Matthias Fatke
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 346407 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Matthias Fatke |
| NOMBRES | Matthias |
| APELLIDO | Fatke |
| FIRMA | FATKE M |
| AFILIACIONES | Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3207-5379 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 319 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2013 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2021 |
| ÍNDICE H | 8 |
Direct democracy, political support and populism–attitudinal patterns in the German Bundesländer
Empirical insights on the attitudinal correlates of direct democracy are inconclusive. On the one hand, direct democracy bears a conceptual resemblance with populist ideas. On the other hand, participatory democrats advocate the use of direct democracy precisely on grounds that it promises to educate citizens. This paper complements tests of arguments positing an educative potential of direct democracy with tests of its populist potential. We mak…
Latent Hybridity in Administrative Crisis Management
Studying the so-called refugee crisis in Germany, this article asks about the effectiveness of crisis management by a large number of local administrations, each acting upon the same crisis impulse of a high number of asylum seekers who entered the country in 2015 and 2016. Instead of theorizing the exact administrative design features fit for an effective crisis response, the focus is on the ability of administrations to adjust. We conceptualize…
Rainmaker or rent-seeker? Associational landscapes and generalized trust of non-members
How party‒issue linkages vary between election manifestos and media debates
Existing research on party behaviour has largely focused on the drivers of issue salience in direct party communication. However, less is known about party-issue linkages in election campaigns covered by the mass media, from which most voters get their information about party positions. Against this background, this article explores how two important drivers of issue salience in direct party communication - issue ownership and systemic salience -…
How to Assess Power Law Behavior Using Stochastic Process Methods
Power law distributions have a certain appeal to researchers, not least because they often insinuate a general empirical law. Hence, searching for them in data generated by social and political processes has become popular. In the political science literature, however, power law behavior has rarely been assessed rigorously. Relying mainly on qualitative appraisals of log–log plots, merely a necessary, but no sufficient, condition of power law beh…
Effects of voting advice applications during election campaigns. Evidence from a panel study at the 2014 European elections
Over the last several years, Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have become an indispensable part of election campaigns in many countries. VAAs are designed to increase the political sophistication of citizens. In this paper we test whether these tools can accomplish this mission. Resorting to self-generated panel data for the 2014 European Election in Germany, we use entropy balancing techniques to deal with the problem of self-selection into the…
Decentralisation and political inequality
Subtle social stressors of civil wars
Civil wars entail many harmful consequences for the population beyond physical injuries and casualties. Although recent research has pointed out the importance of psychological distress, it must not be overlooked that not only immediate experiences from civil wars can cause such distress, but also the processes transforming social networks. In this article, the authors argue that wartime transformation is enduring even after the civil war has end…
Politicizing immigration in Western Europe
Immigration has become a hot topic in West European politics. The factors responsible for the intensification of political conflict on this issue are a matter of considerable controversy. This holds in particular for the role of socio-economic factors and of radical right populist parties. This article explores the politicization of immigration issues and its driving forces in the electoral arena. It is based on a comparative study using both med…
Inequality Perceptions, Preferences Conducive to Redistribution, and the Conditioning Role of Social Position
Inequality poses one of the biggest challenges of our time. It is not self-correcting in the sense that citizens demand more redistributive measures in light of rising inequality, which recent studies suggest may be due to the fact that citizens’ perceptions of inequality diverge from objective levels. Moreover, it is not the latter, but the former, which are related to preferences conducive to redistribution. However, the nascent literature on i…
Personality Traits and Political Ideology
This article presents the first assessment of how the five‐factor model of personality and political ideology are associated across the world. Personality traits become more and more important in the study of political behavior. And the relationship with ideology virtually parallels the history of this line of research. Yet, many existing studies are limited to single, highly developed countries and mostly draw on nonrandom or nonrepresentative s…
Invalid Voting in German Constituencies
This article studies invalid voting, which has received very little attention so far, given the broad interest and substantial relevance of voting behaviour research. Existing evidence is mostly limited to rather specific and hardly representative countries. Yet, the extent of invalid ballots is not negligible. Despite undemanding electoral rules, more invalid votes are cast in German general elections than votes for niche parties. Against this b…
Participatory effects of regional authority
