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Bram Wauters

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253 Results

2026

Between legitimacy and favorability. Comparing perspectives of democratic stakeholders in local participatory arrangements

Kristof SteyversTessa HaesevoetsArne RoetsBram VerschuereBram WautersLiese BerkvensNina De SmedtWillem GoutryRuben Van Severen

U Journal Article in International Journal of Public Sector Management

Joint lists, splitted votes? An analysis of voting behaviour for pre-electoral coalitions (PECs), based on individual-level ballot data

Leidt Anders tot andere verkiezingsresultaten voor de liberalen?

Article in a newspaper

PhD Review: The Brains Behind the Party. Varying and Evolving Roles of Political Party Think Tanks

U Journal Article in Politics of the Low Countries

Political parties in Belgium

Thomas LegeinEmilie van HauteBram Wauters

Bookchapter in The Oxford handbook of Belgian politics

2025

Accepting a party’s decision to (not) participate in a coalition government : does the inclusiveness of the decision-makers make a difference?

Leen LingierAnna KernBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES

Analysing policy actors’ preferences for different modes of governing in local government

Bram VerschuereArne RoetsKristof SteyversBram WautersLiese BerkvensNina De SmedtWillem GoutryGilles PittoorsRuben Van SeverenTessa Haesevoets

A1 Journal Article in POLICY AND POLITICS

Beyond Elections: Unpacking the Gender Gap in Political Ambition Across Political Roles

Bram WautersRobin DevroeAudrey VandeleeneHilde Coffé

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF WOMEN POLITICS & POLICY

Breaking the mold or fitting the frame? The impact of politician’s gender-conforming and counter-stereotypic online self-representation on voter evaluations

Elise StormeRobin DevroeBram Wauters

Breaking the mold or fitting the frame? The impact of politician’s gender-conforming and counter-stereotypic online self-representation on voter evaluations

Elise StormeRobin DevroeBram Wauters

Breaking the mold or fitting the frame? The impact of politician’s gender-conforming and counter-stereotypic online self-representation on voter evaluations.

Elise StormeRobin DevroeBram Wauters

Candidate ≠ candidat : quand les inégalités de genre entravent les candidates aux élections : étude relative au sexisme durant la période électorale de juin 2024 en Belgique

Audrey VandeleeneElise StormeClémence DeswertBram WautersRobin Devroe

Citizen preferences for decisional power levels and participatory instruments in local government

Ruben Van SeverenTessa HaesevoetsBram WautersArne Roets

A1 Journal Article in POLICY STUDIES

Closing a gap or creating a new one? Comparing support for participatory instruments among different stakeholders

Bram WautersTessa HaesevoetsBram VerschuereArne RoetsKristof SteyversGilles PittoorsLiese BerkvensNina De SmedtWillem GoutryRuben Van Severen

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH

For those without a clue? Party cues in a partitocratic system under pressure

Instrumental councillors? On the strategic interests that drive local councillors’ legitimacy perceptions of citizen participation

Nina De SmedtTessa HaesevoetsKristof SteyversBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in POLICY STUDIES

Kandidate ≠ kandidaat : wanneer genderongelijkheid vrouwelijke verkiezingskandidaten belemmert : studie naar seksisme tijdens de verkiezingsperiode van juni 2024 in België

Audrey VandeleeneElise StormeClémence DeswertBram WautersRobin Devroe

Opening doors to more intra-party democracy? Local politicians’ perspectives on including voters in candidate selection processes in Flanders (Belgium)

Bram WautersNina De SmedtWillem GoutryJasmien Luypaert

A1 Journal Article in ACTA POLITICA

Participatory versus representative democracy? Local councilors’ attitudes and roles in citizen participation

Nina De SmedtBram WautersKristof Steyvers

Party mobilisation in the era of direct democracy : an analysis of parties’ role in local referendums in Flanders (Belgium)

Ward MaréchalBram Wauters

Party mobilisation in the era of direct democracy : an analysis of partiezs' role in local referendums in Flanders (Belgium)

Ward MaréchalBram Wauters

Reform to perform? Electoral effects of programmatic change among mainstream parties in combination with a new party leader

Jasmien LuypaertBram WautersAnna Kern

A1 Journal Article in POLITICAL STUDIES REVIEW

Representative democracy at a crossroads : unpacking citizen preferences for alternative policy-making models

Ruben Van SeverenArne RoetsBram Wauters

Resistor or meta-governor? Role conceptions of local elected representatives in participatory trajectories

Nina De SmedtWillem GoutryKristof SteyversBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in ADMINISTRATION & SOCIETY

Soft nudges, hard reality : government measures to increase turnout don’t mitigate the negative impact of ending compulsory voting

Ruth DassonnevilleBjarn EckBram Wauters

The relationship between local councillors’ representative style and their support for participatory democracy

Nina De SmedtTessa HaesevoetsKristof SteyversBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in PARTY POLITICS

2024

Allemaal op dezelfde lijn? Opinies van burgers, politici en ambtenaren over participatie vergeleken

Bram WautersTessa Haesevoets

Bookchapter in Lokale democratie in Vlaanderen : de kijk van burgers, middenveld, politici en ambtenaren

Democratic and authoritarian government preferences in times of crisis : an experimental investigation

Ruben Van SeverenArne RoetsDelphine Van MuylemTessa HaesevoetsAlain Van HielBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

Democratische vernieuwing en burgerparticipatie : over andere manieren om te beslissen.

