Willkommen auf der Website der Frühjahrstagung "Netzwerke erfassen, analysieren und verstehen", am 25. und 26. März in Berlin der AG Netzwerkforschung in der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie,
Moderated by Rolf Rosenbrock
Theoretical background and objectives
Theoretical background and objectives
This project examines explanations of political behaviour in referenda about immigration issues. Is political information provided during campaigns effective in changing how citizens behave in the voting booth? Practitioners and political scientists have theorised about this fundamental question of electoral politics, but existing empirical tests have been limited to either artificial laboratory settings or subjective survey data. Although parties increasingly invest considerable financial resources in political campaigns (e.g. in mailings, canvassing, and advertising) we still lack knowledge about whether the information provided during political campaigns is indeed effective.