This article examines whether political parties reward the parliamentary activity of members of parliament (MPs) through candidate selection processes. Previous research on this question provides mixed evidence. Moreover, studies often disregard potentially unequal effects among different kinds of MPs. Using new data on all members of the Belgian C...
Modern democracies are dependent on regular elections and citizens' legitimacy beliefs. Studies have shown that repeated electoral defeats are associated with lower levels of satisfaction with democracy and political trust. However, previous studies have only considered one type of legitimacy belief at a time, never in comparison. What is more, all...
В статье рассмотрен опыт Клуба молодого избирателя, действующий в городе Благовещенске Республики Башкортостан, который положительно влияет и помогает молодежи в становлении правового сознания. / The article describes the experience of the Young voter Club operating in the city of Blagoveshchensk of the Republic of Bashkortostan, which positively i...