Bram VerschuereKristof Steyvers

Bookchapter in Lokale democratie in Vlaanderen : de kijk van burgers, middenveld, politici en ambtenaren

Expert involvement in action : examining academic expert dynamics in policy practice

Janne IngelbeenBram WautersTessa Haesevoets

From hero to zero, and back? The causes and consequences of party reforms

Jasmien LuypaertBram WautersAnna Kern

Gekleurde lijsten : de aanwezigheid van kandidaten met een migratieachtergrond bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 13 oktober 2024 in de 13 Vlaamse centrumsteden

Robin DevroeBram WautersNicolas Bouteca

Gendered divides : exploring how politicians’ gender intersects with vertical affective polarisation

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in POLITICS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES

Great minds think alike? Ideological congruence between party members and leadership candidates

Audrey VandeleenePieter MoensBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in ACTA POLITICA

Het lokaal bestuur in Vlaanderen

Bram VerschuereKristof Steyvers

Bookchapter in Lokale democratie in Vlaanderen : de kijk van burgers, middenveld, politici en ambtenaren

Korte nota over gebruik van voorkeurstemmen bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 13 oktober 2024

Le visage de l’état : un portrait des élus depuis 1945

Nicolas BoutecaCarl DevosHerwig ReynaertTony ValckeBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Les systèmes électoraux de la Belgique

Lokale ambtenaren : tussen systeemwereld en leefwereld?

Bookchapter in Lokale democratie in Vlaanderen : de kijk van burgers, middenveld, politici en ambtenaren

Lokale democratie in Vlaanderen : de kijk van burgers, middenveld, politici en ambtenaren

Lokale verkiezingen hervormd : versterking of verzwakking als instrument van inspraak?

Bram WautersKristof Steyvers

Bookchapter in Lokale democratie in Vlaanderen : de kijk van burgers, middenveld, politici en ambtenaren

Lost but not blown away : how do losers of party leadership contests react?

Leen LingierAnna KernBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in PARTY POLITICS

Met uitsterven bedreigd? Partijleden in Vlaanderen

Nina DufourmontBram Wauters

Personalization at different levels : intra-party competition and preference voting in local elections

A1 Journal Article in PARTY POLITICS

Politieke participatie door de ogen van Vlaamse lokale politici.

Nina De SmedtWillem Goutry

Bookchapter in Lokale democratie in Vlaanderen : de kijk van burgers, middenveld, politici en ambtenaren

Rewarding some, but not all? The selectoral consequences of parliamentary activity for newcomers and experienced MPs in Belgium (1995–2019)

Gert-Jan PutBenjamin de VetRichard SchobessBram WautersBart Maddens

A1 Journal Article in PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

Testing the person-positivity bias in a political context : voters’ affective responses to (non-)personalized individual political actors versus collective political actors

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in ELECTORAL STUDIES

The gendered nature of ethnic minority candidate nomination : an analysis of the moderating role of district diversity, party affiliation and ethnic minorities’ visibility

Sigrid Van TrappenRobin DevroeBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES

Through thick and thin : how do party members react to difficult party decisions and which factors moderate their reaction?

Leen LingierBram WautersAnna Kern

Towards a multifaceted measure of perceived legitimacy of participatory governance

Tessa HaesevoetsArne RoetsKristof SteyversBram VerschuereBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in GOVERNANCE

What’s on a party member’s mind? Voting motives in competitive party leadership elections

Bram WautersNicolas BoutecaAnna KernAudrey Vandeleene

A2 Journal Article in REPRESENTATION

Wie moet kiezers warm maken om te stemmen? En hoe doen lokale partijen dat? De visie van lokale partijvoorzitters

2023

Gender gaps in political ambition on different levels of policy-making

Robin DevroeHilde CofféAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

Opening doors to more democracy? Local politicians' perspectives on including voters in candidate selection processes

Bram WautersNina De SmedtWillem GoutryJasmien Luypaert

Power-sharing and the paradox of federalism : decentralization and ethno-territorial conflict in Belgian cabinets (1979-2018)

Maxime VandenbergheNicolas BoutecaBram Wauters

Reform to perform? Electoral effects of programmatic change among mainstream parties in combination with a new party leader

Jasmien LuypaertBram WautersAnna Kern

Van adviesraad tot bindend referendum : hoe beoordelen lokale politici instrumenten voor meer burgerinspraak?

