Matthew M Singer
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 778276 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Matthew M Singer |
| NOMBRES | Matthew M |
| APELLIDO | Singer |
| FIRMA | SINGER M M |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA |
| VERIFICADO | No |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 19 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 604 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 19 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2004 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2017 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
Is the party system affected by booms and busts? Not very much
Informal Sector Work and Evaluations of the Incumbent
Economically vulnerable voters are expected to hold politicians accountable for their management of the economy because these voters are more likely to be personally affected by economic shocks and less able to cope with the resulting dislocation. Evidence from the informal sector in Argentina, where the lack of formal registration increases income volatility and denies unemployment benefits, is consistent with this hypothesis. Data from Argentin…
Does increasing district magnitude increase the number of parties? Evidence from Spain, 1982-2011
The 2013 congressional elections in Argentina
Context Counts
Economic perceptions affect incumbent support, but debate persists over whether voters focus on past or future performance and whether they view the economy in primarily sociotropic or egotropic terms. We theorize the nature of economic voting depends on the context. Evidence from 18 Latin American countries (1995–2009) suggest prospective voting predominates early in the election cycle, but retrospective voting gains traction as the incumbent’s …
What goes around comes around
Voters who perceive the economy to be weak are generally less likely to support the incumbent government. Yet there is a debate over whether all people respond equally to economic shifts or if the state of the economy is more salient for those who feel economically vulnerable. This article examines whether insecure employment situations and employability concerns strengthen responses to the government's economic record. Data from Latin America an…
Was Duverger Correct? Single-Member District Election Outcomes in Fifty-three Countries
In districts where only one seat is contested, the electoral formula (plurality or majority) should be a major determinant of the number of parties that receive votes. Specifically, plurality rule should generate two-party competition while other institutional arrangements should generate electoral fragmentation. Yet tests of these propositions using district-level data have focused on a limited number of cases; they rarely contrast different ele…
The global economic crisis and domestic political agendas
Support for Polyarchy in the Americas
This study measures support for the basic rights, liberties, and practices associated with polyarchy in 12 Latin American democracies. Specifically, it identifies five profiles of support for polyarchy’s core values and norms—public contestation, inclusive participation, limits on executive authority, and institutional checks and balances. Although citizens who fit the polyarch profile accept all of polyarchy’s principles, those who fit one of th…
Who Says “It’s the Economy”? Cross-National and Cross-Individual Variation in the Salience of Economic Performance
Theories of government approval usually assume that voters care about economic outcomes. This assumption frequently does not hold. Data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems demonstrate that although the economy is often the most important issue in an election, its place on the issue agenda varies across individuals and electoral contexts. The economy is more likely to dominate other issue concerns under conditions of economic recession…
Economic voting and welfare programmes
The 2009 presidential and legislative elections in Bolivia
Field Research in Developing Countries
The availability of relatively reliable and comparable data online and the increasing emphasis on statistical and formal research methods has led many political scientists to dismiss research in foreign countries as a waste of time and money. We leave that debate to others (see, e.g., Comparative Politics Organized Section 2005; Qualitative Methods Organized Section 2004). Instead, we offer suggestions for maximizing the contributions of fieldwor…
The political context and Duverger's theory
The Sensitive Left and the Impervious Right
Recent years have seen increased attention to integrating what we know about individual citizens with what we know about macro-level contexts that vary across countries. This article discusses the growing literature on how people's interpretations, opinions, and actions are shaped by variable contextual parameters and provides a novel substantive application. Using surveys conducted in 20 European democracies, the authors examine the effect of in…
The presidential and legislative elections in Argentina, October 2007
The presidential and parliamentary elections in Bolivia, December 2005
Presidential and parliamentary elections in Panama, May 2004
The 2002 presidential and parliamentary elections in Bolivia
Who Says “It’s the Economy”? Cross-National and Cross-Individual Variation in the Salience of Economic Performance
Theories of government approval usually assume that voters care about economic outcomes. This assumption frequently does not hold. Data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems demonstrate that although the economy is often the most important issue in an election, its place on the issue agenda varies across individuals and electoral contexts. The economy is more likely to dominate other issue concerns under conditions of economic recession…
The Sensitive Left and the Impervious Right
Recent years have seen increased attention to integrating what we know about individual citizens with what we know about macro-level contexts that vary across countries. This article discusses the growing literature on how people's interpretations, opinions, and actions are shaped by variable contextual parameters and provides a novel substantive application. Using surveys conducted in 20 European democracies, the authors examine the effect of in…
Context Counts
Economic perceptions affect incumbent support, but debate persists over whether voters focus on past or future performance and whether they view the economy in primarily sociotropic or egotropic terms. We theorize the nature of economic voting depends on the context. Evidence from 18 Latin American countries (1995–2009) suggest prospective voting predominates early in the election cycle, but retrospective voting gains traction as the incumbent’s …
The political context and Duverger's theory
Was Duverger Correct? Single-Member District Election Outcomes in Fifty-three Countries
In districts where only one seat is contested, the electoral formula (plurality or majority) should be a major determinant of the number of parties that receive votes. Specifically, plurality rule should generate two-party competition while other institutional arrangements should generate electoral fragmentation. Yet tests of these propositions using district-level data have focused on a limited number of cases; they rarely contrast different ele…
