Old and New Media Logics in an Electoral Campaign

An Analysis of the Influence of Radio Political Campaign Messages on Voters’ Electoral Behavior in Kano, Nigeria

This paper will examine the influence of radio political campaign messages on the electorates’ voting behavior in Kano – Nigeria, with a focus on the 2015 general elections. It seeks to ascertain the extent that the electorates in Kano – Nigeria were exposed to radio political campaign messages, as well as the extent to which such messages influenced their voting decisions. Equally, the study c...

Hybrid Logics: The Old and The New

Hybrid Logics are usually presented as an extension of modal logics where we can explicitly refer to the elements in the model. In this paper we will start by introducing hybrid logics from that perspective, and we will complete this presentation with a historical overview. But we will later have a closer look to the ↓ binder, and propose an alternative way to think about it. We will explain th...

Campaign Promises, Economic Performance, and Electoral Accountability in Latin America

Incumbent and Challenger Campaign Spending Effects in Proportional Electoral Systems

Positive effects of campaign spending on electoral outcomes have been found in several comparative, multiparty contexts, but very few of these systems use proportional representation. The few studies examining spending effects in multiparty elections have found that incumbent spending is no less effective than challenger spending, contrary to the vast bulk of empirical literature drawn from sin...

Pluralism; an Old but New Phenomenon in Socio-political Processes

This paper presents pluralism as a historical process. The term pluralism frequently appears not only in the field of political philosophy but also in social sciences. In one sense, the growing literature is stimulating and enriching, nevertheless the abundance of material attempting to explain the various interpretations of pluralist theory can be convoluted and overwhelming. Despite the const...