Michal Grahn
Biographic Data
| ID | 4377963 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Michal Grahn |
| GIVEN NAMES | Michal |
| FAMILY NAME | Grahn |
| SIGNATURE | GRAHN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Uppsala University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2049-201X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 56 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2020 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity
Using a regression discontinuity design, we examine the causal impact of far-right parties’ first-time entry into Swedish municipal politics on the inclusion of candidates from groups frequently targeted by their rhetoric, namely immigrants and sexual minorities. Leveraging validated candidate data, we find that far-right entry has a negative effect on the share of immigrant candidates within mainstream parties. However, this average effect masks…
Rallied by thy neighbor: How minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout
Spatial concentration is often thought to increase political engagement among minority groups by fostering intragroup contact and strengthening political group consciousness. This study evaluates this relationship with a focus on lesbians, gays, and bisexuals (LGB), extending existing research beyond ethnoracial minorities. Using Swedish population-wide register data, we identify over 20,000 LGB individuals and nearly 8 million comparable heteros…
A game of tariffs: Is there demand for tariffs in Europe
Inclusive or exclusive? Candidate selection methods do not affect descriptive representation
Candidate selection practices are often highlighted as a key factor in explaining the political underrepresentation of marginalised groups, such as women, ethnic minorities, or youth. Conventional wisdom holds that exclusive candidate selection methods, such as selection committees, tend to yield more descriptively representative outcomes than inclusive methods, such as primaries. However, these conclusions are often drawn from cross-sectional co…
Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography: Crafting Research from a Diverse Methodological Menu
The objective of feminist institutionalist (FI) political science is to expose institutions that perpetuate gender inequalities. The nature of these entities and the best strategies for studying them remain hotly debated topics. Some scholars identify ethnography as a valuable methodology for FI research. However, novices to this methodology might need help navigating it. In this theory-generating article, we aim to bridge the gap between differe…
The Cost of Debating Harassment Against Politicians: Are Women and Men Affected Equally
Harassment of politicians is a growing global phenomenon, which threatens to erode the quality of democracy and descriptive representation. Past research has examined gender patterns of this violence and its effects on political ambition. We investigate the impact of political harassment on candidate appeal in Sweden, using a multimethod approach. First, a qualitative content analysis demonstrates that Swedish news stories where politicians comme…
From the closet to spotlight: The Rising Tide of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Political Candidacies
Are minorities in politics held to a higher standard? Experimental & observational evidence from candidate selection
Are candidates from underrepresented demographics in politics held to ahigher standard in candidate selection processes? We explore whetherwomen, youths, and immigrants are required to demonstrate a greatercommitment to the party line to be deemed suitable for office. Our focus isspecifically on loyalty to the party line, a key selection criterion in mostpolitical systems. We analyze data from an original conjoint experimentinvolving 1,300 party …
Trans inclusive no more? Allies and adversaries of gender self-identification in Sweden
Gendered Institutions and Where to Find Them: A Critical Realist Approach
The gender and politics literature offers diverse views on the causes of gendered practices and the best methodologies for studying them. This article advances efforts to take stock of and systematize this diversity by grounding the feminist institutionalist perspective in critical realism. The article posits that gendered institutions are real entities with independent powers, while also emphasizing the crucial role that human ideas play in upho…
Still proud at the polls? LGBT+ rights don't dilute the sexuality turnout gap
Recent research has shown that sexual and/or gender minority voters are prone to mobilizing when LGBT+ issues are on the political agenda. This increased level of political engagement is attributed to the experience of discrimination, understood both in legal and social terms, which spurs LGBT+ individuals to participate with the aim of advancing their rights. However, a crucial question remains unanswered: do these gaps in participation persist …
Apprentices or outsiders? Age-driven heterogeneities in access to political capital and reelection
Norms about what constitutes an ideal politician are shown to negatively affect the demand for young political candidates within political parties because they favor qualities that young people have yet to acquire. We ask whether this “youth bias” continues to shape the political opportunities of those young persons who get elected. Drawing on comprehensive, original data encompassing all Czech MPs elected between 1996 and 2021, we analyze potent…
Mavericks or Loyalists? Popular Ballot Jumpers and Party Discipline in the Flexible-List PR Context
Preference voting threatens the power of party leaders in PR contexts to enforce party unity and pursue policy by encouraging candidates to groom personal reputations. This study posits that party leadership might be able to enforce party discipline through other means at their disposal even as their control over candidates’ election ranks weakens. These include access to the party label and distribution of senior legislative- and party positions…