Nina De SmedtWillem GoutryKristof SteyversBram Wauters

Bookchapter in (Werknemers)participatie en lokale besturen in Vlaanderen

Werk-ID : directe werknemersparticipatie in Vlaamse ondernemingen, organisaties en lokale besturen

Lise AllegaertTom Verhelst

Bookchapter in (Werknemers)participatie en lokale besturen in Vlaanderen

‘War for talent’ : een blik op de lokale besturen als werkgever in Vlaanderen : de Servantes barometer

Herwig ReynaertTom VerhelstNina Van Oudenhove

Bookchapter in (Werknemers)participatie en lokale besturen in Vlaanderen

2022

Bestuur en burger

Steven Van de WalleFilip De RynckBram WautersBram Verschuere

Bookchapter in Handboek bestuurskunde : organisatie en werking van het openbaar bestuur

Candidate selection and leadership selection in Belgium : despite intraparty reforms, still prisoners of partitocracy?

Jean-Benoit PiletAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

Bookchapter in The Winter on democracy : partitocracy in Belgium : liber amicorum Lieven De Winter

Colourless politics? An examination of party selectors’ openness to ethnic minority candidates in Flemish local politics

Sigrid Van TrappenBram WautersMarc van de Wardt

Do powerful local councillors perceive citizen participation legitimate? Evidence from a vignette-survey in Belgium

Nina De SmedtTessa HaesevoetsKristof SteyversBram Wauters

Election aversion, competition aversion or political aversion? Testing the reasons behind the gender gap in political ambition

Robin DevroeBram WautersAudrey VandeleeneHilde Coffé

Gender gaps in political ambition on different levels of policy making

Hilde CofféRobin DevroeAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

How many captains for a ship on electoral drift? Limiting the number of leadership candidates in the Flemish Christian-democratic party (CD&V)

Jasmien LuypaertLeen LingierNicolas BoutecaAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in FRONTIERS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE

Like or dislike? The impact of politicians’ gender on vertical affective polarization in Flanders (Belgium)

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

Preferences for and perceptions about politicians’ goals and how they impact women’s and men’s political ambition

Hilde CofféRobin DevroeAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICS AND GENDER

Testing the person-positivity bias : voters' affective responses to (non-)personalized individual versus collective political actors

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

The impact of participatory designs on local councillors' attitudes on participation

Nina De SmedtKristof SteyversTessa HaesevoetsBram Wauters

Towards a multifaceted measure of perceived legitimacy of participatory governance

Bram VerschuereTessa HaesevoetsArne RoetsKristof SteyversBram Wauters

2021

Birds of a feather flock together? The survival of underrepresented groups within parliamentary parties, 1991-2015

Marc van de WardtArjen Van WitteloostuijnAnthony ChambersBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF POLITICAL RESEARCH

Does it pay off? The effects of party leadership elections on parties’ trustworthiness and appeal to voters

Bram WautersAnna Kern

A1 Journal Article in POLITICAL STUDIES

Going above and beyond? A comparative case study of the multilevel organisation of national political parties in the EU polity

Gilles PittoorsBram WautersMarc van de Wardt

Intra-party competition and preference voting in local elections : personalization at different levels?

Jasmien LuypaertBenjamin de VetBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Les partis politiques en Belgique

Lost and blown away? How do losers of party leadership contests react?

Leen LingierAnna KernBram Wauters

Lost but not blown away : how do losers of party leadership contests react?

Leen LingierAnna KernBram Wauters

One for me and one for you? The spillover effect of heads of lists on the presence and success of candidates of immigrant origin

Sigrid Van TrappenAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in ELECTORAL STUDIES

Personalization at different levels : intra-party competition and preference voting in local elections

Personalization of parliamentary behaviour : conceptualization and empirical evidence from Belgium (1995–2014)

Bram WautersNicolas BoutecaBenjamin de Vet

A1 Journal Article in PARTY POLITICS

Rewarding some, but not all? The selectoral consequences of parliamentary activity in Belgium (1995-2019)

Gert-Jan PutBenjamin de VetRichard SchobessBram WautersBart Maddens

Schade aan vertrouwen in politiek is niet onherstelbaar

Nicolas BoutecaBram Wauters

Article in a newspaper

Serving or undermining democracy? How political parties hold staffers accountable in Belgium and the Netherlands

Pieter MoensBram WautersNicolas BoutecaCarl Devos

The gendered nature of ethnic minority candidate nomination : do district composition, party affiliation and the supply of aspirants matter?

Robin DevroeSigrid Van TrappenBram Wauters

The long-term effects of gender quotas in Belgium : leading by example?

Robin DevroeSilvia ErzeelPetra MeierBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Belgian exceptionalism : Belgian politics between realism and surrealism

2020

Applaus op alle blauwe banken : een onderzoek naar stempatronen bij de Open Vld-voorzittersverkiezingen

Bram WautersNicolas BoutecaAudrey VandeleeneAnna KernPieter Moens

Combining the best of both worlds? Party members and citizens’ initiatives in Belgium

Bram WautersBram VerschuereTony Valcke

A1 Journal Article in CITIZENSHIP STUDIES

De triomf van trouwe en tevreden partijleden : een onderzoek naar stempatronen bij de 2019 MR-voorzittersverkiezingen

Audrey VandeleeneBram WautersNicolas BoutecaAnna KernPieter Moens

Does electronic voting have an impact on turnout in a compulsory voting setting? A longitudinal analysis for the local elections in Belgium

Régis DandoyKristof SteyversBram Wauters

Does high on the ballot means highly competent? Explaining the ballot position effect in list-PR systems

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in ACTA POLITICA

Great minds think alike? A study of party members' and leadership candidates' ideological congruence

Audrey VandeleenePieter MoensNicolas BoutecaBram Wauters

Introduction: parties at the grassroots : local party branches in the Low Countries

Bram WautersSimon OtjesEmilie van Haute

A2 Journal Article in POLITICS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES

Is de ledenpartij passé?

