Existing studies suggest that right-wing populist parties (RWPPs) appeal to people in
communities that have fallen behind in material terms. However, it remains open which …

A large body of literature exists on the role of institutions in combating corruption and its
influence on economic development. However, there is a paucity of literature on the inter …

This article investigates how unemployment risk within households affects voting for the
radical right. The authors contribute to recent advances in the literature that have highlighted …

Why do vote-suppression efforts sometimes fail? Why does police repression of
demonstrators sometimes turn localized protests into massive, national movements? How …

How do foreign political events shape voters' evaluation of policies whose outcomes are
hard to observe? We argue that policy-specific political processes abroad provide …

The Volatility Curse examines the conditions under which economic voting can (and cannot)
function as a mechanism of democratic accountability, challenging existing theories that are …

Crises of the magnitude of the COVID-19 pandemic may plausibly affect deep-seated
attitudes of a large fraction of citizens. In particular, outcome-oriented theories imply that …

Political accountability may be constrained by the reach and relevance of information
campaigns in developing democracies and—upon receiving information—voters' ability and …

This article introduces a new explanation for why citizens may fail to vote based on
government performance. We argue that when politicians have limited capacity to control …

Since coming to power in 2002, the Justice and Development Party (Adalet ve Kalkınma
Partisi, AKP) registered an impressive electoral record: it won plurality of votes in all of the …