Politics and Governance

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2026, volume 14

Citizenwashing EU Tech Policy: EU Deliberative Mini‐Publics on Virtual Worlds and Artificial Intelligence

Perle Petit and Alvaro Oleart

Working Behind the Scenes: Roles and Functions of French and German Parliamentary Staff

Henriette Heimbach

Staff Matters: The Effect of Political Group Staff on MP Activity in the Netherlands

Simon Otjes and Gijs Jan Brandsma

The Invisible Architects of Public Engagement: Understanding the Different Types of Roles Played by Parliamentary Staff

Sofia Serra-Silva and Cristina Leston-Bandeira

Institutionalizing Democratic Innovations in Poland: Mapping the Evolution of Citizens’ Assemblies Through Rules of Procedure

Paulina Pospieszna and Marta Hoffmann

From Advisor to Interparliamentary Networker: A Typology of Parliamentary Officials in EU Affairs

Anna-Lena Högenauer and Christine Neuhold

Who’s Got MPs’ Back? Understanding the Drivers of Specialisation in the Offices of MPs

Lena Stephan and Anna-Lena Högenauer

The Parapolitical Path to Parliament: Former Political Support Staff as Parliamentary Members

Anchrit Wille and Mark Bovens

From Efficiency to Deliberation: Rethinking AI’s Role in Institutionalizing Democratic Innovations

Arild Ohren, Elizabeth Calderón Lüning, Čedomir Markov and Max Stearns

“More” or “Better” Institutionalization? Lessons From Latin American Institutions of Citizen Participation

Benjamin Goldfrank, Melisa Ross and Yanina Welp

Echoes and Barriers: Staff as Key Actors in the Representative Process

Meagan Cloutier

Role Conceptualisations and the Purple Zone: Parliamentary Staff Through the Eyes of Former MPs

Kanerva Kuokkanen and Marjukka Weide

A Chapter on Institutionalization: The Use and Misuse of Institutions of Citizen Participation in Hungary

Eszter Kovács Szitkay, Dániel Oross and Alexandra Kiss

Testing Staff Roles in the Danish Parliament

Stijn van Voorst

Decolonising Deliberation: Citizens’ Assemblies as a Claimed Space for Forging Bottom‐Up Democracy in Lebanon and Tunisia

Mariam Daher, Sonia Chabane, Muzna Al-Masri and Ala'a Shehabi

Deliberative Policy (Sub)System: Institutionalising Deliberative Mini‐Publics Within the Policy Process

Nemanja Anđelković and Tara Tepavac

Creativity or Institutionalization? Beyond the Dualism in Democratic Innovation

Paola Pierri

The Legal Institutionalisation of Public Deliberation and the Embeddedness in the Democratic System: The Italian Case

Stefania Ravazzi

Solo, Group, or Team Effort? Work Dynamics of Parliamentary Offices for Parliamentarians' Political Communications

Sebastian Ludwicki-Ziegler

Institutionalization of Participatory Democratic Innovations: Understanding the Roles of Established and Emerging Actors

Gazela Pudar Drasko and Irena Fiket

Does Federalism Facilitate Permanent Minipublics?

Francesco Veri and Nenad Stojanović

Still Out of Touch? Parties and Their Voters on the EU Dimension

Mikko Mattila and Tapio Raunio

Political Ideology, Policy Attitudes, and Public Support for European Integration

Dimiter Toshkov

Large‐Scale Crises and Variation in Social Democratic Europeanism: The Italian Democratic Party

Andrea Capati and Federico Trastulli

Mapping Euroscepticism Across Occupational Classes: Economic and Cultural Capital in Comparative Perspective

Valentina Petrović

Deconstructing Polish Euro‐Enthusiasm: The Illusory Incongruence of Party Narratives With Public Opinion

Maria Wincławska and Anna Pacześniak

Rhetorical Consensus About the EU? Comparing Established and New Parties in Europe

Bettina Mitru and Paul Tap

Low Education, Low Impact? The Effects of Voting Advice Applications on an Underexposed Segment of Users

L. Constantin Wurthmann, Daniel C. Hagemann and Stefan Marschall

Isomorphic Spillover and Its Limits: The Institutionally Constrained Defence Industrial Policy of the European Union

Salih Işık Bora

Citizens’ Trust in the European Union During Crisis and Conflicts Across 10 Countries

Norbert Kersting, Lukas Schütte, Michele Scotto di Vettimo, Sven Lange, Jack Thompson, Francesco Ruggeri, Roberta di Stefano, Roan Buma, Vladimir Cristea, Lorenza Antonucci, André Krouwel, Carlo D’Ippoliti and Alberto López Ortega

In the Pursuit of Democracy: Support for Referendums in Moldova

Sergiu Gherghina

Enhancing Voting Advice Applications: Politicians’ Perspectives on Additional Contextual Information and AI Integration

Elke van Veggel, Naomi Kamoen and Christine Liebrecht

Picking Sectors: IPCEIs and Europe’s Emerging State Capacity for Strategic Identification

Timo Seidl and Tobias Wuttke

Contested Visions for Social Protection in Kenya: The Older Persons Cash Transfer and the Social Registry

Kate O'Donnell

Party Competition and Voter Attitudes in German Border Regions: Evidence From Local VAAs

Daniela Braun, Elisa Deiss-Helbig, Theresa Gessler, Jochen Müller, Julia Wagner and Georg Wenzelburger

Voting Advice Application Use Increases Party Position Knowledge: An Experimental Study Among Belgian Youngsters

Joke Matthieu, Laura Jacobs, Matthias Van Campenhout and Stefaan Walgrave

Voting Advice Applications and Their Impact on Ideological and Affective Polarization

Maxime Walder, Jan Fivaz and Daniel Schwarz

Citizens’ Claims‐Making and Navigating the Politics of Accountability in Social Cash Transfers in Uganda

Ahmed El Assal

Anti‐Poverty Legislation for Particularly Vulnerable Groups: The Example of Indigenous People and Minorities

Markus Kaltenborn and Jasmin Dogu

Are Single‐Party Voting Advice Applications Useful? Comparing Voter Preferences in the BSW‐O‐Mat With a Probability Sample

Jan Philipp Thomeczek

The Interacting Politics of Agricultural Input Subsidies and Cash Transfers in Malawi and Zambia

Guido Maschhaupt

Persistence in the Face of Deficiencies: External Interests and Centralised Decision‐Making in Cambodia’s IDPoor

Emma Lynn Dadap-Cantal

Pro‐Poor Populism or Financialized Governance? The Politics of PMJDY and PMMY in India

Pınar Kahya

Estimating the Recommendation Certainty in Candidate‐Based Voting Advice Applications

Fynn Bachmann, Daan van der Weijden, Cristina Sarasua and Abraham Bernstein

Televised Influence: Examining Opinion Formation Through Live Completion of a Voting Advice Application

Nikandros Ioannidis and Vasiliki Triga

Exploring Their Options? Tracking How Voters Actually Use Voting Advice Applications

Andreas Videbæk Jensen, Veikko Isotalo and Mathias Wessel Tromborg

Closer or More Distant? The Congruence Between Elites and Voters on Swiss–EU Relations

Lukas Lauener and Laurent Bernhard

How Many People Use Voting Advice Applications? Survey Evidence From 15 Democracies Worldwide

Diego Garzia and Frederico Ferreira da Silva

Understanding the Role of Political Staff and Parliamentary Administrations

Gijs Jan Brandsma and Anna-Lena Högenauer

Towards an Innovative Democracy: Institutionalizing Participation in Challenging Times

Irena Fiket, Gazela Pudar Drasko and Giovanni Allegretti