Finland's modern, technologically advanced welfare state is, in fact, a fairly recent creation,
because the social changes that led to it occurred in Finland much later than elsewhere in …

Many democratic voting systems simply present voters with a choice between parties, while
others give them the opportunity to choose among individual candidates as well. This article …

В учебнике раскрываются основные тенденции и проблемы развития современной
сравнительной политологии. Особое внимание уделяется методологическим и …

Being born in Italy (being Italian is different, and I never completely understood what it really
means) has had some influence, albeit involuntarily, on my political and cultural education …

'What constitutes a new political party?'The answer to this question is central to the analysis
of stability, continuity and change of party organizations, inter-party politics (party systems) …

Knowledge about political representatives' behavior is crucial for a deeper understanding of
politics and policy-making processes. Yet resources on legislative elites are scattered, often …

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The neo-institutional approach focuses on the political consequences of institutions and, in
our case, how institutional constraints and norms influence the behaviour of legislators and …

This article offers an innovative way of understanding gender balance in parliaments.
Motivated by research documenting how newcomers are disadvantaged during their first …

This article suggests guidelines for identifying the ramifications of central elements of
candidate selection methods for various democratic dimensions–participation, competition …