Media and policy making in the digital age
E Grossman - Annual Review of Political Science, 2022 - annualreviews.org
Do media influence policy making? To what extent can governments or other actors
manipulate this influence? Our understanding of the relationship between media and policy …
manipulate this influence? Our understanding of the relationship between media and policy …
Which issues do parties emphasise? Salience strategies and party organisation in multiparty systems
Party system issue agendas are formed by the topics that individual parties decide to
address, and these salience decisions are likely to be strategic. Two key strategies are …
address, and these salience decisions are likely to be strategic. Two key strategies are …
Setting the agenda or responding to voters? Political parties, voters and issue attention
Why do political parties prioritise some policy issues over others? While the issue ownership
theory suggests that parties emphasise policy issues on which they have an advantage in …
theory suggests that parties emphasise policy issues on which they have an advantage in …
Who responds? Voters, parties and issue attention
Do parties listen to their voters? This article addresses this important question by moving
beyond position congruence to explore whether parties respond to voters' issue priorities. It …
beyond position congruence to explore whether parties respond to voters' issue priorities. It …
Coalition governments and party competition: Political communication strategies of coalition parties
Coalition parties have to reconcile two competing logics: they need to demonstrate unity to
govern together, but also have to emphasize their own profile to succeed in elections. We …
govern together, but also have to emphasize their own profile to succeed in elections. We …
Protest and electoral breakthrough: Challenger party-movement interactions in Germany
This paper studies party-movement interactions in Germany, focusing on Die Linke and the
AfD, the two most recent additions to Germany's multi-party system. The electoral rise of both …
AfD, the two most recent additions to Germany's multi-party system. The electoral rise of both …
Coalition agreements, issue attention, and cabinet governance
Why do coalition parties settle some policy issues in great detail, whereas other issues are
hardly mentioned in coalition agreements? Coalition agreements are important policy …
hardly mentioned in coalition agreements? Coalition agreements are important policy …
Explaining cross‐national variation in the relationship between priority congruence and satisfaction with democracy
S Reher - European Journal of Political Research, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Previous research has shown that citizens tend to be more satisfied with the functioning of
democracy when their ideological positions are more proximate to representatives'. This …
democracy when their ideological positions are more proximate to representatives'. This …
Party strategies: Valence versus position
This chapter reviews theories and empirical implications of party strategies. We begin with a
review of parties' positional strategies, building on Downs's (1957) seminal work and the …
review of parties' positional strategies, building on Downs's (1957) seminal work and the …
Diverse parties, diverse agendas? Female politicians and the parliamentary party's role in platform formation
Parties' parliamentary delegations contain a multitude of interests. While scholars suspect
that this variation affects party behaviour, most work on parties' policy statements treats …
that this variation affects party behaviour, most work on parties' policy statements treats …