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Hanna Bäck

Hanna Bäck

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Political Science

D-Index
32
Citations
4155
World Ranking
1022
National Ranking
13

Overview

Hanna Bäck is affiliated with Lund University in Sweden. Their research primarily falls within the Social Sciences, with a significant focus on Political Science and International Relations, Sociology and Political Science, Social Psychology, Communication, and Gender Studies.

The scientist's work explores several main topics including:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social and Intergroup Psychology
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Death Anxiety and Social Exclusion
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies

Hanna Bäck has published extensively, with notable papers including:

  • "Emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic: Fear, anxiety, and anger as mediators between threats and policy support and political actions" (2021) in the Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • "Exploring a pathway to radicalization: The effects of social exclusion and rejection sensitivity" (2020) in Group Processes & Intergroup Relations
  • "Intergroup threat and affective polarization in a multi-party system" (2021) in the Journal of Social and Political Psychology
  • "Threats, Emotions, and Affective Polarization" (2023) in Political Psychology
  • "The young protester: the impact of belongingness needs on political engagement" (2020) in Journal of Youth Studies

The publication venues where Hanna Bäck frequently contributes include:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • West European Politics
  • Journal of Applied Social Psychology
  • Frontiers in Political Science
  • Party Politics

Co-authorship has been an important aspect of their work. Frequent collaborators include Emma A. Renström, Royce Carroll, Marc Debus, Wolfgang C. Müller, and Johan Hellström.

In addition to journal articles, Hanna Bäck has contributed to academic books, with a publication through Cambridge University Press titled The Selection and Tenure of Foreign Ministers Around the World (2024).

Best Publications

  • Democracy and State Capacity: Exploring a J-shaped Relationship

    Hanna Bäck;Axel Hadenius

  • Who gets what in coalition governments? Predictors of portfolio allocation in parliamentary democracies

    Hanna Bäck;Marc Debus;Patrick Dumont

  • Who Takes the Parliamentary Floor? The Role of Gender in Speech-making in the Swedish Riksdag

    Hanna Bäck;Marc Debus;Jochen Müller

  • Intra-Party Politics and Coalition Formation: Evidence from Swedish Local Government

    Hanna Bäck

  • Explaining and predicting coalition outcomes: Conclusions from studying data on local coalitions

    Hanna Bäck

  • Political Parties, Parliaments and Legislative Speechmaking

    Hanna Bäck;Mark Debus

  • Regional Government Formation in Varying Multilevel Contexts: A Comparison of Eight European Countries

    Hanna Bäck;Marc Debus;Jochen Müller;Henry Bäck

  • Making the First Move. A Two-Stage Analysis of the Role of Formateurs in Parliamentary Government Formation

    Hanna Bäck;Patrick Dumont

  • Combining large-n and small-n strategies: The way forward in coalition research

    Hanna Bäck;Patrick Dumont

  • Intra-party Diversity and Ministerial Selection in Coalition Governments

    Hanna Bäck;Marc Debus;Wolfgang C. Müller

  • Does European Integration Lead to a `Presidentialization' of Executive Politics? Ministerial Selection in Swedish Postwar Cabinets

    Hanna Bäck;Patrick Dumont;Henk Erik Meier;Thomas Persson

  • Why so few, and why so late? Green parties and the question of governmental participation

    Patrick Dumont;Hanna Bäck

  • Coalition Agreements, Issue Attention, and Cabinet Governance

    Heike Klüver;Hanna Bäck

  • When Do Women Speak? A Comparative Analysis of the Role of Gender in Legislative Debates:

    Hanna Bäck;Marc Debus

  • Explaining Modes of Participation : A Dynamic Test of Alternative Rational Choice Models

    Hanna Bäck;Jan Teorell;Anders Westholm

  • Coalition Agreements as Control Devices

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  • Threats, Emotions, and Affective Polarization

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  • Emotions during the Covid-19 pandemic: Fear, anxiety, and anger as mediators between threats and policy support and political actions

    Emma A. Renström;Hanna Bäck

  • Exploring a pathway to radicalization: The effects of social exclusion and rejection sensitivity:

    Emma A. Renström;Hanna Bäck;Holly M. Knapton

  • The political dynamics of portfolio design in European democracies

    Ulrich Sieberer;Thomas M. Meyer;Hanna Bäck;Andrea Ceron

  • Party Size and Portfolio Payoffs: The Proportional Allocation of Ministerial Posts in Coalition Governments

    Hanna Bäck;Henk Erik Meier;Thomas Persson

  • Explaining coalitions : evidence and lessons from studying coalition formation in Swedish local government

    Hanna Bäck

  • A two-stage analysis of the role of formateurs in parliamentary government formation

    Hanna Back;Patrick Dumont

Frequent Co-Authors

Marc Debus
Marc Debus University of Mannheim
Jan Teorell
Jan Teorell Stockholm University
Wolfgang C. Müller
Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna
Heike Klüver
Heike Klüver Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Thomas Saalfeld
Thomas Saalfeld University of Bamberg
Jale Tosun
Jale Tosun Heidelberg University
Staffan I. Lindberg
Staffan I. Lindberg University of Gothenburg
Jonathan B. Slapin
Jonathan B. Slapin University of Zurich
Annika Björkdahl
Annika Björkdahl Lund University
Sara B. Hobolt
Sara B. Hobolt London School of Economics and Political Science

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