This study analyses congruence across various issues in 16 European democracies.
Making use of public opinion and expert survey data, our analyses show that congruence …

In April 2011, a caretaker Socialist government called in international lenders (the so-called
troika, ECB, European Commission and IMF) to bail out Portugal. Following the elections, a …

Empirical studies on representation have been based mainly on the descriptive analysis of
levels of political or ideological congruence between MPs and voters. Very few studies focus …

In nearly every case of quota law adoption, the support of party elites is critical. But this
raises a puzzle: What can motivate predominantly male elites to put these policies in place …

The emergence of the economic and financial crisis has already shown important electoral
and political consequences in southern Europe. Drawing on the experience of two bailed …

The left-right self-placement scale is often used in political science as a proxy for the policy
positions of voters and parties. Yet studies have suggested that, for voters, this relation is …

This work addresses the dimensions and content of ideological space in Portugal and
Greece after the onset of the sovereign debt crisis and the imposition of austerity policies in …

How come voters and their parties agree or disagree on policy issues? We claim that voter–
party mismatches are due to a lack of information of voters regarding parties' positions …

Some observers argue that right-wing populist parties improve representation because they
speak for groups that are otherwise under-represented. In that sense, populist parties might …

What is the level of voter–elite congruence in Europe and how is it affected by institutions?
This article presents a different conceptualisation and new data to comparative research on …