Stephen Dawson
Datos Biográficos
| ID | 4158760 |
|---|---|
| NOMBRE | Stephen Dawson |
| NOMBRES | Stephen |
| APELLIDO | Dawson |
| FIRMA | DAWSON S |
| AFILIACIONES | University of Gothenburg |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2941-4413 |
| VERIFICADO | Sí |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 13 |
| TOTAL DE CITAS | 15 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 13 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMER AÑO DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2006 |
| AÑO MÁS RECIENTE DE PUBLICACIÓN | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 2 |
When do politicians choose to upset the apple cart? The fairness-loyalty trade-off in whistleblowing
Whistleblowing is increasingly viewed as a valuable mechanism to root out misconduct and corruption, yet we know very little about the conditions under which it is used in political parties. Building upon literature from social psychology, this study argues that the decision to blow the whistle on party colleagues is the outcome of a trade-off between two basic moral values that are particularly acute in the case of politicians: fairness and loya…
Leaking season
Why is compromising information about misconduct in political parties leaked to the media by party insiders? Drawing on previous research and interviews with political and investigative journalists, we hypothesize that such media disclosures are made with political intent and thus more likely when (1) party list nominations take place and (2) when parties are losing popular support. Through an analysis of 349 newspaper articles of misconduct in p…
The Distribution of Executive Power and Corruption
While much research has been devoted to the institutional determinants of corruption in democracies, debates continue regarding the merits of distributing executive power horizontally (presidentialism vs. parliamentarism) and vertically (federalism vs. unitarism). Taking advantage of the rich empirical literature on the subject, we investigate the effects of institutional features on corruption applying a meta-analytical framework to over 1000 es…
The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection in Africa
Misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties
What is the nature of misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties? While there is a large literature on whistleblowing in other organisational settings, we are yet to understand how these accountability processes work in parties. Using a survey of 1165 Swedish politicians, we show that misconduct in parties primarily relates to serious structural organisational problems and inappropriate personal conduct. Witnessed misconduct is reported a…
Perceptions of opinion poll credibility
What determines the credibility of opinion polls, and for whom? Opinion polls assessing voting intention are an increasingly prominent aspect of pre-election media discourse, yet they often vary in terms of their estimations, who conducted the poll, and where the poll is ultimately published. This research note considers the determinants of pre-election poll credibility when citizens are exposed to conflicting polls, contributing to a growing fie…
Electoral competition, political parties and clientelism
How does electoral competition shape parties’ use of clientelist strategies during elections? In this article, we present a theoretical framework which suggests that in contexts where electoral clientelism is present but not ubiquitous, clientelist strategies take a distinctive form by being more considered and rationally targeted at individuals and areas that maximize the value of the transaction for the clientelist party. Using individual-level…
Poll Wars
Pre-election opinion polls are an increasingly prominent aspect of political campaigns, yet they often vary in terms of their results, sources, and where they are published. Citizens are therefore increasingly confronted with the proposition of which polls to give more credence to than others in shaping their voting behaviour. This study investigates the relationship between subjective determinations of poll credibility and voting behaviour in th…
Competition, stakes, and falling electoral participation in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Between 2005 and 2015, a drastic wave of decline in voter turnout affected a series of presidential elections in Central Asia and the Caucasus. To explain this phenomenon, we perform an innovative comparative study using news coverage of four electoral case studies in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Armenia. This analysis is then used to build a new theory, which explains significant falls in participation as outcomes of a composite process …
Multidisciplinary, Comparative, and Interactive
The Religious Resurgence and International Relations Theory
God's Century
TCBH Postgraduate Essay Prize Winner for 2006 * Working-Class Consumers and the Campaign for Holidays with Pay
The Holidays With Pay Act (1938) marked the end of a twenty-year campaign for paid leisure time. The final legislation recommended, but did not mandate, one week's annual paid vacation to all full-time workers. Although the leisure habits of British workers remained relatively unchanged until after 1945, the popular campaign for paid leisure time, the report of the Holidays With Pay Committee, and the Act itself marked an important moment in Brit…
Electoral competition, political parties and clientelism
How does electoral competition shape parties’ use of clientelist strategies during elections? In this article, we present a theoretical framework which suggests that in contexts where electoral clientelism is present but not ubiquitous, clientelist strategies take a distinctive form by being more considered and rationally targeted at individuals and areas that maximize the value of the transaction for the clientelist party. Using individual-level…
TCBH Postgraduate Essay Prize Winner for 2006 * Working-Class Consumers and the Campaign for Holidays with Pay
The Holidays With Pay Act (1938) marked the end of a twenty-year campaign for paid leisure time. The final legislation recommended, but did not mandate, one week's annual paid vacation to all full-time workers. Although the leisure habits of British workers remained relatively unchanged until after 1945, the popular campaign for paid leisure time, the report of the Holidays With Pay Committee, and the Act itself marked an important moment in Brit…
Misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties
What is the nature of misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties? While there is a large literature on whistleblowing in other organisational settings, we are yet to understand how these accountability processes work in parties. Using a survey of 1165 Swedish politicians, we show that misconduct in parties primarily relates to serious structural organisational problems and inappropriate personal conduct. Witnessed misconduct is reported a…
Competition, stakes, and falling electoral participation in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Between 2005 and 2015, a drastic wave of decline in voter turnout affected a series of presidential elections in Central Asia and the Caucasus. To explain this phenomenon, we perform an innovative comparative study using news coverage of four electoral case studies in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Armenia. This analysis is then used to build a new theory, which explains significant falls in participation as outcomes of a composite process …
Perceptions of opinion poll credibility
What determines the credibility of opinion polls, and for whom? Opinion polls assessing voting intention are an increasingly prominent aspect of pre-election media discourse, yet they often vary in terms of their estimations, who conducted the poll, and where the poll is ultimately published. This research note considers the determinants of pre-election poll credibility when citizens are exposed to conflicting polls, contributing to a growing fie…
TCBH Postgraduate Essay Prize Winner for 2006 * Working-Class Consumers and the Campaign for Holidays with Pay
The Holidays With Pay Act (1938) marked the end of a twenty-year campaign for paid leisure time. The final legislation recommended, but did not mandate, one week's annual paid vacation to all full-time workers. Although the leisure habits of British workers remained relatively unchanged until after 1945, the popular campaign for paid leisure time, the report of the Holidays With Pay Committee, and the Act itself marked an important moment in Brit…
God's Century
The Religious Resurgence and International Relations Theory
Multidisciplinary, Comparative, and Interactive
Competition, stakes, and falling electoral participation in Central Asia and the Caucasus
Between 2005 and 2015, a drastic wave of decline in voter turnout affected a series of presidential elections in Central Asia and the Caucasus. To explain this phenomenon, we perform an innovative comparative study using news coverage of four electoral case studies in Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Georgia, and Armenia. This analysis is then used to build a new theory, which explains significant falls in participation as outcomes of a composite process …
Poll Wars
Pre-election opinion polls are an increasingly prominent aspect of political campaigns, yet they often vary in terms of their results, sources, and where they are published. Citizens are therefore increasingly confronted with the proposition of which polls to give more credence to than others in shaping their voting behaviour. This study investigates the relationship between subjective determinations of poll credibility and voting behaviour in th…
Perceptions of opinion poll credibility
What determines the credibility of opinion polls, and for whom? Opinion polls assessing voting intention are an increasingly prominent aspect of pre-election media discourse, yet they often vary in terms of their estimations, who conducted the poll, and where the poll is ultimately published. This research note considers the determinants of pre-election poll credibility when citizens are exposed to conflicting polls, contributing to a growing fie…
Electoral competition, political parties and clientelism
How does electoral competition shape parties’ use of clientelist strategies during elections? In this article, we present a theoretical framework which suggests that in contexts where electoral clientelism is present but not ubiquitous, clientelist strategies take a distinctive form by being more considered and rationally targeted at individuals and areas that maximize the value of the transaction for the clientelist party. Using individual-level…
The Distribution of Executive Power and Corruption
While much research has been devoted to the institutional determinants of corruption in democracies, debates continue regarding the merits of distributing executive power horizontally (presidentialism vs. parliamentarism) and vertically (federalism vs. unitarism). Taking advantage of the rich empirical literature on the subject, we investigate the effects of institutional features on corruption applying a meta-analytical framework to over 1000 es…
The Ethnic Politics of Nature Protection in Africa
Misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties
What is the nature of misconduct and whistleblowing in political parties? While there is a large literature on whistleblowing in other organisational settings, we are yet to understand how these accountability processes work in parties. Using a survey of 1165 Swedish politicians, we show that misconduct in parties primarily relates to serious structural organisational problems and inappropriate personal conduct. Witnessed misconduct is reported a…
When do politicians choose to upset the apple cart? The fairness-loyalty trade-off in whistleblowing
Whistleblowing is increasingly viewed as a valuable mechanism to root out misconduct and corruption, yet we know very little about the conditions under which it is used in political parties. Building upon literature from social psychology, this study argues that the decision to blow the whistle on party colleagues is the outcome of a trade-off between two basic moral values that are particularly acute in the case of politicians: fairness and loya…
Leaking season
Why is compromising information about misconduct in political parties leaked to the media by party insiders? Drawing on previous research and interviews with political and investigative journalists, we hypothesize that such media disclosures are made with political intent and thus more likely when (1) party list nominations take place and (2) when parties are losing popular support. Through an analysis of 349 newspaper articles of misconduct in p…
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