Monthly Archives: October 2013

How Do Mainstream Parties React to the Rise of Extremist Parties?

By Indridi Indridason, Professor at the University of California, Riverside What is the story? In many European countries, the last decades have been marked by the rise of extremist parties such as the FN in France, the UKIP in the United Kingdom, or the PVV in the Netherlands. Extremist parties are often seen as threats […]

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How Much Corruption Do Voters Perceive in Different levels of Government?

By André Blais, Professor at Université de Montréal, & Elisabeth Gidengil, Professor at McGill University, & Anja Kilibarda, Graduate student at Université de Montréal What is the story Every year, Transparency International publishes ratings of countries based on how corrupt their public sector is perceived to be. The rating is based on the judgments of […]

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