.), Party politics in the Western Balkans. Routledge, pp. 131-150.	196 kB
2010	Party system of Serbia , in Vera Stojarová & Peter Emerson (Eds.), Party politics in the Western Balkans, Routledge, pp. 99-118.
2009	Testing V. O. Key in Serbia: The Mediating Effect of Ethnic Context on Electoral System Effects on Support for Ethnic Radicalism. Paper presented at the conference 'Reforming the French Presidential Election System', 15-16 June, Paris.
2008	Hawk in Dove’s Clothing: Political Trajectories of Political Parties in Serbia, 2003–2008, in: Central European Political Studies Review 10(4). 292-319.	282 kB
2008	The Serbian presidential elections of January/February 2008. Note on Recent Elections, in: Electoral Studies 27(4). 745-748.	link
2008	The parliamentary elections in Serbia, 21 January 2007. Note on Recent Elections, in: Electoral Studies 27(1). 160-165.	link
2006	When electoral engineering could be its own goal: Evidence on centripetalism from municipal elections in Serbia. To be presented at: 1st ECPR Graduate Conference, Essex, 7-9 September 2006	135kB

Party nationalisation
more contributions on party nationalisation, see section on Electoral systems and party systems in the new European democracies
calculate the standardised party nationalisation score with an Excel application

2010	The Nationalisation of Post-Communist Party Systems, in: Europe-Asia Studies, 62(5), 807-827.	229 kB
2010	Measuring party nationalisation: A new Gini-based indicator that corrects for the number of units, in: Electoral Studies 29(1), 155-168. calculate the standardised party nationalisation score with an Excel application	203 kB link
2008	Impact of ethnic heterogeneity on party nationalisation in the Baltic states. Paper to be presented at the ECPR Joint Sessions, 12-16 April 2008, Rennes. By Allan Sikk and Daniel Bochsler	412 kB
2008	The shakedown of the urban-rural division in post-communist Romanian party politics. Paper to be presented at the BASEES Annual Conference, 29-31 March 2008, Cambridge. By Daniel Bochsler and Sergiu Gherghina	273 kB
2006	Ethnic diversity, electoral system constraints and the nationalisation of political parties. A triangle model, applied on the Central and Eastern European countries. Presented at: CEU Graduate Conference in Social Sciences, “The End of Transitions”, May 2006 (Budapest)	166 kB
2005	Les raisons pour une régionalisation des partis. Institutions contre les clivages à l’exemple des cantons suisses; Presented at, Congrès des quatre pays, Lausanne, 18-19 November 2005	97 kB

Swiss politics: federalism, cantonal institutions, cantonal parliaments, and inter-cantonal cooperation
See as well several newspaper articles and press releases on this subject on the site media.

2010	Horizontale Zusammenarbeit als Lösung des Problems der Kleinräumigkeit im Schweizer Föderalismus? Eine quantitative Perspektive, in: Auer, A/Kübler, D. (eds.): Herausforderung HarmoS - Bildungspolitik, Föderalismus und Demokratie auf dem Prüfstein. Schulthess, forthcoming.
2009	Neighbours or friends? When Swiss cantonal governments cooperate with each other, Regional and Federal Studies 19(3). 349-370	link
2008	A QAP Network Analysis of Intergovernmental Cooperation between Swiss Cantons, in: Friemel, Thomas N. (ed.): Why Context Matters. Applications of Social Network Analysis. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften. 141-161.	4.2 MB
2006	Réforme du fédéralisme suisse: contribution, promesses et limites de la collaboration intercantonale, with Pascal Sciarini; in: Chappelet, Jean-Loup (ed.): Contributions à l'action publique - Beiträge zum öffentlichen Handeln. Lausanne: Presses polytechniques et universitaires romandes. 267-285.	4.2 MB
2006	Konkordate und Regierungskonferenzen. Standbeine des horizontalen Föderalismus; Article in: LeGes 2006/1. 23-41. With Pascal Sciarini	624 kB
2006	Quantitative Analyse der Konkordate: Abkommen unter Nachbarn oder unter Freunden? Working Paper. > See "Neighbours of friends?...", above
2005	Les raisons pour une régionalisation des partis. Institutions contre les clivages à l’exemple des cantons suisses; Presented at, Congrès des quatre pays, Lausanne, 18-19 November 2005	97 kB
2005	Die Finanzierung der kantonalen Parteien und der KantonsparlamentarierInnen 2001-2004. Die Entwicklung in den sieben grossen Schweizer Kantonen. Mandate for the Office of the Parliament of the Canton of Berne. 22 February 2005.	26kB
2004	Die Schweizer Kantone unter der Lupe – Behörden, Personal, Finanzen; monograph, Haupt, Berne. With Christophe Koller, Pascal Sciarini et al.	[abstract]
2004	Kantonsparlamente unter dem symbolischen Sparhammer; Online article, SGVW online
2003	Étude de la composition du Grand Conseil du canton de Genève et des conditions dans lesquelles les député-e-s exercent leur mandat. Mandated report. Collaboration (Author: Pascal Sciarini)
2003	Internationaler Vergleich der Verwaltungskosten. Die öffentlichen Aufwendungen Funktionsbereichen «Allgemeine öffentliche Verwaltung» und «Bildungswesen». Länderbericht für die Schweiz. Mandated report. With Pascal Sciarini	200kB

