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Why do parties change candidate lists between elections? Although candidate list volatility is an important indicator of the responsiveness of electoral representation, it has received little attention in research. We offer ...

Considerable research argues that voters reward personal vote-seeking behaviors. The expected electoral gain would be the primary driver of MPs' action. Nevertheless, empirical evidence is scarce, and the findings do not ...

Translation is often assumed to be successful if it builds understanding beyond linguistic barriers. In contrast, failed translation signals miscommunication. The article challenges this assumption to explore the potentials ...

This article analyses the implementation of gender budgeting (GB) in Finland. It pays attention to recent shifts in governance and public finance management and their effects on GB. It provides new insight about the ...

This paper is an attempt to elaborate a peculiar form of violence based on the ability to wound slowly. It starts by exploring everyday events in a strangulated West Bank site struggling with Israel’s colonisation and ...

Many studies have examined whether citizens prefer direct or stealth democracy, or participatory democratic processes. This study adds to the emerging literature that instead examines the temporal aspect of citizens’ process ...