Swiss Political Science Review

Papers
(The median citation count of Swiss Political Science Review is 0. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-11-01 to 2025-11-01.)
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Youth Without Representation: The Absence of Young Adults in Parliaments, Cabinets, and CandidaciesStockemer, Daniel and AkselSundström, University of Michigan Press. 2022. p. 207. ISBN: 978‐0‐472‐90245
The surge in women's representation in the 2019 Swiss federal elections25
From Dayton to Bernese Jura: The Election of the Croat Member of the Presidency of Bosnia and Herzegovina18
Knowledge, Trust or Perspectives? A Causal Mediation Analysis of How a Citizens’ Jury Affected Voting Intentions in the General Public17
Wählerschaft und Perspektiven der Sozialdemokratie in der Schweiz By Häusermann, Silja; Abou‐Chadi, Tarik; Bürgisser, Reto; Enggist, Matthias; Mitteregger, Reto; Mosimann, Nadja; Zollinger,16
Business Lobbying in the European UnionDavidCoen, AlexanderKatsaitis, and MatiaVannoni, Oxford, Oxford University Press (2021), 221 p., ISBN 978–0–19‐958975‐316
What Drives the Selection of Political Information on Google? Tension Between Ideal Democracy and the Influence of Ranking16
The Swiss Approach to Societal Impact is Good, but Might Become Even Better: A Comment on Ochsner15
Bring the Public In: Assessing Non‐Participants' Legitimacy Perceptions of a Digital Democratic Innovation in a Swiss Experiment14
List of Reviewers 202213
List of Reviewers 202313
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Latent Ideological Positions of Swiss Parties and Subsets of the Population10
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Right‐Wing Populist Parties' Bordering Narratives in Times of Crisis: Anti‐Immigration Discourse in the Genevan Borderland during the COVID‐19 Pandemic8
Understanding Referendums: The Comparative Politics of Direct Democracy. MattQvortrup. Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025, 170 pp., 978–1–0353‐3243‐48
Which Factors Influence Issue Salience in Electoral Manifestos? New Insights From the Salience of Social Services in Dutch Local Elections7
Multi‐level party favoritism: The case of a discretionary grant program in Poland7
Politik von Unten: Populismus in der SchweizJames EdwardWeberBaden‐Baden, Nomos (2021), 247 p., ISBN 978–3–8487‐7143‐16
The Welfare Workforce Why Mental Health Care Varies Across Affluent Democracies By Isabel M.Perera.Cambridge University Press (2025), 288 p., ISBN: 978‐1‐009‐49986‐66
Political Parties and the Use of Digitalization in Daily Politics: Introduction to the Special Issue6
Impact of information shortcuts on preferential voting: Gender and ballot position effects in Luxembourg and Switzerland6
The impact of ideological positions and personal attributes of candidates in intraparty competition: A study under the Swiss open‐list PR System6
Political Attitudes and Sexual Identity in Germany: Examining the Sexuality Gap5
Congruence in Proportional Representation Systems: Non‐Economic Issue Salience and Coalition Formation5
Variegated digital state repression in Central Asia5
Der Effekt des Haushalts auf die Beteiligungsdisposition5
The other side of platform politics. Law‐making and online participatory democracy in the Five Star Movement5
Dem Laufgitter entkommen – Frauenforderungen im eidgenössischen Parlament seit 1950MarlèneGerberAnjaHeidelberger (Hrsg.)Zürich und Genf, Seismo Verlag (2021), 470 S., ISBN 978–3–03777‐251‐55
Conditional distributions of frame variables and voting behaviour in probability‐based surveys and opt‐in panels5
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The Origin of Dialogue in the News Media, RegulaHänggli. Cham, Palgrave Macmillan (2020), xv + 283 p., ISBN 97830302658234
Party Strategies in Local Elections: Insights from Israel4
Ethnic Diversity, Anti‐Immigrant Sentiments, and Radical Right Voting in the Flemish Region of Belgium4
Introducing HESSS: Home Economics at Swiss Secondary Schools4
International Trade, the Great War, and the Origins of Taxation: Sister Republics Parting Ways4
Does the left–right cleavage matter in local politics? An analysis of local party manifestos across municipal sizes3
