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Ideological congruence is an important and popular measure of the quality of political representation. The closer the match between the…
Recent shifts in the media ecosystem raise new concerns about the vulnerability of democratic societies to fake news and the public's…
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MERICS Paper on China No. 1 - “China’s core executive: leadership styles, structures and processes under Xi Jinping” is an essay collection…
How did the news media cover the 2016 presidential primaries and how did it affect the candidates’ chances? These questions will be…