Representation
repjournal.bsky.social
Representation
@repjournal.bsky.social
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
One of our latest articles explores the varieties of citizen engagement and the institutional design of deliberative innovations in Europe by João Moniz, Roberto Falanga & José Duarte Ribeiro

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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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July 31, 2025 at 1:20 PM
Hot off the press!

Check out our new article by Keith Dowding & Adriano Giuliani @ouranu.bsky.social

From reviewing 51 different terms, they find "most conceptions of #representation are logically & empirically compatible with each other"

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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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July 13, 2025 at 6:55 AM
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Very happy to see this paper by my PhD student Leonard Häfner published in @repjournal.bsky.social
Using data from legislator surveys we conducted in Germany and the US, he shows how legislators' conceptions of democracy affect their representation styles.

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June 27, 2025 at 10:03 AM
Hot off the press!

"Ballot Box Battles: Sex, Ethnicity and the Electoral Performance of UK Candidates"

Kaat Smets and Sofia Collingnon explore how the sex and ethnicity of a candidate’s opponent influence #vote share.

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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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June 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
In our latest paper, Emanuela Ceva and Nenad Stojanović explore electoral discrimination when majority voters favour majority candidates, consequently diminishing support for minority candidates.

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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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June 24, 2025 at 3:55 PM
Interested in democratic innovations? Then check out this new paper!

Christoph Niessen and Wouter Veenendaalb explore their promise and pitfalls @unileiden.bsky.social‬ ‪@uantwerpen.be‬

#Politics #Democractic #Innovation #Representation

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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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June 24, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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Delighted to share our paper, "Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust" -with Tatsuya Iseki and Serika Atsumi - is now out in Representation @repjournal.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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June 13, 2025 at 8:41 PM
In our new paper, Kostanca Dhima reexamines the supply and demand framework for explaining women's descriptive representation

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@georgiastate.bsky.social #Representation #Politics

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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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June 17, 2025 at 5:39 PM
Check out our latest paper!
By @tito-labo.bsky.social‬, Tatsuya Iseki & Serika Atsumi - "Technocrats Instead of Political Parties? Synthetic Control Approach to the Effect of Technocratic Government on the Government Trust"
#Representation #Trust #Government
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June 17, 2025 at 5:26 PM
New article!

Siim Trumm @nottspolitics.bsky.social explores campaign personalisation at the 2023 Estonian Parliamentary Election. He finds that candidates’ campaigns remained broadly balanced between emphasising themselves and their party.

#Estonia #Politics

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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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May 26, 2025 at 6:45 AM
NEW ARTICLE! Does it matter if you're left or right?

@KindtRosa explores left- and right-wing populist citizen support for deliberative mini-publics
@radboudpol.bsky.social

#populism #minipublics #politics #representation

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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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May 26, 2025 at 6:44 AM
New article!

Juan Carlos Martín & Alessandro Indelicato examine the electoral programmes of Spain’s four main national parties & Von der Leyen’s discourse regarding immigration, asylum seekers, and refugees

#Politics #Spain #immigration #asylum

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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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May 26, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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Terrific to see this new research note out w/ @djsimmons.bsky.social @isaachale.bsky.social in @repjournal.bsky.social
NEW!
How do interest group endorsements shape Americans' policy preferences? In a new study, Algara, Hale & Simmons find that pro-reform messages from interest groups increase support for voting rights legislation - but only among Democrats
@algaraca.bsky.social #PoliticalScience #PublicOpinion
May 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
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🚨Publication Alert 🚨
Rosa Kindt with a new article titled 'Does it matter if you're left or right? Studying left- and right-wing populist citizens' support for deliberative mini-publics' out now in @repjournal.bsky.social - check it out here: www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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...
www.tandfonline.com
May 13, 2025 at 7:55 PM
New article!

Juan Carlos Martín & Alessandro Indelicato examine the electoral programmes of Spain’s four main national parties & Von der Leyen’s discourse regarding immigration, asylum seekers, and refugees

#Politics #Spain #immigration #asylum

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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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May 26, 2025 at 6:33 AM
NEW PAPER!

An obstacle to Condorcet voting methods in political elections is the perceived complexity of these methods. In this paper, Wesley H. Holliday proposes a simple Condorcet voting method for use in a Final Four election

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A Simple Condorcet Voting Method for Final Four Elections
An obstacle to the implementation of Condorcet voting methods in political elections is the perceived complexity of these methods. In this paper, we propose a simple Condorcet voting method for use...
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May 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
NEW!

A new study by Stępień & Pierzgalski suggests that single-member districts may reduce electoral competition more than previously thought.

#Democracy #PoliticalScience #UncontestedSeats #ElectoralSystems

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Uncontested Seats Phenomenon: How Too Small Electoral Districts Destroy Local Democracies*
An uncontested election in which only one candidate for a seat occurs may be seen as an ‘aberration’ of democracy. Without an electoral campaign and war chest, the result is a foregone conclusion –...
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May 5, 2025 at 8:56 PM
NEW!
How do interest group endorsements shape Americans' policy preferences? In a new study, Algara, Hale & Simmons find that pro-reform messages from interest groups increase support for voting rights legislation - but only among Democrats
@algaraca.bsky.social #PoliticalScience #PublicOpinion
May 5, 2025 at 8:53 PM
ICYMI In a new paper, Tobias Lappy
@leuphana shows how the simultaneous empowerment of authors and audiences in the interactive and participative culture on social media produces a distinct logic of #representation
#socialmedia #politics

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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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April 14, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Our most read article from the past 12 months is by Krista Ettlinger & Ank Michels and explores hybrid democractic innovations. Go check it out!

#MostRead #Representation #democracy #innovations

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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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April 14, 2025 at 8:41 PM
Our latest paper, by Tobias Lappy, @leuphana.bsky.social, shows how the simultaneous empowerment of authors and audiences in the interactive and participative culture on social media produces a distinct logic of #representation
#socialmedia

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www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/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...
www.tandfonline.com
March 10, 2025 at 8:58 PM
This is great! Wow - 1908. Such a long history. Thanks for sharing @davidfarrell-ucd.bsky.social
Hi there @repjournal.bsky.social I've been wading through some of the earliest issues of your Journal and thought you might like this pic of your very first issue from 1908
March 10, 2025 at 8:57 PM
After the German elections, and while they still negotiate a coalition, Representation's editors, ‪@sajuria.com‬ and @drspguerra.bsky.social, have prepared a special collection of @repjournal.bsky.social
recent articles on German politics.

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German Politics and Elections
Explore the article collection: German Politics and Elections. Published in Representation.
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March 2, 2025 at 9:29 PM
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After the recent German elections, and while they still negotiate to agree on a coalition, we (more specifically the great @drspguerra.bsky.social) have prepared a special collection of @repjournal.bsky.social with recent articles on German politics
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German Politics and Elections
Explore the article collection: German Politics and Elections. Published in Representation.
www.tandfonline.com
February 28, 2025 at 5:23 PM