Party digitalization and website features: a comparative study of party organizations3
Integration as a Precondition for Enfranchisement? Swiss Public Opinion on Noncitizen Voting Rights3
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Parliamentary Status and Drivers of Sympathy for the Radical Right3
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The Power of Opposition. How Legislative Organization Influences Democratic Consolidation. SimoneWegmann. New York, Routledge (2022), 202 p., ISBN 97810322824593
Beyond Social Impact: The Value of Science for Society (A Comment on Ochsner)3
Big Brothers United: The Influence of China and Russia in Strengthening Digital Authoritarianism in Tajikistan3
The Legal Limits of Direct Democracy: A Comparative Analysis of Referendums and Initiatives Across EuropeDanielMoeckliAnnaForgácsHenriIbi (eds.) Cheltenham, Edward Elgar Publishing (2021), 296 pp., IS3
ReconcilingIntra‐PartyandIntra‐CoalitionDissent in Morality Politics: Parliamentary Debates on Marriage Equality in the German Bundestag2
Qualitative Comparative Analysis (QCA) using R: A Beginner's Guide. ByIoana‐ElenaOană, Carsten Q.Schneider & EvaThomann, Cambridge University Press (2021), ISBN: 978–1–009‐00678‐12
The Impact of Social Media Use for Elected Parliamentarians: Evidence from Politicians' Use of Twitter During the Last Two Swiss Legislatures2
Can(‘t) have it all? Parents in the Swiss Parliament2
Pacification through decentralization: An explanatory analysis of ethno‐territorial cabinet conflict in Belgium (1979–2006)2
Wind Turbines, Public Acceptance, and Electoral Outcomes2
Transmissions, Decisions, Discourses – A Methodological Framework for Measuring and Comparing Democratic Innovations’ Policy‐Impact(s)2
Choosing who to hate? The Extreme and Radical Right's Foreign Policy between Anti‐Semitism, Islamophobia, and Russophilia2
Uniform for All? A Framing Experiment on the Acceptance of a Gender‐Neutral Compulsory Service in Switzerland2
Amnesty International and Women's Rights: Feminist Strategies, Leadership Commitment and Internal ResistanceMiriamGanzfriedBielefeld, Transcript (2022), 320 p., 978‐3‐8376‐6008‐12
Trust in Implementing Institutions, Ecological Behavior and Decentralized Environmental Governance: The Case of Switzerland2
Politique suisse: Institutions, acteurs, processus By PascalSciarini, EPFL Press, 2023, 636 p.2
Die Grünen in der Schweiz: Entwicklung – Wirken – Perspektiven/Les Vert‐e‐s en Suisse: Évolution – action – perspectivesSarahBütikofer and WernerSeitz (Eds.) Zurich, Seismo Press (2023), 228 p., 2
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The gender gap in pro‐environmental political participation among older adults2
The Added Value of Configurational Meta‐analyses2
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Electoral Campaigns and Parliamentary Practice: Do Parties Pursue the Issues They Campaigned On?2
The Making of the World. How International Organizations Shape Our Future. YvesSchemeil. Verlag Barbara Budrich (2023), 406 p., ISBN978‐38474214671
Politikevaluation. Eine EinführungFritzSager, SusanneHadorn, AndreasBalthasar &CélineMavrotWiesbaden, Springer (2021), 282 S., ISBN 978–3–658‐32489‐6, ISBN 978–3–658‐32490‐2 (e‐book)1
National Populism and Borders: The Politicisation of Cross‐border Mobilisations in EuropeBy OscarMazzoleni, CeciliaBiancalana, AndreaPilotti, LaurentBernhard, GrégoireYerly, LukasLauener, Cheltenham: 1
The electoral importance and evolution of climate‐related energy policy: evidence from Switzerland1
Communicating Mobility Restrictions During the COVID‐19 Crisis on Twitter: The Legitimacy Challenge1
Démocraties DirectesBy RaulMagni‐Berton et LaurenceMorel (eds.), Bruxelles, Bruylant (2022), 550 p., ISBN: 978–2–8027‐7215‐61
Deservingness and Welfare Attitudes Through Young Eyes: The Future of the Swiss Welfare State1
Shared Class, Shared Opinion? Policy Preference Congruence Between Citizens and Legislators1
Ideological Disagreement and the Rejection of Laws by Italian Heads of State1
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Shared Rule in Federal Theory and Practice. Concept, Causes, Consequences. SeanMueller. Oxford University Press (2024), 272 p., ISBN 978–0–198‐88214‐1
