The objective of this paper is to chart the boundaries of the developing phenomenon of the use of information and communication technologies to support politics by large political organizations such as the European Parliament through the analysis of the online strategy of the European Parliament in its campaign for widening participation in the 2009 European Parliament elections. For the first ...

Political representation lies at the heart of representative democracy. In order to signal their connection people they are representing, politicians often refer “the people.” this study, we focus on how and varies across three main platforms communication differing in access formality: news media, social parliament. Through an in-depth content analysis articles, politicians’ media posts parlia...

Televised debates represent an integral part of election campaigns and with the introduction Spitzenkandidaten process also became European Parliament (EP) elections campaign. Various characteristics EP such as a generally lower (perceived) relevance participation in elections, relatively unknown lead candidates running for Commission President assign TV crucial role to inform citizens assist t...

There is a class of models for pol/mil/econ bargaining and conflict that is loosely based on the Median Voter Theorem which has been used with great success for about 30 years. However, there are fundamental mathematical limitations to these models. They apply to issues which can be represented on a single onedimensional continuum, like degree of centralization of a government, or cartel member...

We study a game-theoretic model where three political parties (left, median and right) can form coalitions both before and after the election. Before the election, coalitions can commit to a seat-sharing arrangement, but not to a policy platform or a division of rents from office; coalition members are free to break up and join other coalitions after the election. Equilibrium pre-electoral coal...

in cinema, the relationship between art and society is questioned more than other kinds of art. among all diverse approaches studying cinema, the reflection approach- believing cinema is impressed by the society. this approach is a theoretical framework of this research. the main question is how cinema reflected political demands of iranian society from 1995 to 2006. this period is noticeable c...

Serbian law stipulates several types or levels of legal protection electoral rights. Having raised it to the level constitutional right, a high has been reached, and is complementary importance The first basic type involves remedies during election procedure, procedure sui generis, which rules administrative are applied accordingly, i.e. subsidiarily. second judicial before courts based on appe...