Arithmetic concordance in Swiss national and cantonal governments
See as well several newspaper articles on this subject, regarding the 2003 election in the Swiss government, on the site media.

2006	Neue Indikatoren zur Bestimmung der arithmetischen Regierungskonkordanz; Research note: Swiss Political Science Review 12(1), 105-122. With Pascal Sciarini	link (paying)
2003	Grundlagenpapier zur Proportionalität im Bundesrat	41kB

Public choice / Condorcet cycles in Switzerland

2010

The Marquis de Condorcet goes to Bern; in: Public Choice, 144(1-2), 119-131.

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Direct democracy and minority rights in a comparative perspective

2009	How minorities fare under referendums: a cross-national study. Paper presented at the ECPR 5th General Conference, 10-12 September, Potsdam. Daniel Bochsler and Simon Hug.	172 kB
2009	Let the people decide? Learning from Swiss direct democracy in a comparative perspective, in Transitions (special issue, ed. by Sylvie Ramel and Francis Cheneval, forthcoming).
2009	Neka narod odluči? Pouke švicarske direktne demokratije u komparativnoj perspektivi, in Puls demokratije, Sarajevo. (Serbo-Croatian translation of 'Let the people decide?', 2009.)	link

Electoral systems and political parties in Switzerland and simulation models

2010	Who gains from apparentments under D’Hondt?, in: Electoral Studies, 29(4), 617-627. > Dataset	532kB
2010	So close but so far: party utility and party choice for left-wing parties in the Swiss national elections 2003-2007; in: Swiss Political Science Review, 16(3), 373-402. (With Pascal Sciarini).	637kB
2010	Wieviel bringen Wahlallianzen? Links-grüne Parteien und deren Listenverbindungen im d´Hondtschen Verhältniswahlrecht der Schweizer Nationalratswahlen von 1995 bis 2007, in: Zeitschrift für Parlamentsfragen 41(4), 844-862.
2010	L'union fait la force: les apparentements de listes au sein de la gauche, in: Nicolet, Sarah/Sciarini, Pascal (eds.): La recomposition de la gauche. Analyse du vote PS et Verts en Suisse. Georg (pp. 361-394).
2009	Who gains from apparentments under d'Hondt? CIS Working Paper 48/2009	link
2007	Majorité relative ou absolue? Système électoral pour les élections genevoises à la majorité. Hearing at the Commission législative of the Geneva cantonal parliament, 9 November 2007.	56kB
2005	Biproportionale Wahlverfahren für den Schweizer Nationalrat. Modellrechnungen für die Nationalratswahlen 2003; Report for the University of Augsburg, Chair Friedrich Pukelsheim >> read more on bi-proportional electoral systems	177kB
2004	Statistical method to compare the Electoral Systems of Switzerland and Bosnia-Herzegovina; Seminar presentation, University of Augsburg (Germany), Chair for Stochastics and its Applications, 29 January 2004	326kB
2003	MA dissertation on electoral systems in Swiss cantons and in Bosnia and Herzegovina	[4 zip-files, 1.3MB]

Analyses of panache votes in local and cantonal elections in Switzerland
See as well several newspaper articles on this subject on the site media.

2004	Analyse Stadtberner Wahlen 2004; Presentation at the assembly of the Social Democratic Party Bern Altstadt-Kirchenfeld, December 2004. With Alex Fischer	1,8mB
2002	Analyses of the el