The effects of uncontested elections on legislative speechmaking: An analysis of legislative performance in Japan's prefectural assemblies

R Nordström - Electoral Studies, 2024 - Elsevier
This study reconsiders the effects of uncontested elections on legislative behavior, based on
a large dataset for 2002–2021 that was newly put together for Japan's prefectural …

Geography of voter turnout in Slovak local elections (1994–2018): The effects of size and contagion on local electoral participation

P Maškarinec - Transactions in GIS, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The main goal of this article is to analyze spatial disparities in local electoral participation in
Slovakia between 1994 and 2018 on a very detailed spatial structure of all (almost 3000) …

Local passion and national apathy: investigating the phenomenon of selective voting behaviour

J Lysek - Local Government Studies, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Although there is a substantial difference in turnout between local and national elections, a
significant number of citizens are locally mobilised yet they do not vote in national elections …

Women and Family Based Voter Education Strategy to Increase Community Participation in Elections in Buton, Indonesia

A Kadir, B Burhan, M Mahrudin… - … Hukum Keluarga dan …, 2024 - jurnal.ar-raniry.ac.id
This article discusses women and family-based voter education strategies to increase
community participation in regional elections in Buton, Southeast Sulawesi, Indonesia. Voter …

[HTML][HTML] Rise of the far right in Europe and the effect on democratic backsliding. Insights from Hungary and Italy.

K ZIVIC - thesis.unipd.it
Despite the efforts to foster democratic rules of governance, following the waves of
democratization and several decades of transitioning and democratic consolidation …