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The economic analysis of populism a selective review of the literature

Ocampo, Emilio - 2019

Although the application of the conceptual and analytical framework of economics to the study of populism is still in …. When analyzing populism, economists face two methodological hurdles: lack of consensus and clarity about its definition and … analysis of populism draws concepts from other social sciences such political theory, sociology, history and social psychology. …

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War and Democracy

Hess, Gregory D.; Orphanides, Athanasios - 2021

This paper presents a general equilibrium model of conflict based on a world populated by representative democracies. At the individual state level, when information regarding a leader?s ability to defend the state against unavoidable conflict is valuable to voters, an incumbent leader seeking...

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Gallup democracy in exercising the NATO membership option : the cases of Finland and Sweden

Kanniainen, Vesa - 2022

The paper asks whether the exercising of the NATO membership option is justified for Finland and Sweden in the light of their geopolitical state after Russia's attack on Ukraine. It was the Gallup democracy, which launched the political moves towards the membership. In both countries, the...

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Gallup Democracy in Exercising the NATO Membership Option : The Cases of Finland and Sweden

Kanniainen, Vesa - 2022

The paper asks whether the exercising of the NATO membership option is justified for Finland and Sweden in the light of their geopolitical state after Russia’s attack on Ukraine. It was the Gallup democracy, which launched the political moves towards the membership. In both countries, the...

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Elections, Democracy and Urban Political Mobilization in the Developing World

Thomson, Henry - 2019

Rapid urbanization is transforming the developing world, but the political consequences of this transformation are not well understood. In this paper, we argue that political contention and mobilization in the urban environment differs from other forms of political activity in its scale, speed,...

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Gefangen im Dilemma? : ein strategischer Ansatz der Wahl- und Revolutionsteilnahme

Möller, Marie - 2011

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Gefangen im Dilemma? : ein strategischer Ansatz der Wahl- und Revolutionsteilnahme

Möller, Marie - 2011

Die Abwahl einer Regierung sowie die Entmachtung eines Diktators per Revolution können daran scheitern, dass kein individueller Teilnahmeanreiz besteht. Als Lösungsmöglichkeit wird ein strategischer Ansatz entwickelt, der zeigt, dass sich die Kollektivgutproblematik bei der Wahlteilnahme als...

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Democracy with group identity

Hillman, Arye L.; Metsuyanim, Kfir; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015

Group-based identity undermines democracy by impeding democratic change of government. A substantial literature has therefore studied how to make democracy consistent with group identity. We contribute to this literature by introducing the role of group decisiveness into voting incentives and...

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Democracy with group identity

Hillman, Arye L.; Metsuyanim, Kfir; Potrafke, Niklas - 2015 - 25 March-2015 final

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Affective partisan polarization and citizens' attitudes and behavior in Swiss democracy

Jansen, Benjamin; Stutzer, Alois - 2024

There is a concern that citizens with different political positions and party affiliations increasingly dislike each other. We examine this affective polarization (AP), which is often associated with a weakening of democracy, in the context of Switzerland's multiparty landscape with proportional...

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