Flick Witzig, Martina; Vatter, Adrian (2022). Kinder and gentler ministers in consensus democracies? Personality and the selection of government members. Politics, 44(1), pp. 39-57. Sage 10.1177/02633957221116507
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This study examines the personality traits of candidates for the Swiss government and how they are related to the candidates’ electoral chances. Switzerland as a paradigmatic consensual democracy is an ideal test case to examine the connection between the specific pattern of a democracy and the government personalities that fit it. We argue that the cultural and institutional setting of the Swiss Government increases the electoral chances of kinder and gentler personalities. To test this, we estimate regression models on a new data set of candidates covering all vacancies in the Swiss government between 1982 and 2020. Our results reveal that candidates with a higher level of agreeableness do enjoy an advantage in the electoral process for Swiss consensus government.
Item Type: |
Journal Article (Original Article) |
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Division/Institute: |
03 Faculty of Business, Economics and Social Sciences > Social Sciences > Institute of Political Science |
UniBE Contributor: |
Flick Witzig, Martina, Vatter, Adrian |
Subjects: |
300 Social sciences, sociology & anthropology > 320 Political science |
ISSN: |
1467-9256 |
Publisher: |
Sage |
Language: |
English |
Submitter: |
Reachel Klamt |
Date Deposited: |
06 Sep 2022 10:08 |
Last Modified: |
21 Mar 2024 16:40 |
Publisher DOI: |
10.1177/02633957221116507 |
BORIS DOI: |
10.48350/172245 |
URI: |
https://boris.unibe.ch/id/eprint/172245 |