Participation and representation

Project description

Participation and Representation are concepts that have been at the centre of political debates and political theory for a few decades. This debate refers to (still ongoing) structural changes in the way citizens are linked to the process of political decision-making. These changes raise a large number of questions that are extremely relevant for modern political science. The main research question for this inter-university research project is how the processes of participation and representation are being affected by these social changes and in turn what effect participation and representation have on the legitimacy of democratic government. We investigate among other things political representation, political trust, party members, political participation, protest movements, voting choices, political deliberation,.. This project has developed three major research instruments namely a panel survey for the regional elections of 2009 in Belgium, an international survey of members of national and regional parliament and a survey of party members. The project is part of an Inter-University Attraction Pole, i.e. a network of excellence set up by the Federal Belgian Science Agency.

Researchers

• Prof. dr. Marc Hooghe
• Sofie Marien

In association with:

Prof. dr. Kris Deschouwer, Free University of Brussels

Prof. dr. Stefaan Walgrave, University of Antwerp

Prof. dr. Pascal Delwit, Université Libre de Bruxelles

Prof. dr. Rudy Andeweg, University of Leiden, Netherlands

www.partirep.eu

Publications

• Hooghe Marc (2011), Why there is Basically only one Form of Political Trust. British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 13. [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc, Deschouwer Kris (2011), Veto Players and Electoral Reform in Belgium. West European Politics, 34(3), forthcoming [pdf]
• Quintelier Ellen, Hooghe Marc, Marien Sofie (2011), The Effect of Compulsory Voting on Turnout Stratification Patterns. A Cross-National Analysis. International Political Science Review, 32 [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc, Marien Sofie, Pauwels Teun (2011), Where do Distrusting Voters Turn to if there is no Viable Exit or Voice Option? The Impact of Political Trust on Electoral Behaviour in the Belgian Regional Elections of June, 2009. Government and opposition, 46 (accepted) [pdf]
• Marien Sofie, Hooghe Marc (2011), Does political trust matter? An empirical investigation into the relation between political trust and support for law compliance. European Journal of Political Research, (accepted) [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc (2010), De legitimiteit van herverdeling. Samenleving en Politiek, 17(8), pp. 39-42. [forthcoming] [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc (2010), Stemde Vlaanderen rechts in 2009? Samenleving en Politiek, 17(6), pp. 13-22 [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc, Vissers Sara, Stolle Dietlind, Mahéo Valérie-Anne (2010), The Potential of Internet Mobilization. An Experimental Study on the Effect of Internet and Face-to-Face Mobilization Efforts. Political Communication, 27(4), pp. 406-431 [pdf]
• Deschouwer Kris, Delwit Pascal, Hooghe Marc, Walgrave Stefaan (2010), De stemmen van het volk. Een analyse van het kiesgedrag in Vlaanderen en Wallonië op 7 juni 2009. Brussel: VUBPress, pp. 272
• Deschouwer Kris, Delwit Pascal, Hooghe Marc, Walgrave Stefaan (2010), Les voix du peuple. Le comportement électoral au scrutin du 10 juin 2009 Bruxelles: Editions de l'Université de Bruxelles
• Hooghe, Marc, Marien, Sofie, Pauwels, Teun (2010) De invloed van politiek wantrouwen op stemgedrag in België; De stemmen van het volk; VUBPress; Brussel; pp. 123-142.
• De Swert Knut, Hooghe Marc (2010), When Do Women Get a Voice? Explaining the Presence of Female News Sources in Belgian News Broadcasts (2003-5). European Journal of Communication, 25(1), pp. 69-84 [pdf]
• Hooghe, Marc, Marien, Sofie, Pauwels, Teun (2010) Méfiance politique et comportement électoral en Belgique; Les voix du peuple. Le comportement électoral au scrutin du 10 juin 2009; Editions de l’Université de Bruxelles; Bruxelles; pp. 101-116.
