Marjukka Weide
Biographic Data
| ID | 6854660 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Marjukka Weide |
| GIVEN NAMES | Marjukka |
| FAMILY NAME | Weide |
| SIGNATURE | WEIDE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Jyväskylä |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9247-710X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 16 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2019 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Role Conceptualisations and the Purple Zone: Parliamentary Staff Through the Eyes of Former MPs
We analyse how former MPs describe and assess the various staff groups when talking about the daily work of the Finnish parliament. Our theoretical framework draws on the politics/administration divide and the concept of a “purple zone” blending the “blue” of politics and the “red” of administration (Bellò & Spano, 2015), as well as on role conceptualisations produced by elected politicians as a source of administrative legitimacy (Stout, 2013). …
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered with Trust: Non-Resident Citizens’ Experiences of Newly Adopted Postal Voting
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that the traditional “booth, ballot, and pen” model of voting, based on a specific location and physical presence, may not be feasible during a health crisis. This situation has highlighted the need to assess whether existing national electoral legislation includes enough instruments to ensure citizens’ safety during voting procedures, even under the conditions of a global pandemic. Such instruments, often …
Practicing Ballot Secrecy: Postal Voting and the Witness Requirement at the 2019 Finnish Elections
Electoral rights belong to the core of citizenship in democratic nation-states. Voting, then, represents an actualization of the relationship between the citizen and the political community. For citizens living outside the country in which they are eligible to vote, voting signifies a rare institutional connection to the country of origin. The aim of this article is to explore the introduction of the postal vote, a new form of voting for external…
The participation paradox: Demand for and fear of immigrant participation
In this paper, we address the ambivalence in European immigrant integration discourses toward the political participation of immigrants. We show how this ambivalence manifests in what we call a ‘participation paradox’, which is constituted by two apparently conflicting, but potentially mutually reinforcing characteristics of the discourse. The first emphasizes the need for immigrants to be active in order to attain a well-integrated society and w…
The participation paradox: Demand for and fear of immigrant participation
In this paper, we address the ambivalence in European immigrant integration discourses toward the political participation of immigrants. We show how this ambivalence manifests in what we call a ‘participation paradox’, which is constituted by two apparently conflicting, but potentially mutually reinforcing characteristics of the discourse. The first emphasizes the need for immigrants to be active in order to attain a well-integrated society and w…
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered with Trust: Non-Resident Citizens’ Experiences of Newly Adopted Postal Voting
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that the traditional “booth, ballot, and pen” model of voting, based on a specific location and physical presence, may not be feasible during a health crisis. This situation has highlighted the need to assess whether existing national electoral legislation includes enough instruments to ensure citizens’ safety during voting procedures, even under the conditions of a global pandemic. Such instruments, often …
Practicing Ballot Secrecy: Postal Voting and the Witness Requirement at the 2019 Finnish Elections
Electoral rights belong to the core of citizenship in democratic nation-states. Voting, then, represents an actualization of the relationship between the citizen and the political community. For citizens living outside the country in which they are eligible to vote, voting signifies a rare institutional connection to the country of origin. The aim of this article is to explore the introduction of the postal vote, a new form of voting for external…
Role Conceptualisations and the Purple Zone: Parliamentary Staff Through the Eyes of Former MPs
We analyse how former MPs describe and assess the various staff groups when talking about the daily work of the Finnish parliament. Our theoretical framework draws on the politics/administration divide and the concept of a “purple zone” blending the “blue” of politics and the “red” of administration (Bellò & Spano, 2015), as well as on role conceptualisations produced by elected politicians as a source of administrative legitimacy (Stout, 2013). …
The participation paradox: Demand for and fear of immigrant participation
In this paper, we address the ambivalence in European immigrant integration discourses toward the political participation of immigrants. We show how this ambivalence manifests in what we call a ‘participation paradox’, which is constituted by two apparently conflicting, but potentially mutually reinforcing characteristics of the discourse. The first emphasizes the need for immigrants to be active in order to attain a well-integrated society and w…
Signed, Sealed, and Delivered with Trust: Non-Resident Citizens’ Experiences of Newly Adopted Postal Voting
The COVID-19 pandemic has made it clear that the traditional “booth, ballot, and pen” model of voting, based on a specific location and physical presence, may not be feasible during a health crisis. This situation has highlighted the need to assess whether existing national electoral legislation includes enough instruments to ensure citizens’ safety during voting procedures, even under the conditions of a global pandemic. Such instruments, often …
Practicing Ballot Secrecy: Postal Voting and the Witness Requirement at the 2019 Finnish Elections
Electoral rights belong to the core of citizenship in democratic nation-states. Voting, then, represents an actualization of the relationship between the citizen and the political community. For citizens living outside the country in which they are eligible to vote, voting signifies a rare institutional connection to the country of origin. The aim of this article is to explore the introduction of the postal vote, a new form of voting for external…
Role Conceptualisations and the Purple Zone: Parliamentary Staff Through the Eyes of Former MPs
We analyse how former MPs describe and assess the various staff groups when talking about the daily work of the Finnish parliament. Our theoretical framework draws on the politics/administration divide and the concept of a “purple zone” blending the “blue” of politics and the “red” of administration (Bellò & Spano, 2015), as well as on role conceptualisations produced by elected politicians as a source of administrative legitimacy (Stout, 2013). …
Political science (4 works) · Law (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Politics (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Public Administration (3 works) · Ballot (2 works) · Democracy (2 works) · Disapproval voting (2 works) · Electoral Systems and Political Participation (2 works)