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57
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12650
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143
National Ranking
87

Overview

Shaun Bowler is affiliated with the University of California, Riverside in the United States. Their academic work primarily falls within the social sciences, with a strong emphasis on political science and related interdisciplinary fields. Bowler has contributed extensively to areas such as electoral systems, political participation, social media and politics, political philosophy, populism, social policy, judicial studies, and fiscal policies.

Their main fields of study include:

  • Social Sciences

More specifically, their research spans several subfields:

  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • Sociology and Political Science
  • Communication
  • Law

Shaun Bowler has published on a variety of topics. The main focuses of their work include:

  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Social Media and Politics
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Populism, Right-Wing Movements
  • Social Policy and Reform Studies
  • Judicial and Constitutional Studies
  • Fiscal Policies and Political Economy

In terms of recent academic papers, notable contributions by Bowler include:

  • "Coalition Policy Perceptions" (2020, The Journal of Politics)
  • "Voter expectations of government formation in coalition systems: The importance of the information context" (2021, European Journal of Political Research)
  • "Trump Tweets and Democratic Attitudes: Evidence from a Survey Experiment" (2022, Political Research Quarterly)
  • "Confidence in US Elections After the Big Lie" (2023, Political Research Quarterly)

Additionally, Bowler was associated with the publication of the paper titled "Citizen Assessment of Electoral Reforms: Do Evaluations of Fairness Blunt Self-Interest?" (2021, Political Behavior).

Bowler's collaboration network includes frequent co-authors such as:

  • Todd Donovan
  • André Blais
  • Damien Bol
  • Annika Fredén
  • Martial Foucault

Publications by Bowler appear often in several venues, including:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • Political Research Quarterly
  • Political Studies
  • American Politics Research
  • Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics

Bowler has also contributed to book publications through the Ohio State University Press, with two known titles:

  • PARTY DISCIPLINE AND PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT (2020)
  • ELECTORAL REFORM AND MINORITY REPRESENTATION (2021)

Best Publications

  • Demanding Choices: Opinion, Voting, and Direct Democracy

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Andrew Donovan

  • Losers' Consent

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  • Democracy, Institutions and Attitudes about Citizen Influence on Government

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan

  • POLITICIANS, SCANDALS, AND TRUST IN GOVERNMENT

    Shaun Bowler;Jeffrey A. Karp

  • PARTY DISCIPLINE AND PARLIAMENTARY GOVERNMENT

    Shaun Bowler;David M. Farrell;Richard S. Katz

  • To Know it is to Love it?: Satisfaction with Democracy in the European Union

    Jeffrey A. Karp;Susan A. Banducci;Shaun Bowler

  • Electoral strategies and political marketing

    Shaun Bowler;David M. Farrell

  • The Organizing of the European Parliament: Committees, Specialization and Co-ordination

    Shaun Bowler;David M. Farrell

  • Legislator Shirking and Voter Monitoring: Impacts of European Parliament Electoral Systems upon Legislator‐Voter Relationships

    Shaun Bowler;David M. Farrell

  • Enraged or Engaged? Preferences for Direct Citizen Participation in Affluent Democracies

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan;Jeffrey A. Karp

  • CITIZENS AS LEGISLATORS: DIRECT DEMOCRACY IN THE UNITED STATES

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan;Caroline J. Tolbert

  • Earthquakes and Aftershocks: Race, Direct Democracy, and Partisan Change

    Shaun Bowler;Stephen P. Nicholson;Gary M. Segura

  • Why Politicians Like Electoral Institutions: Self‐Interest, Values, or Ideology?

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan;Jeffrey A. Karp

  • Getting Out the Vote: Party Mobilization in a Comparative Perspective

    Jeffrey A. Karp;Susan A. Banducci;Shaun Bowler

  • Issues, Economics, and the Dynamics of Multiparty Elections: The British 1987 General Election

    R. Michael Alvarez;Jonathan Nagler;Shaun Bowler

  • Measuring the Effect of Direct Democracy on State Policy: Not All Initiatives Are Created Equal:

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan

  • Ballot Propositions and Information Costs: Direct Democracy and the Fatigued Voter:

    Shaun Bowler;Todd Donovan;Trudi Happ

  • Direct Democracy and Minority Rights: An Extension

    Todd Donovan;Shaun Bowler

  • Private Members' Bills in the UK Parliament: Is There an ‘Electoral Connection’?

    Shaun Bowler

  • Racial/Ethnic Group Attitudes Toward Environmental Protection in California: Is “Environmentalism” Still a White Phenomenon?

    Matthew Whittaker;Gary M Segura;Shaun Bowler

  • Long-Term Economic Distress, Cultural Backlash, and Support for Brexit:

    Miguel Carreras;Yasemin Irepoglu Carreras;Shaun Bowler

  • Local Context and Democratization in Mexico

    Jonathan T. Hiskey;Shaun Bowler

  • Measuring Judicial Performance in Latin America

    Joseph L. Staats;Shaun Bowler;Jonathan T. Hiskey

  • The appointment of rapporteurs in the European Parliament

    Antoine Yoshinaka;Gail Mcelroy;Shaun Bowler

  • Election administration and perceptions of fair elections

    Shaun Bowler;Thomas L. Brunell;Todd Donovan;Paul Gronke

Frequent Co-Authors

Todd Donovan
Todd Donovan Western Washington University
David M. Farrell
David M. Farrell University College Dublin
Jeffrey A. Karp
Jeffrey A. Karp Brunel University London
André Blais
André Blais University of Montreal
Christopher J. Anderson
Christopher J. Anderson London School of Economics and Political Science
Gary M. Segura
Gary M. Segura Stanford University
Bernard Grofman
Bernard Grofman University of California, Irvine
Richard S. Katz
Richard S. Katz Johns Hopkins University
Susan Banducci
Susan Banducci University of Exeter
Indridi H. Indridason
Indridi H. Indridason University of California, Riverside

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