Political parties play a crucial gatekeeping role in elections, including controlling electoral resources, candidate recruitment, and electoral list compositions. In making these strategic choices, parties aim to encourage candidates to invest in the campaign, while also trying to secure...

Political parties play a crucial gatekeeping role in elections, including controlling electoral resources, candidate recruitment, and electoral list compositions. In making these strategic choices, parties aim to encourage candidates to invest in the campaign, while also trying to secure...

It has become increasingly popular for scholars to investigate the technology of political, personal microtargeting (PMT). We review a sample of 62 research articles in the field of political PMT and argue that these studies can be grouped according to different orientations: an interpretative...

It has become increasingly popular for scholars to investigate the technology of political, personal microtargeting (PMT). We review a sample of 62 research articles in the field of political PMT and argue that these studies can be grouped according to different orientations: an interpretative...

Die Covid-19-Pandemie führte zu massiven Einschränkungen und Beeinträchtigung der politischen Öffentlichkeit. Die Befragung von über 1500 Ratsmitgliedern in Nordrhein-Westfalen zeigte, dass auf lokaler Ebene Gemeinderäte nur eingeschränkt arbeiten konnten. Nach einem vollständigen...