Csaba Nikolenyi, Concordia University

Research

political parties parliaments electoral systems electoral integrity

Latest funding

Party switching in Democratic legislatures
SSHRC · 2016 · Principal investigator
$158,069
Israel Studies 2015
SSHRC · 2014 · Principal investigator
$25,000
The Selection and De-Selection of Political Elites: Multi-Level Systems in Comparative Perspective
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$22,579

All 6 grants and awards

Party switching in Democratic legislatures

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Nikolenyi, Csaba

Keywords: political parties; parliaments; electoral systems; electoral integrity

$158,069

Israel Studies 2015

Principal investigatorSSHRC2014

Principal investigators: Nikolenyi, Csaba

Keywords: Israel; sustainability; Zionism; Middle East; interdisciplinarity

$25,000

The Selection and De-Selection of Political Elites: Multi-Level Systems in Comparative Perspective

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011Aid to Research Workshops and Conferences in Canada

Principal investigators: Nikolenyi, Csaba

Keywords: comparative politics; elite studies; federal systems; sub -national politics

$22,579

Regulating the cohesion of political parties: the causes and consequences of anti-defection laws

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Nikolenyi, Csaba

Keywords: legislatures; political parties; democracy; party laws; institutionalization

$75,257

Electoral coalitions in post-communist democracies

Principal investigatorSSHRC2006Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Nikolenyi, Csaba

Keywords: political parties; party systems; electoral systems; coalition theory

$64,000

Government stability in post-communist Central Europe

Principal investigatorSSHRC2003Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Nikolenyi, Csaba

Keywords: coalitions; political parties; Central Europe

$45,936

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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