Abstract Poverty and social exclusion can be defined as an accumulation of impediments: lack work income, bad housing, low education, maltreatment, disempowerment, loss dignity. Types poverty are indeed diverse, with the poor including both those who have inherited newly in age globalisation. The first group is probably less visible than second, more claiming. present specificities values. At r...

This paper provides an up-to-date comparison of Brazil's political system with that 33 other democracies. We show Brazil is outlier respect to the number effective parties, total government budget allocated legislative power, and public funds parties (to fund campaigns regular party operations). also unique in its electoral management body: it only country our sample which judiciary both organi...

People decide on political issues using judgmental shortcuts called heuristics. What are the origins of these political heuristics? Traditionally, heuristics have been viewed as learned from the structure of elite debates. This article outlines a different view: that many political heuristics are evolved, biological adaptations that helped our ancestors deal with political problems in small-sca...

Conflict framing is key in political communication. Politicians use conflict their online messages (e.g., criticizing other politicians) and journalists coverage reporting on tensions). Conflicts can take a variety of forms provoke different reactions. However, the literature still lacks systematic theoretically-grounded conceptual framework that accounts for multi-dimensionality frames. Based ...