Women remain underrepresented in cabinets, especially in high-prestige,“masculine”
portfolios. Still, a growing number of states have appointed women to the finance ministry—a …

This article links the consequences of the Great Recession on protest and electoral politics.
It innovates by combining the literature on economic voting with social movement research …

At the time of the election of the European Parliament (EP) in 2014, the European Union
(EU) was heavily affected by a multifaceted crisis that had–and still has–far‐reaching …

In this study we examine the representation of income groups in two EU-level institutions,
the Council and the European Parliament. We find that the political positions of these …

Zusammenfassung Die Europawahl 2014 kennzeichnet zwei Auffälligkeiten: Erstens wurde
mit 42, 6 Prozent die niedrigste Wahlbeteiligung in der Geschichte der Direktwahl des …

The Eurozone crisis and resulting economic interventions present a particular manifestation
of the dilemma between globalisation and national democracy, one in which supranational …

Crises were highly relevant in the 2022 Italian general election. The label of “crisis” was
associated with multiple policy issues, ranging from the environment and health to foreign …

Is electoral behaviour affected by the current challenges of the EU and, if it is, through which
channels and mechanisms? This study offers a cross-national analysis together with a broad …

This chapter analyses how New Zealand's experience of Covid-19 affected electoral change
at the 2020 general election. It also provides a schematic comparative overview of the …

The chapter focuses on political parties' activities in the streets. That is, it takes the main
collective actors engaged in electoral competition but looks at their involvement in a major …