Monitoring Democracy Development and Electoral Behavior in Central and Eastern Europe

April 24-28, 2007
Central Archive for Empirical Social Research at the University of Cologne
Cologne, Germany

We would like to express our appreciation and thanks to the following organizations for their hosting, coordination, and sponsorship of the events:

Participants
Presentation by
Jacques Thomassen
Cologne Cathedral
(Kölner Dom)

Dinner honoring
Hans-Dieter Klingemann
Special Kölsch glasses
for the occasion
Speech by
Hans-Dieter

Abstract

The recent publication of the “European Voter” (Jacques Thomassen et al.) has underlined, that there is a flourishing co-operation and a well organised data base on democratic development and electoral behaviour on well established West European Democracies. At the same time it made obvious, that there is no equivalent for Eastern Europe in spite of data collections on the “New Democracies”, that can be found in the holdings of ZA, and some progress with participation in the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems in some countries.

While the lack of resources for high quality social research continues to be a usual issue in the Central and Eastern European region, this is sharpened by lack of co-ordination and lack of shared standards. The good practice of the ICORE Initiative, The European Voter and the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES), can be used as a basis to build the equivalent for Eastern Europe. To this end, access to the data inventories of ZA, the related data bases and examples of the questionnaires (including multilingual comparisons) would be of great help to inform a group of highly interested researchers from Central and East European Countries and to familiarise them with the international comparative electoral data base at ZA. Furthermore it would be helpful to exchange information on best practice in European comparative research including methodological, organisational and data management aspects. This would help us to adapt and implement international standards and procedures in our data collection and data documentation efforts and thus contribute to the integration of the European data base.


Tuesday April 24

14:00 - 17:00
  • Welcome and introduction
    Speakers: Ekkehard Mochmann


  • Introduction of the participants


  • Introduction to the ZA-EUROLAB and practical information
    Speaker: Ingvill C. Mochmann


  • Visit of ZA-EUROLAB and introduction to ZA facilities

Wednesday April 25

09:00 - 12:00 13:00 - 17:00
  • Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
    Website: http://www.cses.org
    Speakers: David Howell, Bojan Todosijevic


  • Time to search ZA holdings, take advantage of ZA infrastructure, and experience exchange with ZA and CSES experts

Thursday April 26

09:00 - 12:00
  • Welcome and introductions
    Speakers: Ekkehard Mochmann, Ian McAllister


  • Electoral research at GESIS/University of Cologne
    Speaker: Wolfgang Jagodzinski


  • Introduction to the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems project
    Speakers: Ian McAllister, David Howell


  • Substantive theme and intellectual context for CSES Module 1 (1996-2001)
    Speaker: Hans-Dieter Klingemann


  • Substantive theme and intellectual context for CSES Module 2 (2001-2006)
    Speaker: Jacques Thomassen


  • Substantive theme and intellectual context for CSES Module 3 (2006-2011)
    Speakers: Hermann Schmitt, Bernhard Wessels
13:00 - 17:00
  • The state of the art in comparative politics in Central and Eastern Europe
    Speaker: Radoslaw Markowski


  • The state of electoral research in individual countries
    Speakers: conference participants (about their own countries)
    • Austria: Sylvia Kritzinger
    • Bulgaria: Marchella Abrasheva
    • Bulgaria: Boriana Dimitrova
    • Croatia: Goran Čular
    • Czech Republic: Lukas Linek
    • Estonia: Piret Ehin
    • Latvia: Janis Ikstens
    • Lithuania: Vladys Gaidys
    • Poland: Mikolaj Czesnik
    • Romania: Razvan Grecu
    • Serbia: Bojan Todosijevic
    • Slovakia: Olga Gyarfasova

  • What is required in being a CSES collaborator, and the benefits
    Speakers: Ian McAllister, David Howell


  • Panel: Experience sharing by existing CSES collaborators from the region
    Speakers: Lukas Linek, Radoslaw Markowski


