... democracy elections electoral institutions political participation local politics One of the challenging aspects of designing democracies is deciding which public officials to directly elect and which to appoint. America’s founders ratified a Constitution that relied almost exclusively...

... Washington University Institutional Review Board, IRB #80459. All errors are our responsibility alone. © 2022 J. Kalla and E. Porter 2022 J. Kalla and E. Porter Licensed re-use rights only Women and politics political participation political ambition The dearth of female candidates...

...-0001198. The author declares that they have no relevant or material financial interests that relate to the research described in this paper. © 2022 R. Sexton 2022 R. Sexton Licensed re-use rights only Comparative political economy democracy political participation elections Poor...

... compensation. © 2021 N. Eubank and D. Kronick 2021 N. Eubank and D. Kronick Licensed re-use rights only Political participation social networks political networks social movements collective action Fifty-five years ago, Mancur Olson (1965) posed an enduring question. Why do people protest...

...Linuz Aggeborn; Nazita Lajevardi; Karl-Oskar Lindgren; Pär Nyman; Sven Oskarsson We examine how one’s adult political participation is affected by having social ties to a politician during adolescence. Specifically, we estimate the long-term effect of having had a classmate during upper secondary...

... Comparative politics political economy political participation political psychology public opinion collective action It is widely believed that ethnically diverse societies exhibit slower economic growth, lower levels of public goods provision, weaker accountability, and more civil conflict (Alesina...

... political participation The interaction between government policy and political participation is central to questions in political science, political economy, and public economics. We focus on the impact on voter participation of a specific, means-tested government policy: Medicaid. Medicaid...

... institutions campaigns voting behavior political participation Participation in elections is considered a primary indicator of democratic performance (Powell, 1982). In a given election, the level of voter turnout has implications for whose views are represented (Fowler, 2013), which party wins...