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK (BRUSSEL)

It is all in the eye of the beholder : an experimental study on political ethnic stereotypes in Flanders (Belgium)

Sigrid Van TrappenRobin DevroeBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in REPRESENTATION

Le triomphe des membres fidèles et satisfaits : étude des comportements de vote lors de l’élection présidentielle interne au MR en 2019

Audrey VandeleeneBram WautersNicolas BoutecaAnna KernPieter Moens

Le vote préférentiel multiple à la loupe : l’impact des listes de cartel et des listes bicommunautaires

Peter ThijssenBram WautersJean-Benoit Pilet

Bookchapter in Les électeurs locaux ont leurs préférences : une analyse des élections communales de 2018

Lost and blown away? How do losers of party leadership contests react?

Leen LingierAnna KernBram Wauters

Meervoudig voorkeurstemmen onder de loep : de rol van kartellijsten en bi-communautaire lijsten

Peter ThijssenBram WautersJean-Benoit Pilet

Bookchapter in Lokale kiezers hebben hun voorkeur : de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 2018 geanalyseerd

Partijleden onderzocht : eerste analyse van de Vlaamse gegevens van het internationaal MAPP-onderzoek

Bram WautersEmilie van Haute

Preference voting in the Low Countries : a research overview

Bram WautersPeter ThijssenPatrick Erkel

A2 Journal Article in POLITICS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES

Preferences and Perceptions about Politicians’ Goals and How They Impact Women and Men’s Political Ambition

Hilde CofféRobin DevroeAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

Studentensurvey 2020 : politieke en maatschappelijke voorkeuren van de Gentse studenten Politieke en Sociale Wetenschappen

Bram WautersNicolas BoutecaRobin Devroe

What's in a party member's mind? Voting motives in party leadership elections in Belgium

Bram WautersNicolas BoutecaAnna KernAudrey Vandeleene

2019

'The times, they are a’changing', ook voor partijorganisaties

Knut HeidarBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Van driestromenland naar delta? Beschouwingen over ontwikkelingen in de Nederlandse politiek

Belgium : parties as distorting mirrors : descriptive and substantive representativeness in Flemish parties under scrutiny

Robin DevroeBenjamin de VetNicolas Van de VoordeBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Do parties still represent? An analysis of the representativeness of political parties in western democracies

Between party and parliament : the roles of parliamentary party group leaders in partitocratic Belgium

Benjamin de VetBram WautersCarl Devos

Do characteristics of consociational democracies still apply to Belgian parties?

Emilie Van HauteBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in POLITICS OF THE LOW COUNTRIES

Do parties still represent? An analysis of the representativeness of political parties in western democracies

Does electronic voting have an impact on turnout in a compulsory voting setting? A longitudinal analysis for the local elections in Belgium

Régis DandoyKristof SteyversBram Wauters

Het gebruik van de voorkeurstem bij de parlementsverkiezingen van 26 mei 2019

Bram WautersGilles PittoorsPieter Moens

How to enhance the external validity of survey experiments? A discussion on the basis of an experimental study on political gender stereotypes in Flanders (Belgium)

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

Inhoud of achtergrond? Een onderzoek naar stempatronen bij de CD&V-voorzittersverkiezingen

Bram WautersNicolas BoutecaAudrey VandeleeneAnna Kern

Party membership as linkage

Knut HeidarBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Do parties still represent? An analysis of the representativeness of political parties in Western democracies

Populist party leaders in Belgium : an analysis of VB and PVDA-PTB

Bram WautersGilles Pittoors

A2 Journal Article in POLISH POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW

Preference voting in the Low Countries : a meta-analysis

Bram WautersPeter ThijssenPatrick Van Erkel

Representativeness of parties : old problems, new challenges

Knut HeidarBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Do parties still represent? An analysis of the representativeness of political parties in western democracies

The party (un)faithful : explaining party members’ defecting voting behaviour in different contexts (Belgium and Britain)

Benjamin de VetMonica PolettiBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in PARTY POLITICS

Understanding women's political underrepresentation : the prevalence of political gender stereotypes in Flanders (Belgium)

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

Understanding women's political underrepresentation : the prevalence of political gender stereotypes in Flanders (Belgium)

Robin DevroeBram WautersNicolas Bouteca

Which parties nominate candidates with a migration background? An investigation for the local elections in Flanders

Sigrid Van TrappenAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

Why party members don’t always vote for their own party

Benjamin de VetMonica PolettiBram Wauters

‘A fair day’s wage for a fair day’s work’? Exploring the connection between the parliamentary work of MPs and their electoral support

