Doing Research in Political Science

Pennings, Paul; Keman, Hans; Kleinnijenhuis, J.

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“…In other words, the analysis is undertaken at the level of these local authority returning officers, and based on a response rate of 98 per cent . Reliability analysis achieved a Cronbach's alpha score of 0.765, thereby demonstrating that these indicators are suitable for index construction (Pennings et al , pp. 96–97)…”

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Public Administration and the Integrity of the Electoral Process in British Elections

Clark

2014

Public Administration

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Although Britain has often been held up as being a model of electoral integrity, recent controversies have suggested that this perception may not be wholly justified. This article explores overall standards of electoral administration across Britain, utilizing performance reporting data for returning officers in the 2010 general election to outline a comprehensive measure for the integrity of the administration of the electoral process. Discussion begins by outlining the question of electoral integrity and, most importantly, the issue of electoral administration. The second section considers recent British controversies, while also outlining steps taken to monitor the performance of electoral administrators. The third section introduces the performance standards and the index of electoral integrity developed from these, while the fourth section presents an analysis. The article concludes with discussion of the challenges facing electoral administrators, and highlights the utility of an index of electoral integrity in helping electoral professionals address these challenges. INTRODUCTIONAssessing the effectiveness and performance of public administration has been a key concern in many countries. Nowhere is this more crucial to democracies than in the field of electoral administration. Poor performance and difficulties in electoral administration have the potential to undermine both the legitimacy of the electoral process and, potentially, of the government elected. Examination of electoral administration and integrity is therefore of vital interest in democracies, yet as Wise (2001, p. 138) notes, 'public administration has not devoted attention to electoral administration with anything like the priority it has given to other areas of public policy'.This article provides an exploratory assessment of overall standards of electoral administration across Britain in the 2010 general election. Although often held up as being a model of electoral integrity, recent controversies in Britain have suggested that this perception may not be wholly justified. Incidents casting doubt on the integrity of the process have been evident across the whole of the UK. Many of these controversies about the integrity of the electoral process can be attributed to difficulties in electoral administration. This is an understudied area of public administration in Britain. Britain has a decentralized system of electoral administration, with local council returning officers responsible for the conduct of elections in their jurisdiction. Performance standards for returning officers in the UK were set by the Electoral Administration Act 2006. Compliance with these standards now has to be reported to the UK Electoral Commission. The article utilizes the subsequent performance reporting data for returning officers in the 2010 general election to outline a comprehensive measure for the integrity of the administration of the electoral process in general elections in Britain. Discussion begins by assessing the question of electoral integrity as under...

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Public Administration and the Integrity of the Electoral Process in British Elections

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2014

Public Administration

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“…First, the choice of these two countries is consistent with the 'most different' comparative research design that examines whether a relationship holds across diverse comparative contexts (Meckstroth 1975, Pennings, Keman and Kleinnijenhuis 1999, Capelleras et al 2008. Although Catalonia and…”

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Take-up and variation of advice for new firm founders in different local contexts

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Capelleras

2017

Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space

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Although business advice has been linked to entrepreneurial outcomes, it is subject to information asymmetries and market failure. We argue that the knowledge concerning from whom to take advice before starting a new firm is more easily accessed in areas with high start-up rates which therefore ameliorates market failure. The study is based on surveys of 599 new firm founders in England and 381 new firm founders in Catalonia. A series of probit and heteroskedastic probit models are employed to investigate not only the probability of taking advice but also the variance in that probability, which reflects uncertainty. Supporting our view, the findings show that the taking of advice in the places with higher start-up rates exhibit less variation compared to other localities. We also find differing effects of place on the take up and variation of private sector and public sector advice. Implications from the findings are discussed

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“…Pritom se konceptualizacija općenito razumijeva kao proces određivanja, to jest označavanja osoba, pojava, događaja, procesa itd. koji pripadaju određenom skupu, i to tako da se opisuju kriteriji koje valja ispuniti da bi se to članstvo moglo utvrditi (Pennings, Keman i Kleinnijenhuis, 1999;Manheim i sur., 2007). Operacionalizacija pak podrazumijeva navođenje postupaka kojima se prisutnost nekoga koncepta može konstatirati (Sartori, 1970).…”

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What is Populism and How to Explore It?

Šalaj

Grbeša

2017

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Berto ŠALAJ, Marijana GRBEŠA Fakultet političkih znanosti, Zagreb UDK: 316.334.3(497.5) 329.7(497.5) Pregledni rad Primljeno: 12. 12. 2016. Populizam je kao pojam široko prisutan u hrvatskom javnom diskursu, no u znanstvenom diskursu taj relevantni i aktualni fenomen skromno je zastupljen. Nastojeći potaknuti znanstveni interes za problematiku populizma u Hrvatskoj, ovaj rad donosi pregled i sintezu najvažnijih uvida iz recentne literature o populizmu, pri čemu se usredotočuje na dva važna pitanja. Prvo se odnosi na pristupe populizmu, odnosno na analizu razumijevanja populizma kao političkoga fenomena, a drugo na metodologiju istraživanja populizma. Autori smatraju kako je pristup koji populizam razumijeva kao "slabu" političku ideologiju istraživački potencijalno najproduktivniji. U dijelu koji se bavi metodologijom istraživanja populizma rad se usredotočuje na problem konceptualizacije i operacionalizacije. Autori zagovaraju konceptualizaciju, prema kojoj je populizam politička metaideologija koju karakterizira istodobna prisutnost dvaju definirajućih obilježja: pozitivno vrednovanje naroda i difuzni politički antielitizam. Pritom autori ističu kako se razumijevanjem populizma kao metaideologije otvara prostor za jasno artikuliranje teze o postojanju više tipova populizma, što smatraju jednom od najpropulzivnijih tema u budućim istraživanjima.

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Doing Research in Political Science

Cited by 70 publications

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Public Administration and the Integrity of the Electoral Process in British Elections

Public Administration and the Integrity of the Electoral Process in British Elections

Take-up and variation of advice for new firm founders in different local contexts

What is Populism and How to Explore It?

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