...-years (95% CI: 24.4, 29.7). These results suggest elections, political ideology, and concentrations of political power matter for population health. childhood vaccination COVID-19 boosters electoral politics health insurance infant mortality food insecurity maternity care deserts political...

... in relation to the dynamics of electoral politics and radical social movements which shape parliamentarians’ perspectives on poor people’s politics. Between 2004–2005 and 2011–2012, the proportion of children between 6 and 14 years of age who received a mid-day meal in their school increased from 37% to 50...

... contracts to the government’s business clientele, and/or prioritising the electoral base more than the victims. ¹ This is known as Electoral Politics of Disaster (EPD), a term coined by ­Sainz-Santamaria and Anderson (2013) . Through EPD, elected officials can curry favour with voters...

... by territorial fixes (for a partly similar argument, see Hudson, 2007 ; Cumbers and MacKinnon, 2010 ). For example, the overall attention of the discipline to the role of electoral politics—which, by definition, draws upon fixed constituency boundaries—in influencing local and regional economic...

...) similar mechanisms produce different outcomes for different (sub)groups in society, and (2) the effect of identity mixes is contextual and differs across dimensions of representation. Electoral Politics Feminism Identity Politics Intersectionality Mechanisms Political Representation Representative...

... pathways, ranging from electoral politics to organizational mobilization and bureaucratic incorporation. Not all of these pathways are necessarily legal or even savory. Timing and sequencing of immigrant actors' arrival to a receiving context matter, with later arrivals constrained by the actions...

...This chapter develops the significance of racial divisions and electoral politics as forces of political suppression. The pervasive political machine and the vituperance demonstrated by voluntary associations such as the American Legion show the dynamics which prevent local movements from growing...

... of politics. The chapter discusses the significance of media in communicating politics to the masses. Early pluralists made an important contribution to the study of politics both by underscoring the importance of interest groups and showing how electoral politics and the politics of governing were...

...Switzerland is emblematic of transformations in electoral politics that have occurred across advanced democracies in the last decades. From as early as the 1990s, voters have become polarized along a ‘universalism–particularism’ dimension of politics, more so than along the traditional ‘state...

... underscored the obvious, unmistakable limits to electoral politics. Despite the campaign’s incredible energy and organization, the Washington administration struggled to overcome a vast array of structural barriers to govern effectively, especially in ways that helped its most fervent, most marginalized...

...In this chapter, we examine the role of the BLM movement in electoral politics. In short, we ask participants, does being a part of the BLM movement make a person more prone to participate in the electoral political process? In asking this question and others like it, we wanted to find out...

..., clear-eyed, and political. We begin with an overview of this early work, and outline the trajectory of research on gender and electoral politics through the present day, where women are now seen as a political force in American politics. Scholars have built on these groundbreaking efforts, re-centering...

... of individually and group-based studies of electoral politics and public opinion. It addresses some methodological issues in the study of political information networks. The article ends with the discussion of theoretical and substantive insights that were generated in several studies, such as the study...

... activists Vernacular Shirley Chisholm Feminism Democracy Electoral Politics Style I am not the candidate of black America, although I am black and proud. I am not the candidate of the women’s movement, although I am a woman and I am equally proud of that. … I am the candidate of the people...

... that clergy should be involved in electoral politics to push policies and initiatives that would benefit the disadvantaged. To achieve this objective, Carey forged a close alliance with Illinois senator Everett M. Dirksen and became an enthusiastic supporter of Dwight D. Eisenhower’s 1952 and 1956...

... in Dundee since 1832. On the basis of this apparent seismic shift in electoral politics in Dundee, the chapter analyses some of the underpinnings of political allegiance in the city. It also discusses Winston Churchill's victory in the by-election of 1908 and what it implies about the strengths...

...This chapter shows how local politics play a large role in framing social relationships in Nocorá, especially the relationships between the factories and residents. It makes a brief introduction to Puerto Rican electoral politics, tying them into broader observations about economic development...

...The study of German electoral politics has been neglected of late, despite being one of the most pervasive elements of the German political process. This book argues that concentration on electoral politics facilitates deeper understanding and appreciation of the German political system...

...This chapter addresses the question of whether electoral politics matter or not. It studies the effectiveness of the German mixed-member electoral system and the relevance of an electoral politics system where governments rarely change as an immediate result of the Bundestag elections. The chapter...

... advocate, and financial investor to international emissary, scorned wife, and political candidate. This study magnifies how the coverage that preceded Clinton's entry into electoral politics was grounded in her earliest presence in the national spotlight, and in long-standing nationalistic beliefs about...