CE De Vries, H Solaz - Annual Review of Political Science, 2017 - annualreviews.org
Democratic elections have been assumed to play a crucial role in curbing corruption among public officials. Voters, due to their general distaste for corruption, are expected to sanction …
A well-functioning democracy requires a degree of mutual respect and a willingness to talk across political divides. Yet numerous studies have shown that many electorates are …
SB Hobolt, J Tilley - Europe's Union in Crisis, 2018 - taylorfrancis.com
The eurozone crisis has altered the party political landscape across Europe. The most visible effect is the rise of challenger parties. The crisis not only caused economic hardship …
Conventional wisdom suggests that partisanship has little impact on voter behavior in Brazil; what matters most is pork-barreling, incumbent performance, and candidates' charisma. This …
This book offers a novel perspective on British elections, focusing on the importance of increasing electoral volatility in British elections, and the role of electoral shocks in the …
M Bisgaard - The journal of politics, 2015 - journals.uchicago.edu
Partisans often perceive real world conditions in a manner that credits their own party. Yet recent findings suggest that partisans are capable of setting their loyalties aside when …
AS Wilkins - Political Science Research and Methods, 2018 - cambridge.org
Lagged dependent variables (LDVs) have been used in regression analysis to provide robust estimates of the effects of independent variables, but some research argues that …
Using decades of public opinion data from the US, UK, Australia, Germany and Canada, and distinguishing between three concepts-issue ownership, performance and generalised …
Recent literature has shown that the long established link between economic performance and electoral outcomes is conditioned by a country's institutions and government, what is …