Representation
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A quarterly peer-reviewed journal on political representation, in theory and practice, around the globe.
Edited by @drspguerra.bsky.social and @sajuria.com
https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/rrep20
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Jul 31
Varieties of Citizen Engagement? The Institutional Design of Deliberative Innovations in Europe in Comparative Perspective
This study examines the institutional characteristics of deliberative mini-publics across various European democracies, utilising Lijphart’s, A. (2012. Patterns of democracy: Government forms and p...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Jul 13
Political Representation: A Typology and Synthesis
There is a vast array of different terms applied to diverse aspects of political representation. We provide a review of 51 different terms which we discuss under three broad types: fundamental (or ...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Ballot Box Battles: Sex, Ethnicity and the Electoral Performance of UK Candidates
The UK Parliament has become increasingly diverse in recent years. Yet it remains far from being descriptively representative of the population. This study investigates how women and ethnic minorit...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Jun 24
Exploring Electoral Discrimination Through an Ethics of Office Accountability
Electoral discrimination (ED) in democratic settings occurs when majority voters, influenced by their personal, cultural, or religious biases, favour majority candidates, consequently diminishing s...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Jun 24
How to Make Small Beautiful: The Promise of Democratic Innovations
Small states are on average more likely to be democracies and it is often assumed that democracy functions better in small polities. ‘Small is beautiful’, proponents say. Yet, empirical scholarship...
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TAKESHI ITO
@tito-labo.bsky.social
· Jun 13
Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust
When facing a dilemma between the responsibility to formulate reasonable policies and responsiveness to the public will, political parties frequently delegate policy decisions to technocrats. Since...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Jun 17
Reexamining the Supply and Demand Framework for Explaining Women's Descriptive Representation*
What explains cross-national variation in the level of women's descriptive representation? Theoretically, scholars have long recognised that women's descriptive representation is determined by both...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· May 26
Campaign Personalisation at the 2023 Estonian Parliamentary Election
Parliamentary candidates face choices about the nature of their electoral campaign. Among else, they must strike a balance between promoting their party’s image and their own personal appeal, and h...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· May 26
Does it Matter if You’re Left or Right? Studying Left- and Right-Wing Populist Citizens’ Support for Deliberative Mini-Publics
Populist citizens have a remarkable democratic profile: they are democratic idealists that are dissatisfied with how democracy works in practice. It stands to reason that they would be supportive o...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· May 26
Mapping Spanish Political Landscape on Migration: A Sentiment and Topic Analysis of Manifestos Ahead of the 2024 EU Election
This study examines the electoral programmes of Spain’s four main national parties (PSOE, PP, VOX, and SUMAR) and Von der Leyen’s discourse after being re-elected as President of the European Commi...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· May 26
Mapping Spanish Political Landscape on Migration: A Sentiment and Topic Analysis of Manifestos Ahead of the 2024 EU Election
This study examines the electoral programmes of Spain’s four main national parties (PSOE, PP, VOX, and SUMAR) and Von der Leyen’s discourse after being re-elected as President of the European Commi...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Accidental Representation – The Reconfiguration of Representation through Social Media
Social media has been recognized for its empowering potential in terms of participation, less so in terms of representation. Social media is said to be essentially a post-representative sphere beca...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Apr 14
The Downfall of Boris Johnson: Analysing Patterns of Opinion among Conservative Parliamentarians in the Confidence Motion and Mass Resignations
This article provides the first systematic analysis of the confidence motion against the Conservative Party leadership of Boris Johnson in June 2022 and the mass ministerial resignations in July. I...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Apr 14
Hybrid Democratic Innovations: If and When They Impact Decision-Making
Increased citizen participation through democratic innovation is an increasingly popular response to the dual challenges of complex global problems and democratic malaise. Hybrid democratic innovat...
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Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
· Mar 10
Accidental Representation – The Reconfiguration of Representation through Social Media
Social media has been recognized for its empowering potential in terms of participation, less so in terms of representation. Social media is said to be essentially a post-representative sphere beca...
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