Search Results - "Political research quarterly"

An Empirical Comparison of Seven Populist Attitudes Scales by Castanho Silva, Bruno, Jungkunz, Sebastian, Helbling, Marc, Littvay, Levente

“…With the recent upsurge of populism in developed and transition democracies, researchers have started measuring it as an attitude. Several scales have been…”
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Agenda Setting through Social Media: The Importance of Incidental News Exposure and Social Filtering in the Digital Era by Feezell, Jessica T.

“…Conventional models of agenda setting hold that mainstream media influence the public agenda by leading audience attention, and perceived importance, to…”
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Disinformation as a Threat to Deliberative Democracy by McKay, Spencer, Tenove, Chris

“…It is frequently claimed that online disinformation threatens democracy, and that disinformation is more prevalent or harmful because social media platforms…”
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Who Supports Populism and What Attracts People to It? by Spruyt, Bram, Keppens, Gil, Van Droogenbroeck, Filip

“…In this paper, we engage with the emerging literature that studies the support for populism by means of attitudes among the public at large. More specifically,…”
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What Drives Conspiratorial Beliefs? The Role of Informational Cues and Predispositions by Uscinski, Joseph E., Klofstad, Casey, Atkinson, Matthew D.

“…Why do people believe in conspiracy theories? This study breaks from much previous research and attempts to explain conspiratorial beliefs with traditional…”
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Place-Based Resentment in Contemporary U.S. Elections: The Individual Sources of America’s Urban-Rural Divide by Jacobs, Nicholas, Munis, B. Kal

“…Drawing on a unique battery of questions fielded on the 2018 CCES and in two separate surveys—one in 2019 and the other during the 2020 election—we study the…”
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Gender Stereotypes, Candidate Evaluations, and Voting for Women Candidates: What Really Matters? by Dolan, Kathleen

“…Elections involving women candidates in the United States can offer unsettling examples of voter gender stereotypes, but research on women candidates provides…”
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Images that Matter: Online Protests and the Mobilizing Role of Pictures by Casas, Andreu, Williams, Nora Webb

“…Do images affect online political mobilization? If so, how? These questions are of fundamental importance to scholars of social movements, contentious…”
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“The Enemy of the People”: Populists and Press Freedom by Kenny, Paul D.

“…To what extent is populist rule associated with a decline in press freedom and freedom of expression? Populist rule refers to government headed by charismatic…”
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American Party Women: A Look at the Gender Gap within Parties by Barnes, Tiffany D., Cassese, Erin C.

“…Research on the gender gap in American politics has focused on average differences between male and female voters. This has led to an underdeveloped…”
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Representative Budgeting: Women Mayors and the Composition of Spending in Local Governments by Funk, Kendall D., Philips, Andrew Q.

“…One potential consequence of increasing women's numeric representation is that women elected officials will behave differently than their men counterparts and…”
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Case Selection Techniques in Case Study Research: A Menu of Qualitative and Quantitative Options by Seawright, Jason, Gerring, John

“…How can scholars select cases from a large universe for in-depth case study analysis? Random sampling is not typically a viable approach when the total number…”
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The Effect of Conspiratorial Thinking and Motivated Reasoning on Belief in Election Fraud by Edelson, Jack, Alduncin, Alexander, Krewson, Christopher, Sieja, James A., Uscinski, Joseph E.

“…Belief in electoral fraud has received heightened attention due to elite rhetoric and controversial voter identification (ID) laws. Using a two-wave national…”
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Degrees of Acceptance: Variation in Public Attitudes toward Segments of the LGBT Community by Lewis, Daniel C., Flores, Andrew R., Haider-Markel, Donald P., Miller, Patrick R., Tadlock, Barry L., Taylor, Jami K.

“…The lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender (LGBT) community includes a diverse set of groups, including distinct groups based on sexual orientation and/or gender…”
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Going Feminine: Identifying How and When Female Candidates Emphasize Feminine and Masculine Traits on the Campaign Trail by Bauer, Nichole M., Santia, Martina

“…Female candidates face a messaging challenge. There is a strong association between masculinity and political leadership. Stressing masculinity can result in a…”
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Informal Institutions, Institutional Change, and Gender Equality by Waylen, Georgina

“…This paper makes two claims: insights from gender research improve understandings of informal institutions and institutional change, and studying informal…”
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Terrorist Threat, Male Stereotypes, and Candidate Evaluations by Holman, Mirya R., Merolla, Jennifer L., Zechmeister, Elizabeth J.

“…How does the threat of terrorism affect evaluations of female (vs. male) political leaders, and do these effects vary by the politician's partisanship? Using…”
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Considerations on Mainstreaming Intersectionality by Dhamoon, Rita Kaur

“…This article identifies five key considerations for adopting and mainstreaming intersectionality: the language and concepts that are used; the complexities of…”
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Shared Identities: Intersectionality, Linked Fate, and Perceptions of Political Candidates by Bejarano, Christina, Brown, Nadia E., Gershon, Sarah Allen, Montoya, Celeste

“…Scholars of gender and race have long acknowledged the importance that descriptive representation plays for marginalized groups, if not substantively than…”
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Putting Typologies to Work: Concept Formation, Measurement, and Analytic Rigor by Collier, David, LaPorte, Jody, Seawright, Jason

“…Typologies are well-established analytic tools in the social sciences. They can be "put to work" in forming concepts, refining measurement, exploring…”
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