Personalized campaign styles are of increasing importance in contemporary election
campaigns at all levels of politics. Surprisingly, we know little about their implications for the …

We extend the research on contamination effects in mixed-member electoral systems by
considering the impact of “dual candidacies” in systems that combine SMD and open-list PR …

New interest in" multi-winner ranked-choice voting" raises old questions about effects on
party cohesion. Earlier scholars thought this single transferable vote (STV) rule was net …

Preference voting threatens the power of party leaders in PR contexts to enforce party unity
and pursue policy by encouraging candidates to groom personal reputations. This study …

After the October 2021 elections to the Chamber of Deputies in the Czech Republic, the
most discussed topic has been preferential voting due to the surprising results for the …

How does making electoral systems more candidate-centered affect party unity? Using a
principal-agent perspective, this study makes three contributions to the literature on this …

There is vast evidence that gender influences the legislative behaviour of MPs. Nonetheless,
as most of the findings come from Western Europe, one may ask whether such effects take …

Оценивается законодательная эффективность парламентариев в России. Автор
стремится найти ответы на вопрос, какие факторы определяют законодательную …

Der Semi-Parlamentarismus beschreibt das Regierungssystem, in dem die Regierung von
einem Teil des Parlaments gewählt wird und abberufen werden kann, von einem anderen …

Since gaining its independence in 1990, Ukraine has experienced two revolutions and a
war in the east of the country. Meanwhile, it has sampled all three major electoral systems …