Swiss Political Science Review

What are the benefits of minipublic deliberation? Check out the findings from an experiment in the context of the 2018 Irish referendum on blasphemy by J. Suiter, L. Muradova, J. Gastil & D.M. Farrell:

Scaling up Deliberation: Testing the Potential of Mini‐Publics to Enhance the Deliberative Capacity of Citizens This paper tests the possibility of embedding the benefits of minipublic deliberation within a wider voting public. We test whether a statement such as those derived from a Citizens’ Initiative Revie...

Do you have insights on election campaigns and voting behaviour in Switzerland and in comparative perspective? The Selects team is looking for contributions for a special issue on the "2019 Swiss National Elections".

The SPSR welcomes research notes that discuss how political science enhances our understanding of the social, economic, and political implications of the Covid-19 pandemic and how it can inform policymaking in times of a public health crisis.

The SPSR June issue is out with articles on ratification in international trade, citizen groups within the administration and parliament, narrative policy frameworks, and political values:

Swiss Political Science Review: Vol 26, No 2 Click on the title to browse this issue

Does consociationalism still matter? Check out the contribution by Matthijs Bogaards, Ludger Helms, and Arend Lijphart on “The Importance of Consociationalism for Twenty‐First Century Politics and Political Science“ as well as the other articles in our special issue on “Half a Century of Consociationalism: Cases and Comparisons”.

Half A Century of Consociationalism ‐ Cases and Comparisons: Swiss Political Science Review: Vol 25, No 4 Click on the title to browse this issue

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Read the first of several articles to follow on consociationalism: This article focuses on the Netherlands and Belgium - an obvious but rare comparison

Consociationalism in the Low Countries: Comparing the Dutch and Belgian Experience - Andeweg - - Swiss Political Science Review - Wiley Online Library Swiss Political Science ReviewEarly View Original Article Open Access Consociationalism in the Low Countries: Comparing the Dutch and Belgian Experience Rudy B. Andeweg https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4451-441X Department of Political Science, Leiden UniversitySearch for more papers by this author Rudy....

Just before the next popular vote on 19 May 2019: an article investigating compensatory voting in direct democracy

Compensatory Voting in Direct Legislation. Evidence from Switzerland - Gisiger - - Swiss Political Science Review - Wiley Online Library Original Article Compensatory Voting in Direct Legislation. Evidence from Switzerland Jasmin Gisiger University of ZurichSearch for more papers by this author Thomas Milic Corresponding Author E-mail address: [email protected] University of Zurich Search for more papers by this author Daniel K...

The SPSR March issue is out with research ranging from the partisan composition of Swiss cantonal governments to low-wage work induced political alienation and two contributions to democracy studies:

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... et également en français!

Les élections fédérales 2015 - DeFacto 11. décembre 201811th décembre 2018Les élections fédérales 2015Nathalie Giger, Line Rennwald, Anke Tresch L’Union démo­cra­tique du cent­re (UDC) et le Par­ti libé­ral-radi­cal (PLR) sont clai­re­ment sor­tis vain­queurs des élec­tions fédé­ra­les de 2015. Avec les per­tes ...

...und in gewohnt knackiger Form gibt es die zentralen Erkenntnisse des Special Issue zu "The 2015 Swiss National Elections" ab heute auch auf DeFacto auf Deutsch ...

Alles über die eidgenössischen Wahlen 2015 - DeFacto 11. Dezember 201811th Dezember 2018Alles über die eidgenössischen Wahlen 2015Nathalie Giger, Line Rennwald, Anke Tresch Die Schwei­ze­ri­sche Volks­par­tei (SVP) und die Frei­sin­nig-libe­ra­le Par­tei (FDP) gin­gen als kla­re Sie­ge­rin­nen aus den eid­ge­nös­si­schen Wah­len...

Find out about fresh takes on electoral research in the SPSR's latest special issue on the 2015 Swiss National Elections! The complete issue is now online.