Nicolas BoutecaJef SmuldersBart MaddensCarl DevosBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF LEGISLATIVE STUDIES

2018

Centralized personalization at the expense of decentralized personalization : the decline of preferential voting in Belgium (2003–2014)

Bram WautersPeter ThijssenPeter Van AelstJean-Benoit Pilet

A1 Journal Article in PARTY POLITICS

Colorful or colorless? Local parties defending ethnic minority interests

Bram WautersFloor EelbodeKaren Celis

A1 Journal Article in LEX LOCALIS-JOURNAL OF LOCAL SELF-GOVERNMENT

Combining the best of both worlds? Party members and citizens’ initiatives in Belgium

Bram WautersBram VerschuereTony Valcke

Dataset Political Gender Stereotypes In Flanders

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

Does it pay off? The effects of party leadership elections on parties' trustworthiness and appeal to voters

Bram WautersAnna Kern

Follow the leader : testing a deductive approach for studying parliamentary party leadership roles

Benjamin de VetBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF LEGISLATIVE STUDIES

Forced to vote, but not for women : the effect of compulsory voting on voting for women

Bram WautersRobin Devroe

A1 Journal Article in ACTA POLITICA

Gekleurde lijsten? De aanwezigheid van kandidaten met een migratieachtergrond in 13 Vlaamse steden bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 14 oktober 2018

Sigrid Van TrappenBram Wauters

Gekleurde raden? De gekozenen met een migratieachtergrond in 13 Vlaamse steden bij de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van 14 oktober 2018

Sigrid Van TrappenBram Wauters

It is all in the eye of the beholder : an experimental study on political ethnic stereotypes in Flanders (Belgium)

Sigrid Van TrappenRobin DevroeBram Wauters

Kleur in de gemeenteraad?

Sigrid Van TrappenBram Wauters

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK

Personalization of parliamentary behavior : conceptualization and empirical evidence from Belgium

Bram WautersNicolas BoutecaBenjamin de Vet

Political gender stereotypes in a list-PR system with a high share of women MPs : competent men versus leftist women?

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in POLITICAL RESEARCH QUARTERLY

Preferential voting in local versus national elections : the role of proximity revisited

Peter ThijssenBram WautersPatrick van Erkel

Bookchapter in Mind the gap : political participation and representation in Belgium

Which party members participate in direct action? A cross-national analysis

A1 Journal Article in INTERNATIONAL POLITICAL SCIENCE REVIEW

2017

Bestuur en burger

Steven Van De WalleFilip De RynckBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Handboek bestuurskunde

Boycot, petitie en betoging : alternatieven voor het ontevreden partijlid?

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij? Crisis en toekomst van partijleden in Vlaanderen

Competent men versus leftist women? An experimental study on voters’ political gender stereotypes in Flanders (Belgium)

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

Conclusie : de toestand is ernstig, maar niet hopeloos

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij? Crisis en toekomst van partijleden in Vlaanderen

Cruisen in een archipel? Over de betekenis van de lokale afdeling voor partijleden

An HeyerickKristof Steyvers

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij : crisis en toekomst van partijleden in Vlaanderen

De partijbasis als microkosmos? De representativiteit van partijleden onderzocht

Robin DevroeBenjamin de VetBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij? Crisis en toekomst van partijleden in Vlaanderen

Diversity among Belgian party members and its consequences

Robin DevroeBenjamin de VetNicolas Van de VoordeBram Wauters

Groot electoraal succes voor pro-migratiepartij? Ik DENK het niet

Harde kern versus supporters zonder abonnement : invloed en inspraak voor leden en niet-leden onderzocht

Gilles PittoorsThibaut RensonTom SchampBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij?

Inleiding : partijleden in perspectief

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij? Crisis en toekomst van partijleden in Vlaanderen

Bart MaddensCarl DevosBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Een plattegrond van de macht : inleiding tot politiek en politieke wetenschappen

Partijactivisme, met lede(n) ogen aanzien

Robin DevroeNicolas Van de Voorde

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij?

Partijleden en volatiliteit : over ontrouwe leden en overlopers

Benjamin de VetBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij : crisis en toekomst van partijleden in Vlaanderen

Political gender stereotypes in Flanders (Belgium) : competent men versus leftist women?

Robin DevroeBram Wauters

The party (un)faithful : explaining disloyal party members’ voting behaviour in Belgium and the United Kingdom

Bram WautersMonica PolettiBenjamin de Vet

Van het volk, voor het volk, door de partij? De participatieve democratie door de bril van Vlaamse partijleden

Thibaut RensonGilles Pittoors

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij? Crisis en toekomst van partijleden in Vlaanderen

Voorzittersverkiezingen : climax of ritueel?

Nicolas Van de VoordePieter Moens

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij?

