M Hooghe
Biographic Data
| ID | 41592 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Hooghe |
| GIVEN NAMES | M |
| FAMILY NAME | Hooghe |
| SIGNATURE | HOOGHE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3840-2497 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 22 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 331 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 22 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1982 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 10 |
Has the electoral college grown more disproportional? An analysis of election results, 1876–2020
Especially following the 2000 and the 2016 presidential elections, some authors have denounced the legitimacy of the Electoral College as a presidential selection method. It is alleged that the college is not representative of the electorate as a whole and tends to favor one specific political party. In this article, we compare the popular vote with the composition of the Electoral College for every presidential contest since 1876 ( n = 37 electi…
Policy responsiveness to all citizens or only to voters? A longitudinal analysis of policy responsiveness in OECD countries
A close connection between public opinion and policy is considered a vital element of democracy. In representative systems, elections are assumed to play a role in realising such congruence. If those who participate in elections are not representative of the public at large, it follows that the reliance on elections as a mechanism of representation entails a risk of unequal representation. In this paper, we evaluate whether voters are better repr…
Public Opinion, Turnout and Social Policy
According to democratic theory, policy responsiveness is a key characteristic of democratic government: citizens’ preferences should affect policy outcomes. Empirically, however, the connection between public opinion and policy is not self-evident and is increasingly challenged. Using an originally constructed data set with information from 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries between 1980 and 2014, our research des…
Values, Economic Crisis and Democracy
Introduction In 2008, the global financial and economic crisis that hit Europe initiated the worst recession Europe had experienced since the Second World War. In the wake of this so-called “Great Recession” (Cho and Newhouse, 2013; Elsby et al., 2010; Verick and Islam, 2010), millions of jobs were lost resulting in rising levels of unemployment in most European countries. A wave of protests erupted particularly in those countries that were most …
The Tipping Point Between Stability and Decline
There is a consensus in recent literature on electoral research that voter turnout rates are declining significantly. We know less, however, about when this decline started and how significant it is. In this paper, we analyse trends in electoral turnout, as reported in the IDEA dataset for 20 stable democracies over the period between 1950 and 2012, which covers 349 elections. The results show that turnout levels were stable until approximately 1…
Enduring Gender Bias in Reporting on Political Elite Positions
In Belgium, like in numerous other democracies, the representation of women in parliament has risen sharply in recent decades, partly because of gender quota legislation. This rapid evolution implies that traditional notions on the presence of gender bias in media reporting need to be re-assessed. Relying on data from more than six thousand full newscasts, we examine the allotted speaking time to members of parliament (MPs) from 2003 until 2011 i…
The Occupational Roles of Women and Ethnic Minorities on Primetime Television in Belgium
In this study, we investigate differences in occupational status between women and men, and between ethnic minority and majority members, by means of a content analysis of Belgian prime-time television in 2013. We evaluate the accuracy of these television portrayals using interreality comparison strategies. Results indicate that although in television content women obtain higher average scores for occupational status than men, this is mainly due …
Economic Crisis and Levels of Political Participation in Europe (2002–2010)
This article examines the effect of the recent economic crisis on political participation levels in Europe. As the civic voluntarism model and grievances theory predict different effects of economic downturn on political participation, the crisis provides a unique context to evaluate the explanatory power of these two theories. It is found that, when investigating a period of eight years (2002-2010), economic growth is positively associated with …
How to reach Members of Parliament? Citizens and Members of Parliament on the Effectiveness of Political Participation Repertoires