This article studies political participation in the context of decentralisation in Europe. Recent secession attempts demonstrate how the demand for decentralisation energises citizens. Yet the fact that decentralised institutions, initially, were endorsed to increase citizens' participation is often neglected. In order to test this contention empirically, three theoretically informed arguments are developed, making use of the most recent data on …
Politische PsychologieFaas, Thorsten / Frank, Cornelia / Schoen, Harald (Hrsg) Politische Vierteljahresschrift (2015)
Dank des Heranziehens psychologischer Erkenntnisse zur Erklärung politischen Handelns stellt die politische Psychologie nicht nur ein vielversprechendes und facettenreiches Forschungsfeld dar, sie erfreut sich seit einiger Zeit auch eines stetig wachsenden Interesses innerhalb der Disziplin und darüber hinaus. Das 2003 erstmals erschienene „Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology” hat ebenso zur Etablierung des Feldes beigetragen wie das renommie…
Behavioural primes in the voting booth
Participation and Political Equality in Direct Democracy
This paper analyses the moderating effect of direct democracy on the relationship between socioeconomic status and electoral participation. A sceptical position holds that direct democracy increases social bias in the electorate as issues are too complex and demanding. Participatory democrats in contrast invoke an educative effect of direct democratic institutions, thus decreasing social bias within the electorate. To test both arguments we use d…
Allure or alternative? Direct democracy and party identification
This article presents the first investigation of whether and how party identification is influenced by direct democratic institutions. The concept of party identification is of central interest to political science. Despite declining partisan attachment and increasing dealignment among voters, little systematic evidence exists as to which factors influence individual party identification. Our article contributes to improving on this lacuna by con…
Direct Democracy and Political Trust
This study investigates the relationship between direct democracy and political trust. We suggest a solution to the controversy in research centering on positive versus negative effects of direct democracy by analytically differentiating between the availability of direct democratic rights and the actual use of those rights. Theoretically, greater availability of direct democratic rights may enhance political trust by increasing citizens' percept…
Direct Democracy
Politicizing immigration in Western Europe
Immigration has become a hot topic in West European politics. The factors responsible for the intensification of political conflict on this issue are a matter of considerable controversy. This holds in particular for the role of socio-economic factors and of radical right populist parties. This article explores the politicization of immigration issues and its driving forces in the electoral arena. It is based on a comparative study using both med…
Personality Traits and Political Ideology
This article presents the first assessment of how the five‐factor model of personality and political ideology are associated across the world. Personality traits become more and more important in the study of political behavior. And the relationship with ideology virtually parallels the history of this line of research. Yet, many existing studies are limited to single, highly developed countries and mostly draw on nonrandom or nonrepresentative s…
Direct Democracy and Political Trust
This study investigates the relationship between direct democracy and political trust. We suggest a solution to the controversy in research centering on positive versus negative effects of direct democracy by analytically differentiating between the availability of direct democratic rights and the actual use of those rights. Theoretically, greater availability of direct democratic rights may enhance political trust by increasing citizens' percept…
Direct Democracy
Latent Hybridity in Administrative Crisis Management
Studying the so-called refugee crisis in Germany, this article asks about the effectiveness of crisis management by a large number of local administrations, each acting upon the same crisis impulse of a high number of asylum seekers who entered the country in 2015 and 2016. Instead of theorizing the exact administrative design features fit for an effective crisis response, the focus is on the ability of administrations to adjust. We conceptualize…
How party‒issue linkages vary between election manifestos and media debates
Existing research on party behaviour has largely focused on the drivers of issue salience in direct party communication. However, less is known about party-issue linkages in election campaigns covered by the mass media, from which most voters get their information about party positions. Against this background, this article explores how two important drivers of issue salience in direct party communication - issue ownership and systemic salience -…
Invalid Voting in German Constituencies
This article studies invalid voting, which has received very little attention so far, given the broad interest and substantial relevance of voting behaviour research. Existing evidence is mostly limited to rather specific and hardly representative countries. Yet, the extent of invalid ballots is not negligible. Despite undemanding electoral rules, more invalid votes are cast in German general elections than votes for niche parties. Against this b…
Inequality Perceptions, Preferences Conducive to Redistribution, and the Conditioning Role of Social Position
Inequality poses one of the biggest challenges of our time. It is not self-correcting in the sense that citizens demand more redistributive measures in light of rising inequality, which recent studies suggest may be due to the fact that citizens’ perceptions of inequality diverge from objective levels. Moreover, it is not the latter, but the former, which are related to preferences conducive to redistribution. However, the nascent literature on i…
