Conventional wisdom suggests that partisanship has little impact on voter behavior in Brazil;
what matters most is pork-barreling, incumbent performance, and candidates' charisma. This …

This article provides a review of extant empirical research on ordinary citizens' everyday
political communication, its phenomenology, determinants, consequences, and relevance …

This book offers a novel perspective on British elections, focusing on the importance of
increasing electoral volatility in British elections, and the role of electoral shocks in the …

Does political violence leave a lasting legacy on identities, attitudes, and behaviors? We
argue that violence shapes the identities of victims and that families transmit these effects …

Political interest is the strongest predictor of'good citizenship', yet hardly anything is known
about it. For the first time in over three decades, here is a study explaining what political …

Why have so many established political parties across Latin America collapsed in recent
years? Party Brands in Crisis offers an explanation that highlights the effect of elite actions …

Why do two cognate literatures—social movements and electoral studies—travel along
parallel paths with little conversation between them? And what can be done to connect them …

Variance in how citizens interact with the political world constitutes one of many classes of
individual difference. Understanding the antecedents of this variance is the central objective …

Scholars view polarization with trepidation. But polarization may clarify voters' choices and
generate stronger party attachments. The link between party polarization and mass …

Some people are more politically interested than others, but political scientists do not know
how stable these differences are and why they occur. This paper examines stability in …