19:00 -
  • Special dinner to honor the contributions of Hans-Dieter Klingemann to electoral research in the region, including a keynote address at the traditional Cologne brewery “Früh am Dom”
    Speakers: Jacques Thomassen, Radoslaw Markowski

Friday April 27

09:00 - 12:00
  • Substantive presentations using CSES data in a comparative fashion
    Discussant: Radoslaw Markowski


    1. Political Parties and Democratic Consolidation in Post-Communist Societies.
      Ian McAllister and Stephen White


    2. Does Globalization Affect Public Perceptions of "Who is in Power Can Make a Difference"? Evidence from 37 Countries, 1996-2005.
      Jack Vowles


    3. Meaningful Choices, Political Supply, and Institutional Effectiveness.
      Bernhard Wessels and Hermann Schmitt


13:00 - 15:00
  • Comparative Manifestoes Project
    Speaker: Hans-Dieter Klingemann


  • Book series: “Founding Elections in Eastern Europe”
    Speaker: Hans-Dieter Klingemann


  • CSES: Concepts, methods, and analytical techniques
    Speaker: Bernhard Wessels


  • Brainstorming of opportunities for scholarly collaboration among conference participants: preparing a draft for a monograph, possibilities for future substantive conferences or panels, proposals for other efforts
    Facilitator: Radek Markowski
15:00 -
  • 10 years ZA-EUROLAB: A Resource for European Comparative Research
    Speakers: Ingvill C. Mochmann, Ekkehard Mochmann


  • ZA-EUROLAB Reception

Saturday April 28

09:00 - 12:00
  • Conclusions and action items

Conference Participants List

In alphabetical order by surname.
Contact information shown is current as of April of 2007.

