All Outputs (2)

The Good Politician and Political Trust: An Authenticity Gap in British Politics? (2020)
Journal Article
Valgarðsson, V. O., Clarke, N., Jennings, W., & Stoker, G. (2021). The Good Politician and Political Trust: An Authenticity Gap in British Politics?. Political Studies, 69(4), 858-880. https://doi.org/10.1177/0032321720928257

There are three broad sets of qualities that citizens might expect politicians to display: competence, integrity and authenticity. To be authentic, a politician must be judged to be in touch with the lives and outlooks of ordinary people and previous... Read More about The Good Politician and Political Trust: An Authenticity Gap in British Politics?.

Differential Turnout Decline in Norway and Sweden: A Generation of Apathy or Alienation? (2019)
Journal Article
Valgarðsson, V. O. (2019). Differential Turnout Decline in Norway and Sweden: A Generation of Apathy or Alienation?. Scandinavian Political Studies, 42(3-4), 270-295. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-9477.12155

Voter turnout has been in a trend of gradual decline in most established democracies in recent decades and the reasons for this are by no means fully understood. While most studies agree that the trend is largely driven by younger generations voting... Read More about Differential Turnout Decline in Norway and Sweden: A Generation of Apathy or Alienation?.