Independent candidates are widely believed to influence the quality of representation
through issues as fundamental to democracy as government accountability, responsiveness …

Social movements are an increasingly prominent feature of rural politics and social action in
both the global north and the global south, attracting the growing attention of rural …

This is a study of mavericks, of the independent politicians who go it alone. They are the
metaphorical equivalent of sheep who stray from the flock, who would rather discover fresh …

The Australian Settlement, as formulated by Paul Kelly, had a sixth pillar: a settlement
between the city and the country in which the state compensated people living in the country …

It is an accepted truth that parties are the central political actors in all liberal democracies.
This dominance of parties is often considered the logical outcome of rational politicians' …

This article examines the phenomenon of Independents, or non‐party candidates, in Irish
political life. It has two main aims: the first is to disaggregate Independents from 'others' to …

This article examines the phenomenon of independent candidates (calon perseorangan) in
Indonesia's regional executive elections (Pilkada) to better understand why candidates run …

The goal of this article is to test various factors which can potentially explain differences in
independents' representation at the local level in the Czech Republic and Slovakia. As the …

In this compelling and comprehensive work, renowned historian Frank Bongiorno presents a
social and cultural history of Australia's political life, from pre-settlement Indigenous systems …

Contemporary political systems are experiencing a democratic disconnect between formal
institutions of representative government, and the more informal spaces of political …