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Survey measures of democratic attitudes and social desirability bias Open

Pedro C. Magalhães, Laurits Florang Aarslew · 2025

Research on citizens’ democratic support predominantly relies on surveys. However, the possibility of social desirability biases (SDBs) raises doubts about whether such instruments capture sincere attitudes. We search for evidence of SDB i…

Shattering the Duopoly: The 2025 Portuguese Elections and the Rise of the Radical Right Open

David Pimenta, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2025

The 2025 Portuguese legislative elections consolidated a fundamental change in the country’s party system. Triggered by a high-profile political scandal, the election returned the center-right AD to government. However, it also propelled t…

Correlação entre a hipertensão arterial pulmonar e complicações do sistema cardiovascular: um resumo simples Open

João Vitor Vieira de Jesus, Isabela Junqueira Vieira, Pedro Henrique Guimarães Marques Nasser, Pedro C. Magalhães, A. Simões · 2024

O pulmão é um órgão rico em vascularização que pertence ao Sistema Respiratório, cuja principal função está relacionada à trocas gasosas para a oxigenação sanguínea e eliminação de dióxido de carbono. A hipertensão arterial é uma condição …

Political neglect and support for the radical right: The case of rural Portugal Open

Pedro C. Magalhães, João Cancela · 2024

Why are rural voters more likely to support radical right parties? This paper examines the mechanisms behind the relationship between living in a rural area and supporting the Portuguese radical-right party Chega. Portugal's radical right …

Tratamento e prevenção da Retinopatia em bebês prematuros (ROP): revisão integrativa Open

Pedro Henrique Guimarães Marques Nasser, João Vitor Vieira de Jesus, Isabela Junqueira Vieira, Rufino Silva, Pedro C. Magalhães , et al. · 2024

A retinopatia da prematuridade (ROP) é uma doença vasoproliferativa secundária à vascularização inadequada da retina que ocorre em cerca de 20.000 recém-nascidos pré-termos no Brasil todos os anos. Em mente da proporção dessa patologia, es…

Portugal in the 21st Century Open

Nuno Monteiro, Patrícia Silva, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2024

Portugal in the 21st Century provides a thorough yet accessible picture of contemporary Portugal in the first two decades of the twenty-first century. It examines and elucidates Portugal’s recent trajectory, its current position, and the m…

Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy: A New Approach Open

Christopher Claassen, Kathrin Ackermann, Eri Bertsou, Lucas Borba, Ryan E. Carlin , et al. · 2024

Much of what we know about public support for democracy is based on survey questions about “democracy,” a term that varies in meaning across countries and likely prompts uncritically supportive responses. This paper proposes a new approach…

Political Neglect and Support for the Radical Right: The Case of Rural Portugal Open

Pedro C. Magalhães, João Cancela · 2024

Why are rural voters more likely to support radical right parties? This paper examines the relationship between living in a rural area and supporting the Portuguese radical-right party Chega. Portugal’s radical right is an interesting case…

Wilson’s Disease: A Prevalence Study in a Portuguese Population Open

Bebiana Sousa, Pedro C. Magalhães, Alfredo Pinto, Eunice Trindade, José Presa Ramos , et al. · 2023

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Populist radical right rhetoric increases discrimination towards minorities: Welfare ethnocentrism and anti‐Roma attitudes Open

Pedro C. Magalhães, Rui Costa‐Lopes · 2023

‘Welfare chauvinism’ (or ‘welfare ethnocentrism,’ when directed against native‐born ethnic minorities) is a declination of nativism within the social policy domain and a common element of populist radical right discourse. Previous studies …

Politicians Support (and Voters Reward) Intra-Party Reforms to Promote Transparency Open

Miguel M. Pereira, Susana Coroado, Luís de Sousa, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2023

Political parties increasingly rely on self-regulation to promote ethical standards in office. The adoption of ethics self-regulation and its ability to induce change is likely to be a function of the responses from politicians and voters.…

Women Running for Office Are Less Risk Averse Than Men. Evidence From Portugal Open

Pedro C. Magalhães, Miguel M. Pereira · 2023

Prior work shows that women are, on average, more risk averse than men. This evidence has been used to theorize about gender differences in elite behavior. However, whether differences in risk aversion hold among the subset of citizens wil…

Public Support for Democracy in the United States Has Declined Generationally Open

Christopher Claassen, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2023

Support for democracy in the United States, once thought to be solid, has now been shown to be somewhat shaky. One of the most concerning aspects of this declining attachment to democracy is a marked age gap, with younger Americans less su…

Wilson’s Disease: A Prevalence Study in a Portuguese Population Open

Bebiana Sousa, Pedro C. Magalhães, Alfredo Pinto, Eunice Trindade, Ermelinda Santos Silva , et al. · 2023