Voting for women in Belgium’s flexible list system

Sofie MarienAnke SchoutedenBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in POLITICS & GENDER

Wanted: stereotype free voter : an experimental study on political ethnic stereotypes in Flanders (Belgium)

Sigrid Van TrappenRobin DevroeBram Wauters

Wie is nog van de partij-dataset

Bram WautersNicolas Van de Voorde

Wie is nog van de partij? Crisis en toekomst van partijleden in Vlaanderen

Women at the grassroots : a cross-national analysis of female party members

Bram WautersRobin DevroeBenjamin de Vet

Zijn Vlaamse partijen makelaars of ideologen? Een onderzoek op basis van inhoudelijke opvattingen van partijleden

Nicolas BoutecaCarl DevosNicolas Van de Voorde

Bookchapter in Wie is nog van de partij?

2016

20 jaar na Het Sienjaal: partijleden en link(s)e samenwerking

Bram WautersBenjamin de VetRobin DevroeCarl DevosNicolas Bouteca

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK

Beke of Wouter: Hoe meer macht voor de basis ook die van de partijvoorzitter vergroot

Cleavage, ideology and identity: explaining the linkage between representatives and interest groups

Karen CelisAnke SchoutedenBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in PARLIAMENTARY AFFAIRS

Constituting ‘the poor’ : a critical frame analysis of substantive claims

Anke SchoutedenBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in REPRESENTATION

Parliamentary party leadership in comparative perspective: searching for a common ground

Benjamin de VetBram Wauters

Parties matter, right? Parties as actors for the substantive representation of ethnic minorities

Bram WautersFloor EelbodeKaren Celis

Party members voting for another party : Belgium and the UK in comparison

Bram WautersMonica PolettiBenjamin de Vet

Role orientations and legislative behaviour of parliamentary party leaders: towards a common ground?

Benjamin de VetBram Wauters

Symposium : de rekruteringsfunctie van partijen in gevaar?

Gerrit VoermanBram WautersJeroen Van der KolkMartijn Brandenburg

A2 Journal Article in RES PUBLICA

Van Volksunie (VU) naar Nieuw-Vlaamse Alliantie (N-VA) : een analyse van de ideologische opvattingen van hun partijleden

Bram WautersNicolas Bouteca

A2 Journal Article in RES PUBLICA

Waarom John Crombez partijvoorzitter werd

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK

2015

Between centralized and decentralized personalization: the use of preferential voting in Belgium

Bram WautersPeter ThijssenPeter Van AelstJean-Benoit Pilet

Democratizing party leadership selection in Belgium and Israel

Bram WautersGideon RahatOfer Kenig

Bookchapter in Party primaries in comparative perspective

Does family politicization affect party membership activity? A case study of four Flemish parties

Bram WautersHilde Van Liefferinge

A2 Journal Article in POLITICS, CULTURE AND SOCIALIZATION

Electing women as party leaders: does the selectorate matter?

Bram WautersJean-Benoit Pilet

Bookchapter in The politics of party leadership : a cross-national perspective

Hoe win je voorzittersverkiezingen? 5 tips voor Tobback en Crombez

Presidentalisering versus personalisering? De daling van het gebruik van de voorkeurstem verklaard

Bram WautersPeter Van AelstPeter ThijssenJohannes RodenbachJef SmuldersJean-Benoit Pilet

Bookchapter in De kiezer ontcijferd : het stemgedrag en de stemmotivaties op 25 mei 2014

Présidentialisation versus personnalisation? Clés de lecture à la baisse des votes préférentielles

Bram WautersPeter Van AelstPeter ThijssenJohannes RodenbachJef SmuldersJean-Benoit Pilet

Bookchapter in Décrypter l’électeur : le comportement électoral et les motivations du vote du 25 mai 2014

The effect of compulsory voting on women's descriptive representation: an analysis on Belgian voters

Bram WautersRobin Devroe

Turnout rates in closed party leadership primaries: flash and fade out?

A1 Journal Article in GOVERNMENT AND OPPOSITION

Tussen partij en parlement : het profiel van de fractievoorzitter in België

Benjamin de VetBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in RES PUBLICA

Van goudwaarde in verkiezingstijden? Electorale presidentialisering van het burgemeesterschap in Vlaanderen

Johannes RodenbachBram WautersKristof Steyvers

A2 Journal Article in RES PUBLICA

Women as party members: how active are they?

2014

BELGIË # 2014: een politieke geschiedenis van morgen

Carl DevosKoen AbtsJaak BillietNicolas BoutecaKaren CelisKris DeschouwerLieven De WinterJérémy DodeignePatrick DumontSilvia Erzeel et al.

Democratising party leadership selection in Belgium: motivations and decision-makers

A1 Journal Article in POLITICAL STUDIES

Family politicization among grassroots party members: a stabilizing factor for declining parties?

Hilde Van LiefferingeBram Wauters

Het belang van partijleden: size doesn't matter...

Tom SchampBram WautersCarl Devos

Het gebruik van de voorkeurstem bij de parlementsverkiezingen van 25 mei 2014

Bram WautersJohannes Rodenbach

How have Belgian parties changed their behaviour after the introduction of quota for federal election candidates?

Bram WautersBart MaddensGert-Jan Put

It takes time: the long-term effect of gender quota

Bram WautersBart MaddensGert-Jan Put

A2 Journal Article in REPRESENTATION

Leden willen band met Beweging.net niet kwijt

Bram WautersTom Schamp

Les femmes et le vote: les électrices votent-elles systématiquement pour des candidats féminins?

