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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Electoral Strategies"”.
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International migration, electoral strategies and home country elections
… migration affect political parties' electoral strategies in the migrant sending countries? And what is the effect of these electoral strategies on migrant and non-migrant families' electoral choices? These are the two research questions that motivate this project. This dissertation …
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When will parties comply with electoral results? Political institutions and strategic choices of political parties following electoral defeat
This study examines the electoral compliance of political parties. In recent decades the number of countries holding multi-party elections has increased dramatically. Often times, however, one or more of the parties participating in the election refuse to comply with the announced results and …
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Essays on Electoral Models
… Allan Drazen), we ask what the successful electoral strategies are and whether candidates should try to persuade "swing" voters or mobilize their "base". We present a model that can address these and related questions in a single unified framework. We relate electoral strategies to the …
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Do Leaders Matter? How Personal Characteristics and Experiences Shape Electoral Violence
While incumbents' role in electoral violence has received considerable scholarly attention, little is known about how political leaders themselves affect electoral violence. An increasing number of studies have shown that myriad political outcomes can be explained by focusing on leaders' personal …
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Do Leaders Matter? How Personal Characteristics and Experiences Shape Electoral Violence
While incumbents' role in electoral violence has received considerable scholarly attention, little is known about how political leaders themselves affect electoral violence. An increasing number of studies have shown that myriad political outcomes can be explained by focusing on leaders' personal …
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Absent Mandate? The Role of Positional Issues in Canadian Elections
… have little incentive to develop issue-based electoral strategies. Such a characterization of electoral dynamics is particularly prevalent in Canada. An enduring view holds that Canadian parties engage in "brokerage politics" wherein they avoid taking clear policy stances in order to avoid …
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Rural transformation and local politics in a central Thai district
… is a study of socio-economic change and local electoral politics in a Central Thai district and is based on ethnographic research carried out between 1989 and 1990. Local electoral politics has received little attention in Thai studies in recent years. This thesis aims to fill this gap with …
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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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Cultivating risk : weather insurance, technology and financialization in India
… of short-term financial risk and risk hedging strategies instead of agricultural investment and infrastructure development. Finally, I find that financial risk in its various forms is becoming politicized in ways that are not accounted for in the current literature. I use my case studies to …