Can Personal Parties Facilitate Women’s Political Seniority? A Study of Internal Rules of Conduct
Leader-driven personal parties often campaign on a ticket promising elite renewal and novel ways of doing politics. One way of looking apart from the sitting political establishment is to recruit women into visible party positions. This study examines whether personal parties can improve women’s access to reelection by institutionalizing performance-based rules of internal promotion, which are necessitated by the lack of organic party cohesion. A…
Still proud at the polls? LGBT+ rights don't dilute the sexuality turnout gap
Recent research has shown that sexual and/or gender minority voters are prone to mobilizing when LGBT+ issues are on the political agenda. This increased level of political engagement is attributed to the experience of discrimination, understood both in legal and social terms, which spurs LGBT+ individuals to participate with the aim of advancing their rights. However, a crucial question remains unanswered: do these gaps in participation persist …
Can Personal Parties Facilitate Women’s Political Seniority? A Study of Internal Rules of Conduct
Leader-driven personal parties often campaign on a ticket promising elite renewal and novel ways of doing politics. One way of looking apart from the sitting political establishment is to recruit women into visible party positions. This study examines whether personal parties can improve women’s access to reelection by institutionalizing performance-based rules of internal promotion, which are necessitated by the lack of organic party cohesion. A…
Gendered Institutions and Where to Find Them: A Critical Realist Approach
The gender and politics literature offers diverse views on the causes of gendered practices and the best methodologies for studying them. This article advances efforts to take stock of and systematize this diversity by grounding the feminist institutionalist perspective in critical realism. The article posits that gendered institutions are real entities with independent powers, while also emphasizing the crucial role that human ideas play in upho…
Mavericks or Loyalists? Popular Ballot Jumpers and Party Discipline in the Flexible-List PR Context
Preference voting threatens the power of party leaders in PR contexts to enforce party unity and pursue policy by encouraging candidates to groom personal reputations. This study posits that party leadership might be able to enforce party discipline through other means at their disposal even as their control over candidates’ election ranks weakens. These include access to the party label and distribution of senior legislative- and party positions…
Inclusive or exclusive? Candidate selection methods do not affect descriptive representation
Candidate selection practices are often highlighted as a key factor in explaining the political underrepresentation of marginalised groups, such as women, ethnic minorities, or youth. Conventional wisdom holds that exclusive candidate selection methods, such as selection committees, tend to yield more descriptively representative outcomes than inclusive methods, such as primaries. However, these conclusions are often drawn from cross-sectional co…
From the closet to spotlight: The Rising Tide of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Political Candidacies
Trans inclusive no more? Allies and adversaries of gender self-identification in Sweden
Are minorities in politics held to a higher standard? Experimental & observational evidence from candidate selection
Are candidates from underrepresented demographics in politics held to ahigher standard in candidate selection processes? We explore whetherwomen, youths, and immigrants are required to demonstrate a greatercommitment to the party line to be deemed suitable for office. Our focus isspecifically on loyalty to the party line, a key selection criterion in mostpolitical systems. We analyze data from an original conjoint experimentinvolving 1,300 party …
Apprentices or outsiders? Age-driven heterogeneities in access to political capital and reelection
Norms about what constitutes an ideal politician are shown to negatively affect the demand for young political candidates within political parties because they favor qualities that young people have yet to acquire. We ask whether this “youth bias” continues to shape the political opportunities of those young persons who get elected. Drawing on comprehensive, original data encompassing all Czech MPs elected between 1996 and 2021, we analyze potent…
The Cost of Debating Harassment Against Politicians: Are Women and Men Affected Equally
Harassment of politicians is a growing global phenomenon, which threatens to erode the quality of democracy and descriptive representation. Past research has examined gender patterns of this violence and its effects on political ambition. We investigate the impact of political harassment on candidate appeal in Sweden, using a multimethod approach. First, a qualitative content analysis demonstrates that Swedish news stories where politicians comme…
Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography: Crafting Research from a Diverse Methodological Menu
The objective of feminist institutionalist (FI) political science is to expose institutions that perpetuate gender inequalities. The nature of these entities and the best strategies for studying them remain hotly debated topics. Some scholars identify ethnography as a valuable methodology for FI research. However, novices to this methodology might need help navigating it. In this theory-generating article, we aim to bridge the gap between differe…
Can Personal Parties Facilitate Women’s Political Seniority? A Study of Internal Rules of Conduct
Leader-driven personal parties often campaign on a ticket promising elite renewal and novel ways of doing politics. One way of looking apart from the sitting political establishment is to recruit women into visible party positions. This study examines whether personal parties can improve women’s access to reelection by institutionalizing performance-based rules of internal promotion, which are necessitated by the lack of organic party cohesion. A…
