Paying the Price for Patronage: Electoral Violence in Sri Lanka A. (2009). Commonwealth & Comparative Politics, 47(3), 287–307. DOI: 10.1080/14662040903090807. This granular case study utilizes unique qualitative data from in-depth interviews at the village level in Sri Lanka’s Kandy District to unpack the local dynamics of endemic electoral violence. By moving beyond national-level aggregates to…
Patterns of Socio-Political Participation in Nepal and Implications for Social Inclusion Haug, M., Aasland, A., & Dahal, D. R. (2009). Forum for Development Studies, 36(1), 105-136. DOI: 10.1080/08039410.2009.9666427. This seminal study utilizes a comprehensive survey of 2,890 households across four distinct districts in Nepal to challenge long-held assumptions regarding the role of caste and ethnicity…
Media Use and Online Political Participation: The Mediating Roles of Media Credibility and Political Trust in Jakarta and Islamabad Intyaswati, D., Mahmood, Q., Venus, A., Kusumajanti, & Saputra, W. T. (2025). Journal of Contemporary Eastern Asia, 24(1), 22-43. DOI: 10.17477/jcea.2025.24.1.022. This rigorous comparative study utilizes Structural Equation Modeling (SEM) to explore the intricate pathways through…
Major Structural Issues and Measures to Improve Political Participation of Minorities in India Maidergi, V. K., & M. S., N. K. (2025). Peace Review: A Journal of Social Justice, 37(2), 293–302. DOI: 10.1080/10402659.2025.2495050. This insightful analysis explores the systemic and procedural impediments that hinder the political agency of religious minorities in the world’s largest democracy….
Influence of Political Socialization Agents on Pakistani Youth’s Political Participation: The Mediating Role of Media and Interpersonal Communication Memon, S., Ishak, M. S., & Hamid, N. A. (2018). Jurnal Komunikasi Malaysian Journal of Communication, 34(2), 121-136. This rigorous investigation utilizes Partial Least Squares Structural Equation Modeling (PLS-SEM) to map the complex pathways through which Pakistani university…
Effects of sociodemographic variables and Facebook group membership on students political participation Mahmood, Q. K., Bhutta, M. H., & ul Haq, M. A. (2018). Education and Information Technologies, 23, 2235–2247. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10639-018-9715-5. The study provides a rigorous empirical analysis of how the information society is reshaping the political landscape for Pakistan’s youth, utilizing a robust cross-sectional…
Digital citizen empowerment: A systematic literature review of theories and development models Sharma, S., Kar, A. K., Gupta, M. P., Dwivedi, Y. K., & Janssen, M. (2022). Information Technology for Development, 28(4), 660–687. DOI: 10.1080/02681102.2022.2046533. This sophisticated systematic literature review synthesizes two decades of interdisciplinary research to chart the evolution of Digital Citizen Empowerment (DCE),…
Analysis of determinants of voter turnout in Indian states for election years 1991–2019 Menon, S. M., & Rassendren, G. (2022). Journal of Social and Economic Development, 24, 30–45. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40847-022-00179-z. This sophisticated longitudinal study utilizes panel regression and fixed effect models to dissect the economic underpinnings of electoral participation in the world’s largest democracy. Grounded in…
A scientific approach to measure public political participation in Pakistan Mangi, S. N., Shah, N., & Soomro, B. A. (2019). Asian Journal of Political Science, 27(1), 88–107. DOI: 10.1080/02185377.2019.1576056. The study provides a rigorous quantitative investigation into why Pakistan ranks 164th globally in voter turnout, utilizing a robust nationwide sample of 1,884 respondents. By employing…