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high level of satisfaction. Despite these differences, a number of individuals from
both groups believe that German government initiatives are either missing or remain
largely ineffective in promoting greater political integration of its immigrant population.
[...] this study will make a significant contribution to our understanding of how
various factors contribute to the development of immigrants' political attitudes and
behavior in the German case. This model can then serve to better instruct the study of
immigrants' political attitudes and behavior in other advanced democracies where the
political integration of immigrant populations remains a key policy issue. By examining
the reactions of immigrants toward various public policy initiatives, the dissertation
also contributes to our understanding of how government actions act to either
hinder or promote the political integration of immigrant populations."
Aufgenommen: 20. Fassung, Februar 2005
Doerschler, Peter und Banaszak, Lee Ann, (2007). Voter support for the German
PDS over time: Dissatisfaction, ideology, losers and east identity. Electoral Studies,
26: 359-370.
Abstract: "In this paper, we examine the changing bases of support for the Party of
Democratic Socialism (PDS), the former ruling Communist party of East Germany
that has emerged as a consistent force in united Germany's party system. We draw on
theories positing a dynamic relationship between individuals and their social environment
to hypothesize about the changing effects of factors for PDS support over
time and test our assertions using survey data from the 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2002
and 2004 German Social Survey (ALLBUS). The dynamic influence of four factors
identified as instrumental to the PDS' electoral success among eastern Germansdbeing
a ''loser of unification'', economic and political evaluations, eastern German identity,
and ideologydare examined. Our findings indicate that ideology is consistently
the strongest indicator of PDS support in all years while the effects of sociotropic
economic and political evaluations start strong but diminish over time. Contrary to
many expectations, PDS supporters are neither the losers of unification nor do they
exhibit a stronger eastern identity than other eastern Germans. We discuss the implications
of these findings for the future of the PDS, especially given its recent merger
in 2005, and for understanding the electoral support of other post-communist parties
in Eastern Europe."
Aufgenommen: 22. Fassung, März 2008
Doerschler, Peter und Irving Jackson, Pamela, (2010). Immigrant Integration and
Trust in Public Institutions: Lessons from GSOEP and ALLBUS. XVII ISA World
Congress of Sociology 'Sociology on the Move': Gothenburg.
Abstract: "The Council of Europe (2003: 7) has delineated eight key dimensions of
life as important to immigrant integration, and the European Parliament (2007: 139)