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Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft, 3. überarbeitete Auflage [Introduction to Political Science, 3rd revised Edition] (2015)
Book
Bernauer, T., Jahn, D., Kuhn, P. M., & Walter, S. (2015). Einführung in die Politikwissenschaft, 3. überarbeitete Auflage [Introduction to Political Science, 3rd revised Edition]. Nomos/UTB

An Evaluation of Hogaan iyo Nabad: A Community Driven Governance Programme in Somalia/Somaliland (2015)
Report
Bakonyi, J., Cohen, G., & Bedard, P. (2015). An Evaluation of Hogaan iyo Nabad: A Community Driven Governance Programme in Somalia/Somaliland. [No known commissioning body]

The report presents the results of an evaluation of Hogaan iyo Nabad, a Community Driven Reconstruction (CDR) programme in Somaliland and Somalia.The programme was funded by DFID and implemented by CARE, DRC and IRC, and aimed at strengthening local... Read More about An Evaluation of Hogaan iyo Nabad: A Community Driven Governance Programme in Somalia/Somaliland.

Combining national and constituency polling for forecasting (2015)
Journal Article
Hanretty, C., Lauderdale, B. E., & Vivyan, N. (2016). Combining national and constituency polling for forecasting. Electoral Studies, 41, 239-243. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2015.11.019

We describe a method for forecasting British general elections by combining national and constituency polling. We reconcile national and constituency estimates through a new swing model.

Primaries and Candidates: Examining the Influence of Primary Electorates on Candidate Ideology (2015)
Journal Article
Nielson, L., & Visalvanich, N. (2017). Primaries and Candidates: Examining the Influence of Primary Electorates on Candidate Ideology. Political Science Research and Methods, 5(2), 397-408. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2015.60

Primary elections in the United States have been under-studied in the political science literature. Using new data to estimate the ideal points of primary election candidates and constituents, we examine the link between the ideological leanings of p... Read More about Primaries and Candidates: Examining the Influence of Primary Electorates on Candidate Ideology.

House or Home? Constituent preferences over legislator effort allocation (2015)
Journal Article
Vivyan, N., & Wagner, M. (2016). House or Home? Constituent preferences over legislator effort allocation. European Journal of Political Research, 55(1), 81-99. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12119

In many political systems legislators face a fundamental trade-off between allocating effort to constituency service and to national policy-making activities, respectively. How do voters want their elected representatives to solve this trade-off? Thi... Read More about House or Home? Constituent preferences over legislator effort allocation.

Unequal We Fight: Between- and Within-Group Inequality and Ethnic Civil War (2015)
Journal Article
Kuhn, P. M., & Weidmann, N. B. (2015). Unequal We Fight: Between- and Within-Group Inequality and Ethnic Civil War. Political Science Research and Methods, 3(03), 543-568. https://doi.org/10.1017/psrm.2015.7

When and why ethnic groups rebel remains a central puzzle in the civil war literature. In this paper, we examine how different types of inequalities affect both an ethnic group’s willingness and opportunity to fight. We argue that political and econo... Read More about Unequal We Fight: Between- and Within-Group Inequality and Ethnic Civil War.

Do Contentious Elections Trigger Violence? (2015)
Book Chapter
Kuhn, P. M. (2015). Do Contentious Elections Trigger Violence?. In P. Norris, R. W. Frank, & F. Martínez i Coma (Eds.), Contentious elections : from ballots to barricades (89-110). Routledge

What do voters want from their local MP? (2015)
Journal Article
Vivyan, N., & Wagner, M. (2015). What do voters want from their local MP?. The Political Quarterly, 86(1), 33-40. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923x.12128

This article summarises the findings from a study of what constituents want from their local Member of Parliament.1 We make use of a survey technique known as conjoint analysis, wherein we present a national sample of British voters with profiles of... Read More about What do voters want from their local MP?.

Call to (In)Action: The Effects of Racial Priming on Grassroots Mobilization (2015)
Journal Article
Hassell, H. J., & Visalvanich, N. (2015). Call to (In)Action: The Effects of Racial Priming on Grassroots Mobilization. Political Behavior, 39(4), 911-932. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-014-9297-x

Previous work on the effects of race on the political behaviors of white Americans is beset with two problems. First, much of the work on the effect of race has looked primarily at attitudes as opposed to political action around a policy. Second, stu... Read More about Call to (In)Action: The Effects of Racial Priming on Grassroots Mobilization.