Wiley Online Library : Journal of Politics
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Sun Feb 16, 2014 07:20
Voting in State Supreme Court Elections: Competition and Context as Democratic Incentives

To offer insight into the complex relationship between democratic processes and the judiciary and to expand knowledge about elections, this article examines ballot roll-off in 654 supreme court elections in 38 states from 1980 through 2000. Specifically, I evaluate the extent to which voter participation is responsive to competition, incumbency, and...

Sun Feb 16, 2014 07:20
Representation in New Democracies: Party Stances on European Integration in Post-Communist Eastern Europe

The preponderance of scholarly literature has suggested that East European party systems remain fairly unstructured. As a consequence, the process of party representation does not appear to work adequately yet in these new democracies. In this paper, we systematically examine how well the party representation process works by analyzing party stances...

Sun Feb 16, 2014 07:20
Terminating Alliances: Why Do States Abrogate Agreements?

Are binding international agreements only valuable as matters stand (rebus sic stantibus), or are pacts respected in good faith regardless of changing circumstances (pacta sunt servanda)? In this article, we examine this question with respect to military alliance agreements, and we find that alliances are more likely to be abrogated opportunistically...

Sun Feb 16, 2014 07:20

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