It is often argued by politicians and reporters alike, that democratizing candidate selection procedures would lead to …. We use numerous public opinion surveys such as the CSES, and the World Values Survey to measure citizens' perceptions and …

A large theoretical and empirical literature explores whether politicians and political parties change their policy … answer empirically. We study attitudes towards the signature policies of small parties in Sweden using panel data from 290 … assigns council seats, comparing otherwise similar elections where one party either barely wins or loses an additional seat …

-fulfilling prophecies. Importantly, the more informed politicians are about public opinion, the more likely it is that populist behavior can …In their pursuit of being elected, politicians might not provide their constituents with independent viewpoints, but … just try to outguess popular opinion. Although rational voters see through such populism, candidates can not resist …

support for women participation in politics?; and (iii) What explains support for own daughters participation in politics? The … focus of this research is to examine which factors affect differently men and women. Results show that past life experience … such as physical abuse as kids have markedly different effects on men and women in the long run. Formal education, marital …