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Do we really need politicians? : e-democracy vs. representative democracy

open access: yes, 2019
This contribution was delivered on the occasion of the EUI State of the Union in Florence on 02 May 2019Do we really need politicians? E-democracy vs.
PÖTTERING, Hans-Gert   +2 more
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Quid Pro Quo: Builders, Politicians, and Election Finance in India- Working Paper 276 [PDF]

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In developing countries where elections are costly and accountability mechanisms weak, politicians often turn to illicit means of financing campaigns.
Devesh Kapur, Milan Vaishnav
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Eminent female politicians as role-models [PDF]

open access: yes, 2016
This bachelor thesis called "Eminent female politicians as Role-models" deals with the influence of eminent female politicians on women in Czech republic and their political participation, especially influence on their interest in becoming politicians ...
Kencká, Zuzana
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Politicians: Be Killed or Survive [PDF]

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In the course of history, a large number of politicians have been assassinated. Rational choice hypotheses are developed and tested using panel data covering more than 100 countries over a period of 20 years.
Bruno S. Frey, Benno Torgler
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Bureaucrats or Politicians? [PDF]

open access: yes, 2004
Policies are typically chosen by politicians and bureaucrats. This paper investigates the normative criteria with which to al-locate policy tasks to elected policymakers (politicians) or non elected bureaucrats.
Alesina, Alberto   +3 more
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Which Politicians Pass the News Gates and Why? Explaining Inconsistencies in Research on News Coverage of Individual Politicians

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2014
Which politicians make it into the news and why? Individual politicians appear more in the news, which is important for their political success. Research concerning news coverage of individual politicians, however, has been conducted with different ...
Debby Vos
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What Politicians Look For in the News and How That Affects Their Behavior: A Uses and Gratifications Approach to Political Agenda Setting

open access: yesInternational Journal of Communication, 2018
Studies have shown that politicians follow the news media closely and react to news through their parliamentary activities. However, we know little about what kinds of information politicians look for in the media and actively use when being responsive ...
Juho Vesa   +3 more
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The Dynamic Effects of Information on Political Corruption: Theory and Evidence from Puerto Rico [PDF]

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Does the disclosure of information about corrupt activities induce a sustained reduction in corruption? We use publicly released routine audits of municipal governments in Puerto Rico to answer this question.
Luis R Cámara Fuertes   +2 more
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Political careers or career politicians? [PDF]

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Two main career paths are prevalent among politicians in modern democracies: there are career politicians (i.e., politicians who work in the political sector until retirement), and political careers (i.e., there are politicians who leave politics before ...
Mattozzi, Andrea, Merlo, Antonio
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