Côte D’Ivoire’s Post-electoral Crisis: Ouattara Rules but can he Govern?

Russia's Post-Electoral Landscape

Introduction – Financial Crisis, Austerity, and Electoral Politics

We are pleased to present this issue of JEPOP which is a special issue on the topic of how the financial crisis in Europe has changed the electoral politics of some of the most deeply affected countries. We are delighted to welcome on board Pedro C. Magalhães as guest co-editor for this issue. Pedro is principal researcher at the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Lisbon, Portuga...

Can Australia capitalise on the post-crisis opportunity?

The Asian Economic Crisis presents perhaps a final opportunity for Australia’s IT&T industry to make its presence felt on the world stage. As a centre of innovation and a desirable location for IT&T facilities, Australia has often been overlooked as its near neighbours to the north gain all the attention. This paper summarises the main obstacles Australia has to overcome in order to gain mind-s...

Discovering Rules That Govern Monotone Phenomena

Unlocking the mystery of natural phenomena is a universal objective in scientific research. The rules governing a phenomenon can most often be learned by observing it under a sufficiently large number of conditions that are sufficiently high in resolution. The general knowledge discovery process is not always easy or efficient, and even if knowledge is produced it may be hard to understand, int...

Electoral Competition under Best-Worst Voting Rules

We characterise multi-candidate pure-strategy equilibria in the Hotelling-Downs spatial election model for the class of best-worst voting rules, in which each voter is endowed with both a positive and a negative vote, i.e., each voter can vote in favour of one candidate and against another one. The weights attached to positive and negative votes in calculating a candidate's net score may be dif...