Choosing among Discrete Choice Models for Voting Behavior

Analyses presented in this paper aim at testing demographic cues hypothesis, which explains voting behavior as a function of the distance between the voter and the object of the vote, expressed as demographic similarity. Four types of multivariate regression models–binomial logistic (BNL), multinomial logistic (MNL), contrast logistic (CONTRAST), and conditional logistic (CLOGIT)–are applied to explain vote choice among Polish parties in the 1997 parliamentary election. For all models I use survey data combined with information on political parties derived from characteristics of the electoral candidates. The results demonstrate that for testing demographic cues hypothesis CLOGIT and BNL are the most advisable options in terms of elucidation of the regression coefficients; MNL and CONTRAST involve cumbersome interpretation and their fit to the theory is questionable

Cross-National Measures of Political Inequality of Voice

Social scientists have long argued that political power is a key dimension of stratification, yet few empirically analyze political inequality or explicitly discuss the methodological implications of their measures of it. Political inequality is a distinct dimension of social stratification and a form of power inequality whose domain is all things related to political processes. It is a multidimensional concept–comprised of voice, response, and policy–that occurs in all types of governance structures. Conceptions of political inequality of voice reflect the well-established finding that position within the social and political structure impacts individual and group political influence. I argue that definitions and measures of political inequality of voice should focus on the extent of influence given its connection, but not reduction, to economic resources. This article proposes and evaluates cross-national structural measures of political inequality of voice based on the relationship between socioeconomic status and political participation. I explore the relationships between the measures and the rankings of European countries using data from the European Social Survey 2008 and the Economist Intelligence Unit Index of Democracy 2008’s “political participation” category

Lille Nicolas

Sold by C. Rabe in Bergen. Cover illustrated in color and signed by Birgit Krohn in the upper right hand corner. Plate number 13301.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/krohn-album3/1008/thumbnail.jp

[Kvinderind]

For voice and piano. On the right hand side of the title, Birgit Krohn writes that this was sung by Caroline \u27Bokken\u27 Lasson, a famous Norwegian cabaret singer of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/krohn-album3/1023/thumbnail.jp

Elegie

This piece has a decorative cover.https://scholarexchange.furman.edu/periphery-dansemusik/1024/thumbnail.jp

Last night = Sehnsucht

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