With the weakening of the structural determinants of politics in Western democracies, it is
commonly assumed that individual politicians and politicians as individuals have come to …

This article analyses the use of social media by both candidates and citizens in the 2011
Finnish parliamentary election campaign. Utilizing data on the candidates' use of various …

Over the years, many scholars have examined the relationship between electoral systems
and measures of voter satisfaction with democracy. The tendency in these studies has been …

If the funding of parties and campaigns is a crucial issue for democratic theory and practice,
then the spread of State subsidies for parties is, arguably, the most important trend in …

Finland's modern, technologically advanced welfare state is, in fact, a fairly recent creation,
because the social changes that led to it occurred in Finland much later than elsewhere in …

This article seeks to expand the research on the adoption of social networking Web sites in
electoral politics beyond the US by exploring the use and impact of the YouTube video …

The Finnish electoral system combines open-list proportional representation (OLPR) and
mandatory preferential voting. OLPR provides the Finnish electoral system with a high …

Cleavages have been central in understanding the relationship between political parties
and voters but the credibility of cleavage approach has been increasingly debated. This is …

This article examines the campaign websites of the 2003 Finnish parliamentary candidates.
By examining candidate-level online competition in the candidate-centred Finnish context …

From minor party status, the True Finn Party (PS) claimed nearly one‐fifth of the vote and
almost the same proportion of parliamentary seats at the A pril 2011 F innish general …