Robert J. Rohrschneider
College of Liberal Arts and Sciences - Political ScienceRoom 525
Teaching
Teaching Interests
- Political representation
- European Union
- German Politics
- The link between institutions and attitudes and behavior
- Political culture
- Democratization
- Global environmental movements
- Elections, and political parties
- Political elites
- Research methodology
Research
Comparative public opinion and parties; European politics; German politics; research methodology.
Selected Publications
Schmitt-Beck, R. & Rohrschneider, R. (in press). Inept: Voter perceptions of party incompetence in German Federal Elections . Party Politics
Dalton, R. J., & Rohrschneider, R. (in press). Politics in Germany. In B. Powell, M. Manion, & K. Strom (Eds.), Comparative Politics Today(12th ed.).
Rohrschneider, R. & Whitefield, S. (in press). Critical Parties: How Parties Evaluate the Performance of Democracies. British Journal of Political Science.
Rohrschneider, R. & Schmitt-Beck, R. (Eds.). (2018). The 2013 Federal Election in Germany. London,UK: Routledge.
Rohrschneider, R. & Whitefield, S. (2017). Party Positions about European Integration in Germany: An Electoral Quandary? German Politics, 26(1), 83-103.
Poppa, S. Rohrschneider, R. & Schmitt, H. (2016). Polarizing Without Legitimizing: The Effect of Lead Candidates’ Campaigns on Perceptions of the EU Democracy. Electoral Studies,(44), 469-482.
Rohrschneider, R. & Schmitt, H. (Eds.). (2016). Special Symposium. The 2014 European Parliamentary Elections. Electoral Studies.
Rohrschneider, R. & Whitefield, S. (2016). Responding to Growing EU-skepticism? The Stances of Political Parties Towards European Integration in Western and Eastern Europe Following the Financial Crisis. European Union Politics, 17(1), 138-161.
Rohrschneider, R. & Miles, M. (2015). Representation through Parties? Environmental Attitudes and Party Stances in Europe in 2013. Environmental Politics, 24(4), 617-640.
Dalton, R. J & Rohrschneider, R. (Eds.). (2015). Environmental Concerns During a Time of Duress. Environmental Politics, 24(4).
Rohrschneider, R. (2015). Is there a Regional Cleavage in Germany’s Party System? Ideological Congruence in Germany 1980-2013. German Politics, 24(3), 354-376.
Whitefield, S. & Rohrschneider, R. (2015). The Salience of European Integration to Party Competition: Western and Eastern Europe Compared. East European Politics and Society, 29(1), 12-39..
Rohrschneider, R. Peffley, M. & Miles, M. (2014). The Structure and Sources of Global Environmental Attitudes. In C. Welzel & R. J. Dalton (Eds.), The Civic Culture Transformed: From Allegiant to Assertive Citizenship (pp. 193-212). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Rohrschneider, R. & Peflley, M. (2014). The Multiple Basis of Democratic Support: Procedural Representation and Governmental Outputs. In J. Thomassen (Ed.), Elections and Democracy: Representation and Accountability. (pp. 181-200). Oxford: Oxcord University Press.
Rohrschneider, R. (2013). Unified but different: East and West German Voters in the 2013 Federal Election of Germany. In B. Wessels, H. Schoen, & O. W. Gabriel (Eds.), Voters and Elections. The 2009 Federal Election in Germany (pp. 360-379). Berlin: Springer Verlag.
Rohrschneider, R. & Whitefield, S. (2013). Institutional Context and Representational Strain in Party-Voter Agreement in Western and Eastern Europe. West European Politics, 35(6), 1320-1340.
Rohrschneider, R. & Whitefield, S. (2012). The Strain of Representation: How Parties Represent Diverse Voters in Western and Eastern Europe. Oxford: Oxford University Press.