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Paradise Islands? Island States and the Provision of Environmental Goods
(2013-11)
Island states have been shown to trump continental states on collective action-related outcomes, such as democracy and institutional quality. The argument tested in this article contends that the same logic might apply to ...
Women's Political Representation in the European Regions: The Impact from Corruption and Bad Governance
(2013-05)
While much of the literature on descriptive representation of women focuses on the formal role played by political parties and institutions, a growing body of research emphasizes the impact of informal institutions. We ...
Examining Gender Differences in Environmental Concern Across Four Levels of the Swedish Polity
(2013-06)
While numerous studies find modest, consistent gender differences in environmental concern with-in the general publics of North American and European countries, such a pattern has not been studied much among elected ...
Democracy and Economic Development
(2013-02)
Is democracy favorable or adverse for the environment? While some studies find democracy to increase the likelihood of achieving sustainable development, others propose that democracy rather has negative effects on the ...
Women's Local Political Representation within 30 European Countries: A comparative data set on regional figures
(2013-11)
This document describes a new dataset on women’s political representation at the local level in Europe. The author collected the most recent figures on women elected at the lowest administra-tive tier in 30 countries. The ...
Quality of Government Affect Voter Turnout in the European Regions
(2013-03)
While much of the literature on voter turnout focuses on institutional and socioeconomic factors related to the “input” side of the political process, we examine the “output” side of the political process – and advance ...