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Are Less Affluent People Less Likely to Run for Political Office?

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In almost all democracies, elected officials are better off than most of the citizens they represent. Recent research has shown that this descriptive misrepresentation is partly due to voter and party bias against less well‐off candidates. In this paper, we explore a third possible explanation: Are less affluent people less likely to run for ...
Pirmin Bundi, Reto Wüest
wiley   +1 more source

El retorno de lo político

open access: yesHistoria contemporánea, 1993
J.F Sirinelli
doaj  

[Expanding team-based care for hypertension and cardiovascular risk management with HEARTS in the AmericasAmpliação da atenção baseada em equipe para a gestão do risco de hipertensão arterial e doenças cardiovasculares com a iniciativa HEARTS nas Américas]. [PDF]

open access: yesRev Panam Salud Publica
Irazola V   +16 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do They Want, Can They, and Have They Been Asked? Generational Differences in Reasons for Non‐Voting in Switzerland

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract In many advanced democracies, newer generations and younger citizens are less likely to vote than earlier generations and older individuals. However, despite this being an established empirical matter, less is known about the reasons why they decide to stay away from the polls. This’ Age‐Period‐Cohort’ (APC) study analyzes generational and age
Reto Mitteregger, Thomas Jocker
wiley   +1 more source

[What the World Health Organization teaches us about mental health in primary care]. [PDF]

open access: yesAten Primaria
Pérez García MDP   +2 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Do Voters and Candidates Share the Same Views on Democracy? Support for and Satisfaction with Democracy in Switzerland

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract The perceived “crisis of democracy” has received much attention in recent scholarly and societal debates. Yet much of the focus has been on democratic attitudes of citizens. We only know little about the democracy orientations of political candidates, and whether voter and candidate views on democracy are congruent.
Annika Lindholm, Lukas Lauener
wiley   +1 more source

Perceptual accuracy, policy congruence and electoral success of candidates

open access: yesSwiss Political Science Review, EarlyView.
Abstract Recent research has documented that politicians are not good at estimating citizens' policy preferences, though their ability to do so varies across parties and individuals. The postulated link between this low perceptual accuracy and substantive representation has rarely been explored empirically.
Léïla Eisner   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

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