Can too much participation harm democracy? Democratic theory places great importance
upon the conduct of elections, but it is not often recognized that the electoral game takes …

From Kosovo to Kabul, the last decade witnessed growing interest in? electoral
engineering?. Reformers have sought to achieve either greater government accountability …

Early in the 1950s my parents tired of summer holidays mostly spent on chilly wind-swept
beaches and embarked, with hire car, tents, and four young children, on what was, in the …

One of the chief tasks facing political leaders is to build and maintain unity within their
parties. This text examines the relationship between party leaders and Members of …

Utilizing a unique data set from the Italian Ministry of Justice reporting the transmission to the
Chamber of Deputies of more than the thousand requests for the removal of parliamentary …

Political parties in post-communist countries have very high levels of electoral volatility. In
these environments, political factions fail to establish long-term connections with the …

One concern about reform of the electoral system in the Netherlands is whether this would
reduce the proportion of women members in the House of Representatives. What evidence …

This edition of Women and Elective Office offers the latest research on women as candidates
and officeholders. It provides a comprehensive look at at the history and status of women in …

An important explanation for the underrepresentation of women in legislatures may be
incumbency. When the vast majority of incumbents are men, as is the case in most national …

Untitled Page 1 Page 2 While Ireland was once perceived as being characterised by
conservatism, Catholicism and cultural isolation, by the first decades of the twenty-first century …