How should one analyze data when the underlying models being tested are statistically intractable? In this article, we offer a simulation approach that involves creating sets of artificial data with fully known generating models that can be meaningfully compared to real data. The strategy...

The authors investigate the role of issues in the 1993 Norwegian election. They are interested in comparing two spatial models of issue evaluation, the directional model and the familiar proximity model. The directional model implies that voters ask two questions of parties: are you on my side...

This article presents the empirical findings of attitudes towards war and defence from 14 countries as measured by the International Values Study in 1981-82. The US shows the highest level of fear that the country will be involved in a major war within the next five years. Hungary, the single...

Human rights abuses occur regularly around the world, affecting millions of citizens each year. Unfortunately, few studies have sought to examine the structure and role domestic perceptions play when such abuses transpire. The purpose of this article is to investigate the macro- and micro-level...