Johan Ackaert
Biographic Data
| ID | 4387216 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Johan Ackaert |
| GIVEN NAMES | Johan |
| FAMILY NAME | Ackaert |
| SIGNATURE | ACKAERT J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Hasselt University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1990-1218 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 18 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2012 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Giving More Weight to Preferential Votes: Welcome or Superfluous Reform? The Case of the Local Elections in Flanders (Belgium)
In response to a crisis of representative democracy in many Western countries, (local) governments have introduced instruments to circumvent political parties in order to establish more direct links between citizens and governments. One of these instruments is rendering electoral systems more personal, that is by giving more weight to preferential voting. Preferential voting is important since it constitutes a major element of the personal vote a…
The perception of neighborhood disorder in flemish Belgium: Differences between ethnic majority and minority group members and bearing on fear of crime
The present research examines whether the perception of neighborhood disorder differs between ethnic majority and minority group members and whether perceived disorder has the same impact on fear of crime among ethnic minorities as among the majority group. To answer the research questions, data are used from a survey among persons of Moroccan, Turkish, and Flemish descent ( n =960), gathered in three Flemish Belgian cities (Antwerp, Genk, and Gh…
Giving More Weight to Preferential Votes: Welcome or Superfluous Reform? The Case of the Local Elections in Flanders (Belgium)
In response to a crisis of representative democracy in many Western countries, (local) governments have introduced instruments to circumvent political parties in order to establish more direct links between citizens and governments. One of these instruments is rendering electoral systems more personal, that is by giving more weight to preferential voting. Preferential voting is important since it constitutes a major element of the personal vote a…
The perception of neighborhood disorder in flemish Belgium: Differences between ethnic majority and minority group members and bearing on fear of crime
The present research examines whether the perception of neighborhood disorder differs between ethnic majority and minority group members and whether perceived disorder has the same impact on fear of crime among ethnic minorities as among the majority group. To answer the research questions, data are used from a survey among persons of Moroccan, Turkish, and Flemish descent ( n =960), gathered in three Flemish Belgian cities (Antwerp, Genk, and Gh…
The perception of neighborhood disorder in flemish Belgium: Differences between ethnic majority and minority group members and bearing on fear of crime
The present research examines whether the perception of neighborhood disorder differs between ethnic majority and minority group members and whether perceived disorder has the same impact on fear of crime among ethnic minorities as among the majority group. To answer the research questions, data are used from a survey among persons of Moroccan, Turkish, and Flemish descent ( n =960), gathered in three Flemish Belgian cities (Antwerp, Genk, and Gh…
Giving More Weight to Preferential Votes: Welcome or Superfluous Reform? The Case of the Local Elections in Flanders (Belgium)
In response to a crisis of representative democracy in many Western countries, (local) governments have introduced instruments to circumvent political parties in order to establish more direct links between citizens and governments. One of these instruments is rendering electoral systems more personal, that is by giving more weight to preferential voting. Preferential voting is important since it constitutes a major element of the personal vote a…
Sociology (2 works) · Ballot (1 works) · Clinical Psychology (1 works) · Crime Patterns and Interventions (1 works) · Crime, Deviance, and Social Control (1 works) · Democracy (1 works) · Demographic economics (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Demography (1 works) · Economics (1 works)