Non-institutionalised forms of political participation are on the rise in Western societies, but thus far, we do not know all that much about their effectiveness. In this article we report on the perceived efficacy of non-institutionalised forms of political participation, among both citizens and Members of Parliament. We draw on data of the ‘PartiRep’ (Participation and Representation) project, including both population data (in Belgium) and a c…
Is Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Related to Attitudes Toward Homosexuality
The Impact of Education and Intergroup Friendship on the Development of Ethnocentrism. A Latent Growth Curve Model Analysis of a Five-Year Panel Study among Belgian Late Adolescents
In this article, we investigate individual-level changes in ethnocentrism during adolescence and pre-adulthood. We use structural equation modelling for longitudinal designs on data from the Belgian Political Panel Survey (BPPS, 2006–2011). In this panel, 2,428 Belgian adolescents were questioned at three points in time: at the ages of 16, 18 and 21 years. Individual change is analysed by using Latent Growth Curve Modelling. Individual variabilit…
Social capital and social inequality in adolescents' health in 601 Flemish communities
How Do Countries Survive Without a National Government? Theoretical Reflections on the Belgian Case
In this debate section, four Belgian political scientists reflect on the theoretical relevance of the lengthy political crisis that Belgium has known following the elections of June 2010. It is argued that the absence of a federal government did not lead to a policy vacuum, as regional governments, the European Union, public service managers and Members of Parliament tried to expand the scope of their authority. Given trends towards multi-level g…
Does Multi-Level Governance Reduce the Need for National Government
Following the June 2010 elections, Belgium was left for more than a year without a full government, as negotiations about constitutional reform dragged on. In this article, I investigate why this interregnum did not have any fatal consequences for Belgian governance and society. On a formal level, the Belgian constitution allows a caretaker government to take all necessary steps to ensure continuity, thus avoiding government deadlock. From a poli…
Unemployment, Inequality, Poverty and Crime
Previous research has indicated that various deprivation indicators have a positive impact on crime rates at the community level. In this article, we investigate the impact of deprivation indicators on crime in Belgian municipalities (n = 589) for the period 2001–06. A spatial regression analysis demonstrates that unemployment figures have a strong and significant impact on crime rates, and this effect is stronger than the effect of income levels…
Yes, But Suppose Everyone Turned Gay?”
Various quantitative studies have suggested the occurrence of hostile feelings toward LGBT rights among Islamic communities in Western societies. We know less, however, about the structure of these attitudes among Belgian Islamic youth. Based on focus groups and in-depth interviews, we try to disentangle these elements. The interviews suggest that feelings toward LGBT rights are not based on a discourse of individual rights but are considered wit…
Divided by the Same Language
Since 2001, the political science associations of The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) have sought ever closer cooperation, culminating in the organisation of annual Dutch–Belgian political science conferences. One of the goals of this unprecedented cooperation is to strengthen the visibility of Dutch-language political science, and to keep Dutch alive as a credible language for political science research. At first sight, this form of regional …
Generating Social Capital. Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Age Matters
The routine finding of a positive relation between participation in voluntary associations and civic values and attitudes can be explained by two different causal mechanisms. On the one hand, some authors stress a process of self-selection: those who already have a more civic value pattern will be over-represented in voluntary associations, but their attitudes are not necessarily influenced by interaction within the associations (Stolle, 2001; Us…
Electoral reform in Belgium
2003). Electoral reform in Belgium: proportionality or mediated politics? Representation: Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 264-269
The effect of electoral reform on the Belgian election results of 18 May 2003
2003). The effect of electoral reform on the Belgian election results of 18 May 2003. Representation: Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 270-276
European parliament elections 1979
Economic Crisis and Levels of Political Participation in Europe (2002–2010)
