42 research outputs found
Introduction: Political representation in France and Germany
This book is about political representation in France and Germany. It explores and compares what French and German Members of Parliament (MPs) think about representation and their roles as representatives, how they organize their interactions with the electorate at the district level and how citizens perceive and assess the quality of the representation process in these two large West European democracies. These issues deserve scholarly interest for several reasons. The questions as to whether, to what degree and in what respect the elected MPs perceive themselves as representatives of the political community, and what a “good representative” should look like in the eyes of the citizens, are at the core of normative theories of representative democracy. However, as already shown in Hanna Pitkin’s (1967) pioneering work, representation is not an uncontested concept, and questions concerning the quality of representation have not only been addressed by many works on theories of democracy, but have also received attention in a plethora of empirical research
Citizens and Representatives in France and Germany
CITOYENS ET PARLEMENTAIRES EN ALLEMAGNE ET EN FRANC
Political representation in France and Germany: attitudes and activities of citizens and MPs
Notwithstanding its contemporary critics, political representation remains at the core of democratic politics. Based on a comparative research project that gathered data from observations, surveys, experiments and expert interviews, this book examines the process and the quality of political representation in France and Germany from a dual perspective. First, it analyzes MPs’ behavior during their district activities. Second, it investigates the perceptions and evaluations of the represented, the French and German citizens. In ten chapters different facets of MPs’ activities as well as citizens’ attitudes are comparatively investigated. The book is relevant for Politics scholars and practitioners at national parliaments to better understand representative democracies, and it may also contribute to improve representation itself
Citizens and Representatives in France and Germany
CITOYENS ET PARLEMENTAIRES EN ALLEMAGNE ET EN FRANC
Einfluß der Implantationstechnik auf die Thromboresistenz von Biomaterialien - Influence of implantation techniques on thromboresistance of biomaterial
Nordic Snow Radar Experiment
The objective of the Nordic Snow Radar Experiment (NoSREx) campaign was to
provide a continuous time series of active and passive microwave
observations of snow cover at a representative location of the Arctic boreal
forest area, covering a whole winter season. The activity was a part of
Phase A studies for the ESA Earth Explorer 7 candidate mission CoReH2O (Cold
Regions Hydrology High-resolution Observatory).
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The NoSREx campaign, conducted at the Finnish Meteorological Institute Arctic
Research Centre (FMI-ARC) in Sodankylä, Finland, hosted a frequency
scanning scatterometer operating at frequencies from X- to Ku-band. The radar
observations were complemented by a microwave dual-polarization radiometer
system operating from X- to W-bands. In situ measurements consisted of manual
snow pit measurements at the main test site as well as extensive automated
measurements on snow, ground and meteorological parameters.
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This study provides a summary of the obtained data, detailing measurement
protocols for each microwave instrument and in situ reference data. A first
analysis of the microwave signatures against snow parameters is given, also
comparing observed radar backscattering and microwave emission to
predictions of an active/passive forward model.
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All data, including the raw data observations, are available for research
purposes through the European Space Agency and the Finnish Meteorological
Institute. A consolidated dataset of observations, comprising the key
microwave and in situ observations, is provided through the ESA campaign
data portal to enable easy access to the data