EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW IN REGIONAL HEAD ELECTION TRIALS by M. Farrel Firdiansyah Putra, Ghunarsa Sujatnika

“…General elections and regional head elections are vital expressions of popular sovereignty and democratic representation within the framework of the rule of law. …”
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Keine Experimente ! by Ayaal Herdam

“…The study proposes several ways to explain this tendency, from a general evolution of society to changes in the conception of electoral slogans, such as the substitution of the imperative by verbless options. …”
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The General Election Supervisory Agency’s Policy in Conflict Resolution (Case Study: 2019 Legislative Election in North Musi Rawas District) by Eva Kurnia Farhan, Budi Setiyono, Teguh Yuwono, Reni Shinta Dewi

“…The aims of this research are to identify the Policy of general election super- vision agency (refers as Bawaslu) in conflict resolution in North Musi Rawas District. …”
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The new media as monitors of democracy by Dumisani Moyo

“… While Zimbabwe’s first two post-independence elections in 1980 and 1985 were generally considered to be a credible expression of the will of the people, subsequent elections in that country were largely contested, with allegations of rigging, gerrymandering, vote-buying and coercion, among several other irregularities. …”
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PARADOXES OF ARAB POLITICAL SYSTEMS CHANGES by V. A. Kusnetsov

“…However, the level of generalization inherent in the theory of social order impedes an analysis of the diverse political reality as we encounter in the Middle East. …”
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Theory and practice of digital political culture: The views of the French school of communicativistics by T. Yu. Lebedeva, L. V. Minaeva

“…Special attention is paid to the electoral campaigns of E. Macron and J.-L. Melenchon. …”
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Left-wing populism in Spain by I. L. Prokhorenko

“…(Podemos) in the face of growing support for populism in the the Southern European countries as well as in the European Union in general. The author identifies the origins and country-specific characteristics of the left-wing populism in Spain and provides the general overview of trends in the country’s party system since the middle of the 2000s, including the growing axiological, generational, political and ideological cleavages in the Spanish divided society. …”
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Évangélisation en Algérie : débats sur la liberté de culte by Karima Dirèche

“…The agitated debate is occurring within a framework for reform of state political institutions a general islamization of the political debate. The phenomenon of evangelization in Algeria raises other issues related to those of democratization (the debate that has occurred since the abrupt discontinuation of the electoral process of 1992) and authoritarian abuses of presidential power.…”
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Attitudes of Turkish academics towards the effects of digital journalism on shaping the political image by Omar Suleiman Saleh Malkawi

“…Finally, a low positive correlation (0.307**) was found between the effects of the general political mental image and the image of the electoral candidate (p < 0.05), in addition to a low positive correlation between the digital journalism arts and the elements of the general political mental image, where the value of (p < 0.05) was found.…”
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Un scrutin pour trois pays : la nouvelle géographie politique italienne suite à l’élection législative du 4 mars 2018 by Matteo Cavallaro, Davide Policastro, Guido Salza, Massimo Angelo Zanetti

“…In this article we describe and analyse the results of the Italian General Election of March 4, 2018. In particular, we focus on the geographical differences in the scores distribution of the main political forces. …”
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Trajectoire d’un parti islamiste dans l’Algérie post-guerre civile. Le cas du Mouvement de la Société pour la Paix (MSP) by Claire Dupuy-Lorvin

“…The positions and political choices of the Society for Peace Movement (MSP), since the suspension of the electoral process in 1992, are conditioned both by the place that the Algerian State allocates to Islamist parties in general, and by its relations with other Islamist formations, which oscillate between strategies of distinction and of alliances. …”
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Integrating environmental issues in the policy agenda by the ruling parties in East Java, Indonesia by Syahirul Alim, Verdy Firmantoro, Angga Sukmara Christian Permadi

“…Despite the existing literature, parties that are more likely to survive electorally are in areas where voters are highly concerned about environmental issues and have different party strategies in terms of general policy. …”
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Editorial by Ann-Kristin Kölln, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…Pistor’s review of the book is unequivocal: using methods from comparative politics, the authors provide a “very interesting argument” and “a clear empirical case for the youthquake during the 2017 General Election in the UK”. Pistor also welcomes especially two implications of the book: (1) many young British people are not as politically disenfranchised as general wisdom holds (and there is much more to be said about that); (2) many of them are not only cosmopolitans but also British cosmopolitans interested and engaged in national politics. …”
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Bolivia at a Crossroads: Is Consolidation of a ‘Divided Society’ Feasible? by T. A. Vorotnikova

“…These include miscalculations of the government which has revealed general instability of the country’s political system and threatened to erode democratic institutions; changes in electoral behavior of the population; the increasing role of the armed forces. …”
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PERAN STAKEHOLDER DALAM MENINGKATKAN PARTISIPASI PEMILIH PEMULA PADA PEMILIHAN UMUM 2024 DI KABUPATEN BOJONEGORO by Kidung Bukit Darmawan, Esa Septian, Ida Suwasanti

“…The study finds that collaborative governance plays the role of stakeholders in increasing voter participation in the 2024 general election in Bojonegoro District. It's going well even though some sectors haven't maximized its implementation, institutional design, facilitative leadership and face-to-face dialogue. …”
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Voters’ attitudes towards political parties’ communication: the case of Diepsloot voters in Gauteng, South Africa by Trevor Hlungwani, Siyasanga Tyali

“…These parties were the top three when it came to electoral support in South Africa when this study was carried out. …”
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ETHNIC POLITICS AND SUSTAINABLE DEMOCRACY IN NIGERIA by UKWU FELIX EMEKA

“… Since Nigeria gained independence, there has been a persistent demand for an electoral system that would foster a functional democratic process. …”
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Call for Papers: How attractive are political parties and trade unions to young people? by IF and FRFG

“…Party members and affiliates, more generally, are in this respect one of the linking mechanisms that are  beneficial for the effective functioning of political representation. …”
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Euroscepticism in France: Past and Present by R. I. Blagoveshchenskii

“…The author concludes that Marine Le Pen’s presidential electoral defeat in 2017 does not imply a defeat of the French Euroscepticism. …”
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Editorial by Pieter Vanhuysse, Antony Mason, Jörg Tremmel, Markus Rutsche, Maria Lenk

“…The first article is a general overview essay on Generational Accounting, authored by Laurence Kotlikoff, a founding father of this methodology. …”
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