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Electoral Studies (1982) I, 263-265 © Butterworths 1982
Guide to Journal Articles Edited by Bo SXRLVIK (Abstracts prepared by D a v i d BROUGHTON, University of Essex)
Wilhelm B. Bfirklin, 'Die Griinen und die Neue Politik', Politische Vierte~ahresschrift, 22: 4, December 1981, pp. 359-382. F r o m an initially amorphous group o f spontaneous sympathizers, there is increasingly a crystallization o f a hard core of support in Germany to which a 'green' party can appeal. Gary W. Cox and J. Morgan Kousser, ' T u r n o u t and Rural Corruption: New York as a Test Case', American Journal of Political Science, 2 5 : 4 N o v e m b e r 1981, pp. 646-663. Converse and Rusk offered an institutional and Walter Dean Burnham a behavioural explanation o f the decline in turnout in the northern United States around the turn of the century. Election statistics lend some support to both explanations but neither stand up well when confronted with detailed voting data and newspaper material. An alternative explanation which combines the institutional and the behavioural approaches is offered. Vincent Goffart, 'Comment les Belges ont vot~ le 8 novembre 1981', La revue nouvdle, 75: 1, Janvier 1982, pp. 34-52. This article looks at the losses and gains made by the various Belgian political parties within the three socio-economic regions: Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels. Goffart raises the question as to whether the success o f the right-wing Liberal parties (PVV-PRL) and the heavy defeat sustained by the centre-placed Social-Christian parties (CVP-PSC) represents a step towards political bipolarization in Belgium. Ian G o r d o n and Paul Whiteley, 'Swings and Roundabouts: An Ecological Analysis of the European and General Election Results in Great Britain', Political Studies, 29: 4, December 1981, pp. 586-603. This article investigates the election results in the constituencies created for the European Parliament election in 1979. It is argued that in the European election, part o f the swing to the Conservative Party was due to the failure o f the Labour Party to mobilize its supporters to vote. Alain Gu~d& and Serge-Allain Rozenblum, 'Les candidats aux &lections legislatives de 1978 et 1981: Permanence et changements', Revue Franfaise de science politique, 3 1 : 5 6, O c t o b r e - D e c e m b r e 1981, pp. 982-998. This is an analysis of the candidates put forward by the main political parties, comparing the 1978 and 1981 parliamentary elections. There was relatively little renewal of candidates during this period; at both elections all parties sought to ensure that they were solidly established at local level and all of them found it difficult to nominate a larger proportion of female candidates. Richard A. Joseph, 'Democratisation under Military Tutelage: Crisis and Consensus in the Nigerian 1979 Elections', Comparative Politics, 14: 1, October 1981, pp. 75 100. The transition from military to civilian rule in Nigeria in October 1979 may come to serve as
Guide to Journal Articles Edited by Bo SXRLVIK (Abstracts prepared by D a v i d BROUGHTON, University of Essex)
Wilhelm B. Bfirklin, 'Die Griinen und die Neue Politik', Politische Vierte~ahresschrift, 22: 4, December 1981, pp. 359-382. F r o m an initially amorphous group o f spontaneous sympathizers, there is increasingly a crystallization o f a hard core of support in Germany to which a 'green' party can appeal. Gary W. Cox and J. Morgan Kousser, ' T u r n o u t and Rural Corruption: New York as a Test Case', American Journal of Political Science, 2 5 : 4 N o v e m b e r 1981, pp. 646-663. Converse and Rusk offered an institutional and Walter Dean Burnham a behavioural explanation o f the decline in turnout in the northern United States around the turn of the century. Election statistics lend some support to both explanations but neither stand up well when confronted with detailed voting data and newspaper material. An alternative explanation which combines the institutional and the behavioural approaches is offered. Vincent Goffart, 'Comment les Belges ont vot~ le 8 novembre 1981', La revue nouvdle, 75: 1, Janvier 1982, pp. 34-52. This article looks at the losses and gains made by the various Belgian political parties within the three socio-economic regions: Flanders, Wallonia and Brussels. Goffart raises the question as to whether the success o f the right-wing Liberal parties (PVV-PRL) and the heavy defeat sustained by the centre-placed Social-Christian parties (CVP-PSC) represents a step towards political bipolarization in Belgium. Ian G o r d o n and Paul Whiteley, 'Swings and Roundabouts: An Ecological Analysis of the European and General Election Results in Great Britain', Political Studies, 29: 4, December 1981, pp. 586-603. This article investigates the election results in the constituencies created for the European Parliament election in 1979. It is argued that in the European election, part o f the swing to the Conservative Party was due to the failure o f the Labour Party to mobilize its supporters to vote. Alain Gu~d& and Serge-Allain Rozenblum, 'Les candidats aux &lections legislatives de 1978 et 1981: Permanence et changements', Revue Franfaise de science politique, 3 1 : 5 6, O c t o b r e - D e c e m b r e 1981, pp. 982-998. This is an analysis of the candidates put forward by the main political parties, comparing the 1978 and 1981 parliamentary elections. There was relatively little renewal of candidates during this period; at both elections all parties sought to ensure that they were solidly established at local level and all of them found it difficult to nominate a larger proportion of female candidates. Richard A. Joseph, 'Democratisation under Military Tutelage: Crisis and Consensus in the Nigerian 1979 Elections', Comparative Politics, 14: 1, October 1981, pp. 75 100. The transition from military to civilian rule in Nigeria in October 1979 may come to serve as