CITIZENS,
CONTEXT, AND CHOICE:
How Institutional Structures Shape Citizen Behavior
June 19-20, 2009
Cornell University
Based on cross-national analyses of the Comparative Study of
Electoral Systems (CSES) data, this workshop brings together scholars of voter
behavior to examine how the institutional context represented in the electoral
system, party system, and constitutional structures shape citizen electoral
behavior in contemporary democracies. The conference is organized by Christopher J. Anderson
(Cornell University) and Russell
J. Dalton (UC Irvine), and hosted and funded by the Cornell
Institute for European Studies with support from the Mario Einaudi
Center for International Studies at Cornell University and the Center for the Study of Democracy at
the University of California, Irvine.
Papers
Introduction: Political Choice in Context
Christopher
J. Anderson, Cornell University and Russell Dalton, UC Irvine
Electoral Supply and Voter Engagement
Miki Caul Kittilson, Arizona State
University and Christopher J.
Anderson, Cornell University
Left-Right Orientations, Context, and Voting Choices
Russell Dalton, UC Irvine
Context, Information, and Performance Voting
Timothy Hellwig,
University of Houston
Context and Candidates
Yuliya Tverdova, UC Irvine
Strategic Voting Across Elections, Parties, and Voters
AndrŽ Blais, University of MontrŽal, and Thomas Gschwend,
University of Mannheim
The Role of Party Policy Positions in the Operation of
Democracy
Robin
Best, Leiden University and Michael
D. McDonald, Binghamton University
Institutions and the Ideological Congruence of Governments
G.
Bingham Powell, University of Rochester
Electoral Supply and Attitudes Toward the Political System
Christopher J. Anderson,
Cornell University