• Hooghe, Marc, Marien, Sofie (2010) Generalized Trust, Political Trust and Cooperative Behavior. An Experimental Study on the Relation between Trust and Reciprocity; KU Leuven. Centrum voor Politicologie.
• Marien, Sofie (2010) Electoral Rules and Citizens’ Trust in Political Institutions.
• Marien, Sofie, Hooghe, Marc (2010) Political Trust, Conventional and Unconventional Political Participation. A Comparative Analysis.
• Pauwels, Teun, Marien, Sofie (2010) Populist voters and direct democracy. The silent majority in search of a voice?; KU Leuven. Centrum voor Politicologie; Leuven.
• Hooghe, Marc, Marien, Sofie (2010) Political Trust, Political Efficacy and Forms of Participation; Nuffield College; Oxford; pp. 32.
• Hooghe Marc, Stolle Dietlind, Mahéo Valérie-Anne, Vissers Sara (2010), Why can't a Student be more like an Average Person? Sampling and Attrition Effects in Social Science Field and Laboratory Experiments. Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Sciences, 628(1) pp. 85-96 [pdf]
• Marien, Sofie, Hooghe, Marc, Quintelier, Ellen (2010) Unconventional Participation and the Problem of Inequality: a Comparative Analysis; New Forms of Citizen Participation. Normative Implications; Nomos Verlag; Baden-Baden; pp. 131-146.
• Marien Sofie, Hooghe Marc, Quintelier Ellen (2010), Inequalities in Non-Institutionalised Forms of Political Participation. A Multi-level Analysis of 25 countries. Political Studies, 58(1), 187-213 [pdf]
• Carton Ann, Callens Marc, Dejaeghere Yves, Hooghe Marc (2009), Burgerschapsconcepten in Vlaanderen: een internationale vergelijking. In: Vlaanderen gepeild 2009 (pp. 30-63). Brussel: Studiedienst van de Vlaamse Regering [pdf]
• Vissers Sara, Hooghe Marc, Moreas Marie-Anne (2009), De relatie tussen internetgebruik en politieke participatie in Vlaanderen. In: Vlaanderen gepeild 2009 (pp. 273-297). Brussel: Studiedienst van de Vlaamse Regering [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc, Heyndels Bruno, Jottier Dimi, Bircan Tuba, & Botterman Sarah (2009), Explaining the Green Vote. An Analysis of the Green Vote in Belgian Local Elections 1994-2006. Environmental Politics, 19(6), pp. 930-950
• Vissers Sara, Hooghe Marc (2009), Reaching out or reaching in? the use of party websites suring the 2006 electoral campaign in Belgium. Information, Communication and Society, 12(5), pp. 691-714
• Hooghe Marc, Rihoux Benoit (2008), No Place at the Table. Green Parties in the 2007-2008 Political Crisis in Belgium. Environmental Politics, 17(5), pp. 822-827
• Gschwend Thomas & Hooghe Marc (2008), Should I Stay or Should I Go? An Experimental Study on Voter Responses to Pre-Electoral Coalitions in Flanders (Belgium). European Journal of Political Research, 47(5), pp. 556-577 [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc, Wilkenfeld Britt (2008), The stability of political attitudes and behaviors across adolescence and early adulthood. A comparison of survey data on adolescents and young adults in eight countries. Journal of Youth and Adolescence, 37(2), pp. 155-167 [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc, Teepe Wouter (2007), Party Profiles on the Web. An Analysis of the Logfiles of Non-Partisan Interactive Political Internet Sites in the 2003 and 2004 Election Campaigns in Belgium. New Media and Society, 9(6), pp. 965-985 [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc, Quintelier Ellen & Reeskens Tim (2007), How political is the personal? Gender differences in the level and the structure of political knowledge. Journal of Women, Politics & Policy, 28(2) pp. 115-125 [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc & Reeskens, Tim (2007), Extreme Right Parties in Survey Research. External Cross-Cultural Equivalence of Survey Data on Extreme Right Voting. Patterns of Prejudice, 41(2) pp. 177-195 [pdf]
• Hooghe Marc & Dejaeghere Yves (2007), Does the 'Monitorial Citzen' exist? An empirical investigation into the occurrence of postmodern forms of citizenship in the Nordic countries. Scandinavian Political Studies, 30(2), pp. 249-271 [pdf]