The publications can be sorted into four different research segments.
Read more about the research themes.
Democratic representation and political inequality
- Muriaas, R. & Peters, Y. (Forthcoming). “Attitudes to Gender Quotas: Why and Where to Adjust Gender Imbalance in Leadership”, European Journal of Political Research (accepted)
- Mathisen, R., & Peters, Y. (2023). Political Participation and Unequal Representation: Addressing the Endogeneity Problem. In N. Lupu & J. Pontusson (Eds.), Unequal Democracies. Public Policy, Responsiveness, and Redistribution in an Era of Rising Economic Inequality. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
- Mayne, Q., & Peters, Y. (2023). “Where you sit is where you stand: education-based descriptive representation and perceptions of democratic quality“, West European Politics, 46(3), 526-549.
- Tatham, M., & Peters, Y. (2023). “Fueling opposition? Yellow vests, urban elites, and fuel taxation“,Journal of European Public Policy, 30(3), 574-598.
- Peters, Y. (2021) “Social Policy Responsiveness in Multilevel Contexts: How Vertical Diffusion of Competences Affects the Opinion-Policy Link”, Governance, 34(3), 687-705
- Linde, J. & Y. Peters (2020) “Responsiveness, support, and responsibility: How democratic responsiveness facilitates responsible government”, 26(3), Party Politics
- Peters, Y. (2018), “Democratic representation and political inequality: How social differences translate into differential representation”, 16(3), French Politics
- Arnesen, S. & Y. Peters (2018) “The Legitimacy of Representation: How Descriptive, Formal, and Responsiveness Representation Affect the Acceptability of Political Decisions”, 51(7) Comparative Political Studies
- Peters, Y. & S. J. Ensink (2015), “Differential Responsiveness in Europe: The Effects of Preference Difference and Electoral Participation“, 38 (3) West European Politics
Democracy and institutional structures
- Wang, Vibeke, Ragnhild L. Muriaas & Yvette Peters (2021), “Affirmative Action Measures and Electoral Candidates’ Positioning in Zambia”, 59(4), Journal of Modern African Studies
- Peters, Y. (2016), “Hollower Democracy? Studying the Consequences of a Changing Demos”, In Ferdinand Muller-Rommel and Fernando Casal Bertoa (eds.), Party Politics And Democracy in Europe: Essays in Honor of Peter Mair, Abingdon/New York: Routledge
- Peters, Y. & M. R. Tatham (2016) “Democratic Transformations in Europe 31—Challenges and Opportunities” (edited book). Routledge.
- Peters, Y. & M. Tatham (2016), “The Transformation of Democracy”, In Yvette Peters and Michaël Tatham (eds.), Democratic Transformations in Europe 31—Challenges and Prospects, Routledge
- Peters, Y. & M. Tatham (2016), “The Contemporary State of Democracy in a Transformed Europe”, In Yvette Peters and Michaël Tatham (eds.), Democratic Transformations in Europe 31—Challenges and Prospects, Routledge
- Peters, Y. (2016), “Displacing politics. The State of Democracy in an Age of Diffused Responsibility”, In Yvette Peters and Michaël Tatham (eds.), Democratic Transformations in Europe 31—Challenges and Opportunities, Routledge
Political participation and institutions
- Peters, Y. (2023). Political Participation. In M. Grasso & G. Marco (Eds.), Elgar Encyclopedia of Political Sociology. Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar.
- Peters, Y. (2018) “Political Participation, Diffused Governance, and the Transformation of Democracy: Patterns of Change”. Routledge.
- Peters, Y. (2016), (Re-)Join the Party! The Effects of Direct Democracy on Party membership, 55(1) European Journal of Political Research
- Peters, Y. (2016), Zero-Sum Democracy? The Effects of Direct Democracy on Government Election, 64(3) Political Studies
Welfare attitudes and intra-EU migration
- Cappelen, C. & Y. Peters (2018), “Diversity and welfare state legitimacy in Europe. The challenge of intra-EU migration”, 25(9), Journal of European Public Policy
- Cappelen, C. & Y. Peters (2018), “The impact of intra-EU migration on welfare chauvinism”, 38(3), Journal of Public Policy
Non-academic publications
- Peters, Y. (05-04-2016), Political parties which operate in a direct democratic context tend to have a higher number of members on Democratic Audit UK: http://www.democraticaudit.com/?p=20815
- Peters, Y. (03-06-2015), Electoral participation has an impact on political and socioeconomic inequality on Democratic Audit UK: http://www.democraticaudit.com/?p=13578
- Peters & Ensink (2015) discussed in McElwee, S. (28-10-2015), The more unequal the country, the more the rich rule, in Aljazeera America: http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2015/10/the-more-unequal-the-country-the-more-the-rich-rule.html
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