Edited by Theresa Reidy
Deadline for Abstracts: 15 April 2024 | Deadline for Articles: 31 August 2024
Politics and Governance, peer-reviewed journal indexed in the Social Sciences Citation Index (Web of Science; Impact Factor: 2.2) and Scopus (CiteScore: 4.2), welcomes new and exciting research papers for its upcoming issue "Cleavage Referendums: Ideological Decisions and Transformational Political Change," edited by Theresa Reidy (University College Cork).
This thematic issue is seeking to theorize on the essential features of cleavage referendums and conduct empirical analyses to test core propositions. Individual case studies and comparative analyses are welcome, and all referendum types are relevant: mandatory or consultative; local or national. Articles should address one, or more, of the following themes:
1. The dynamics of campaign participation and activity: parties, civil society organisations, and individuals;
2. Voting behaviour: We know that voting intentions should be stable at cleavage referendums, but are they always? In what circumstances can campaigns be re-framed to create a more dynamic opinion formation space?
3. The contribution of a referendum(s) to the creation, definition, and/or resolution of a cleavage;
4. The consequential impact of cleavage referendums on the structure and nature of party competition.
Authors interested in submitting a paper for this issue are encouraged to read the full call for papers: https://www.cogitatiopress.com/politicsandgovernance/pages/view/nextiss…
Abstracts welcome by 15 April 2024.
