Policy-motivated candidates, noisy platforms, and non-robustness
Abstract: "A model of a two-candidate election is developed in which the candidates are mainly office-motivated but also to some arbitrarily small extent policy-motivated, and their chosen platforms are to some arbitrarily small extent noisy. The...
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Abstract: "A model of a two-candidate election is developed in which the candidates are mainly office-motivated but also to some arbitrarily small extent policy-motivated, and their chosen platforms are to some arbitrarily small extent noisy. The platforms' being noisy means that if a candidate has chosen a particular platform, the voters' perception is that she has, with positive probability, actually chosen some other platform. It is shown that (1) an equilibrium in which the candidates play pure exists whether or not there is a Condorcet winner among the policy alternatives, and (2) in this equilibrium the candidates choose their ideal points, which means that the platforms do not converge." (author's abstract)
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Verfahren der Willensbildung und Selbstverwaltung im Internet: das Beispiel ICANN und die At-Large-Membership
Abstract: "Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit einem Experiment im Bereich transnationaler demokratischer Willensbildung. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung steht die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), ein 1998 gegründetes...
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Abstract: "Die vorliegende Studie befasst sich mit einem Experiment im Bereich transnationaler demokratischer Willensbildung. Im Mittelpunkt der Untersuchung steht die Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), ein 1998 gegründetes gemeinnütziges Unternehmen mit Sitz in Kalifornien, das die Aufsicht und Verwaltung des Domainnamensystems sowie die Kontrolle über den numerischen Adressraum des Internet ausübt. Die ursprüngliche Satzung von ICANN sah vor, dass neun von 19 Direktoriumsmitgliedern durch die Internetnutzer bestimmt werden sollten. Aus diesem Grund veranstaltete ICANN im Jahr 2000 die erste weltweite Wahl im Internet. Bei dieser Wahl wurden in fünf durch ICANN bestimmte 'Weltregionen' insgesamt fünf sogenannte At-Large Direktoren gewählt. Die Studie besteht aus zwei Teilen. Im ersten Teil wird die Struktur von ICANN anhand ihrer Satzung analysiert. Der zweite Teil besteht aus einer Fallstudie, die den Planungsprozess und Ablauf der Wahl im Einzelnen schildert und
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Running as a woman (or man): a review of research on political communicators and gender stereotypes
Abstract: Women gained the right to vote nearly 100 years ago, but it was not until 1980 that political scholars and practitioners began paying much attention to the role of women in elections. Twelve years later it was the so-called "Year of the...
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Abstract: Women gained the right to vote nearly 100 years ago, but it was not until 1980 that political scholars and practitioners began paying much attention to the role of women in elections. Twelve years later it was the so-called "Year of the Woman" in 1992 that sparked increased scholarly attention on women as political communicators. A record number of women, 117, ran for the U.S. Congress in 1992, but the number of women running and serving has been slow to increases since that time. One reason may be the unique challenges gender poses for female political communicators. Over three decades of research has proven gender stereotypes and expectations play a key role in how women (and men) communicate with voters. This review of research summarizes major findings and changes in gender and political communication research over the past three decades. Our focus is on communication by candidates and how gender shapes that communication. In all, 133 scholarly sources were reviewed; these sour
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