This article examines the effect of the recent economic crisis on political participation levels in Europe. As the civic voluntarism model and grievances theory predict different effects of economic downturn on political participation, the crisis provides a unique context to evaluate the explanatory power of these two theories. It is found that, when investigating a period of eight years (2002-2010), economic growth is positively associated with …
Is Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Related to Attitudes Toward Homosexuality
The Tipping Point Between Stability and Decline
There is a consensus in recent literature on electoral research that voter turnout rates are declining significantly. We know less, however, about when this decline started and how significant it is. In this paper, we analyse trends in electoral turnout, as reported in the IDEA dataset for 20 stable democracies over the period between 1950 and 2012, which covers 349 elections. The results show that turnout levels were stable until approximately 1…
Policy responsiveness to all citizens or only to voters? A longitudinal analysis of policy responsiveness in OECD countries
A close connection between public opinion and policy is considered a vital element of democracy. In representative systems, elections are assumed to play a role in realising such congruence. If those who participate in elections are not representative of the public at large, it follows that the reliance on elections as a mechanism of representation entails a risk of unequal representation. In this paper, we evaluate whether voters are better repr…
How to reach Members of Parliament? Citizens and Members of Parliament on the Effectiveness of Political Participation Repertoires
Non-institutionalised forms of political participation are on the rise in Western societies, but thus far, we do not know all that much about their effectiveness. In this article we report on the perceived efficacy of non-institutionalised forms of political participation, among both citizens and Members of Parliament. We draw on data of the ‘PartiRep’ (Participation and Representation) project, including both population data (in Belgium) and a c…
Social capital and social inequality in adolescents' health in 601 Flemish communities
The Impact of Education and Intergroup Friendship on the Development of Ethnocentrism. A Latent Growth Curve Model Analysis of a Five-Year Panel Study among Belgian Late Adolescents
In this article, we investigate individual-level changes in ethnocentrism during adolescence and pre-adulthood. We use structural equation modelling for longitudinal designs on data from the Belgian Political Panel Survey (BPPS, 2006–2011). In this panel, 2,428 Belgian adolescents were questioned at three points in time: at the ages of 16, 18 and 21 years. Individual change is analysed by using Latent Growth Curve Modelling. Individual variabilit…
Public Opinion, Turnout and Social Policy
According to democratic theory, policy responsiveness is a key characteristic of democratic government: citizens’ preferences should affect policy outcomes. Empirically, however, the connection between public opinion and policy is not self-evident and is increasingly challenged. Using an originally constructed data set with information from 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries between 1980 and 2014, our research des…
Unemployment, Inequality, Poverty and Crime
Previous research has indicated that various deprivation indicators have a positive impact on crime rates at the community level. In this article, we investigate the impact of deprivation indicators on crime in Belgian municipalities (n = 589) for the period 2001–06. A spatial regression analysis demonstrates that unemployment figures have a strong and significant impact on crime rates, and this effect is stronger than the effect of income levels…
Enduring Gender Bias in Reporting on Political Elite Positions
In Belgium, like in numerous other democracies, the representation of women in parliament has risen sharply in recent decades, partly because of gender quota legislation. This rapid evolution implies that traditional notions on the presence of gender bias in media reporting need to be re-assessed. Relying on data from more than six thousand full newscasts, we examine the allotted speaking time to members of parliament (MPs) from 2003 until 2011 i…
Age Matters
The routine finding of a positive relation between participation in voluntary associations and civic values and attitudes can be explained by two different causal mechanisms. On the one hand, some authors stress a process of self-selection: those who already have a more civic value pattern will be over-represented in voluntary associations, but their attitudes are not necessarily influenced by interaction within the associations (Stolle, 2001; Us…
Yes, But Suppose Everyone Turned Gay?”
