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Between exit and voice

UIDB/04627/2020 UIDP/04627/2020; This paper examines the relationship between the rise of populist support and increasing rates of abstention in European democracies. Empirical studies have shown that populist parties are gaining traction among voters, while abstention rates are also on the rise, particularly among “temporary” abstentionists who refrain from voting due to situational factors. We delve into this...

Do populists practise what they preach?

UIDB/04627/2020 UIDP/04627/2020; Populist parties are often described as highly centralised and personalistic, with low levels of party institutionalisation. However, there have been few empirical studies to assess the features of decision-making processes within this party family. This study aims to address this gap by examining the extent to which the internal distribution of power varies within populist part...

Can Interest Groups Improve Democratic Representation?

UIDB/04627/2020 UIDP/04627/2020 PTDC/CPO-CPO/30296/2017; This article aims to examine how citizens evaluate the contribution of interest groups to the functioning of representative democracies, focusing on several dimensions related to political representation and democratic governance. Drawing on an original online survey conducted to a representative sample of the population in Portugal, we investigate the co...

Leadership overlap and party-group linkages

UIDB/04627/2020 UIDP/04627/2020 PTDC/IVC-CPO/1864/2014 PTDC/CPO-CPO/30296/2017; Most studies on the interaction between political parties and interest groups rely on organizational or ideological/programmatic linkages. However, leadership overlap can also be a relevant dimension not only because of the increasing importance of informal relations between the two types of political actors but also given the mutua...

Conceptualising and Measuring Leadership Autonomy in Contemporary Party Organis...

UIDB/04627/2020 UIDP/04627/2020 PTDC/IVC-CPO/1864/2014 PTDC/CPO-CPO/30296/2017; At a time when party politics is becoming increasingly personalised, conventional wisdom argues that the party leaders’ power in organisations is on the rise. However, scholarship has not yet provided a thorough and systematic analysis of the role of party leaders that offers theoretical and empirical specification. The aim of this ...

(Un)ready for change?

UIDB/04627/2020 UIDP/04627/2020 PTDC/CPO-CPO/30296/2017; The use of electronic voting has been considered an important tool to improve electoral processes in some circumstances, with potential effects in party-voter linkages and participation. However, many countries are skeptical in adopting this digital tool and there are relevant shortcomings in the implementation of electronic voting. Despite favorable cond...

Partido Político

UIDB/00183/2020 UIDP/00183/2020

Os grupos de interesse no sistema político português

Dreta radical reinventada?

UIDB/04627/2020 UIDP/04627/2020

Reinventing the Radical Right?

UIDB/04627/2020 UIDP/04627/2020