The global economic crisis and domestic political agendas
What goes around comes around
Voters who perceive the economy to be weak are generally less likely to support the incumbent government. Yet there is a debate over whether all people respond equally to economic shifts or if the state of the economy is more salient for those who feel economically vulnerable. This article examines whether insecure employment situations and employability concerns strengthen responses to the government's economic record. Data from Latin America an…
Does increasing district magnitude increase the number of parties? Evidence from Spain, 1982-2011
Economic voting and welfare programmes
The presidential and parliamentary elections in Bolivia, December 2005
The 2009 presidential and legislative elections in Bolivia
Informal Sector Work and Evaluations of the Incumbent
Economically vulnerable voters are expected to hold politicians accountable for their management of the economy because these voters are more likely to be personally affected by economic shocks and less able to cope with the resulting dislocation. Evidence from the informal sector in Argentina, where the lack of formal registration increases income volatility and denies unemployment benefits, is consistent with this hypothesis. Data from Argentin…
The 2002 presidential and parliamentary elections in Bolivia
The presidential and legislative elections in Argentina, October 2007
Field Research in Developing Countries
The availability of relatively reliable and comparable data online and the increasing emphasis on statistical and formal research methods has led many political scientists to dismiss research in foreign countries as a waste of time and money. We leave that debate to others (see, e.g., Comparative Politics Organized Section 2005; Qualitative Methods Organized Section 2004). Instead, we offer suggestions for maximizing the contributions of fieldwor…
Is the party system affected by booms and busts? Not very much
The 2013 congressional elections in Argentina
The 2002 presidential and parliamentary elections in Bolivia
Presidential and parliamentary elections in Panama, May 2004
The presidential and parliamentary elections in Bolivia, December 2005
The Sensitive Left and the Impervious Right
Recent years have seen increased attention to integrating what we know about individual citizens with what we know about macro-level contexts that vary across countries. This article discusses the growing literature on how people's interpretations, opinions, and actions are shaped by variable contextual parameters and provides a novel substantive application. Using surveys conducted in 20 European democracies, the authors examine the effect of in…
The presidential and legislative elections in Argentina, October 2007
Field Research in Developing Countries
The availability of relatively reliable and comparable data online and the increasing emphasis on statistical and formal research methods has led many political scientists to dismiss research in foreign countries as a waste of time and money. We leave that debate to others (see, e.g., Comparative Politics Organized Section 2005; Qualitative Methods Organized Section 2004). Instead, we offer suggestions for maximizing the contributions of fieldwor…
The political context and Duverger's theory
The 2009 presidential and legislative elections in Bolivia
Support for Polyarchy in the Americas
This study measures support for the basic rights, liberties, and practices associated with polyarchy in 12 Latin American democracies. Specifically, it identifies five profiles of support for polyarchy’s core values and norms—public contestation, inclusive participation, limits on executive authority, and institutional checks and balances. Although citizens who fit the polyarch profile accept all of polyarchy’s principles, those who fit one of th…
Who Says “It’s the Economy”? Cross-National and Cross-Individual Variation in the Salience of Economic Performance
Theories of government approval usually assume that voters care about economic outcomes. This assumption frequently does not hold. Data from the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems demonstrate that although the economy is often the most important issue in an election, its place on the issue agenda varies across individuals and electoral contexts. The economy is more likely to dominate other issue concerns under conditions of economic recession…
Economic voting and welfare programmes
Context Counts
Economic perceptions affect incumbent support, but debate persists over whether voters focus on past or future performance and whether they view the economy in primarily sociotropic or egotropic terms. We theorize the nature of economic voting depends on the context. Evidence from 18 Latin American countries (1995–2009) suggest prospective voting predominates early in the election cycle, but retrospective voting gains traction as the incumbent’s …
What goes around comes around
Voters who perceive the economy to be weak are generally less likely to support the incumbent government. Yet there is a debate over whether all people respond equally to economic shifts or if the state of the economy is more salient for those who feel economically vulnerable. This article examines whether insecure employment situations and employability concerns strengthen responses to the government's economic record. Data from Latin America an…
Was Duverger Correct? Single-Member District Election Outcomes in Fifty-three Countries
In districts where only one seat is contested, the electoral formula (plurality or majority) should be a major determinant of the number of parties that receive votes. Specifically, plurality rule should generate two-party competition while other institutional arrangements should generate electoral fragmentation. Yet tests of these propositions using district-level data have focused on a limited number of cases; they rarely contrast different ele…
The global economic crisis and domestic political agendas
The 2013 congressional elections in Argentina
Does increasing district magnitude increase the number of parties? Evidence from Spain, 1982-2011
Informal Sector Work and Evaluations of the Incumbent
Economically vulnerable voters are expected to hold politicians accountable for their management of the economy because these voters are more likely to be personally affected by economic shocks and less able to cope with the resulting dislocation. Evidence from the informal sector in Argentina, where the lack of formal registration increases income volatility and denies unemployment benefits, is consistent with this hypothesis. Data from Argentin…
Is the party system affected by booms and busts? Not very much
Political science (18 obras) · Economics (15 obras) · Politics (14 obras) · Political economy (13 obras) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (11 obras) · Law (11 obras) · Voting (11 obras) · Law (9 obras) · Presidential system (9 obras) · Politics and Society in Latin America (7 obras)