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View article: Who supports deliberative mini-publics in a context of direct democracy? The role of trust and dissatisfaction
Who supports deliberative mini-publics in a context of direct democracy? The role of trust and dissatisfaction Open
Existing research on public perceptions of deliberative mini-publics focuses on contexts of representative democracy. We present the first study that explores citizen support for deliberative mini-publics in a polity characterised by exten…
View article: Taking Cues from the Government: Heuristic versus Systematic Processing in a Constitutional Referendum
Taking Cues from the Government: Heuristic versus Systematic Processing in a Constitutional Referendum Open
One of the main criticisms of direct democracy is that it places excessive demands on voters. Are citizens competent enough to vote directly on policy issues? When stakes are high, do citizens mainly follow elites’ signals or do they decid…
View article: How “Us” and “Them” Relates to Voting Behavior—Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice
How “Us” and “Them” Relates to Voting Behavior—Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice Open
The last decades have seen the emergence of a divide pitting the new left against the far right in advanced democracies. We study how this universalism-particularism divide is crystallizing into a full-blown cleavage, complete with structu…
View article: Replication Data for: How ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Relates to Voting Behavior - Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice
Replication Data for: How ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Relates to Voting Behavior - Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice Open
Replication materials for: How ‘Us’ and ‘Them’ Relates to Voting Behavior - Social Structure, Social Identities, and Electoral Choice (data and syntax) Abstract: The last decades have seen the emergence of a divide pitting the new left aga…
View article: Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum
Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum Open
One of the main criticisms of direct democracy is that it places excessive demands on voters. Are citizens competent enough to vote directly on policy issues? When stakes are high, do citizens mainly follow elites’ signals or do they decid…
View article: Replication Data for: Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum
Replication Data for: Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum Open
Replication files for the paper: "Taking cues from the government: heuristic versus systematic processing in a constitutional referendum". Published on West European Politics, DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2019.1633836.
View article: Replication Data for: Principled or Pragmatic? Morality Politics in Direct Democracy
Replication Data for: Principled or Pragmatic? Morality Politics in Direct Democracy Open
Political scientists often distinguish between two types of issues: moral versus non-moral issues or social-cultural versus economic issues. The implication is that these types of issues trigger different types of reasoning: while economic…
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View article: Referendum campaigns can end up convincing voters that their preferred party is right
Referendum campaigns can end up convincing voters that their preferred party is right Open
When people are deciding how to vote in a referendum, do they take their cue from party loyalty or by listening to the debate and making up their own minds? When Céline Colombo (University of Zurich) and Hanspeter Kriesi (European Universi…
View article: Hearing the Other Side? – Debiasing Political Opinions in the Case of the Scottish Independence Referendum
Hearing the Other Side? – Debiasing Political Opinions in the Case of the Scottish Independence Referendum Open
This study reports the effects of two debiasing strategies on the complexity of people’s thinking on a controversial policy issue – the question of Scottish independence. I start from the well-researched assumptions of motivated reasoning …
View article: New survey evidence: Renzi’s support is damaging the chances of a Yes vote in Italy’s referendum
New survey evidence: Renzi’s support is damaging the chances of a Yes vote in Italy’s referendum Open
When the Italian constitutional referendum was called, Italy’s Prime Minister, Matteo Renzi, linked the result to the fate of his government, suggesting that he would resign in the case of a No vote. Based on new survey evidence, Céline Co…
View article: Party, policy – or both? Partisan-biased processing of policy arguments in direct democracy
Party, policy – or both? Partisan-biased processing of policy arguments in direct democracy Open
Supplemental data for this article can be accessed at http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2016.1254641
View article: Replication Data for: JUSTIFICATIONS AND CITIZEN COMPETENCE IN DIRECT DEMOCRACY – A Multilevel Analysis
Replication Data for: JUSTIFICATIONS AND CITIZEN COMPETENCE IN DIRECT DEMOCRACY – A Multilevel Analysis Open
While the popularity and implementation of direct democratic instruments is growing throughout the democratic world, the criticism that ordinary voters lack the necessary competence to make policy decisions persists. This paper presents no…
View article: Partisan, not ignorant : citizens' use of arguments and justifications in direct democracy
Partisan, not ignorant : citizens' use of arguments and justifications in direct democracy Open
Defence date: 3 May 2016