Research about voter turnout has expanded rapidly in recent years. This article takes stock
of this development by extending the meta-analysis of Geys (2006) in two main ways. First …

In a democracy, a constitutional separation of powers between the executive and the
assembly may be desirable, but the constitutional concentration of executive power in a …

The article critically reviews the conceptual ideas of G. Bingham Powell's Elections as
Instruments of Democracy and explores ways to develop them further. Powell's conceptual …

How do parties motivate candidates to exert effort in closed-list elections, where seat
outcomes are uncertain only for candidates in marginal list positions? We argue that parties …

What determines the election of mayors? The extent to which pre-electoral coalitions (PECs)
influence mayoral election outcomes has not yet been subject to empirical analysis, despite …

Existing analyses of opposition pre-electoral alliance formation in electoral autocracies
neglect their coordinated election campaigns against incumbent autocrats. This paper …

Existing empirical research suggests that there are two mechanisms through which pre-
electoral coalition signals shape voting behavior. According to these, coalition signals both …

ABSTRACT After the “watershed” General Elections (GE) in 2011, Singapore seemed
primed for greater democratization. The ruling People's Action Party (PAP) adopted a softer …

An egalitarian approach to the fair representation of voters specifies three main institutional
requirements: proportional representation, legislative majority rule and a parliamentary …

Türkiye siyasal hayatı ve demokrasi tarihi açısından 24 Haziran seçimleri gerçek anlamda
bir “milat” özelliği taşımaktaydı. Bu seçimlerin ardından, Türkiye'de parlamenter sistem sona …