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Showing 1 to 17 of 17 for “"Electoral Institutions"”.
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Constrained populism in Indonesia: Joko Widodo, electoral institutions and party power
… Within presidential systems, more specific electoral system features can also facilitate the success of populist presidential candidacies. In Indonesia, key structural and institutional correlates of populism exist in tension with some distinctive features of the country's electoral system. …
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Constrained populism in Indonesia: Joko Widodo, electoral institutions and party power
… Within presidential systems, more specific electoral system features can also facilitate the success of populist presidential candidacies. In Indonesia, key structural and institutional correlates of populism exist in tension with some distinctive features of the country's electoral system. …
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Ruling with Rules: Electoral Institutions and Authoritarian Resilience in the Middle East
… among incumbent and opposition elites shape electoral system design and, in turn, particular electoral rules structure mass political attitudes and elite configurations. The main argument is that lower electoral thresholds generate unique electoral environments in which patronage politics …
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Resisting the Partisan Temptation: Public Opinion on Election Laws in a Polarized Era
… a high priority on the fairness of democratic institutions. This dissertation tests which model predominates in the public’s decisions on election rules across a variety of policies and political contexts. It finds that most citizens prefer fair electoral institutions at the expense of partisan …
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Local accountability : the role of attribution, institutions, and communication
… how cognitive and perceptual biases, as well as electoral institutions and strategic communication, can hinder voters' ability to hold government accountable. I gather data on local politics -- a level of government that people interact with on a daily basis, and one that encompasses the vast …
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District Magnitude the Tie that Binds: A Comparative Analysis of Political Behavior
… Unfortunately, there is not a consensus in electoral research regarding the optimum electoral institutions. This dissertation considers some of the ways in which district magnitude, the number of elected officials that serve a district, impacts the relationship between voters and elected …
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Explaining Subnational Variation in Voter Coordination and Party Entry in Electoral Competition
<p>This dissertation focuses on electoral politics in a comparative perspective, specifically subnational variation in strategic party entry and strategic voter coordination. The dissertation studies how within-country variation both in the demographic composition of electoral districts and also in …
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In the Shadow of Rivalry: Rebel Alliances and Civil War
… influence external actors, and the presence of electoral institutions may either exacerbate or mitigate competition issues within alliances.</p>
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Ballot box and tinder box : can electoral engineering save multiethnic democracy?
… is to systematize the existing hypotheses in the electoral engineering literature and to test them in a set of selected case studies in order to answer a central question: does the electoral system affect the structure of political parties in ethnically divided societies and if so how? The …
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Debating the lessons of history : the politics of the Nazi past in Germany and Austria
… an important empirical puzzle: despite similar electoral institutions, partisan political landscapes, and pressures from immigration, right-wing populist parties have experienced very different fates over the last two decades in the two states. Austria has produced one of Europe's most …
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It's in the mail : the effect of vote by mail balloting on voter turnout and policy outcomes in U.S. elections
… dissertation is to aid our understanding of how electoral institutions in the United States affect political participation and, in turn, shape policy outcomes. I investigate this relationship by analyzing the all-mail balloting method known as Vote By Mail. Using a data set of 3310 cases …
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Electoral participation in a new democracy : essays on voting in the new South Africa
Electoral participation is at the heart of democratic politics. Who comes to the polls, who does not, and why? In three essays that leverage natural experimental research designs, I advance new explanations for individual turnout, focused on citizens' access to, and experiences with the core …
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The limits of state building : the politics of war and the ideology of peace
… the international community build strong state institutions - such as security forces or electoral institutions - in post-conflict societies? An influential technical perspective argues that authority, resources, and expertise enable the international community to build its preferred …
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Life of the Party or Just a Third Wheel? Effects of Third Parties in U.S. House Elections
How is two-party electoral competition influenced by third parties, even under normal political conditions? I argue that the mere threat of third party entry into the election induces anticipatory electoral strategies by the major parties. This effect, which is a normal aspect of the two-party …
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Essays on the cause and consequences of market distortions
… in raising distortions is higher when the electoral process is easily manipulated. Thus distortions are higher and last longer in the absence of electoral accountability. Such distortions worsen the deprivation of human capabilities and functionings, as evidenced by worsening health …
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When Do Party Leaders Democratize? Analyzing Three Reforms of Voter Registration and Candidate Selection
… Party is interested in mobilizing the poor, 2) electoral competition enhances mobilization efforts by parties, and 3) liberal political culture promotes inclusive electoral institutions. All three hypotheses find some support in the empirical analysis. The second paper focuses on a candidate …
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Strategic interactions in modern elections and markets
… interactions in democratic and economic institutions against the backdrop of technological advancements which fuel new strategic capabilities. I investigate four interconnected domains: manipulation of redistricting fairness through strategic campaigning (termed here as 'Votemandering'), …