This study examines female parliamentary representation in Nordic countries from 1969 to 2023, with particular focus on populist radical right (PRR) parties. Using a novel Party Gender Balance Scor...

Party system matters, which may affect, among other things, the formation of cabinet and the relationship between the executive and legislative branches of government. Taiwan as a democracy is no e...

Political representation in local government is a fundamental feature of modern democracies that exhibits distinct characteristics when contextual factors are considered. The size of the political ...

On the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly, 14 countries are expected to follow Washington’s lead by designating 25 criminal groups as terrorist organizations.

In recent years, Italy has witnessed two attempts at constitutional reform: the Renzi-Boschi reform and the Meloni-Casellati reform. Both aim to reshape the system of government, but differ signifi...

This study examines whether the representation and governing status of local political parties influence citizen satisfaction with local democratic governance in Sweden. Drawing on a large dataset ...

Descriptive and substantive representation of disability in parliaments is low. Local district disability representatives represent one of the decentralised and non-parliamentary efforts to enhance...

This study examines female parliamentary representation in Nordic countries from 1969 to 2023, with particular focus on populist radical right (PRR) parties. Using a novel Party Gender Balance Scor...

Commentary: This remains Labour's election to lose, especially if Sir Sadiq runs again as London is still a Left-leaning city

Tories could gain eight seats, the Greens four and Reform three from Labour

From Amanda Goodall, London EC1, UK and Andrew Oswald, Coventry, Warwickshire, UK

This study moves beyond the question of whether descriptive representation leads to substantive outcomes, and instead examines how lived experience is interpreted, framed, and translated into polit...

The current debate on ‘post-democracy’ or the ‘crisis of representation’ in Western European democracies often draws on comparisons with a more representative, and hence more legitimate and stable ...

This study examines how substantive geographic representation – measured by the frequency and concentration of regional references in committee speeches – affects both party nomination and electora...

Following the Kuomintang's defeats in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, the party's decline was attributed to the rise of a stronger Taiwanese identity and its pro-China image. However, the...

This study examines how citizens in five European democracies (France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and Poland) evaluate multidimensional legislative responsiveness. Utilising a conjoint experiment wit...

Abstract Recent analyses examine the role of crisis in the emergence of the populist/anti- populist discourse and the confluence of populism and Euroscepticism at the party level. In this article, the study focuses on the analysis of the main political actors in the EU institutions, by examining the channels and discourses adopted by different actors in the (de)legitimation of the EU. The focus is on the transnational contestation (DiEM25, Democracy in Europe Movement 2025 and VOLT), following the model of analysis of the mutual construction and reproduction. The analysis shows that the antagonized discourse used by the mainstream narrative further reinforces populism and provides a breeding ground for populism to consolidate itself, while weakening the possible impact of the legitimizing representation of Euroscepticism in the EP.

LSE vice-chancellor Larry Kramer points to domestic student fees freeze, international student limits and rise in employers’ national insurance

This study examines how citizens in five European democracies (France, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, and Poland) evaluate multidimensional legislative responsiveness. Utilising a conjoint experiment wit...

Low turnout incurs greater turnout inequality and can induce partisan bias. Canada suffers from low turnout and large disparities in turnout. The close margins of recent federal elections raise que...

Scholarship considers that political representation fails when the identities and interests of minorities are invisible in legislative bodies. But what does ‘not feeling politically represented’ me...

Following the Kuomintang's defeats in the 2016 and 2020 presidential elections, the party's decline was attributed to the rise of a stronger Taiwanese identity and its pro-China image. However, the...

This study examines how substantive geographic representation – measured by the frequency and concentration of regional references in committee speeches – affects both party nomination and electora...

The right spent years trying to convince us that campus lefties were authoritarians in waiting. But then an actual authoritarian became president.

Why the public has stopped turning up the heat on climate policy action

Concerns about a potential erosion of political support in established democracies have motivated scholars to study the failure of democratic institutions in realising democratic representation. Ye...

Exclusive: Sir Sadiq would be re-elected to City Hall in 2028 after second preference votes are transferred, according to a new poll

For years, I’ve watched the Reform leader’s remarkable political rise – and yet, says Professor Tim Bale, even after a string of poor by-election showings and the simmering scandal over a £5 million ‘...

Populist leaders are sweeping into power across Latin America, with Colombian voters the latest to embrace hardline right-wing politics -- but will the trend last?

A man was seen battering the door of a pizzeria as members of the public run away on Friday night.

Spen Valley MP Kim Leadbeater reflects a decade after her sister was murdered in Birstall.

John Swinney has condemned anti-immigration protesters who targeted minorities, as demonstrations over the Belfast stabbing spread to Scotland

Policy responsiveness to the preferences of the citizen’s has been a major topos of academic discussions in political science in recent years. Much ink has been spilled on questions like whether re...