A problem-based approach to understanding public support for referendums [0.03%]
基于问题的理解公众对全民公决的支持的方法
Hannah Werner,Sofie Marien,Andrea Felicetti
Hannah Werner
A prominent explanation of widespread popular support for referendums is dissatisfaction with the functioning of representative democracy. In this article, the aim is to gain a better understanding of how dissatisfaction affects support for...
Institutionalising electoral uncertainty and authoritarian regime survival [0.03%]
制度化选举不确定性与专制政权的生存
Michael Bernhard,Amanda B Edgell,Staffan I Lindberg
Michael Bernhard
Authoritarian incumbents routinely use democratic emulation as a strategy to extend their tenure in power. Yet, there is also evidence that multiparty competition makes electoral authoritarianism more vulnerable to failure. Proceeding from ...
If I'll win it, I want it: The role of instrumental considerations in explaining public support for referendums [0.03%]
如果我赢了我就想要它：解释公投公共支持的工具性考虑的作用
Hannah Werner
Hannah Werner
Across established democracies, citizens express high levels of support for decision making via referendums. What drives these preferences remains yet unclear. In this article it is argued that, first, process preferences are less stable th...
The evolution of cleavage voting in four Western countries: Structural, behavioural or political dealignment? [0.03%]
西方四国的政党票决模式变迁：结构性、行为性还是政治性重新选区？
Andreas C Goldberg
Andreas C Goldberg
Since the heyday of cleavage voting in the 1960s and 1970s, the majority of studies presents evidence of a decline in cleavage voting - caused by either structural or behavioural dealignment. Structural dealignment denotes changes in group ...
Johanna Kantola,Emanuela Lombardo
Johanna Kantola
While populism has been subject to growing scholarly interest, its relationship to feminist politics has remained conspicuously understudied. This article investigates this relationship by analysing two cases of European populism: left popu...
How interest groups influence public opinion: Arguments matter more than the sources [0.03%]
利益集团如何影响公众意见：论点比来源更重要
Andreas Dür
Andreas Dür
Through what mechanism do interest groups shape public opinion on concrete policies? In this article, three hypotheses are proposed that distinguish between the effect of the arguments conveyed by interest groups and the effect of interest ...
The charismatic leadership of the ECB presidency: A language-based analysis [0.03%]
欧洲央行行长的个人魅力领导力：基于语言学的分析
Pier Domenico Tortola,Pamela Pansardi
Pier Domenico Tortola
There is little doubt that the European Central Bank (ECB), and in particular its presidency, has taken the lead in tackling the euro crisis. But can this leadership be also characterised as charismatic? This article answers the question by...
Mariyana Angelova,Hanna Bäck,Wolfgang C Müller et al.
Mariyana Angelova et al.
Veto player theory generates predictions about governments' capacity for policy change. Due to the difficulty of identifying significant laws needed to change the policy status quo, evidence about governments' ability to change policy has b...
The distribution of individual cabinet positions in coalition governments: A sequential approach [0.03%]
coalition政府中内阁职位的分配：一种序贯方法的观点
Alejandro Ecker,Thomas M Meyer,Wolfgang C Müller
Alejandro Ecker
Multiparty government in parliamentary democracies entails bargaining over the payoffs of government participation, in particular the allocation of cabinet positions. While most of the literature deals with the numerical distribution of cab...
Demographic change, labour force dynamics and employment: new problems and old politics? [0.03%]
人口变化、劳动力动态和就业：新问题与老方法？
U Widmaier
U Widmaier
The paper examines the problems for social protection and economic growth that arise from the development of a dualistic labor force-- divided into a privileged core and a disadvantaged periphery--created by the dynamic interaction of labor...