This article discusses the causes of the rise and disproportionate success of the Green Party
in West Germany. Contrary to social structural explanations which perceive the Greens as a …

This article focuses on the process of partisan realignment in the West German party system
of the 1980s by analyzing electoral support for the new party, the Greens. On the basis of …

This paper gives a brief overview of the Digital Video Broadcasting (DVB) project. Starting in
1993, this project produced standards for digital broadcasting in all media (satellite, cable, …

Opinion research and politics are having equal diffi culties in conceptually grasping the
Greens' latest election success. What for some represents the result of a long-term change in …

The challenge that new movements pose to the political order in Western democracies springs
from within. It is not a revolutionary attack against the system, but a call for democracies to …

… Peter van der Stok1, Jan Jelle Boomgaardt2, Helmut Burklin3, Gabriele Cecchetti4, Jean-Dominique
Decotignie5, Hermann de Meer6, Gerhard Fohler7, Johan Lukkien8, and Gerardo Rubino9 …

Current standards for audio-visual home networking differ in a large number of aspects. Some
characteristics of two prominent standards, UPnP and DHWG are compared with regards …

Within the digital terrestrial TV context, DVB-H is a DVB-T extension for mobile terminals
bringing mainly features for reducing power consumption and increasing reliability.

… Helmut B�rklin Thomson R&D France SNC, France … Helmut B�rklin Thomson R&D
France SNC, France … Val�rie Issarny, Liesbeth Steffens, Helmut B�rklin Chair: Jean-Dominique�…

The FABRIC project aims at the integration of middleware standards used in home networks
to provide high quality streaming over a heterogeneous network without introducing new�…