Aus einer Vielzahl von Studien ist bekannt, dass die höheren Gesellschaftsschichten
häufiger an Wahlen und in Parteien partizipieren (Barnes und Kaase 1979; Brady et al …

Independent local lists (ILL) have become an important non-partisan actor in many local
elections. However, little is known about which factors explain their electoral success …

This study examines why citizens in the Netherlands vote for independent local parties.
These are parties that run in municipal council elections, but do not run in elections at higher …

ABSTRACT A growing corpus of literature analyzes the effect of populist attitudes on voting
behavior with a special focus on support for populist radical-right parties. In this paper, we …

This paper examines why the support of independent local parties has grown substantially
in the Netherlands. These are parties that run in municipal council elections, but do not run …

Do people signal protest by bringing out a protest vote when they feel they have been
collectively disadvantaged? Political scientists have been interested in “protest voting” yet …

In 2020 Chile began a constitution-making process that will culminate in writing a new
constitution through a 155-member constitutional convention. The Chilean party system is …

Does the presence of local political parties increase turnout in municipal elections? A
handful of previous studies have found that local parties indeed have this effect. Against that …

The question of how electoral systems should be designed has already been broadly
discussed. One of the most promising electoral system types are mixed-member …

В статье авторы обращаются к феномену локализма как одного из проявлений
процесса фрагментации политического пространства-важной особенности культурно …