Sergiu Gherghina and Bettina Mitru (2025), “Why Political Parties Support Deliberative Democracy in Europe”, Political Studies, online first, 1-12
This article explains what drives parties’ support for deliberation. We analyze the manifestos belonging to 225 European parties that gained at least 1% of the votes in the national elections between 2019 and 2024..
Sergiu Gherghina, Sergiu Mișcoiu and Aurelian Giugăl (2025), “Population Dynamic and Brokers’ Credibility: Explaining the Limited Use of Electoral Clientelism in Poor Roma Communities”, Problems of Post-Communism, online first, 1-11
This article examines which factors on the supply and demand sides affect the use of electoral clientelism in several Roma communities in Romania due to their economic vulnerability.
Sergiu Gherghina and Raluca Farcas (2025), “Politics outside parliament: Explaining candidates’ support for citizen-initiated referendums”, Comparative European Politics, online first, 1-22
This article seeks to identify what drives candidates running in national elections to support citizen-initiated referendums. The results indicate that support is driven by a combination of criticism of representative democracy and willingness to bring citizens into the decision-making process.