Effects of voting advice applications during election campaigns. Evidence from a panel study at the 2014 European elections
Over the last several years, Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have become an indispensable part of election campaigns in many countries. VAAs are designed to increase the political sophistication of citizens. In this paper we test whether these tools can accomplish this mission. Resorting to self-generated panel data for the 2014 European Election in Germany, we use entropy balancing techniques to deal with the problem of self-selection into the…
Participatory effects of regional authority
This article studies political participation in the context of decentralisation in Europe. Recent secession attempts demonstrate how the demand for decentralisation energises citizens. Yet the fact that decentralised institutions, initially, were endorsed to increase citizens' participation is often neglected. In order to test this contention empirically, three theoretically informed arguments are developed, making use of the most recent data on …
Allure or alternative? Direct democracy and party identification
This article presents the first investigation of whether and how party identification is influenced by direct democratic institutions. The concept of party identification is of central interest to political science. Despite declining partisan attachment and increasing dealignment among voters, little systematic evidence exists as to which factors influence individual party identification. Our article contributes to improving on this lacuna by con…
Participation and Political Equality in Direct Democracy
This paper analyses the moderating effect of direct democracy on the relationship between socioeconomic status and electoral participation. A sceptical position holds that direct democracy increases social bias in the electorate as issues are too complex and demanding. Participatory democrats in contrast invoke an educative effect of direct democratic institutions, thus decreasing social bias within the electorate. To test both arguments we use d…
How to Assess Power Law Behavior Using Stochastic Process Methods
Power law distributions have a certain appeal to researchers, not least because they often insinuate a general empirical law. Hence, searching for them in data generated by social and political processes has become popular. In the political science literature, however, power law behavior has rarely been assessed rigorously. Relying mainly on qualitative appraisals of log–log plots, merely a necessary, but no sufficient, condition of power law beh…
Direct democracy, political support and populism–attitudinal patterns in the German Bundesländer
Empirical insights on the attitudinal correlates of direct democracy are inconclusive. On the one hand, direct democracy bears a conceptual resemblance with populist ideas. On the other hand, participatory democrats advocate the use of direct democracy precisely on grounds that it promises to educate citizens. This paper complements tests of arguments positing an educative potential of direct democracy with tests of its populist potential. We mak…
Rainmaker or rent-seeker? Associational landscapes and generalized trust of non-members
Decentralisation and political inequality
Politische PsychologieFaas, Thorsten / Frank, Cornelia / Schoen, Harald (Hrsg) Politische Vierteljahresschrift (2015)
Dank des Heranziehens psychologischer Erkenntnisse zur Erklärung politischen Handelns stellt die politische Psychologie nicht nur ein vielversprechendes und facettenreiches Forschungsfeld dar, sie erfreut sich seit einiger Zeit auch eines stetig wachsenden Interesses innerhalb der Disziplin und darüber hinaus. Das 2003 erstmals erschienene „Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology” hat ebenso zur Etablierung des Feldes beigetragen wie das renommie…
Direct Democracy
Allure or alternative? Direct democracy and party identification
This article presents the first investigation of whether and how party identification is influenced by direct democratic institutions. The concept of party identification is of central interest to political science. Despite declining partisan attachment and increasing dealignment among voters, little systematic evidence exists as to which factors influence individual party identification. Our article contributes to improving on this lacuna by con…
Direct Democracy and Political Trust
This study investigates the relationship between direct democracy and political trust. We suggest a solution to the controversy in research centering on positive versus negative effects of direct democracy by analytically differentiating between the availability of direct democratic rights and the actual use of those rights. Theoretically, greater availability of direct democratic rights may enhance political trust by increasing citizens' percept…
Behavioural primes in the voting booth
Participation and Political Equality in Direct Democracy
This paper analyses the moderating effect of direct democracy on the relationship between socioeconomic status and electoral participation. A sceptical position holds that direct democracy increases social bias in the electorate as issues are too complex and demanding. Participatory democrats in contrast invoke an educative effect of direct democratic institutions, thus decreasing social bias within the electorate. To test both arguments we use d…
Participatory effects of regional authority
This article studies political participation in the context of decentralisation in Europe. Recent secession attempts demonstrate how the demand for decentralisation energises citizens. Yet the fact that decentralised institutions, initially, were endorsed to increase citizens' participation is often neglected. In order to test this contention empirically, three theoretically informed arguments are developed, making use of the most recent data on …
