Joshua Holzer
Biographic Data
| ID | 5913822 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Joshua Holzer |
| GIVEN NAMES | Joshua |
| FAMILY NAME | Holzer |
| SIGNATURE | HOLZER J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Westminster College, Fulton, MO, USA |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3024-3703 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 1 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
When justice answers to the president
Recent research suggests that the administrations of presidents with diverse cabinets are less likely (and less able) to violate human rights. I posit that a more clear image of how (and where) repression occurs can be obtained by looking at the cabinet portfolios that have the greatest capacity to repress, such as the ministry of justice (which typically oversees a state’s justice system and prison apparatus). In this research note, I reexamine …
The perils of plurality rule and the major(itarian) effect of cabinet composition on human rights in presidential democracies
I argue that when presidents are able (or forced) to cobble together broad-based coalitions to win an absolute majority, their administrations are less likely (and less able) to violate human rights, in comparison to presidential administrations whose victories are the result of a narrow plurality. Consistent with this argument, I find cabinets comprised of a higher percentage of individuals from parties other than that of the president to be ass…
Democratic presidential elections and human rights
While theory suggests that democratic presidential elections should have a positive effect on human rights practices, the literature’s findings have thus far been mixed. Can differentiating between different types of presidential elections help to explain the literature’s contrasting results? This study estimates an ordered probit model to analyse a data set of 227 elections that occur in 54 presidential democracies from 1982 to 2011. Unlike pres…
Measuring presidential centrism and its effect on repression
If presidential runoff elections promote high human rights respect (Holzer 2018), and presidential runoff elections also promote the election of centrists (Haan and Vokerink 2001; Brusco, Dziubiski, and Roy 2012), are centrist presidents more likely to protect human rights? This research note aim to answer this question by analysing an original measure of presidential centrism for 14 democracies spanning from 1990 to 2011. By finding that there i…
Democratic presidential elections and human rights
While theory suggests that democratic presidential elections should have a positive effect on human rights practices, the literature’s findings have thus far been mixed. Can differentiating between different types of presidential elections help to explain the literature’s contrasting results? This study estimates an ordered probit model to analyse a data set of 227 elections that occur in 54 presidential democracies from 1982 to 2011. Unlike pres…
The perils of plurality rule and the major(itarian) effect of cabinet composition on human rights in presidential democracies
I argue that when presidents are able (or forced) to cobble together broad-based coalitions to win an absolute majority, their administrations are less likely (and less able) to violate human rights, in comparison to presidential administrations whose victories are the result of a narrow plurality. Consistent with this argument, I find cabinets comprised of a higher percentage of individuals from parties other than that of the president to be ass…
Democratic presidential elections and human rights
While theory suggests that democratic presidential elections should have a positive effect on human rights practices, the literature’s findings have thus far been mixed. Can differentiating between different types of presidential elections help to explain the literature’s contrasting results? This study estimates an ordered probit model to analyse a data set of 227 elections that occur in 54 presidential democracies from 1982 to 2011. Unlike pres…
Measuring presidential centrism and its effect on repression
If presidential runoff elections promote high human rights respect (Holzer 2018), and presidential runoff elections also promote the election of centrists (Haan and Vokerink 2001; Brusco, Dziubiski, and Roy 2012), are centrist presidents more likely to protect human rights? This research note aim to answer this question by analysing an original measure of presidential centrism for 14 democracies spanning from 1990 to 2011. By finding that there i…
When justice answers to the president
Recent research suggests that the administrations of presidents with diverse cabinets are less likely (and less able) to violate human rights. I posit that a more clear image of how (and where) repression occurs can be obtained by looking at the cabinet portfolios that have the greatest capacity to repress, such as the ministry of justice (which typically oversees a state’s justice system and prison apparatus). In this research note, I reexamine …
Human rights (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political Conflict and Governance (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Presidential system (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (3 works)