Toine Paulissen
Biographic Data
| ID | 4098038 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Toine Paulissen |
| GIVEN NAMES | Toine |
| FAMILY NAME | Paulissen |
| SIGNATURE | PAULISSEN T |
| AFFILIATIONS | KU Leuven |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-8282-6444 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 11 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
What ends justify the means? Explaining party spending intensity in referendum campaigns in Europe
This study investigates expenditure of European parties in referendum campaigns. Previous work exploring why parties initiate referendums hints at the importance of subsequent campaigns to parties, but theoretical insights regarding party behavior in campaigning contexts are fragmented and limited. We argue that party expenditure indicates the extent of their engagement, and identifying explanatory factors can offer insights into underlying strat…
Why do parties participate in referendum campaigns? Evidence from Switzerland
This study examines how political parties engage strategically with referendum campaigns, a less-explored aspect of their broader referendum involvement. Building on referendum instrumentalization studies as well as cognate literatures, an analytical framework identifies five potential strategic factors that might explain why parties participate in referendum campaigns and formulates corresponding hypotheses regarding their effect. The framework …
Riding the wave? The impact of the Russian invasion on MEP behaviour regarding EU enlargement to the Western Balkan countries
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine is widely seen as accelerating the ‘return of geopolitics’ in EU policy-making, including in enlargement towards the Western Balkans. This article examines whether this geopolitical shock affected enlargement politics in the European Parliament by analysing written questions from the 9th parliamentary term. Adopting an actor-centred perspective, it assesses changes in issue salience, the actors involved, and t…
Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising
Denmark has an extensive but troubled experience when it comes to referendums related to the EU, with the Danes rejecting the pro-integration options in three votes up to 2022. As Denmark is the “home of issue voting,” these outcomes are symbolic of the transnational cleavage permeating its society, which has been argued to make the abolition of Denmark’s opt-outs impossible. Nevertheless, the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 result…
Power beyond borders? Analysing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has seemingly created a new window of opportunity for (pre-)accession candidates, reigniting the European Union’s interest in the subject of enlargement. While existing literature predominantly scrutinizes the Council and the European Commission, this article focuses instead on the European Parliament – an often overlooked yet crucial institution in the accession process. This study offers a first comprehensiv…
Direct democracy and party behaviour in the Republic of Ireland
sponsorship: This work was supported by the research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO), grant ID 1119123N and by an FWO Travel Grant under ID V412823N. (Research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO)|1119123N, Research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO)|V412823N)
Introducing the RefCFRI
As referendums become an increasingly defining feature of global democratic practice, a normative debate centres around the importance of campaign finance regulations in ensuring fair and democratic procedures that avoid biasing their outcome. Understanding how different countries approach this issue can shed light on the impact of varied regulatory approaches, as well as whether they reach their intended policy goals. Scholarly work has therefor…
Referendum campaign financing by political parties
The literature on the political finance of referendum campaigns has focussed primarily on how these are regulated in individual countries, but scholarly work is yet to empirically explore how these regulations and other factors translate into concrete spending practices of political parties. This article attempts to do this for the United Kingdom (UK), which has one of the oldest and most extensive referendum political finance regimes, with the P…
Introducing the RefCFRI
As referendums become an increasingly defining feature of global democratic practice, a normative debate centres around the importance of campaign finance regulations in ensuring fair and democratic procedures that avoid biasing their outcome. Understanding how different countries approach this issue can shed light on the impact of varied regulatory approaches, as well as whether they reach their intended policy goals. Scholarly work has therefor…
Referendum campaign financing by political parties
The literature on the political finance of referendum campaigns has focussed primarily on how these are regulated in individual countries, but scholarly work is yet to empirically explore how these regulations and other factors translate into concrete spending practices of political parties. This article attempts to do this for the United Kingdom (UK), which has one of the oldest and most extensive referendum political finance regimes, with the P…
