Although many studies of clientelism focus exclusively on vote buying, political machines
often employ diverse portfolios of strategies. We provide a theoretical framework and formal …

The European Commission started out in the 1950s as a technocratic international
organization. Today, it has acquired many of the organizational features and behavioural …

The Real World of EU Accountability reports the findings of a major empirical study into
patterns and practices of accountability in European governance. The product of a 4-year …

Based on voter survey from European election study 2009, we examine the impact of one
individual-level motivational factor, ie interest in politics, and its interactions with institutional …

Рассматриваются культурные, политические и исторические проблемы развития
европейской идентичности в дискурсе Европы. Ставится вопрос, что есть европейская …

This article provides an innovative empirical contribution to the understudied question of
party spending in EU election campaigns through a comparison between the cases of …

In 2012, Chile passed a major election law reform to adopt automatic registration and
voluntary voting. Prior to this, Chile, like most Latin American countries, had a compulsory …

ABSTRACT The European Parliament (EP) has seen a gradual increase in its powers since
the introduction of direct elections in 1979. Scholars have focused on both individual-level …

One of the gravest problems of modern democracies is undoubtedly low electoral turnout.
Numerous states try to prevent low turnout in different ways. One method to increase it may …

One of the primary goals of representative democracy is to identify and implement the will of
the people, where that will is expressed through their choice of representatives in …