Bram WautersAnke SchoutedenSofie Mariën

Bookchapter in L’électeur local : une analyse des comportements électoraux lors des elections communales du 14 octobre 2012

Over stemmenkanonnen en witte konijnen

Bookchapter in België #2014 : een politieke geschiedenis van morgen

Party leadership selection in Belgium

Jean-Benoit PiletBram Wauters

Bookchapter in The selection of political party leaders in contemporary parliamentary democracies : a comparative study

Party members and non-institutionalized participation in Belgium

Perfect match or missing link? An analysis of the representativeness of trade union representatives in Belgium

Bram WautersManu MusSteven LannooCarl Devos

A2 Journal Article in INDUSTRIAL RELATIONS JOURNAL

Representation of old and new groups, old and new cleavages

Daniele CaramaniKaren CelisBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Representing the people : a survey among members of statewide and substate parliaments

Standen binnen CD&V: een analyse op niveau van de partijleden

Bram WautersTom Schamp

The ideological positions of VU / N-VA: a regionalist party in a regionalist party system

Bram WautersNicolas Bouteca

Veranderen quota het gedrag van partijen ?

Bram WautersBart MaddensGert-Jan Put

A4 Journal Article in ROSA UITGELEZEN

Women as party leader: does the selectorate matter?

Bram WautersJean-Benoit Pilet

2013

Bestuur en burger

Bram WautersFilip De RynckKarolien Dezeure

Bookchapter in Handboek bestuurskunde : organisatie en werking van het openbaar bestuur

Democratizing party leader selection in Belgium and Israel

Bram WautersGideon RahatOfer Kenig

Enquête bij partijleden van N-VA en OpenVLD: eerste resultaten

Gender-based voting in Belgium's flexible list system: gender affinity effect or party effect?

Bram WautersSofie MariënAnke Schouteden

Ideology and party members: the correspondence between election manifestos and members’ opinions in the Flemish liberal-democratic party (1999-2010)

Bram WautersNicolas BoutecaCarl Devos

Inclusie of instrumentalisering? Etnische minderheden in lokale partijen

Karen CelisBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Op zoek naar de kiezers : lokale partijafdelingen en de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van oktober 2012

Left, right, left: the influence of party ideology on the political representation of ethnic minorities in Belgium

Floor EelbodeBram WautersKaren CelisCarl Devos

A2 Journal Article in POLITICS, GROUPS AND IDENTITIES

Links between MPs and interest groups: a cross-country analysis

Anke SchoutedenBram WautersKaren Celis

Nationale bemoeienis of lokale autonomie? Het lijstvormingsproces bij gemeenteraadsverkiezingen

Lieven De WinterSilvia ErzeelAudrey VandeleeneBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Op zoek naar de kiezers : lokale partijafdelingen en de gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van oktober 2012

Ondernemers en politiek zijn een moeilijk, maar noodzakelijk huwelijk

Pushed towards the exit? How women MPs leave parliament

Vanlangenakker IneBram WautersMaddens Bart

A1 Journal Article in POLITICS & GENDER

Stemmen vrouwen meer op vrouwelijke kandidaten?

Bram WautersSofie MariënAnke Schouteden

Bookchapter in De lokale kiezer : het kiesgedrag bij de Belgische gemeenteraadsverkiezingen van oktober 2012

Visible ethnic minorities in local political parties: a case study of two Belgian cities (Antwerp and Ghent)

Karen CelisFloor EelbodeBram Wauters

A1 Journal Article in POLITICS

Voting for candidate(s): the use of mock ballots in the study of preferential voting: first lessons on the Belgian local elections of 2012

Jean-Benoit PiletAudrey AndréRuth DassonnevilleSam DepauwMarc HoogheDirk JacobsCamille KelbelSofie MariënAnke SchoutedenPeter Van Aelst et al.

Wie niet stemt, wordt niet gehoord

Bram WautersFloor Eelbode

2012

Dries VerletBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Praktijkboek bronnen zoeken, vinden en verwerken : online/offline

Blue collars striking the red flag: formal and descriptive representation of the working class in the Belgian House of Representatives 1946-2007

A1 Journal Article in LABOR HISTORY

Democratization versus representation? Women party leaders and party primaries in Belgium

Flash and fade out? Decreasing participation rates in direct member votes in Belgium?

