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Political identities: The missing link in the study of populism. Party Politics
Political identities are crucial for understanding electoral behavior: individuals who identify with a political party behave as loyal supporters who would hardly vote for competitors old or new. Although this is an obvious observation, it has received little attention in the study of populism—a set of ideas that not only portrays established political parties as corrupt and self-serving entities but also depicts “the people” -
New approaches to political economy
The discussion on ‘New Approaches to Political Economy (PE)’ gives us a state-of-the-art overview of the main theoretical and conceptual developments within the concept of political economy. -
Are Cultural and Economic Conservatism Positively Correlated?
The right–left dimension is ubiquitous in politics, but prior perspectives provide conflicting accounts of whether cultural and economic attitudes are typically aligned on this dimension within mass publics around the world. -
From party building to government: PRO-Cambiemos and the limits of the ‘Right Turn’ in Argentina
A través del caso de la coalición argentina Cambiemos, dominada por el partido Propuesta Republicana (PRO), en este artículo se analizan los límites del “giro a la derecha” en un contexto de debilidad histórica de las fuerzas de tal facción política. Se estudia la relación entre las características del proceso de construcción partidaria de PRO y los alcances del desempeño reformista pro-mercado una vez en el gobierno. -
The Importance of Consociationalism for Twenty-First Century Politics and Political Science
Five decades after the term consociationalism made its debut in the comparative politics of divided societies, the huge body of international literature it has sparked continues to grow. In an era of populism and polarization, interest in the many facets of consociationalism is at an all-time high. This introduction to the special issue of Half a Century of Consociationalism: Cases and Comparisons gives an impression of the contemporary state of the consociational research agenda. -
Overcoming the global despondency trap: strengthening corporate accountability in supply chains
This paper re-examines why global collective action problems persist, and how to overcome them. Drawing on 140 interviews with campaigners, politicians, and businesses in 10 European countries, it suggests that many activists are stuck in a despondency trap. Never seeing radical reform, they lower their ambitions, and invest in more feasible but sub-optimal alternatives. -
The populist citizen: Empirical evidence from Europe and Latin America
Scholars are increasingly interested in ‘populist attitudes’, which – studies show – can explain party support and vote choice. However, current research has not yet analyzed in detail the characteristics of those individuals with populist proclivities, or so-called populist citizens. -
The causes and effects of partisan electoral interventions
This book examines why partisan electoral interventions occur as well as their effects on the election results in countries in which the great powers intervened. -
Standing in a Crowded Room: Exploring the Relation between Interest Group System Density and Access to Policymakers
The numerous presence of interest groups may be a recipe for policy deadlock or, more optimistically, indicate the vibrancy of a political community. Population-ecology theory suggests that the number of interest groups active in a policy domain is relevant for strategies and political outcomes, such as policy access, and interest group density is expected to reduce access for individual organizations. -
A cosmopolitan–communitarian cleavage around the world? Evidence from ideological polarization and party–voter linkages
Can structural conflict over globalization be observed outside Western Europe? When does such a cosmopolitan–communitarian cleavage emerge? These questions are highly relevant as similar conflicts over open borders seem to take place in various countries. -
How clientelism varies: comparing patronage democracies
Clientelistic vote mobilization is a prominent electoral strategy in many of the world’s democracies and electoral authoritarian regimes. Yet the comparative study of this practice, which involves exchanging personal favours for electoral support, remains strikingly underdeveloped -
Youth political participation in the EU: evidence from a cross-national analysis
Youth political disengagement continues to be a major issue facing contemporary democracies that needs to be better understood. -
The political economy of homeownership: a comparative analysis of homeownership ideology through party manifestos
America’s ‘infatuation with homeownership’ has been identified as one cause of the latest financial crisis. Based on codings of 1809 party manifestos in 19 countries since
1945, this article addresses the question of where the political ideal to democratize
homeownership came from -
Social Revolution and Authoritarian Durability
This article explores the causes of authoritarian durability. Why do some authoritarian regimes survive for decades, often despite severe crises, while others collapse quickly, even absent significant challenges -
Rethinking the ambition gap: Gender and candidate emergence in comparative perspective
The gender gap in political ambition is often presented as an immutable fact about the political world. This special issue interrogates this fact, drawing on case studies from across the globe. -
The comparative institutional analysis of energy transitions
he discussion on 'The comparative institutional analysis of energy transitions' gives us a state-of-the-art overview of the main theoretical and conceptual developments within the field of political economy -
The Knowns and Unknowns of Policy Instrument Analysis: Policy Tools and the Current Research Agenda on Policy Mixes
Policies are made and pursue their goals through policy instruments. Furthermore, policy instruments have become a relevant topic in many policy fields due to their theoretical and empirical relevance. -
Populism and health policy: three international case studies of right-wing populist policy frames
Over the past decade, some of the world's most stable parliamentary democracies have witnessed a revival in right-wing populist political parties, movements and leaders. -
The influence of national policy characteristics on COVID-19 containment policies: a comparative analysis. Policy Design and Practice
This article discusses the correlation between national policy characteristics and the success in “flattening the curve” of infection of the COVID-19 virus, which is a generally acknowledged measure to contain the worst medical outcomes of a pandemic. -
Social Control and Modern Authoritarianism in Museveni’s Uganda
Is a series for
scholars and students working on African politics and International Relations
and related disciplines -
Making the world safe for dictatorship
Why would authoritarian states care how they are perceived abroad? This chapter builds theory to understand the motivations behind authoritarian image management. -
Do natural disasters help the environment? How voters respond and what that means
This paper examines whether voters’ experience of extreme weather events such as flooding increases voting in favor of climate protection measures. -
Improving Likelihood-Based Methods to Provide Unbiased Estimates and Accurate Inference
Quantitative comparative social scientists have long worried about the performance of multilevel models when the number of upper-level units is small. -
Populism between voting and non-electoral participation
The article focuses on a neglected aspect of populist mobilisation, i.e. non-electoral participation (NEP), and elaborates on the extent to which populist party voters engage politically outside the polling station. The study addresses the question that populi -
Comparative Bureaucratic Politics
This article discusses one of the most important institutions in the modern world, namely public bureaucracies, from a comparative perspective. Bureaucratic organizations can be seen as a result of handling dilemmas along two critical dimensions. -
Populist attitudes and conspiratorial thinking
What happens to the anti-establishment sentiments of pro-incumbent voters for a populist force that is in government and thus controls the political system? This article examines this question utilizing the case of Turkey, a country in which a populist force has been in power for more than a decade. -
In Praise of Skepticism: Trust but Verify
For many decades the conventional view has overwhelmingly celebrated the positive consequences of trust. -
Cross-Pressured Voters in Western Europe
Mainstream parties in Western Europe are increasingly struggling to hold together their base of support. -
Are policymakers responsive to public demand in climate politics?
Normative theories of democracy agree that public demand should be the main guide in policymaking. But positive theories and related empirical research disagree about the extent to which this holds true in reality -
How corruption investigations undermine regime support: evidence from China
Authoritarian leaders around the world often fight against corruption in an effort to win public support.