• Accountable to whom? How strong parties subvert local democratic institutions 

      Auerbach, Kiran Rose (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      How do politicians in emerging democracies subvert institutional reforms that are designed to improve accountability? Looking at patron-client relations within political parties, I present a strategy, partisan accountability, ...
    • Cultural theory, rejection of cultural bias, and party preference 

      Olli, Eero Vebjørn; Swedlow, Brendon (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2023)
      What explains party preference? Ideology and values do but these explanations are undertheorized. We offer grid-group cultural theory (CT) to provide a theory of ideology and values to explain party preference. We aim to ...
    • Introducing the Party-interest group relationships in contemporary democracies datasets 

      Allern, Elin Haugsgjerd; Hansen, Vibeke Wøien; Rødland, Lise; Maiken, Røed; Klüver, Heike; Le Gall, Cal; Marshall, David; Otjes, Simon; Poguntke, Thomas; Rasmussen, Anne; Saurugger, Sabine; Witko, Christopher (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2022)
      Few existing datasets on parties and interest groups include data from both sides and a wide variety of interest groups and parties. We contribute to filling this gap by making several interconnected new datasets publicly ...
    • Paying to party: Candidate resources and party switching in new democracies 

      Rakner, Lise; Arriola, Leonardo; Davies, Justine Ina; Choi, Danny; Phillips, Melanie (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2021)
      Party switching among legislative candidates has important implications for accountability and representation in democratizing countries. We argue that party switching is influenced by campaign costs tied to the clientelistic ...