Landbote vs. NZZ. Die Auseinandersetzung zwischen den beiden Zeitungen um die Direkte Demokratie und deren Ausgestaltung in der demokratischen Zürcher Revolution von 1867‐1869AndreasGross, Edition Le 1
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Faire campagne: Les partis politiques suisses face à l'électorat depuis 1945. ZoéKergomard. EPFL Press, Savoir Suisse (2023), 176p, 978–2–88915‐915‐515‐61
Does Direct Democracy Enhance Politicians’ Perceptions of Constituents’ Opinions? Evidence from Switzerland1
The domestic politics of the Swiss‐EU negotiations on the Institutional Framework Agreement (and beyond)1
Vicious circle of peripheries: Representation of sub‐municipal units in local election manifestos in amalgamated municipalities1
On the Way to Limited Competitiveness: Political Consequences of the 2011 Electoral Reform in Hungary1
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Do Citizens use Sociodemographic Characteristics as Cues to Infer Candidate Issue Positions?1
The Political Scientist as a Critical Friend: A Comment on Flinders1
Swiss Euroscepticism from a Comparative Perspective1
Die Schweiz, der unbekannte Nachbar By Linder, Wolf, Wiesbaden, Harrassowitz Verlag (2023), 282 Seiten,ISBN78‐3‐447‐12003‐61
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Party Politics at the Local Level: Introduction to the Special Issue1
Making Representative Politics Work: Cross‐Segmental Parties in Consociations1
Beyond coalition and opposition? The effect of councilwide agreements on legislative voting behaviour in Dutch municipalities1
The Introduction of E‐Government in Switzerland – Many Sparks, No FireTerezaCahlikovaSwitzerland, Palgrave Macmillan (2021), 129 p., ISBN 978–3–030‐78623‐61
Caring breadwinners? A comparative analysis of parental leave policies to promote fathers' care work1
From newspapers to social media? Changing dynamics in Swiss direct democratic campaigns1
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Postface: Concluding Remarks on Relevance and Impact of Political Science in Switzerland1
Local voters have their reasons. Mapping voting motives in local elections in Belgium0
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Issue Ownership and Agenda Setting in the 2019 Swiss National Elections0
The Impact of Municipality Mergers on Political Participation0
The Human Imperative: Power, Freedom and Democracy in the Age of Artificial IntelligencePaulNemitz and MatthiasPfeffer (Eds.), Cambridge: The Ethics Press. 2023. pp. 602.ISBN: 978–1–80441‐10
Wie institutionelle Hürden die soziale Selektivität der Wahl verschärfen: Das Beispiel von Formfehlern bei der Briefwahl0
Confidence Across Cleavage: The Swiss Rural–Urban Divide, Place‐Based Identity and Political Trust0
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Normative Theorien autoritärer HerrschaftBraun, DietmarWiesbaden, Springer VS (2020), 301 p., ISBN: 97836582996060
Processing Large‐Scale Archival Records: The Case of the Swiss Parliamentary Records0
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Populist Citizens in four European Countries: Widespread Dissatisfaction goes with Contradictory but Pro‐democratic Regime Preferences0
The Oxford Handbook of Swiss Politics. Edited by PatrickEmmenegger, FlaviaFossati, SiljaHäusermann, YannisPapadopoulos, PascalSciarini and AdrianVatter. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2023. Pp. xxxv0
The Local Party Branch and the Council Party Group: Who Governs?0
Little Fish in Big Ponds: The Pathways to Inclusion for Micro‐Minorities in Power‐Sharing Societies0
Place and Policy Preferences – Spatial Divides in Attitudes towards Social Policies in Germany0
Comparing Online and Offline Political Support0
Municipality‐Level Outcomes of Direct‐Democratic Votes in Switzerland, 1866–20230
List of Reviewers 20210
Voting in the Echo Chamber? Patterns of Political Online Activities and Voting Behavior in Switzerland0
Introduction to the Debate: How Does Political Science Matter? The Relevance and Impact of the Discipline0
Multilingual Democracy: Switzerland and BeyondStojanović, NenadLondon & New York, ECPR Press/Roman & Littlefield (2021), 233 p., ISBN 978–1–78552‐331‐10
