Rousseau on property: a heroic failure?
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Chris, P. Rousseau on property: a heroic failure?.
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Optimal choice of electoral preference data
Presentation / Conference Contribution
van der Eijk, C., & Kroh, M. Optimal choice of electoral preference data.Electoral researchers are so much accustomed to analyzing the choice of the single most preferred party as the left-hand side variable of their models of electoral behavior that they often ignore revealed preference data. Drawing on
random utility t... Read More about Optimal choice of electoral preference data.
Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century
Journal Article
Sargisson, L. (2007). Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century. Manuscript submitted for publicationWhy is it so difficult to respond to religious fundamentalism from within a liberal paradigm? This paper explores a core problem within religious fundamentalism, stemming from its relationship to the phenomenon of utopianism. This is a complex relati... Read More about Religious fundamentalism and utopianism in the 21st century.
Don’t expect me to vote for you just because I like you, even if you do make me feel warm inside: a comparison of the validity of non-ipsative measures of party support
Presentation / Conference Contribution
van der Eijk, C., & Marsh, M. Don’t expect me to vote for you just because I like you, even if you do make me feel warm inside: a comparison of the validity of non-ipsative measures of party support. Presented at Annual Meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, 29 August - 1 September 2007The inclusion of non-ipsative measures of party preference (in essence ratings for each of the parties of a political system) has become established practice in mass surveys
conducted for election studies. They exist in different forms, known as the... Read More about Don’t expect me to vote for you just because I like you, even if you do make me feel warm inside: a comparison of the validity of non-ipsative measures of party support.
Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Heywood, P. M. Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?.This paper focuses on the nature of integrity management in contemporary UK public life. Despite traditionally high standards of integrity in the public service, it has recently been argued that the UK’s National Integrity System resembles a patchwor... Read More about Integrity management and the public service ethos in the UK: patchwork quilt or threadbare blanket?.
Comparing non-ipsative measures of party support
Presentation / Conference Contribution
van der Eijk, C., & Marsh, M. (2011). Comparing non-ipsative measures of party support.Non-ipsative measures of party preference (preference ratings for each of the parties of a political system) have become common in election studies. They exist in different forms, such as thermometer ratings or feeling scores, likes and dislikes scor... Read More about Comparing non-ipsative measures of party support.
Bicameralism
Book Chapter
Testa, C. (2019). Bicameralism. In R. D. Congleton, B. N. Grofman, & S. Voight (Eds.), The Oxford handbook of public choice. Oxford University PressIn modern democracies, the legislative power is vested in parliaments with diverse organizational structures. Bicameral legislatures, requiring concurrent deliberation by two bodies, are present in about one-third of the world’s countries. Bicamerali... Read More about Bicameralism.
The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust
Journal Article
McLaren, L. M. (2012). The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust. World Politics,One of the defining features of modern states is their incorporation of notions of political and social community based on shared language, history, and myths. However, large numbers of citizens in modern states have come to believe their national co... Read More about The cultural divide in Europe: migration, multiculturalism, and political trust.
Immigration and trust in politics in Britain
Journal Article
McLaren, L. M. Immigration and trust in politics in Britain. British Journal of Political Science,This paper argues that a previously overlooked explanation for varying individual-levels of political trust is concern about immigration. Focusing on the case of Britain, where levels of opposition to immigration have remained high since the 1960s an... Read More about Immigration and trust in politics in Britain.
The transnationalisation of the state: a neo-Gramscian perspective
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bieler, A. The transnationalisation of the state: a neo-Gramscian perspective.
Globalisation, neo-liberal restructuring and rising inequality: the response of European labour.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bieler, A. Globalisation, neo-liberal restructuring and rising inequality: the response of European labour.
Transnational solidarity or conflict? Trade unions and neo-liberal restructuring in Europe.
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Bieler, A. Transnational solidarity or conflict? Trade unions and neo-liberal restructuring in Europe.It is frequently argued that European trade unions have been co-opted into the neo-liberal restructuring of the European social relations of production. The purpose of this paper is twofold: First, it will be assessed whether this allegation is actua... Read More about Transnational solidarity or conflict? Trade unions and neo-liberal restructuring in Europe..
Violent Dissent and Rebellion in Africa
Journal Article
Carey, S. C. (2007). Violent Dissent and Rebellion in Africa. Journal of Peace Research, 44(1),This article analyzes how the selection process for the executive affects the risk of rebellion and insurgencies in sub-Saharan Africa between 1971 and 1995. Four executive recruitment processes are distinguished, which are characteristic for the Afr... Read More about Violent Dissent and Rebellion in Africa.
Aristotle, Cicero and cosmopolitan political thought
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Burns, T. Aristotle, Cicero and cosmopolitan political thought.This is a conference paper which compares and contrasts the views of Aristotle and Cicero in relation to cosmopolitan political thought. The paper focuses on the issue of the social and political 'identity' of the individual moral agent. It also dist... Read More about Aristotle, Cicero and cosmopolitan political thought.
Leisure, family and work in the lifestyles of dual-earner families
Presentation / Conference Contribution
Such, E. (2001). Leisure, family and work in the lifestyles of dual-earner families.This paper examines the role of leisure in the lifestyles of dual-earner families. It explores leisure as a dimension of lifestyle that has been relatively under-researched, despite a burgeoning interest in the dual-earner family in both academic res... Read More about Leisure, family and work in the lifestyles of dual-earner families.