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 		Marchella Vesselinova Abrasheva
BBSS Gallup International
1164 Sofia, 23 James Boucher Blvd., Bulgaria
m.abracheva@gallup-bbss.com
00 359 2 96 94 200/242
00 359 2 96 94 211
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 		Goran Čular (Cular)
University of Zagreb, Faculty of Political Science
Lepušićeva 6 (Lepusiceva 6), HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia
gcular@fpzg.hr
+ 385 1 464 2000
+ 385 1 465 5316
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 		Mikolaj Czesnik
Institute of Political Studies, Polish Academy of Sciences
Polna 18/20, 00-625 Warsaw, Poland
mczesnik@isppan.waw.pl
48 22 8255221
48 22 8252146
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 		Boriana Ivanova Dimitrova
Alpha Research Ltd.
Sofia - 1000, 54, Iskar str. 2nd fl., Bulgaria
b_dimitrova@aresearch.org
+3592 986 90 75
+3592 986 90 75
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 		Piret Ehin
University of Tartu
Tigii 78-204, Tartu 50090, Estonia
piret.ehin@ut.ee
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+(372) 7 375154
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 		Martin Fritz
ZA-EUROLAB, GESIS - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research
University of Cologne, Germany
fritz@za.uni-koeln.de
+ 49-221-47694-24
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 		Vladas Gaidys
Institute for Social Research and Public Opinion Research Center “Vilmorus”
Gedimino 1-15, LT-01103 Vilnius, Lithuania
vladas@vilmorus.lt
370-5-2690979
370-5-2690981
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 		Razvan Grecu
National School of Political Studies
Str. Povernei, Nr. 6-8, sector 1, 71124 Bucuresti, Romania
razvan.grecu@gmail.com
+40723631512
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 		Olga Gyarfasova
Institute for Public Affairs
Bastova 5, SK-811 03 Bratislava, Slovakia
olga@ivo.sk
+ 421 2 5443 40 30
+ 421 2 5443 40 41
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 		Brigitte Hausstein
GESIS Service Agency Eastern Europe
Central Archive for Empirical Social Research, Schiffbauerdamm 19 D-10117 Berlin
hausstein@berlin.iz-soz.de
+49 -30 23 36 11 314
+49- 30 23 36 11 330
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 		David A. Howell
CSES Secretariat, University of Michigan
ISR Room 4118, 426 Thompson St., Ann Arbor, MI 48104-2321, United States
dahowell@umich.edu
734-936-1774
734-764-3341
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 		Janis Ikstens
University of Latvia; Faculty of Social Sciences
Lomonosova iela 1, Latvia
ikstens@latnet.lv
+371 26527141
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 		Wolfgang Jagodzinski
GESIS/University of Cologne
Germany
jagodzinski@za.uni-koeln.de
+ 49-221-47694-100
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 		Max Kaase
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Bassermannweg 14b, 12207 Berlin
petmaka@aol.com
+49 (0) 30 7714826
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 		Hans-Dieter Klingemann
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin, Germany
klingem@wz-berlin.de
+49-30-25491-320
+49-30-25491-225
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 		Sylvia Kritzinger
Institute for Advanced Studies (IHS), Vienna
Stumpergasse 56, A-1060 Vienna, Austria
sylvia.kritzinger@ihs.ac.at
+43-1-59991/176
+43-1-59991-171
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 		Lukas Linek
Institute of Sociology, Czech Academy of Sciences
Jilska 1, Prague 1, 110 00, Czech Republic
lukas.linek@soc.cas.cz
+420 603 162 291
+420 222 220 143
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 		Radoslaw Markowski
Polish Academy of Sciences
ul. Polna 18/20; Warszawa 00-625
radoslaw.markowski@swps.edu.pl
+48 22 - 825 5221
+48 22 - 825 2146
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 		Reiner Mauer
GESIS - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research, University of Cologne
Germany
mauer@za.uni-koeln.de
+ 49-221-47694-15
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 		Ian McAllister
The Australian National University
RSSS, ANU, ACT 0200 Australia
ian.mcallister@anu.edu.au
02 6125 5553
02 6125 3051
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 		Ekkehard Mochmann
GESIS - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research
University of Cologne, Germany
mochmann@gesis.org
+49-221-47694-12
+49-221-47694-77
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 		Ingvill C. Mochmann
ZA-EUROLAB, GESIS - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research
University of Cologne, Bachemer Str. 40, Cologne, Germany
ingvill.mochmann@za.uni-koeln.de
49-221-47694-65
49-221-47694-79
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 		Meinhard Moschner
GESIS - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research
University of Cologne, Germany
moschner@za.uni-koeln.de
49-221-47694-21
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 		Hermann Schmitt
Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES)
Universität Mannheim, D-68131 Mannheim, Germany
hermann.schmitt@mzes.uni-mannheim.de
+49 - 621 181 2881
+49 - 621 181 2880
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 		Jacques Thomassen
University of Twente
Postbus 207, 7500AE Enschede, the Netherlands
J.J.A.Thomassen@Utwente.nl
+31 534893225
+31 534894734
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 		Bojan Todosijevic
University of Twente, Department of Political Science and Research Methods
P.O. Box 217, 7500 AE Enschede, The Netherlands
B.Todosijevic@utwente.nl
+31 53 489 3256
+31 53 489 2159
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 		Jack Vowles (moving to the University of Exeter in July 2007)
Department of Political Studies, University of Auckland
Private Bag 92019, Auckland, New Zealand
j.vowles@auckland.ac.nz
+64 9 373 7599 ext. 88644
+64 9 373 7449
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 		Oliver Watteler
GESIS - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research
University of Cologne, Germany
watteler@za.uni-koeln.de
+49-221-47964-76
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 		Bernhard Wessels
Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB)
Reichpietschufer 50, D-10785 Berlin, Germany
wessels@wzb.eu
+49 - 30 25491 315
+49 - 30 25491 345
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 		Wolfgang Zenk-Möltgen
GESIS - Central Archive for Empirical Social Research
University of Cologne, Germany
moeltgen@za.uni-koeln.de
+49-221-47694-40
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