The public's health is intimately linked to politics and policy. But political science has yet to
make a major contribution to understanding the political economy of health (as distinct from …

High levels of violence and insecurity are highly detrimental for societies. United Nations
Sustainable Development Goal 16 is advocating for peaceful, accountable and inclusive …

Depression is one of the most common health problems in the developed world. Previous
research has primarily investigated the relationship between depression and voting, largely …

Depression can affect individuals' attitudes by enhancing cognitive biases and altering
perceptions of control. We investigate the relationship between depressive symptoms and …

Politicians engage in, and the media amplifies, social constructions of welfare recipients as
undeserving. Such messaging seeks to influence mass public opinion, but what are the …

The twenty‐first century has been one of democratic backsliding. This has stimulated wide‐
ranging scholarship on the causes of democratic erosion. Yet an overarching framework that …

In this paper, we examine the effect of the 2020 presidential election on anxiety and
depression among Americans. We use data from the 2020 Household Pulse Survey (HPS) …

The effects of COVID-19 on democracy and mental health are still under investigation. In this
article, it is considered that, on average, higher COVID-19 stressors and symptoms of …

Why do voters in developed democracies support right-wing populist parties? Existing
research focuses on economic and cultural vulnerability as driving this phenomenon. We …

External shocks have been shown to be able to alter countries' political dynamics in a deep
manner. The number of works examining the impact of economic crisis, natural disasters or …