Power beyond borders? Analysing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has seemingly created a new window of opportunity for (pre-)accession candidates, reigniting the European Union’s interest in the subject of enlargement. While existing literature predominantly scrutinizes the Council and the European Commission, this article focuses instead on the European Parliament – an often overlooked yet crucial institution in the accession process. This study offers a first comprehensiv…
Direct democracy and party behaviour in the Republic of Ireland
sponsorship: This work was supported by the research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO), grant ID 1119123N and by an FWO Travel Grant under ID V412823N. (Research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO)|1119123N, Research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO)|V412823N)
Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising
Denmark has an extensive but troubled experience when it comes to referendums related to the EU, with the Danes rejecting the pro-integration options in three votes up to 2022. As Denmark is the “home of issue voting,” these outcomes are symbolic of the transnational cleavage permeating its society, which has been argued to make the abolition of Denmark’s opt-outs impossible. Nevertheless, the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 result…
Referendum campaign financing by political parties
The literature on the political finance of referendum campaigns has focussed primarily on how these are regulated in individual countries, but scholarly work is yet to empirically explore how these regulations and other factors translate into concrete spending practices of political parties. This article attempts to do this for the United Kingdom (UK), which has one of the oldest and most extensive referendum political finance regimes, with the P…
Direct democracy and party behaviour in the Republic of Ireland
sponsorship: This work was supported by the research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO), grant ID 1119123N and by an FWO Travel Grant under ID V412823N. (Research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO)|1119123N, Research foundation flanders - Flanders (FWO)|V412823N)
Introducing the RefCFRI
As referendums become an increasingly defining feature of global democratic practice, a normative debate centres around the importance of campaign finance regulations in ensuring fair and democratic procedures that avoid biasing their outcome. Understanding how different countries approach this issue can shed light on the impact of varied regulatory approaches, as well as whether they reach their intended policy goals. Scholarly work has therefor…
Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising
Denmark has an extensive but troubled experience when it comes to referendums related to the EU, with the Danes rejecting the pro-integration options in three votes up to 2022. As Denmark is the “home of issue voting,” these outcomes are symbolic of the transnational cleavage permeating its society, which has been argued to make the abolition of Denmark’s opt-outs impossible. Nevertheless, the full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 result…
Power beyond borders? Analysing formal and informal tools of the European Parliament in EU enlargement policy
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine has seemingly created a new window of opportunity for (pre-)accession candidates, reigniting the European Union’s interest in the subject of enlargement. While existing literature predominantly scrutinizes the Council and the European Commission, this article focuses instead on the European Parliament – an often overlooked yet crucial institution in the accession process. This study offers a first comprehensiv…
What ends justify the means? Explaining party spending intensity in referendum campaigns in Europe
This study investigates expenditure of European parties in referendum campaigns. Previous work exploring why parties initiate referendums hints at the importance of subsequent campaigns to parties, but theoretical insights regarding party behavior in campaigning contexts are fragmented and limited. We argue that party expenditure indicates the extent of their engagement, and identifying explanatory factors can offer insights into underlying strat…
Why do parties participate in referendum campaigns? Evidence from Switzerland
This study examines how political parties engage strategically with referendum campaigns, a less-explored aspect of their broader referendum involvement. Building on referendum instrumentalization studies as well as cognate literatures, an analytical framework identifies five potential strategic factors that might explain why parties participate in referendum campaigns and formulates corresponding hypotheses regarding their effect. The framework …
Riding the wave? The impact of the Russian invasion on MEP behaviour regarding EU enlargement to the Western Balkan countries
The 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine is widely seen as accelerating the ‘return of geopolitics’ in EU policy-making, including in enlargement towards the Western Balkans. This article examines whether this geopolitical shock affected enlargement politics in the European Parliament by analysing written questions from the 9th parliamentary term. Adopting an actor-centred perspective, it assesses changes in issue salience, the actors involved, and t…
Politics (6 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Political science (5 works) · Referendum (5 works) · Economics (4 works) · European Union Policy and Governance (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Campaign finance (3 works)