Various quantitative studies have suggested the occurrence of hostile feelings toward LGBT rights among Islamic communities in Western societies. We know less, however, about the structure of these attitudes among Belgian Islamic youth. Based on focus groups and in-depth interviews, we try to disentangle these elements. The interviews suggest that feelings toward LGBT rights are not based on a discourse of individual rights but are considered wit…
The effect of electoral reform on the Belgian election results of 18 May 2003
2003). The effect of electoral reform on the Belgian election results of 18 May 2003. Representation: Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 270-276
The Occupational Roles of Women and Ethnic Minorities on Primetime Television in Belgium
In this study, we investigate differences in occupational status between women and men, and between ethnic minority and majority members, by means of a content analysis of Belgian prime-time television in 2013. We evaluate the accuracy of these television portrayals using interreality comparison strategies. Results indicate that although in television content women obtain higher average scores for occupational status than men, this is mainly due …
Electoral reform in Belgium
2003). Electoral reform in Belgium: proportionality or mediated politics? Representation: Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 264-269
How Do Countries Survive Without a National Government? Theoretical Reflections on the Belgian Case
In this debate section, four Belgian political scientists reflect on the theoretical relevance of the lengthy political crisis that Belgium has known following the elections of June 2010. It is argued that the absence of a federal government did not lead to a policy vacuum, as regional governments, the European Union, public service managers and Members of Parliament tried to expand the scope of their authority. Given trends towards multi-level g…
Does Multi-Level Governance Reduce the Need for National Government
Following the June 2010 elections, Belgium was left for more than a year without a full government, as negotiations about constitutional reform dragged on. In this article, I investigate why this interregnum did not have any fatal consequences for Belgian governance and society. On a formal level, the Belgian constitution allows a caretaker government to take all necessary steps to ensure continuity, thus avoiding government deadlock. From a poli…
Divided by the Same Language
Since 2001, the political science associations of The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) have sought ever closer cooperation, culminating in the organisation of annual Dutch–Belgian political science conferences. One of the goals of this unprecedented cooperation is to strengthen the visibility of Dutch-language political science, and to keep Dutch alive as a credible language for political science research. At first sight, this form of regional …
European parliament elections 1979
Generating Social Capital. Civil Society and Institutions in Comparative Perspective
Age Matters
The routine finding of a positive relation between participation in voluntary associations and civic values and attitudes can be explained by two different causal mechanisms. On the one hand, some authors stress a process of self-selection: those who already have a more civic value pattern will be over-represented in voluntary associations, but their attitudes are not necessarily influenced by interaction within the associations (Stolle, 2001; Us…
Electoral reform in Belgium
2003). Electoral reform in Belgium: proportionality or mediated politics? Representation: Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 264-269
The effect of electoral reform on the Belgian election results of 18 May 2003
2003). The effect of electoral reform on the Belgian election results of 18 May 2003. Representation: Vol. 39, No. 4, pp. 270-276
Divided by the Same Language
Since 2001, the political science associations of The Netherlands and Flanders (Belgium) have sought ever closer cooperation, culminating in the organisation of annual Dutch–Belgian political science conferences. One of the goals of this unprecedented cooperation is to strengthen the visibility of Dutch-language political science, and to keep Dutch alive as a credible language for political science research. At first sight, this form of regional …
Yes, But Suppose Everyone Turned Gay?”
Various quantitative studies have suggested the occurrence of hostile feelings toward LGBT rights among Islamic communities in Western societies. We know less, however, about the structure of these attitudes among Belgian Islamic youth. Based on focus groups and in-depth interviews, we try to disentangle these elements. The interviews suggest that feelings toward LGBT rights are not based on a discourse of individual rights but are considered wit…
How Do Countries Survive Without a National Government? Theoretical Reflections on the Belgian Case
In this debate section, four Belgian political scientists reflect on the theoretical relevance of the lengthy political crisis that Belgium has known following the elections of June 2010. It is argued that the absence of a federal government did not lead to a policy vacuum, as regional governments, the European Union, public service managers and Members of Parliament tried to expand the scope of their authority. Given trends towards multi-level g…
Does Multi-Level Governance Reduce the Need for National Government
Following the June 2010 elections, Belgium was left for more than a year without a full government, as negotiations about constitutional reform dragged on. In this article, I investigate why this interregnum did not have any fatal consequences for Belgian governance and society. On a formal level, the Belgian constitution allows a caretaker government to take all necessary steps to ensure continuity, thus avoiding government deadlock. From a poli…
Unemployment, Inequality, Poverty and Crime
