Work Values and Political Participation: A Cross-National Analysis

Political factors and oral health inequalities: a cross-national analysis

Political parties, electoral systems and democracy: A cross-national analysis

The number of political parties and the type of electoral system may impact the level of democratic functioning within a government. Models are used to explore whether the number of political parties increases a country’s democracy score on the POLITY IV measure of democracy, and whether countries with proportional representation electoral systems have higher democracy scores than those without...

Explaining Variations in Political Interest and Participation Amongst Countries: A Cross-National Comparison

The existence of political interest in society is critical for the health and future of all democracies and countries aspiring to become democracies. Likewise, a populace having the ability and willingness to participate in politics is crucial for a healthy society. An interest in politics and a desire to participate are not the same thing as actually being able to participate. Currently, there...

Mass Political Violence: A Cross-National Causal Analysis

Preface This book reports the quantitative empirical research I have been engaged in over the past few years on the casual processes underlying differences across nations in levels of mass political violence during the post-World War II period. Since I have been concerned with domestic violence at the macropolitical level, the specificity and the richness of detail that characterize micropoliti...

Political Regime and Learning Outcomes of Stakeholder Participation: Cross-National Study of 81 Biosphere Reserves

Stakeholder participation in natural resource management has spread widely, even to nondemocracies, driven by expectations of beneficial outcomes such as multidirectional learning. However, can we expect participation to be equally effective in achieving multidirectional learning in democracies and nondemocracies? Unsurprisingly, previous studies indicate the relevance of power distribution for...