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The second-order election model and the performance of political parties in municipal elections by Gendźwiłł, Adam, Kjaer, Ulrik

“…Elections at the municipal level are often treated as second-order elections (SOE), subordinate to the national electoral arena in a manner similar to the…”
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Local territorial attachment in times of jurisdictional consolidation by Hansen, Sune Welling, Kjaer, Ulrik

“…Many European countries are changing political boundaries at the local government level. Reforms consolidating local jurisdictions have recently been…”
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Political Representation and Geographical Bias in Amalgamated Local Governments by Jakobsen, Morten, Kjaer, Ulrik

“…There is a strong tendency across the world to amalgamate political jurisdictions, especially local governments. Merger of jurisdictions entails integration of…”
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Council Size Matters: Filling Blanks in Women’s Municipal Representation in New Jersey by Kjaer, Ulrik, Dittmar, Kelly, Carroll, Susan J.

“…This article “goes local” to investigate the representation of women on city councils, seeking explanations for the variation in women’s descriptive…”
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How institutions do (not) contain personalized politics: centralized personalization in a decentralized electoral system by Pedersen, Helene Helboe, Kjær, Ulrik

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Municipal Amalgamations and the Democratic Functioning of Local Councils: The Case of The Danish 2007 Structural Reform by Kjaer, Ulrik, Hjelmar, Ulf, Leth Olsen, Asmus

“…This article discusses the effects of the structural reform in Denmark in 2007 - where a large number of municipalities were amalgamated - on local…”
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The 2017 Danish regional elections and the victorious parliamentary parties by Kjaer, Ulrik

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The Danish legislators database by Klint, Thorkil, Evert, Anne Sofie, Kjær, Ulrik, Pedersen, Mogens N., Hjorth, Frederik

“…Elections determine the composition of legislatures, but the study of legislative representation has long been hampered by limited individual-level data on…”
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Urban Political Leadership and Political Representation: The Multifaceted Representational Role of Danish Mayors by Kjaer, Ulrik

“…The concepts of political leadership and political representation are applied to urban politics, and based on a case study of four mayors in Denmark, four…”
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Local Political Leadership: The Art of Circulating Political Capital by Kjaer, Ulrik

“…In this article, local political leadership is modelled as circulation of political capital. Based on intensive case studies of the political leadership…”
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Mind the gap, please! Pinpointing the influence of municipal size on local electoral participation by Gendźwiłł, Adam, Kjaer, Ulrik

“…Turnout rates vary between local and national elections. This paper promotes the national-local turnout gap as the best way to pinpoint the local component of…”
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The hourglass pattern of women's representation by Kjaer, Ulrik, Kosiara-Pedersen, Karina

“…Women's descriptive underrepresentation in parliaments is traditionally presented as the result of a process that discards women as they move up the ladder of…”
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Why Norway has more female local councillors than Denmark: a crack in the Nordic gender equality model? by Segaard, Signe Bock, Kjaer, Ulrik, Saglie, Jo

“…The article explores why women are better represented in municipal councils in Norway than in Denmark. This comparative case study offers a most similar…”
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What are the Local Political Costs of Centrally Determined Reforms of Local Government? by Kjaer, Ulrik, Klemmensen, Robert

“…Taking advantage of a quasi-experimental setting and drawing upon analysis of electoral results and a survey of voters, this article explores the political…”
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Party politicisation of local councils: Cultural or institutional explanations for trends in Denmark, 1966-2005 by KJAER, ULRIK, ELKLIT, JØRGEN

“…Local government party systems are not necessarily copies of the national party system. In many countries, local party systems have come to resemble the…”
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The decreasing number of candidates at Danish local elections: Local democracy in crisis? by Kjaer, Ulrik

“…While the qualitative dimension of local political recruitment is the subject of extensive discussion in the literature, little attention has been paid to the…”
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Democracy for the youth? The impact of mock elections on voting age attitudes by Larsen, Erik Gahner, Levinsen, Klaus, Kjaer, Ulrik

“…Should 16-year-olds be entitled to participate in elections? We theorize that mock elections for adolescents, who are not eligible to vote, affect the…”
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Local Party System Nationalisation: Does Municipal Size Matter? by Kjaer, Ulrik, Elklit, Jørgen

“…Local party systems are not necessarily copies of their country's national party system. Some national parties do not field candidates in all municipalities,…”
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The Impact of Assembly Size on Representativeness by Kjaer, Ulrik, Elklit, Jørgen

“…Choosing the number of seats in a legislature is a balancing act between efficiency and representativeness. This article focuses on representativeness and…”
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Non-Zero-Sum Leadership Games: Is Facilitative Leadership a Win-Win? by Dyhrberg-Noerregaard, Niels, Kjaer, Ulrik

“…According to the concept of facilitative leadership, leaders can strengthen their own leadership by strengthening the other players in the game. However,…”
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