Apprentices or outsiders? Age-driven heterogeneities in access to political capital and reelection
Norms about what constitutes an ideal politician are shown to negatively affect the demand for young political candidates within political parties because they favor qualities that young people have yet to acquire. We ask whether this “youth bias” continues to shape the political opportunities of those young persons who get elected. Drawing on comprehensive, original data encompassing all Czech MPs elected between 1996 and 2021, we analyze potent…
Mavericks or Loyalists? Popular Ballot Jumpers and Party Discipline in the Flexible-List PR Context
Preference voting threatens the power of party leaders in PR contexts to enforce party unity and pursue policy by encouraging candidates to groom personal reputations. This study posits that party leadership might be able to enforce party discipline through other means at their disposal even as their control over candidates’ election ranks weakens. These include access to the party label and distribution of senior legislative- and party positions…
Trans inclusive no more? Allies and adversaries of gender self-identification in Sweden
Gendered Institutions and Where to Find Them: A Critical Realist Approach
The gender and politics literature offers diverse views on the causes of gendered practices and the best methodologies for studying them. This article advances efforts to take stock of and systematize this diversity by grounding the feminist institutionalist perspective in critical realism. The article posits that gendered institutions are real entities with independent powers, while also emphasizing the crucial role that human ideas play in upho…
Still proud at the polls? LGBT+ rights don't dilute the sexuality turnout gap
Recent research has shown that sexual and/or gender minority voters are prone to mobilizing when LGBT+ issues are on the political agenda. This increased level of political engagement is attributed to the experience of discrimination, understood both in legal and social terms, which spurs LGBT+ individuals to participate with the aim of advancing their rights. However, a crucial question remains unanswered: do these gaps in participation persist …
A game of tariffs: Is there demand for tariffs in Europe
Inclusive or exclusive? Candidate selection methods do not affect descriptive representation
Candidate selection practices are often highlighted as a key factor in explaining the political underrepresentation of marginalised groups, such as women, ethnic minorities, or youth. Conventional wisdom holds that exclusive candidate selection methods, such as selection committees, tend to yield more descriptively representative outcomes than inclusive methods, such as primaries. However, these conclusions are often drawn from cross-sectional co…
Feminist Institutionalism and Ethnography: Crafting Research from a Diverse Methodological Menu
The objective of feminist institutionalist (FI) political science is to expose institutions that perpetuate gender inequalities. The nature of these entities and the best strategies for studying them remain hotly debated topics. Some scholars identify ethnography as a valuable methodology for FI research. However, novices to this methodology might need help navigating it. In this theory-generating article, we aim to bridge the gap between differe…
The Cost of Debating Harassment Against Politicians: Are Women and Men Affected Equally
Harassment of politicians is a growing global phenomenon, which threatens to erode the quality of democracy and descriptive representation. Past research has examined gender patterns of this violence and its effects on political ambition. We investigate the impact of political harassment on candidate appeal in Sweden, using a multimethod approach. First, a qualitative content analysis demonstrates that Swedish news stories where politicians comme…
From the closet to spotlight: The Rising Tide of Lesbian, Gay and Bisexual Political Candidacies
Are minorities in politics held to a higher standard? Experimental & observational evidence from candidate selection
Are candidates from underrepresented demographics in politics held to ahigher standard in candidate selection processes? We explore whetherwomen, youths, and immigrants are required to demonstrate a greatercommitment to the party line to be deemed suitable for office. Our focus isspecifically on loyalty to the party line, a key selection criterion in mostpolitical systems. We analyze data from an original conjoint experimentinvolving 1,300 party …
Does far-right legislative entry affect minority candidate diversity
Using a regression discontinuity design, we examine the causal impact of far-right parties’ first-time entry into Swedish municipal politics on the inclusion of candidates from groups frequently targeted by their rhetoric, namely immigrants and sexual minorities. Leveraging validated candidate data, we find that far-right entry has a negative effect on the share of immigrant candidates within mainstream parties. However, this average effect masks…
Rallied by thy neighbor: How minority spatial concentration increases voter turnout
Spatial concentration is often thought to increase political engagement among minority groups by fostering intragroup contact and strengthening political group consciousness. This study evaluates this relationship with a focus on lesbians, gays, and bisexuals (LGB), extending existing research beyond ethnoracial minorities. Using Swedish population-wide register data, we identify over 20,000 LGB individuals and nearly 8 million comparable heteros…
Political science (11 works) · Sociology (11 works) · Law (10 works) · Politics (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (8 works) · Gender Politics and Representation (8 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Gender Studies (5 works) · Psychology (4 works)