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{"title":"Electoral Campaigns and Parliamentary Practice: Do Parties Pursue the Issues They Campaigned On?","authors":"Martin Gross, Dominic Nyhuis, Sebastian Block, Jan A. Velimsky","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12588","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12588","url":null,"abstract":"Well‐functioning political representation presupposes that the substantive focus of parties‘ parliamentary efforts reflects the issues on which parties campaigned. Although the link between electoral campaigning and parliamentary practice is crucial for successful representation in modern democracies, we still have little evidence that the issues on which political actors campaigned are the ones they focus on in day‐to‐day politics. We investigate the link between electoral campaigning and parliamentary practice by examining the overlap between parties‘ issue attention in manifestos and parliamentary questions. Our results for parties‘ issue attention in local campaigns and in local councils in Germany between 2011 and 2020 show that parties follow up on the issues they campaign on: The more parties emphasise an issue in their campaign, the more they pay attention to it in their parliamentary activities.","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140483937","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Confidence Across Cleavage: The Swiss Rural–Urban Divide, Place‐Based Identity and Political Trust","authors":"Alina Zumbrunn","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12586","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12586","url":null,"abstract":"Since political trust is crucial to the survival of political systems, securing its high levels is essential. While Switzerland exhibits a large rural–urban divide in direct democratic votes, it has not yet been researched whether such a divide also exists with regard to political trust. In my investigation of the Swiss rural–urban divide in political trust, I bring in place as a social identity and evaluate whether the rural–urban divide is contingent upon place‐based identity. I employ OLS regression models using original survey data from 2022 with about 4,000 respondents. Results reveal a significant but irrelevantly small rural–urban difference in political trust. However, when interacting place‐based identity with place of living, I find that identity inverts the rural–urban divide. When place‐based identity is low, rural residents exhibit higher levels of political trust than urban residents, but when place‐based identity is high, trust is higher in urban than in rural places.","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139598232","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Ideological Disagreement and the Rejection of Laws by Italian Heads of State","authors":"Andrea Ceron","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12589","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12589","url":null,"abstract":"Heads of state in parliamentary democracies are usually perceived as neutral and non‐partisan political actors. However, they can make autonomous political choices, sometimes oriented by their own partisan preferences. Focusing on the Italian case, we analyze the propensity of the president of the Republic to publicly express political disagreement by rejecting the promulgation of laws. We contribute to the literature by creating and exploiting a new dataset, based on a content analysis of presidents' investiture speeches and New Year's Eve messages which maps the ideological position of Italian heads of state and their distance from the cabinet over more than 75 years (1946–2022). We show that such ideological distance increases the number of laws rejected by the president. This effect holds when controlling for the size and heterogeneity of the government coalition, as well as the state of the economy and the occurrence of crises.","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2024-01-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139599347","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Why do people give to their governments? Lab‐in‐the‐field evidence on the role of norms, social information, and political support","authors":"Raúl López‐Pérez, Aldo Ramirez-Zamudio, Gibrán Cruz-Martínez","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12583","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12583","url":null,"abstract":"Although factors leading to selfless acts, such as charitable donations, have been a central concern in political sciences, voluntary donations are among the most atypical and less well‐known public revenue‐raising sources. In this article, we explore which factors influence people's donations to their government. We conduct an artefactual field experiment in Peru where subjects anonymously decide how much of an endowment they freely donate to the government. We run six sessions with a sample that is representative of the taxpayer population of Metropolitan Lima regarding age, gender, and socioeconomic conditions. Our results suggest that donations depend on the subject's support to the government, the average donation by other subjects (social information) and their beliefs about the average donation of others (perceived social norms).","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138957238","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Die Grünen in der Schweiz: Entwicklung – Wirken – Perspektiven/Les Vert‐e‐s en Suisse: Évolution – action – perspectivesSarahBütikofer and WernerSeitz (Eds.) Zurich, Seismo Press (2023), 228 p., ISBN 978–3–03777‐271‐3 (German)/ISBN 978–2–88351‐118‐7 (French)","authors":"Mark C. Wagner","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12584","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12584","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-12-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138972782","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Direkte Demokratie in den GemeindenMartina FlickWitzig und AdrianVatter, Basel, NZZ Libro (2023), 207 S., ISBN 978–3–907396‐24‐7","authors":"Michael A. Strebel","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12582","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12582","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139257946","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Pacification through decentralization: An explanatory analysis of ethno‐territorial cabinet conflict in Belgium (1979–2006)","authors":"Maxime