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Different Process, Different Outcomes: A Response to Cowley, Webb and Bale

The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.
Abstract This paper responds to Cowley, Webb and Bale's critique of our paper on sortition, parties and political careers. Cowley et al. argue that within‐party sortition will not increase parliamentary descriptive representation (PDR). We largely agree with that claim, which was not the focus of our original paper.
Keith Dowding, William Bosworth, Adriano Guiliani   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Engineered non-contestation: Deterring electoral contestation using violence in local elections. [PDF]

J Peace Res
Das N.
europepmc   +1 more source

National party system dynamics and electoral volatility in Belgium under changing social, political and institutional conditions [PDF]

, 2013
Devos, Carl, Schamp, Tom
core  

Rural but not radical right: The rural‐urban cleavage in Norway

Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Conventional wisdom claims that rural voters are politically mobilized by right‐wing and culturally conservative forces, while urban voters are left‐leaning and have progressive cultural views. Leveraging original survey data from Norway, our work challenges this dichotomy.
Kiran R. Auerbach, Marta R. Eidheim, Anne L. Fimreite   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Navigating Environmental Perceptions: Exploring the Impact of Political Orientation and Climate Change Beliefs on the Evaluation of the Local Environment. [PDF]

Environ Manage
Gunko R, Rapeli L, Scheinin M, Wikström J, Tynkkynen N.   +4 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Acting on three arenas: A multidimensional approach to understanding ministerial turnover

Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Understanding why cabinet ministers are terminated early is still underexplored. Most existing studies focus on performance on one arena. We argue that ministers operate in many different arenas and to fully understand the complex nature of ministerial termination we need to consider ministers' performance in several arenas and their relation ...
Peter Heyn Nielsen, Martin Ejnar Hansen
wiley   +1 more source

Parliamentary amendments aimed at the Brazilian Unified National Health System and the reelection of municipal mayors in Brazil in 2024. [PDF]

Cad Saude Publica
Leal JGRP, Lima LD, Rodrigues FBS, Silva ASD.   +3 more
europepmc   +1 more source

Crisis, temporality and governmental policy agendas: The cases of Finland and Sweden

Scandinavian Political Studies, EarlyView.
Abstract Crises transform the temporal orientation of political decision‐making. They demand immediate and decisive action and thus convert time into a means of political control. In these circumstances, assessing the long‐term consequences of proposed policies with respect to welfare, sustainability or justice also becomes demanding.
Henri Vogt, Mikko Värttö
wiley   +1 more source

Yoruba Histories of Marriage and Belonging: Gender, Power and Innovation in Eighteenth‐Century West Africa

Gender &History, EarlyView.
ABSTRACT This article argues that marriage was central to historical change in the Yoruba‐speaking region of West Africa during the eighteenth century. It draws on ìtàn, a distinct oral source, to show that conjugality shaped Yoruba processes of urbanisation and political centralisation, gendered divisions of labour and social innovation and creativity.
Insa Nolte
wiley   +1 more source

National bitterness, powerlessness and greatness: Examining constructions of affect as part of argumentation in populist EU discourse in Finland. [PDF]

Br J Soc Psychol
Tormis H, Sakki I, Pettersson K.
europepmc   +1 more source