The War of Words: A Glossary of GlobalizationHaroldJamesNew Haven und London, Yale University Press (2021), 368 p., ISBN 978–0–300‐25829‐50
Political Consumer Gap between Foreign Residents and Swiss Citizens: The Explanatory Relationship of Political Resources and Citizenship Status0
Lutter contre les pauvres. Les politiques de la mendicité. L'exemple suisse. Jean‐PierreTabin & RenéKnüsel. Troisième édition augmentée et actualisée. Lausanne, Éditions d'en bas (200
Multi‐level Implementation of International Law: The Role of Vertical Epistemic Communities0
Sortons du ghetto: Histoire politique des homosexualités en Suisse, 1950–1990ThierryDelessertZürich, Genève, Seismo (2021), 280 p., ISBN 978–2–88351‐092‐00
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Do birds of a feather flock together? Patterns of ethnolinguistic group representation in the Brussels Capital Region0
How Coordinated Capitalism Adapts to the Knowledge Economy: Different Upskilling Strategies in Germany and Switzerland0
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The Political Maturity of Youths and Young Adults: Empirical Evidence from Switzerland0
Values, Taboos, and Votes: How Basic Human Values Affect Populist Electoral Support0
Institutional Context and Satisfaction with Democracy: Shaping the Winner‐Loser Gap among Latin American Legislators0
Are European Elections Second‐Order Elections for Everyone?0
The electoral behaviour of voters with migration backgrounds and natives at the 2015 and 2019 Swiss National Elections. Two completely different stories?0
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Regulators as Agenda‐setters. How National Agencies Shape Public IssuesBy Guaschino, Edoardo, London, Routledge (2023), 176 p., ISBN 978‐032‐18402‐90
My glass, ours, or yours? Half full or half empty? The EU and its crisis management. European Disunion. Democracy, Sovereignty and the Politics of Emergency By Stefan Auer.Hurst & Compa0
What drives data‐driven campaigning (DDC)? A comparative analysis of the institutional and organisational factors shaping the adoption of DDC in the French and German party syste0
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Ethnicity and Elections: Electoral Context Affects Parties' Use of Ethnic References0
Why do people give to their governments? Lab‐in‐the‐field evidence on the role of norms, social information, and political support0
Do Citizens Judge Health Experts Through a Partisan Lens? Evidence from a Factorial Survey Experiment0
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The Indirect Effect of Electoral Rules on Citizens’ Satisfaction with Democracy: A Comparative Study0
Impotence Through Relevance? Faustian Bargains, Beyond Impact and the Future of Political Science0
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Obtaining Grants: Does Dual Mandate Holding Create a Self‐Perceived Competitive Edge?0
Likeminded? Congruence Between Political Elites and their Voters Regarding Policy Choices inSwiss‐EURelations0
Beyond Groups? Consociational Culture and the Representation of Cross‐Segmental Interests0
“I'm worried, but”: Unpacking the gap between environmental concern and pro‐environmental behavior0
Age, period and cohort effects in a dealigned electorate: comparing late deciders and vote switchers0
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Charisma in Right‐Wing Populism: Comparing the View of the Leader and Followers within the Swiss People’s Party0
Right‐wing populism against diploma democracy. The evolution of parliamentary elites in Austria, Italy, and Switzerland0
The Mis‐conceptualisation of Societal Impact: Why the Swiss Approach to Societal Impact is Productive and not Inexistent0
Beyond Social Democracy: The Transformation of the Left in Emerging Knowledge Societies. SiljaHäusermann & HerbertKitschelt (Eds.). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2024, 486 pp., 978–1–009‐0
The Effect of Ministerial Instability on Government's Mandate Fulfilment: Evidence from the Portuguese Case0
The Valence Side of the EU: EU Issue Voting in the Aftermath of the Eurozone Crisis0
The Potential for Political Scientists to Remain Relevant: A Comment on Flinders0
