If representation is one of the most important aspects of representative democracy, then a precondition for representation is a rational public. Without a public that holds rational and stable policy preferences, there would be nothing for elected officials to represent. The public opinion and representation literature has so far focused mainly on developed Western democracies, finding not only rational public opinion, but also a fair amount of representation. Post-communist literature, on the other hand, focuses very little on aggregate public opinion and representation and offers mixed conclusions. Following the footsteps of Page & Shapiro (1992), the focus of this thesis is an analysis of aggregate Polish public opinion using an original...
The purpose of this thesis has a very ambitious goal. Namely, it will try to show the quality of the...
The paper attempts to analyze the results of the European Social Survey Round 6 (2012, 2013), focusi...
The institutions of direct democracy seem to be crucial for effective functioning of political syste...
Public opinion research has changed dramatically in the last ten years in Poland, in terms of its me...
Communicating with citizens? Representations of public opinion in Polish public discourse Whil...
Public opinion research has changed dramatically in the last ten years in Poland, in terms of its me...
This thesis sets out to evaluate public support for young democracies in post-communist society. It ...
Deputies to the Sixth-Term Sejm [Parliament] (belonging to all the political parties) invoked public...
This book deals with the importance of public opinion in Poland at the time of the rise of Solidarit...
The main purpose of this article is to present the role of public opinion polls and political consul...
The paper attempts to analyze the results of the European Social Survey Round 6 (2012, 2013), focusi...
The 80s were undoubtedly a breakthrough period in the recent history of Poland. No surprising, the e...
This bachelor thesis examines the quality of democracy and the causes of its decline by comparing tw...
Carrion, Julio F.This dissertation seeks to establish the main sources of support for democracy in C...
This paper analyzes the way democracy is perceived and understood in Poland and other European socie...
The purpose of this thesis has a very ambitious goal. Namely, it will try to show the quality of the...
The paper attempts to analyze the results of the European Social Survey Round 6 (2012, 2013), focusi...
The institutions of direct democracy seem to be crucial for effective functioning of political syste...
Public opinion research has changed dramatically in the last ten years in Poland, in terms of its me...
Communicating with citizens? Representations of public opinion in Polish public discourse Whil...
Public opinion research has changed dramatically in the last ten years in Poland, in terms of its me...
This thesis sets out to evaluate public support for young democracies in post-communist society. It ...
Deputies to the Sixth-Term Sejm [Parliament] (belonging to all the political parties) invoked public...
This book deals with the importance of public opinion in Poland at the time of the rise of Solidarit...
The main purpose of this article is to present the role of public opinion polls and political consul...
The paper attempts to analyze the results of the European Social Survey Round 6 (2012, 2013), focusi...
The 80s were undoubtedly a breakthrough period in the recent history of Poland. No surprising, the e...
This bachelor thesis examines the quality of democracy and the causes of its decline by comparing tw...
Carrion, Julio F.This dissertation seeks to establish the main sources of support for democracy in C...
This paper analyzes the way democracy is perceived and understood in Poland and other European socie...
The purpose of this thesis has a very ambitious goal. Namely, it will try to show the quality of the...
The paper attempts to analyze the results of the European Social Survey Round 6 (2012, 2013), focusi...
The institutions of direct democracy seem to be crucial for effective functioning of political syste...