Populist governments, judicial independence, and public trust in the courts Open

Pedro C. Magalhães, Nuno Garoupa · 2023

Can governments make courts politically compliant without undermining public confidence in the judicial system? Many studies show a positive relationship between judicial independence and citizens’ trust in courts. However, most of them ha…

Redes sociais e participação eleitoral em Portugal Open

Pedro C. Magalhães · 2023

Este artigo aborda os efeitos das redes sociais dos eleitores na sua propensão para o voto. Vários modelos formais têm proposto que a decisão de votar deverá ser vista como interdependente em relação às decisões dos membros da rede social …

Replication Data for: Public Support for Democracy in the United States Has Declined Generationally Open

Christopher Claassen, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2023

Support for democracy in the United States, once thought to be solid, has now been shown to be somewhat shaky. One of the most concerning aspects of this declining attachment to democracy is a marked age gap, with younger Americans less su…

Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe Open

Pedro C. Magalhães, Jon Kåre Skiple, Miguel M. Pereira, Sveinung Arnesen, Henrik Litleré Bentsen · 2023

How do people respond to different decision-making processes in high courts? One long-standing view suggests that citizens expect courts to be neutral arbiters of legal controversies. Although the relevance of such “myth of legality” has b…

Conceptualizing and Measuring Support for Democracy: A New Approach Open

Christopher Claassen, Kathrin Ackermann, Eri Bertsou, Lucas Borba, Ryan E. Carlin , et al. · 2023

When corruption investigations come to nothing: A natural experiment on trust in courts Open

Pedro C. Magalhães · 2022

Corruption scandals and their investigation have been shown to undermine support not only for the allegedly involved public officials but also for political actors and institutions more generally. However, we know little about what happens…

Replication Data for: "Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe" Open

Pedro C. Magalhães, Jon Kåre Skiple, Miguel M. Pereira, Sveinung Arnesen, Henrik Litleré Bentsen · 2022

Replication Data for "Beyond the Myth of Legality? Framing Effects and Public Reactions to High Court Decisions in Europe." Please see Readme_CPSFramingCourts.docx for a description of the replication materials.

A Scoping Review on Perception-Based Definitions and Measurements of Corruption Open

Gustavo Gouvêa Maciel, Pedro C. Magalhães, Luís de Sousa, Isabel R. Pinto, Felippe Clemente · 2022

Studies on perceptions of corruption have grown in recent years but are still struggling with several conceptual and measurement issues. This scoping review provides an analysis of the peer-reviewed literature on perception-based corruptio…

EPR volume 14 issue 2 Cover and Front matter Open

Bruce Bimber, Homero Gil de Zúñiga, Feifei Bu, Mariano Torcal, Pedro C. Magalhães , et al. · 2022

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Rules or legacies? Industry and political revolving doors in regulators' careers in Portugal Open

Susana Coroado, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2022

The movement of personnel between roles in regulation, politics, and regulated industries is thought to affect the risks of politicization and industry capture of independent regulatory agencies. To test whether such movements are better e…

Politicians Support (and Voters Reward) Party Reforms to Promote Ethics and Transparency Open

Miguel M. Pereira, Susana Coroado, Luís de Sousa, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2022

We study how political elites and voters respond to intra-party reforms to promote transparency and ethical conduct. Evidence from a paired conjoint analysis from politicians and voters in Portugal and Spain.

Ideological extremism, perceived party system polarization, and support for democracy Open

Mariano Torcal, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2022

Does ideological polarization undermine or strengthen people’s principled support for democracy? In this study, we suggest that different manifestations of ideological polarization have different implications in this respect. Using data fr…

O Vinho no Egito Antigo: Uma Dose de História da Química Open

Luiz Henrique da Silva, Pedro C. Magalhães, Bárbara Carine Soares Pinheiro · 2021

O vinho é uma bebida alcoólica obtida, há milhares de anos, a partir de uvas por um processo denominado fermentação. Os egípcios fizeram parte das primeiras civilizações a dominarem as técnicas de preparo e armazenamento desta bebida, e is…

Effective Government and Evaluations of Democracy Open

Christopher Claassen, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2021

Ineffective governance is known to weaken support for governments and leaders. However, it is less clear whether these effects spill over to the regime and erode support for the democratic system. This article returns to this classic quest…

Replication Data for: Effective Government and Evaluations of Democracy Open

Christopher Claassen, Pedro C. Magalhães · 2021

These data and code files allow researchers to replicate the analyses in -- Claassen, C. & Magalhaes, P. (2021). Effective Government and Evaluations of Democracy. *Comparative Political Studies* -- including all tables and figures in the …

A tale of two elections: information, motivated reasoning, and the economy in the 2011 and 2015 Portuguese elections Open

Pedro C. Magalhães · 2021

Economic performance is thought to be a powerful driver of incumbent electoral performance, and GDP growth and unemployment to be the “big two” factors involved. However, while in the 2011 elections, under a profound economic recession and…

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