Electoral institutions shape the behavior of (would-be) legislators between elections. It is the
assumption that legislators seek re-election (see Mayhew 1974). 1 Legislators will focus on …

Political Communication and Cognition draws on a range of theories from communication
psychology to explain how citizens receive communication about politics, how …

If parties nominate both male and female candidates, open-list PR electoral rules enable
voters to engage in same-gender voting (ie select candidate of the same gender). In this …

The current economic and political climate places ever greater pressure on public
organizations to deliver services in a cost-efficient way. Focused on the costs of service …

This article analyses the influence of ballot structure over satisfaction with democracy. In line
with previous literature, we hypothesize that some ballot structures–such as preferential …

Die Frage ist, ob die Einführung des Kumulierens und Panaschierens zu einer
Verbesserung der Partizipation führt. Vor-und Nachteile dieses personalisierten …

While preferential voting, instant run-off voting or ranked choice voting (RCV) that allows
voters to rank candidates from most to least preferred has been widely studied …

Ethnic diversity is often seen to be detrimental to peace and stability, particularly if ethnicity
is the basis for political mobilization. Mobilization is assumed to increase the salience of …

The dissertation addresses a question that is at the very heart of democratic representation
and the functioning of democracy: what kind of electoral system fosters the correspondence …

The Maltese Parliament has involved itself in EU affairs since 2003 when it established a
system for monitoring the government's EU negotiating position. This was complemented in …