Government and Opposition

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Collective Power Europe? (The Government and Opposition/Leonard Schapiro Lecture 2022)

Laffan, Brigid

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2022.52

Abstract Since the onset of the global financial crisis in 2008, the EU has been tested and contested as it struggled to come to terms with a series of crises, sometimes labelled a polycrisis. In response to crises, the EU has emerged as a collective power and the concept ‘Collective Power...

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Gender Ideologies and Polish Political Parties

Gwiazda, Anna

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2021.57

Abstract This article explores the gender dimension of ideology and representation by analysing the political parties that ran in the 2019 Polish parliamentary elections, using a novel analytical framework based on gender claims and gender-related policy pledges. This article demonstrates that a...

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The Interview Method in Comparative Politics: The Process of Interviewing Far-Right Actors

Ellinas, Antonis A.

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2021.58

Abstract Interviews have been the basis for some of the greatest insights in many disciplines but have largely been on the backstage of comparative political inquiry. I first rely on bibliometric data to show the limited use of interviews in research published by major journals in the past 30...

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Twelve Votes for an Exit: Compromise and Responsiveness in the Brexit Process

Giuliani, Marco

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2021.61

Abstract Brexit has been at the centre of the last two British elections and the past legislative term. The UK's exit from the European Union was characterized by a series of parliamentary setbacks, with several government defeats, continuous rebellions and cross-party agreements made to secure...

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Beyond Reassurance: The Reputational Effect of Cultural Reforms in Peace Agreements

Fontana, Giuditta; Masiero, Ilaria

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2021.62

Abstract We explore whether including cultural reforms in an intra-state peace accord facilitates its success. We distinguish between accommodationist and integrationist cultural provisions and employ a mixed research method combining negative binomial regression on a data set of all intra-state...

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How Do Voters Evaluate Performance in Opposition?

Stiers, Dieter

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2021.63

Abstract Recent scholarship on retrospective voting has shown that when they go to the polls, voters evaluate not only incumbent performance, but also the performance of parties in opposition. So far, however, these studies have not been able to identify how voters evaluate the performance of...

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Party Institutionalization and Partisan Mobilization

Ponce, Aldo F.; Scarrow, Susan E.

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2021.67

Abstract This article investigates the relationship between levels of party institutionalization and individual-level partisan mobilization. Levels of party institutionalization have been linked to macro-level outcomes such as party system stability, but little is known about the micro-level...

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Knowledge Is Power: The Staffing Advantage of Parliamentary and Ministerial Offices

Moens, Pieter

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2022.2

Abstract This article analyses the distribution of staff resources between party offices. While earlier studies have compared central and parliamentary offices, this study also includes ministerial offices. To capture fully the differences in staffing, I examine both the quantity (staff size) and...

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The Trump Self-Coup Attempt: Comparisons and Civil–Military Relations

Pion-Berlin, David; Bruneau, Thomas; Goetze, Richard B.

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2022.13

Abstract The storming of the US Capitol building in January 2021 was a presidential attempt at a self-coup. To make the case, this article reviews elements of the Capitol assault and the events leading up to it, in light of the key conceptual components of a self-coup, and how those compare to...

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Supporters of India's BJP: Distinctly Populist and Nativist

Ammassari, Sofia; Fossati, Diego; McDonnell, Duncan

2023 Government and Opposition

doi:10.1017/gov.2022.18

Abstract While India's Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has become recognized as a populist radical right (PRR) party under the leadership of Narendra Modi, we do not know whether this PRR supply is matched yet by PRR attitudes among its supporters. Using an original survey, we therefore investigate:...

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