Even though many municipalities use a variety of means to improve turnout in local elections, citizen participation in local elections is a point of concern in many Western countries, including the Netherlands. Our research question is therefore: How effective are municipal efforts to improve turnout in (Dutch) local elections? To this end, we collected data from three sources: (1) a survey sent to the municipal clerks of 389 Dutch municipalities to learn what they do to improve turnout; (2) data from Statistics Netherlands on municipalities’ socio-demographic characteristics; and (3) data on the turnout in local elections from the Dutch Electoral Council database. Using hierarchical multiple regression analysis, we found that the direct impact of local governments’ efforts to improve turnout is low. Nevertheless, some measures seem to be able to make a difference. The relative number of polling stations was especially found to impact turnout. |
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How to Improve Local TurnoutThe Effect of Municipal Efforts to Improve Turnout in Dutch Local Elections |
Journal | Politics of the Low Countries, Issue 3 2019 |
Keywords | turnout, local elections, get out the vote, campaign, the Netherlands |
Authors | Julien van Ostaaijen, Sabine van Zuydam and Martijn Epskamp |
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Local Elections in the Low Countries: Evolutions and Reforms |
Journal | Politics of the Low Countries, Issue 3 2019 |
Authors | Sofie Hennau and Johan Ackaert |
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Split-Ticket Voting in BelgiumAn Analysis of the Presence and Determinants of Differentiated Voting in the Municipal and Provincial Elections of 2018 |
Journal | Politics of the Low Countries, Issue 3 2019 |
Keywords | split-ticket voting, local elections, voting motives, Belgium, PR-system |
Authors | Tony Valcke and Tom Verhelst |
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This article tackles the particular issue of split-ticket voting, which has been largely overlooked in Belgian election studies thus far. We contribute to the literature by answering two particular research questions: (1) to what extent and (2) why do voters cast a different vote in the elections for the provincial council as compared to their vote in the elections for the municipal council? |
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Sub-Constituency Campaigning in PR SystemsEvidence from the 2014 General Elections in Belgium |
Journal | Politics of the Low Countries, Issue 3 2019 |
Keywords | Sub-constituency campaigning, PR system, political advertisements, election campaign, content analysis |
Authors | Jonas Lefevere, Knut De Swert and Artemis Tsoulou-Malakoudi |
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Sub-constituency campaigning occurs when parties focus their campaign resources on specific geographical areas within an electoral district. This behaviour was traditionally thought to occur only in single-member plurality elections, but recent research demonstrates that proportional systems with multi-member districts can also elicit sub-constituency campaigning. However, most studies of sub-constituency campaigning rely on self-reported measures of campaigning, not direct measures of campaign intensity in different regions and communities. We present novel data on geographical variations in the intensity of Flemish parties’ campaign advertising during the 2014 general elections in Belgium, which provides a direct measure of sub-constituency campaigning. Our findings show clear evidence of sub-constituency campaigning: parties campaign more intensely in municipalities where they have stronger electoral support and in municipalities with greater population density. |
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Journal | Family & Law, October 2019 |
Authors | mr. Daniëlle Brouwer, mr. Eva de Jong, prof. mr. Lieke Coenraad e.a. |
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Piketmediation is een vorm van mediation naast rechtspraak maar dan in de vorm van een pressure-cooker. Typerend voor piketmediation is dat de mediation plaatsvindt in het gerechtsgebouw en dat in beginsel direct na het eerste gesprek een terugkoppeling plaatsvindt aan de rechter. Het doel van piketmediation is om een verdere escalatie van het conflict te beperken en partijen een dienst te bieden waardoor zij snel tot een oplossing kunnen komen. Piketmediation wordt veelal aangeboden in de voorlopige voorzieningenprocedure. |
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Control in International Law |
Journal | African Journal of International Criminal Justice, Issue 1 2019 |
Keywords | Effective / overall control, international human rights law, international criminal law, responsibility of states, statehood |
Authors | Joseph Rikhof and Silviana Cocan |
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The concept of control has permeated various disciplines of public international law, most notable international criminal law, international humanitarian law, international human rights law and the law of statehood as well as the law of responsibility for states and international organizations. Often this notion of control has been used to extend the regular parameters in these disciplines to capture more extraordinary situations and apply the same rules originally developed within areas of law, such as the application of the laws of war to occupation, the rules of human rights treaties to extraterritorial situations or state responsibility to non-state actors. This article will examine this notion of control in all its facets in international law while also addressing some of its controversies and disagreements in the jurisprudence of international institutions, which have utilized this concept. The article will then provide an overview of its uses in international law as well as its overlap from one discipline to another with a view of providing some overarching observations and conclusions. |
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Delimiting Deportation, Unlawful Transfer, Forcible Transfer and Forcible Displacement in International Criminal LawA Jurisprudential History |
Journal | African Journal of International Criminal Justice, Issue 1 2019 |
Keywords | International criminal law, theory of international law, crimes against humanity, deportation, unlawful or forcible transfer |
Authors | Ken Roberts and James G. Stewart |
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The forced displacement of civilian populations is an issue of significant global concern and a subject of extensive legal debate. In international criminal law, forced displacement is criminalized by a complex network of distinct but overlapping offences. These include the Crimes Against Humanity of deportation, forcible transfer, persecution and other inhumane acts, and the grave breach of the Geneva Conventions of ‘unlawful deportation or transfer’. International courts and tribunals have been inconsistent in the adoption of these crimes in their statues and in their subsequent interpretation, making it all the more difficult to distinguish between them. The jurisprudential history of these crimes is lengthy and not without controversy, highlighted by inconsistent judicial approaches. In this article, we offer a critical jurisprudential history of these displacement crimes in international criminal law. |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 2 2019 |
Keywords | oprichting, doelstelling, band met de rechtspraktijk, rechtsfilosofie en rechtstheorie, internationalisering (van Duits naar Engels) |
Authors | Corjo Jansen |
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De Vereeniging voor Wijsbegeerte des Rechts (VWR) is opgericht op 28 december 1918. Zij had tot doel de studie van de rechtsfilosofie en het maatschappelijk leven. Deze studie moest tevens relevant zijn voor de rechtspraktijk. Vanaf haar oprichting kende de VWR een sterke internationale oriëntatie, aanvankelijk gericht op Duitsland, later vooral op het Verenigd Koninkrijk en de VS. In de jaren zeventig en tachtig van de vorige eeuw beleefde de VWR wat betreft belangstelling en ledenaantal haar hoogtepunt. In 2016 besloot zij – na een gestage neergang – de band met de Nederlandstalige (praktijk)jurist weer aan te halen. |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 2 2019 |
Keywords | rechtsfilosofie, Vereniging voor Wijsbegeerte van het Recht, rechtspraktijk |
Authors | Hans Lindahl |
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Journal | Netherlands Journal of Legal Philosophy, Issue 2 2019 |
Keywords | parlement, openbaarheid, politieke architectuur, Schmitt, Van der Pot |
Authors | Bastiaan Rijpkema |
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In dit artikel wordt de waarde van het instituut parlement verkend. Daartoe analyseert de auteur eerst een lezing die de Nederlandse staatsrechtsgeleerde C.W. van der Pot in 1925 over dit thema hield bij de VWR. Vervolgens wordt Van der Pots opvatting gecontrasteerd met de diametraal tegengestelde benadering van Carl Schmitt, die zich, rond dezelfde tijd, over dit vraagstuk boog in Duitsland. Tot slot schetst de auteur, via een alternatieve, wellicht excentrieke, interpretatie van Schmitt waar een belangrijke waarde van het moderne parlement zou kunnen liggen. |