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Wahlen und Direkte Demokratie in den USA: Demokratische Teilhabe im Spannungsfeld politischer Machtinteressen

Handbuch Politik USA

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Die Vereinigten Staaten sind nicht zuletzt aufgrund ihrer langen Tradition regelmäßiger, kompetitiver Wahlen ein Vorbild für viele junge Demokratien. Für Politiker und Parteien hingegen stellen die zahlreichen und häufigen Partizipationsmöglichkeiten eine große Herausforderung dar. Wie kann es in einem solchen Umfeld gelingen, sich machtpolitische Vorteile in Form von Ämtern oder Gestaltungseinfluss zu verschaffen? Um dieser Frage nachzugehen, werden die für die demokratische Teilhabe grundlegenden Regeln des Wahlrechts und Wahlsystems, der Wahlkampffinanzierung und der direkten Demokratie sowie der Umgang mit ihnen in der politischen Praxis vorgestellt. Schließlich ist es für Kandidaten essentiell, eigene Anhänger zu gewinnen und diese zum Wählen zu bewegen. Daher werden außerdem die Erklärungsfaktoren von Wahlbeteiligung und Wahlverhalten sowie die daraus resultierenden Einflussmöglichkeiten behandelt.

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Weinmann, P. (2014). Wahlen und Direkte Demokratie in den USA: Demokratische Teilhabe im Spannungsfeld politischer Machtinteressen. In: Lammert, C., Siewert, M., Vormann, B. (eds) Handbuch Politik USA. Springer VS, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-658-04125-0_16-1

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