Politische PsychologieFaas, Thorsten / Frank, Cornelia / Schoen, Harald (Hrsg) Politische Vierteljahresschrift (2015)
Dank des Heranziehens psychologischer Erkenntnisse zur Erklärung politischen Handelns stellt die politische Psychologie nicht nur ein vielversprechendes und facettenreiches Forschungsfeld dar, sie erfreut sich seit einiger Zeit auch eines stetig wachsenden Interesses innerhalb der Disziplin und darüber hinaus. Das 2003 erstmals erschienene „Oxford Handbook of Political Psychology” hat ebenso zur Etablierung des Feldes beigetragen wie das renommie…
Personality Traits and Political Ideology
This article presents the first assessment of how the five‐factor model of personality and political ideology are associated across the world. Personality traits become more and more important in the study of political behavior. And the relationship with ideology virtually parallels the history of this line of research. Yet, many existing studies are limited to single, highly developed countries and mostly draw on nonrandom or nonrepresentative s…
Invalid Voting in German Constituencies
This article studies invalid voting, which has received very little attention so far, given the broad interest and substantial relevance of voting behaviour research. Existing evidence is mostly limited to rather specific and hardly representative countries. Yet, the extent of invalid ballots is not negligible. Despite undemanding electoral rules, more invalid votes are cast in German general elections than votes for niche parties. Against this b…
Inequality Perceptions, Preferences Conducive to Redistribution, and the Conditioning Role of Social Position
Inequality poses one of the biggest challenges of our time. It is not self-correcting in the sense that citizens demand more redistributive measures in light of rising inequality, which recent studies suggest may be due to the fact that citizens’ perceptions of inequality diverge from objective levels. Moreover, it is not the latter, but the former, which are related to preferences conducive to redistribution. However, the nascent literature on i…
Effects of voting advice applications during election campaigns. Evidence from a panel study at the 2014 European elections
Over the last several years, Voting Advice Applications (VAAs) have become an indispensable part of election campaigns in many countries. VAAs are designed to increase the political sophistication of citizens. In this paper we test whether these tools can accomplish this mission. Resorting to self-generated panel data for the 2014 European Election in Germany, we use entropy balancing techniques to deal with the problem of self-selection into the…
Decentralisation and political inequality
Subtle social stressors of civil wars
Civil wars entail many harmful consequences for the population beyond physical injuries and casualties. Although recent research has pointed out the importance of psychological distress, it must not be overlooked that not only immediate experiences from civil wars can cause such distress, but also the processes transforming social networks. In this article, the authors argue that wartime transformation is enduring even after the civil war has end…
Politicizing immigration in Western Europe
Immigration has become a hot topic in West European politics. The factors responsible for the intensification of political conflict on this issue are a matter of considerable controversy. This holds in particular for the role of socio-economic factors and of radical right populist parties. This article explores the politicization of immigration issues and its driving forces in the electoral arena. It is based on a comparative study using both med…
Rainmaker or rent-seeker? Associational landscapes and generalized trust of non-members
How party‒issue linkages vary between election manifestos and media debates
Existing research on party behaviour has largely focused on the drivers of issue salience in direct party communication. However, less is known about party-issue linkages in election campaigns covered by the mass media, from which most voters get their information about party positions. Against this background, this article explores how two important drivers of issue salience in direct party communication - issue ownership and systemic salience -…
How to Assess Power Law Behavior Using Stochastic Process Methods
Power law distributions have a certain appeal to researchers, not least because they often insinuate a general empirical law. Hence, searching for them in data generated by social and political processes has become popular. In the political science literature, however, power law behavior has rarely been assessed rigorously. Relying mainly on qualitative appraisals of log–log plots, merely a necessary, but no sufficient, condition of power law beh…
Direct democracy, political support and populism–attitudinal patterns in the German Bundesländer
Empirical insights on the attitudinal correlates of direct democracy are inconclusive. On the one hand, direct democracy bears a conceptual resemblance with populist ideas. On the other hand, participatory democrats advocate the use of direct democracy precisely on grounds that it promises to educate citizens. This paper complements tests of arguments positing an educative potential of direct democracy with tests of its populist potential. We mak…
Latent Hybridity in Administrative Crisis Management
Studying the so-called refugee crisis in Germany, this article asks about the effectiveness of crisis management by a large number of local administrations, each acting upon the same crisis impulse of a high number of asylum seekers who entered the country in 2015 and 2016. Instead of theorizing the exact administrative design features fit for an effective crisis response, the focus is on the ability of administrations to adjust. We conceptualize…
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