Unequal Democracies: Public Policy, Responsiveness and Redistribution in an Era of Rising Economic Inequality, NoamLupu & JonasPontusson (Eds.). Cambridge, Cambridge University Press (2023)0
Welfare Chauvinism among Voters and Political Parties: Exploring Preferences for Restricting EU Migrants' Access to Social Assistance in Switzerland0
How Populists Rally Around the People: Evidence from the Yellow Vests Movement Using an Embedding Regression Model0
Everything for the people, but trust? Exploring the link between populist attitudes and social trust in Italy, Portugal, and Spain0
Competence Issue Ownership, Issue Positions and the Vote for the Greens and the Social Democrats0
Technology‐Enabled Surveillance as a Regime Characteristic: Re‐Authoritarianization in Central Asia0
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Taking Their Game to the Next Level: Why Members Support Party Digitalization0
Approaches to Qualitative Comparative Analysis and good practices: A systematic review0
From Old to New Colonial Dependencies: Public Perceptions of Chinese Surveillance Cameras in Central Asia0
The enactment of public participation in rulemaking: A comparative analysis0
The Impact of Institutional and Financial Constraints on Party Behaviour in Local Politics0
Voting with Their Feet by Staying? The Political Drivers of Noncitizens' (Im‐)mobility0
Maduro's Machines Against Paper Coalitions: Party Digitalization and Narratives on Machine Voting in Bulgaria0
Direkte Demokratie in den GemeindenMartina FlickWitzig und AdrianVatter, Basel, NZZ Libro (2023), 207 S., ISBN 978–3–907396‐24‐70
The Localist Turn in Populism Studies0
When Do Authoritarian Regimes Use Digital Technologies for Covert Repression? A Qualitative Comparative Analysis of Politico‐Economic Conditions0
Past the saturation point: Why voters switch from mainstream to niche parties and vice‐versa0
Moderation of Radical Right‐wing Populist Parties in Western European Governments – A Comparative Analysis0
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Crises of European Integration: Joining Together or Falling Apart?LucasSchramm. London, Palgrave Macmillan (2024), xvii + 303 pp, ISBN 978–3–031‐54747‐80
When issues matter: A Survey Experiment with Local Leaders0
Political support through representation by the government. Evidence from Dutch panel data0
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Some Are More Equal than Others: Exploring Competition Among ‘Mirror Parties’0
ChatGPT as a voting application in direct democracy0
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The Accessibility and Electoral Consequences of Issue Competence Perceptions: Evidence from the Swiss 2019 Election0
Centripetalism in Consociational Democracy: The Multiple Proportional Vote and the Belgian Case0
Introduction to the Special Issue “The 2019 Swiss National Elections”0
What is the normative added value of deliberative mini publics in the context of climate policy making?0
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From Speech to Feed: How Parliamentary Debates Shape Party Agendas on Social Media‌0
Bildungsstandardisierung im politisch‐administrativen Kontext. Eine Analyse des Diskurses auf internationaler Ebene und in der Schweiz seit Ende der 1980er JahreEnder, SusanneZürich, Chronos Verlag (20
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Lobbyierende Kantone. Subnationale Interessenvertretung im Schweizer Föderalismus. RahelFreiburghaus.Baden‐Baden, Nomos (2024), 685 p., ISBN 978–3–7489‐1948‐30
West Lothians in the European Parliament? Diverging Vote Choices in Cases of Differentiated Integration0
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Hit the right target! The Role of Issue Saliency among a Party's Potential Voters as a Determinant of the Party's Issue Emphasis in Switzerland0
Tailored negativity. Campaign consultants, candidate personality, and attack politics0
Clientelism and digitalisation of Roma parties' electoral campaigns: a case study0
What is a Multi‐Ethnic Party and How to Spot a Fake One?0
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Self‐Ruleand Intrastate Conflict Risk in Divided Societies: A Configurational Analysis of Consociational Institutions0
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