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  • Punishing Local Incumbents for the Local Economy 

    Economic Voting in the 2012 Belgian Municipal Elections
    Dassonneville, Ruth; Claes, Ellen; Lewis-Beck, Michael S. (2016-03)
    After decennia of research on economic voting, it is now established that the state of the economy affects voting behaviour. Nevertheless, this conclusion is the result of a focus on predominantly national-level economies and national-level elections. ...

  • The Relation Between Civic Education and Political Attitudes and Behavior 

    A Two-Year Panel Study Among Belgian Late Adolescents
    Dassonneville, Ruth; Quintelier, Ellen; Hooghe, Marc; Claes, Ellen (2012)
    It is generally assumed that civic education efforts will have a positive effect on the political attitudes and behaviors of adolescents and young adults. There is less agreement, however, on the most effective forms of civic education. In the present ...