Vandenberghe","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12581","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12581","url":null,"abstract":"The impact of decentralization on ethno‐territorial conflict is widely debated, but empirical analyses of ethno‐territorial party politics are scarce. This paper uses novel data on conflicts in power‐sharing cabinets to explore the relation between decentralization and ethno‐territorial conflicts in the case of Belgium (1979–2006). These data are analysed with the help of poisson and logistic regressions, which confirm the negative association between decentralization and conflict. In addition to institutions, the analyses also examine the relevance of issue saliency, regionalist parties' strength, regionalist cabinet participation, and the proximity of elections. The results contradict the paradox of federalism and add to contemporary debates on ethno‐territorial politics, conflict management, and power‐sharing.","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139258545","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"Past the saturation point: Why voters switch from mainstream to niche parties and vice‐versa","authors":"Marc van de Wardt, Matthijs Rooduijn","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12579","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12579","url":null,"abstract":"When do voters switch from mainstream to niche parties and vice‐versa? To understand these switches, we focus on the saturation of the party system. We theorize that when a party system is oversaturated – i.e. when a higher effective number of parties contests elections than predicted based on socio‐political contextual characteristics (the system's ‘carrying capacity’) – it becomes increasingly likely that: (1) mainstream party voters defect to niche parties; and (2) niche party voters refrain from switching to mainstream parties. Based on vote‐switching patterns in 15 countries and 53 elections, we find that oversaturation increases shifts from mainstream to niche parties. Further analyses show that this holds for shifts from mainstream to radical left and right parties, but not for shifts to green parties. This has important consequences for research on vote switching, the electoral consequences of policy differentiation and the competition between niche and mainstream parties.","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":2.1,"publicationDate":"2023-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139270483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"The Human Imperative: Power, Freedom and Democracy in the Age of Artificial IntelligencePaulNemitz and MatthiasPfeffer (Eds.), Cambridge: The Ethics Press. 2023. pp. 602. <scp>ISBN</scp>: 978–1–80441‐195‐7","authors":"Fabian Lütz","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12580","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12580","url":null,"abstract":"Swiss Political Science ReviewEarly View BOOK REVIEW The Human Imperative: Power, Freedom and Democracy in the Age of Artificial Intelligence , Paul Nemitz and Matthias Pfeffer (Eds.), Cambridge: The Ethics Press. 2023. pp. 602. ISBN: 978–1–80441-195-7 Fabian Lütz, Corresponding Author Fabian Lütz [email protected] orcid.org/0009-0009-9057-2697 University of Lausanne Email:[email protected]Search for more papers by this author Fabian Lütz, Corresponding Author Fabian Lütz [email protected] orcid.org/0009-0009-9057-2697 University of Lausanne Email:[email protected]Search for more papers by this author First published: 27 October 2023 https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12580Read the full textAboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Share a linkShare onEmailFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditWechat No abstract is available for this article. REFERENCES Andersen, R. (2023), Inside the AI Revolution, The Atlantic, 1 September 2023. Bradford, A. (2023), Digital Empires: The Global Battle to Regulate Technology. Oxford University Press. Broussard, M. (2023), More Than a Glitch: Confronting Race, Gender, and Ability Bias in Tech. MIT Press. Christian, B. (2020), The Alignment Problem: Machine Learning and Human Values. WW Norton. Lütz, F. (2023), Artificial Intelligence and Gender-Based Discrimination (Chapter 14), in: A. Quintavalla & J. Temperman (Eds.), Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights (pp. 207–222 ), Oxford University Press. A. Quintavalla, & J. Temperman (Eds.) (2023), Artificial Intelligence and Human Rights. Oxford University Press. Runciman, D. (2023), The Handover: How We Gave Control of Our Lives to Corporations, States and AIs. Liveright. Russell, S. J. (2019), Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control. Viking. Zuboff, S. (2019), The Age of Surveillance Capitalism: The Fight for a Human Future at the New Frontier of Power. PublicAffairs. Early ViewOnline Version of Record before inclusion in an issue ReferencesRelatedInformation","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136311908","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"From newspapers to social media? Changing dynamics in Swiss direct democratic campaigns","authors":"Michaela Fischer","doi":"10.1111/spsr.12578","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1111/spsr.12578","url":null,"abstract":"Abstract Switzerland is a laggard in terms of digital campaigning. Direct democratic votes, more particularly, are centered around issues and little personalized. Combined with the specificities of voters’ information behaviour in direct democratic campaigns, these features are likely to disincentivize political actors from extensively campaigning online. Instead, we expect political actors to continue relying on traditional media. These propositions are tested on a large data base of social media posts and newspaper advertisements published before direct democratic votes held in Switzerland from 1981 to 2020 and 2010 to 2020, respectively. Counterintuitively, this research note finds a strong discontinuity in campaign communication practices. Over the past decades, and between 2010 and 2020 in particular, newspaper ads have become less central to direct democratic campaign communication. At the same time, political actors are increasingly shifting their communication to the digital sphere.","PeriodicalId":46785,"journal":{"name":"Swiss Political Science Review","volume":null,"pages":null},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2023-10-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"136184852","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"社会学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}