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sichern wir Pluralismus und Transparenz?, in: Bertelsmann Briefe, Heft 129,
Gütersloh, 1993, p. 5.
30 Habermas, J., l.c., pp. 11-53, 340-352.
31 Pennock, J. R., Responsiveness, Responsibility, and Majority Rule, in: American
Political Science Review 46, Los Angeles, 1952, pp. 790-807; Pitkin, H. F., The
Concept of Representation, Berkeley/ Los Angeles, 1967; Etzioni, A., The Active
Society. A Theory of Societal and Political Processes, London/ New York, 1968.
32 Berg-Schlosser, D., l.c., p. 114. Similarly, Konrad Adenauer in his first
government policy statement on 20 Sep 1949, in: DRA, l.c., no. 2.
33 Görtemaker, M., l.c., p. 148.
34 Benz, W., l.c., 1999a, p. 85.
35 Art. 20 para. 2 GG, in: BGBl. I.
36 Ruhm von Oppen, B. (ed.), l.c., p. 432.
37 Merritt, A. J.; Merritt, R. L. (eds.), Public Opinion in Occupied Germany. The
OMGUS Surveys, 1945-1949, Urbana/ Chicago/ London, 1970 (sample size
331-3,000 persons; mainly in American zone of occupation); Cantril, H.;
Strunk, M., Public Opinion 1935-1946, Princeton, 1951 (~ 3,000; drawing on
OMGUS surveys); EMNID surveys published in selected newspapers (sample
size unknown); IfD, Bericht über die erste Umfrage der wirtschaftspolitischen
Gesellschaft von 1947 über die deutsche Situation, Allensbach, 1949 (unpublished)
(2,100); Noelle, E.; Neumann, E. P. (eds.), l.c. (2,000).
38 Gallup, G.; Rae, S. F., The Pulse of Democracy: The Public Opinion Poll and How It
Works, New York, 1940; Woodward, J. L., Public Opinion Polls as an Aid to
Democracy, in: Political Science Quarterly 61, New York, 1946, p. 238; Hennessy,
B. C., l.c., p. 130.
39 Blumer, H., Public Opinion and Public Opinion Polling, in: American Sociological
Review 13, Columbus, OH, 1948, pp. 542-549; Marsh, C., The Survey Method:
The Contribution of Surveys to Sociological Explanation, London, 1982; Miller, W.,
The Survey Method in the Social and Political Sciences: Achievements, Failures, Prospects,
London, 1983.
40 Bayerisches Staatsministerium für Arbeit und soziale Fürsorge, Monatsbericht über Arbeit
und Wirtschaft in Bayern and Berichterstattung Regierungspräsident an Bayerische
Staatsregierung, in: BayHStA, Berichte des Landesarbeitsamtes or Regierung von Ober-
und Mittelfranken, Berichterstattung 1947/1948. Further, the reports of individual
mayors to the respective provincial government or district president will be
considered.
41 Results of local, regional and federal elections provided by the StBA and by
the respective Statistische Landesämter (StLA). See also Elections and Political
Parties in Germany, 1945-1952, edited by Policy Reports Secretary Office of
Executive Secretary (Office of the U.S. High Commissioner for Germany), 1
June 1952; Vogel, B.; Nohlen, D.; Schultze, R.-O., Wahlen in Deutschland:
Theorie – Geschichte – Dokumente 1848-1970, Berlin/ New York, 1971.
42 The highest increase was recorded in Bavaria where the number of eligible
voters increased from 3.6 million in June 1946 to 6 million in Aug 1949. Faul,
E. (ed.), Wahlen und Wähler in Westdeutschland, Villingen, 1960, p. 35.