Electoral Systems and Political Participation

Explore a typological framework for comparative political party archival research, addressing methodological barriers and heterogeneity across institutional contexts for social scientists.

Analysis of how progressive Catholic bishops in Brazil facilitated Workers' Party electoral success by advocating redistribution, using papal transition as natural experiment.

Critique of difference score methodology in affective polarization research with polyvariate regression as superior alternative for studying partisan affect and policy attitudes.

Study of 2019 European Parliamentary elections across 10 countries reveals that party issue competence affects voting, with stronger effects when voters attribute responsibility to the European level.

Study analyzing how Polish political parties construct elites and enemies in manifestos from 2001–2023, revealing anti-elitism and enemy construction as variable strategic dimensions across the.

Analysis of candidate issue emphasis strategies during the 2022 French presidential campaign following the Ukraine war outbreak, examining alignment with voter priorities.

Analysis of congressional problem-solving capacity demonstrates sustained legislative productivity and bipartisan support despite polarization, challenging prevailing assessments of dysfunction.