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

The exploration of ministerial careers has attracted considerable attention among political
scientists in recent years (Dewan and Dowding, 2005; Dowding and Kang, 1998; Huber and …

In a recent review on the topic of this book, an influential scholar proposes the following
account: In the span of less than twenty years, the field of comparative electoral systems …

Im Rahmen einer durch den „alten “Institutionalismus geprägten Parlamentsforschung
werden die Abgeordneten oftmals nur als Randfiguren in einem „Spiel “herabgestuft …

QUESTION: In an era so heavily dominated by the high-tech electioneering, why do parties
and candidates spend as much as 20% and more of their campaign budgets on election …

Elected multi-party assemblies have existed in Africa on average for no more than two
decades. Consolidating democracy and improving the lives of ordinary citizens demands …

Using data on a panel of 56 democratic countries in the period 1975-2004, we find evidence
of a negative association between political stability and economic growth which is stronger …

High-profile corporate scandals such as Enron and the recent banking crisis have focused
attention on the corporate board of directors and the people who make up this focal group of …

If we count the indirect, but competitive, election of 1985, Brazil has already experienced six
presidential and six legislative elections since the end of the military dictatorship (1985 …

This research focuses on a particular class of parliamentary question: the call for a minister's
resignation. First, attention is paid to providing an initial look at where calls for resignation …