Abstract. Politically motivated personnel turnover affects government bureaucracy’s legitimacy and performance. To understand the conditions of meritocracy

Master in Political Science Eric Gabo Ekeberg Nilsen will be defending his dissertation at the Department of Political Science: From Principles to Battle Lines: How information from and about external...

Which women reach the most influential political positions? We argue that female ministers face a gendered conformity premium: while men can deviate from the ty

Master of Political Science Amalie Nilsen will be defending her dissertation at the Department of Political Science: The Protest Paradox: The Role of Mass Mobilization in Promoting and Challenging Lib...

While patronage research has focused on loyalty and competence, it rarely examines how territorial criteria shape appointment decisions in contexts where regional belonging is politically salient. ...

How Threats of American Withdrawal from NATO Affect European Public Attitudes Toward Defense

This book examines the complex challenges confronting modern democratic systems. Amid rising political fragmentation, polarisation, societal diversity,

Social movement research indicates that protests can influence voting behaviour through several informational and psychological mechanisms. Yet, we know little about the individual variation in how...

Non-decisions are manifestations of power in the policy process. This paper shows that in parliamentary democracies with coalition governments, stability sentences in coalition agreements entail non-...