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Skipping politics: Measuring avoidance of political content in social media

Leticia Bode, Emily K. Vraga, Sonya Troller-Renfree

First Published April 6, 2017

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Volume: 4 issue: 2,

Article first published online: April 6, 2017;Issue published: April 1, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168017702990

Leticia [email protected], Emily K. Vraga2, Sonya Troller-Renfree3

1Georgetown University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

2George Mason University, Fairfax, Virginia, USA

3University of Maryland, College Park, Maryland, USA

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Does direct democracy increase communicative responsiveness? A field experiment with Swiss politicians

Anouk Lloren

First Published March 27, 2017, Sage, Research and Politics

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Volume: 4 issue: 1,

Article first published online: March 27, 2017;Issue published: January 1, 2017

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168017700738

Anouk [email protected]

Swiss National Science Foundation, Bern, Switzerland

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Abstract

Many argue that direct democracy improves the quality of democracy. In particular, many scholars claim that it increases the representation of the public’s preferences by fostering communicative responsiveness between politicians and citizens. While studies have come to mixed conclusions about the effect of direct democracy on policy outcomes, little is known about how direct democratic processes affect politicians’ responsiveness. Using a field experiment, this study examines whether direct democracy increases the responsiveness of Swiss state legislators to citizen-initiated contacts on policy concerns. Contrary to popular belief, our results show that direct democracy does not enhance politicians’ responsiveness to policy requests.

A call of duty in hard times: Duty to vote and the Spanish Economic Crisis

Carol Galais, André Blais

First Published June 25, 2014 research-article

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Volume: 1 issue: 2,

Article first published online: June 25, 2014;Issue published: June 25, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014540605

Carol Galais, André Blais

Université de Montréal, Canada

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Abstract

Although scarce, the literature addressing the effects of the economy on voter turnout and political attitudes has yielded mixed results. By using individual, longitudinal data from Spain—a country devastated by the Great Recession—our study illuminates how the latest economic crisis has impacted citizens’ perceptions of voting. We analyze how economic conditions and perceptions of the economy have transformed the belief that voting is a civic duty, which is one of the strongest attitudinal predictors of turnout. Our results suggest that hard times slightly weaken citizens’ sense of civic duty, particularly among the youngest. However, the adverse effects of the economic crisis are compensated by the positive effects of the electoral context, and as a consequence there is no aggregate decline in civic duty during the period examined (2010–2012).

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Research and Politics

Volume: 1 issue: 2,

Article first published online: July 14, 2014;Issue published: June 25, 2014

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/2053168014539924

Jesse Hammond1, 2, Nils B Weidmann2

1University of California at Davis, USA

2University of Konstanz, Germany

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