Giving more weight to preferential votes: welcome or superfluous reform? The case of the local elections in Flanders (Belgium)

Bram WautersDries VerletJohan Ackaert

A1 Journal Article in LOCAL GOVERNMENT STUDIES

Het parlement was heel even van de arbeiders

It's not only about lists: explaining preference voting in Belgium

Audrey AndréBram WautersJean-Benoit Pilet

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ELECTIONS, PARTIES AND PUBLIC OPINION

Vertegenwoordiging van oude en nieuwe breuklijnen in de Lage Landen

Karen CelisBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in RES PUBLICA (BRUXELLES)

2011

Bestuur en burger

Bram WautersKarolien Dezeure

Bookchapter in Handboek bestuurskunde

Ethnic minorities in local political parties: a case study of three Belgian cities (Antwerp, Ghent and Leuven)

Karen CelisFloor EelbodeBram Wauters

Pinning the butterfly: women, blue collar and ethnic minority MPs vis-à-vis parliamentary norms and the parliamentary role of the group representative

Karen CelisBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Ceremony and ritual in parliament

Political participation of ethnic minorities in Belgium: from enfranchisement to ethnic vote

Bram WautersFloor Eelbode

Bookchapter in Dossier Politische Partizipation und Repräsentation in der Einwanderungsgesellschaft

The old cleavages are (not) dead: long live the new groups? Representation of class, religious groups, women, ethnic minorities and age groups in European countries

Daniele CaramaniKaren CelisBram Wauters

Turnout at local elections: the relevance of contextual variables

J AckaertBram WautersDries Verlet

Why did they do it? Motives for introducing party leadership elections in Belgium

Why the under-representation of the working class in Belgian Parliament could be problematic

2010

Belangenbehartiging van werknemer binnen het neocorporatistisch overlegmodel

Carl DevosManu Mus

Bookchapter in Gehoord, gezien, vertegenwoordigd? Diversiteit in de Belgische politiek

Blauwe kielen zonder rode vanen? De veranderde vertegenwoordiging van de arbeidersklasse in de Kamer

Bookchapter in Gehoord, gezien, vertegenwoordigd? Diversiteit in de Belgische politiek

Bringing class (back) in: methodological reflections on social class and representation

A2 Journal Article in REPRESENTATION

Couverture médiatique et performances électorales des femmes candidates aux élections en Belgique

Bram WautersBart MaddensKarolien Weekers

Bookchapter in Science politique et actualité : l’actualité de la science politique

De participatie aan interne verkiezingen

A2 Journal Article in RES PUBLICA (BRUXELLES)

Diversiteit, vertegenwoordiging en onderzoek in België

Karen CelisPetra MeierBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Gehoord, gezien, vertegenwoordigd? Diversiteit in de Belgische politiek

Een Meuriske doen? Stemverlet!

Dries VerletJohan AckaertBram Wauters

A4 Journal Article in SAMENLEVING EN POLITIEK (BRUSSEL)

Explaining participation in intra-party elections: evidence from Belgian political parties

A1 Journal Article in PARTY POLITICS

Explaining the number of preferential votes for women in an open-list PR system: an investigation of the 2003 federal elections in Flanders (Belgium)

Bram WautersKarolien WeekersBart Maddens

A1 Journal Article in ACTA POLITICA

Gehoord, gezien, vertegenwoordigd? Diversiteit in de Belgische politiek

Meer gewicht voor voorkeurstemmen op lokaal vlak: broodnodige of overbodige hervorming?

Bram WautersDries VerletJohan Ackaert

A2 Journal Article in BURGER, BESTUUR EN BELEID

Pinning the butterfly: women, blue-collar and ethnic minority MPs vis-àvis parliamentary norms and the parliamentary role of the group representative

Karen CelisBram Wauters

A2 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF LEGISLATIVE STUDIES

Uitleiding: inzichten en nieuwe vraagstukken

Karen CelisPetra MeierBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Gehoord, gezien, vertegenwoordigd? Diversiteit in de Belgische politiek

Usages et motivations du vote de préférence aux élections régionales de 2009

Audrey AndréBram WautersJean-Benoit Pilet

Bookchapter in Les voix du peuple : le comportement électoral au scrutin du 10 juin 2009

Vlinders achter glas: vrouwelijke, allochtone en arbeiders-parlementsleden ten opzichte van parlementaire normen en de rol van groepsvertegenwoordiger

Karen CelisBram Wauters

Bookchapter in Gehoord, gezien, vertegenwoordigd? Diversiteit in de Belgische politiek

Voorkeurstemmen bij de regionale verkiezingen van 2009: gebruik en motieven

Audrey AndréBram WautersJean-Benoit Pilet

Bookchapter in De stemmen van het volk

2009

The presence of self-employed people in Belgian politics

Bram WautersJohan Lambrecht

A2 Journal Article in REVIEW OF BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

2008

Barriers to refugee entrepreneurship in Belgium: towards an explanatory model

Bram WautersJohan Lambrecht

A1 Journal Article in JOURNAL OF ETHNIC AND MIGRATION STUDIES

Het gebruik van de voorkeurstem bij de federale parlementsverkiezingen van 10 juni 2007

Bram WautersKarolien Weekers

A2 Journal Article in RES PUBLICA (BRUXELLES)

2007

De impact van de kieskringgrootte op de geografische vertegenwoordiging in België. Een onderzoek bij de federale en regionale verkiezingen van 2003 en 2004

Jean-Benoit PiletBram WautersStefaan FiersPascal Delwit

A2 Journal Article in BURGER, BESTUUR EN BELEID

Refugee entrepreneurship. The case of Belgium

Bram WautersJohan Lambrecht

Bookchapter in Entrepreneurship, competitiveness and local development. Frontiers in European entrepreneurship research