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Voters' Perceptions of Party Politics - A Multilevel Approach
(2009-04-30)
Modern representative democracies are often described as government by the consent of the governed rather than government by the people. Elections play a central role in this context and several theorists of modern democracy ...
Balancing mobility and solidarity: Multilevel Governance Challenges of East-West EU Mobility in Austria, the Netherlands and Sweden
(2018-08-31)
Each year, millions of Europeans exercise their right to move freely between EU member states – particularly so since the eastern enlargements in the 2000s. Mobility from eastern and central Europe (CEE) affects host ...
Understanding the Conditions and Consequences of Women’s Political Representation
(2021-12-17)
In recent decades, women’s ability to engage in politics and civil society has risen dramatically across the globe. What has the increase in the number of women in politics, their “descriptive representation”, meant in ...
Uncertainty and Persuasion. Essays on Behavioral Political Economy
(2022-01-13)
When voters form their political opinions and decide whom to vote for, they are confronted with at least two types of uncertainty. First, voters cannot be sure what reforms a political party will pursue once in office. ...
Deliberativ undervisning – en empirisk studie
(2012-11-16)
Since the early 2000s, the deliberative turn in democratic theory has influenced the debate on teaching. The proponents of deliberation in education have argued that deliberative teaching both enhances subject knowledge ...
Generalized Trust in Surveys: From Scales to Dragons
(2015-12-21)
Generalized trust has been one of the frequently researched attitudes in political and
social sciences. Although this type of trust saw its real breakthrough in the theories about
social capital, offered by Robert D. ...
Not Even for Merriment - Economic Concentration and Institutions
(2018-08-13)
Institutional design is often argued to be an expression and an instrument of the will of powerful
interests. In this dissertation, I examine the impact of diversification and changes in the economy on
institutional ...
WAR AND UNREASON. Bounded Learning Theory and War Duration
(2010-02-15)
Why are some wars longer than others? Offense-defense theorists have assumed
that wars are shorter and it is more difficult for states to create security when military technology favors the offense and attacking is easier ...
Promising Democracy. Parties, Citizens and Election Promises
(2009-09-11)
Election promises have important roles to play in representative democracy. This book gives focus to what seems to be a puzzling controversy between scholars and ordinary citizens concerning whether or not politicians ...
Institutional Impediments and Reluctant Actors – The Limited Role of Democracy Aid in Democratic Development.
(2013-06-10)
Poverty reduction and societal modernization have traditionally been the main goals for
development aid but increasingly, since the early 1990s, democracy and human rights have ascended in importance and democracy aid has ...