Comparative Study of Electoral Systems (CSES)
Conference and Planning Commmittee Meeting

November 2-4, 2006
Bangalore, India

We are extremely grateful to the following organizations (listed in alphabetical order) for their financial and organizational support of the events:

ELECTORAL SYSTEMS AND ELECTORAL POLITICS
Bangalore CSES Conference
November 2-3, 2006
Ramanashree Brunton, Bangalore, India

Programme Schedule

November 2, 2006 (Thursday)

1. National Election Studies in India: Legacy and Challenges. Yogendra Yadav

1. What Shapes Electoral Choice Options? Institutional Determinants of the Distinctiveness of Choice Options. Bernhard Wessels and Hermann Schmitt

1. Negotiating Political Spaces: The Redefining of the National and the Regional. Sandeep Shastri
2. Case for Coalition Politics in Multicultural Societies - The Experience of Kerala. Gopa Kumar

1. Social Structure and Party Support in the East Asian Democracies. Ian McAllister
2. Consolidating Democracy in Thailand: The First Four Years of Democracy under the Constitution of 1997. Thawilwadee Bureekul

November 3, 2006 (Friday)

1. Euroskepticism and Emergence of New Parties: The Case of Poland. Radoslaw Markowski

1. Patterns of Leadership and Electoral Support in India. K. C. Suri
2. Political Participation: Trends from India. Suhas Palshikar

1. Citizen Information, Election Outcomes and Good Governance. Gabor Toka
2. Social Network and Voting Behavior in reference to a differential effect of a multi-party versus a two-party system: With a Comparison between Japan and US Election data. Ken'ichi Ikeda

Conference Participants List

In alphabetical order by surname.

1. Dr. Bernt Aardal
   University of Oslo, Oslo



2. Dr. Thawilwadee Bureekul
   The King Prajadhipok’s Institute, Bangkok



3. Dr. B. M. Chengappa
   Deccan Herald, Bangalore



4. Dr. Meena Deshpande
   Bangalore University, Bangalore



5. Dr. Veena Devi
   Bangalore University, Bangalore



6. Dr. P. L. Dharma
   Mangalore University, Mangalore



7. Mr. David A. Howell
   University of Michigan, Ann Arbor



8. Dr. Ken'ichi Ikeda
   The University of Tokyo, Tokyo



9. Dr. L. C. Jain
   Chairman, Governing Council iACT



10. Mr. A. Jayaram
    The Hindu, Bangalore



11. Dr. P. S. Jayaramu
    Bangalore University, Bangalore



12. Dr. Rajendra Kumar Joshi
    International Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore



13. Dr. G. K. Karanth
    Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore



14. Dr. Gopa Kumar
    University of Kerala, Thiruvananthapuram



15. Dr. D. Jeevan Kumar
    Bangalore University, Bangalore



16. Mr. Surendra Kumar
    Bangalore University, Bangalore



17. Dr. Radoslaw Markowski
    Warsaw School of Social Psychology, Warsaw



18. Mr. Manohar Maski
    Member, Karnataka Legislative Council



19. Dr. Ian McAllister
    The Australian National University, Canberra



20. Dr. Narasimha Murthy
    Bangalore University, Bangalore



21. Ms. C. B. Muthamma
    former Diplomat, Bangalore



22. Dr. B. S. Padmavathi
    International Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore



23. Dr. Suhas Palshikar
    University of Pune, Pune



24. Dr. R. L. M. Patil
    Bangalore University, Bangalore



25. Mr. E. Raghavan
    Economic Times, Bangalore



26. Dr. P. Ramanna
    Bangalore University, Bangalore



27. Dr. Harish Ramaswamy
    Karnatak University, Dharwad



28. Dr. S. N. Sangita
    Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore



29. Dr. Hermann Schmitt
    Mannheimer Zentrum für Europäische Sozialforschung (MZES), Mannheim



30. Dr. Sandeep Shastri
    International Academy for Creative Teaching, Bangalore



31. Dr. P. V. Shenoi
    retired Civil Servant, Bangalore



32. Mr. Peter Sinai
    retired Diplomat, Bangalore



33. Dr. Ujjwal Singh
    University of Delhi, Delhi



34. Dr. N. Sivanna
    Institute for Social and Economic Change, Bangalore



35. Dr. P. E. Somaiah
    Department of Political Science, St Joseph’s College, Bangalore



36. Mr. Sreekanthamurthy
    President, Bangalore City Janata Dal (S)



37. Dr. K. C. Suri
    Nagarjuna University, Guntur



38. Dr. Gabor Toka
    Central European University, Budapest



39. Dr. M. J. Vinod
    Bangalore University, Bangalore



40. Dr. Bernhard Wessels
    Wissenschaftszentrum Berlin für Sozialforschung (WZB), Berlin



41. Dr. Yogendra Yadav
    Centre for the Study of Developing Societies, Delhi

CSES Module 3 Planning Committee Meeting
November 3-4, 2006
Ramanashree Brunton, Bangalore, India

Agenda

1. Module 2
• Module 2 Participation and Coverage
• Module 2 Final Release Update


2. Module 3
• Module 3 Participation and Coverage
• Module 3 Regional Collaborator Recruitment Efforts
• Experiences Administering Module 3
• Other Module 3 Priorities


3. Technical issues and Module 2 Data Issues/Policies
1. Sampling Issues
2. Incomplete Questionnaires
3. Design Variables
4. Survey Weights
5. One Election, Two Macro Reports


4. Funding
• Awarded Funding and Staffing Update
• Recent and Current Funding Initiatives
• Future Funding Initiatives
5. Promotion
• "Is Democracy Working?" - a proposed special issue of Electoral Studies
• Party Politics special issue
• Books nearing press and the possibility of a CSES book series
• Possible special issue of International Journal of Public Opinion Research
• Public Opinion Pros article series
• Upcoming conferences, workshops and panels


6. Upcoming Planning Committee meetings