Impact of switching on preference vote change

Does party switching pay off for MPs? Not really, but... For details see our #instaparty paper w @sonagolder.bsky.social, @ibenskasr.bsky.social & @paulinasl.bsky.social just out in @electoralstudies.bsky.social. doi.org/10.1016/j.el...

<em>Policy Studies Journal</em> | PSO Public Policy Journal | Wiley Online Library We examine whether and how public participation in policymaking contributes towards fostering stakeholder support for policy proposals formulated in the bureaucratic arena. We explain how key markers...

📢 New article 🌟
👥 Adriana Bunea & Idunn Nørbech
👉 Does public participation foster stakeholder support for policy proposals? Evidence from the European Union
📗 Open Access in Policy Studies Journal
🔗 doi.org/10.1111/psj....

Doru Frantescu, CEO of EUMatrix (and former director and co-founder fo VoteWatch) came from Brussels to give a talk on EU policymaking in practice to our students in the course EUR105 European Union Institutions, Politics, and Policies. Many thanks!

Party responsiveness to public opinion in a multi-dimensional policy space Party responsiveness to public opinion is a key question in the study of democratic representation. While numerous studies have examined party responsiveness on broad ideological dimensions, there ...

📢 New article 🌟
👥 Raimondas Ibenskas @ibenskasr.bsky.social & Jonathan Polk
👉 Party responsiveness to public opinion in a multi-dimensional policy space
📗 Journal of European Public Policy
🔗 doi.org/10.1080/1350...

@sonagolder.bsky.social and I are organising a workshop on conflict in parliamentary parties at the June 2024 Nordic PolSci conf. in Bergen. Submit proposals to @sonagolder.bsky.social and @ibenskasr.bsky.social by January 12th! More info: www.nopsa2024.no

Attn polisky scholars of parties, parliaments & political behavior:

Raimondas Ibenskas & I are organizing a workshop on conflict in parliamentary parties @ the June 2024 Nordic PolSci conf. in Bergen.

Submit proposals to @ibenskasr.bsky.social & @sonagolder.bsky.social by 15 Dec!
www.nopsa2024.no