Previous research has indicated that various deprivation indicators have a positive impact on crime rates at the community level. In this article, we investigate the impact of deprivation indicators on crime in Belgian municipalities (n = 589) for the period 2001–06. A spatial regression analysis demonstrates that unemployment figures have a strong and significant impact on crime rates, and this effect is stronger than the effect of income levels…
Social capital and social inequality in adolescents' health in 601 Flemish communities
Is Same-Sex Marriage Legislation Related to Attitudes Toward Homosexuality
The Impact of Education and Intergroup Friendship on the Development of Ethnocentrism. A Latent Growth Curve Model Analysis of a Five-Year Panel Study among Belgian Late Adolescents
In this article, we investigate individual-level changes in ethnocentrism during adolescence and pre-adulthood. We use structural equation modelling for longitudinal designs on data from the Belgian Political Panel Survey (BPPS, 2006–2011). In this panel, 2,428 Belgian adolescents were questioned at three points in time: at the ages of 16, 18 and 21 years. Individual change is analysed by using Latent Growth Curve Modelling. Individual variabilit…
How to reach Members of Parliament? Citizens and Members of Parliament on the Effectiveness of Political Participation Repertoires
Non-institutionalised forms of political participation are on the rise in Western societies, but thus far, we do not know all that much about their effectiveness. In this article we report on the perceived efficacy of non-institutionalised forms of political participation, among both citizens and Members of Parliament. We draw on data of the ‘PartiRep’ (Participation and Representation) project, including both population data (in Belgium) and a c…
Enduring Gender Bias in Reporting on Political Elite Positions
In Belgium, like in numerous other democracies, the representation of women in parliament has risen sharply in recent decades, partly because of gender quota legislation. This rapid evolution implies that traditional notions on the presence of gender bias in media reporting need to be re-assessed. Relying on data from more than six thousand full newscasts, we examine the allotted speaking time to members of parliament (MPs) from 2003 until 2011 i…
The Occupational Roles of Women and Ethnic Minorities on Primetime Television in Belgium
In this study, we investigate differences in occupational status between women and men, and between ethnic minority and majority members, by means of a content analysis of Belgian prime-time television in 2013. We evaluate the accuracy of these television portrayals using interreality comparison strategies. Results indicate that although in television content women obtain higher average scores for occupational status than men, this is mainly due …
Economic Crisis and Levels of Political Participation in Europe (2002–2010)
This article examines the effect of the recent economic crisis on political participation levels in Europe. As the civic voluntarism model and grievances theory predict different effects of economic downturn on political participation, the crisis provides a unique context to evaluate the explanatory power of these two theories. It is found that, when investigating a period of eight years (2002-2010), economic growth is positively associated with …
Values, Economic Crisis and Democracy
Introduction In 2008, the global financial and economic crisis that hit Europe initiated the worst recession Europe had experienced since the Second World War. In the wake of this so-called “Great Recession” (Cho and Newhouse, 2013; Elsby et al., 2010; Verick and Islam, 2010), millions of jobs were lost resulting in rising levels of unemployment in most European countries. A wave of protests erupted particularly in those countries that were most …
The Tipping Point Between Stability and Decline
There is a consensus in recent literature on electoral research that voter turnout rates are declining significantly. We know less, however, about when this decline started and how significant it is. In this paper, we analyse trends in electoral turnout, as reported in the IDEA dataset for 20 stable democracies over the period between 1950 and 2012, which covers 349 elections. The results show that turnout levels were stable until approximately 1…
Public Opinion, Turnout and Social Policy
According to democratic theory, policy responsiveness is a key characteristic of democratic government: citizens’ preferences should affect policy outcomes. Empirically, however, the connection between public opinion and policy is not self-evident and is increasingly challenged. Using an originally constructed data set with information from 21 Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development countries between 1980 and 2014, our research des…
Policy responsiveness to all citizens or only to voters? A longitudinal analysis of policy responsiveness in OECD countries
A close connection between public opinion and policy is considered a vital element of democracy. In representative systems, elections are assumed to play a role in realising such congruence. If those who participate in elections are not representative of the public at large, it follows that the reliance on elections as a mechanism of representation entails a risk of unequal representation. In this paper, we evaluate whether voters are better repr…
Has the electoral college grown more disproportional? An analysis of election results, 1876–2020
Especially following the 2000 and the 2016 presidential elections, some authors have denounced the legitimacy of the Electoral College as a presidential selection method. It is alleged that the college is not representative of the electorate as a whole and tends to favor one specific political party. In this article, we compare the popular vote with the composition of the Electoral College for every presidential contest since 1876 ( n = 37 electi…
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