This paper introduces configurational analysis in the study of e-democracy through fuzzy set qualitative comparative analysis. On the basis of an inquiry into Dutch local e-democracy, it is shown that the relationships ...

The effect of the economy on voting is well-established: incumbent governments are electorally rewarded for economic growth and electorally punished for economic decline. Generally, this relation is implicitly assumed to ...

The global trends of political regimes have always been an important field of study in political science. However, much of the focus has solely been on democratization, instead of democratic breakdown. With the current ...

Clientelism research is problematic in its conceptualization, observation and explanation. As such, its research agenda stands to benefit from a more systematic comparative research method equipped to deal with both causal ...