Schafer Patricia

The Trade-off between Deepening and Broadening of Democracy Lessons from Youth Enfranchisement Publication Archived

Broadening democracy by lowering the voting age is on the politicalagenda in many democratic societies. Previous suffrage extensions suggest that there are systematic differences between what parliaments decide and what voters want with res...

Enfranchising Foreigners: What Drives Natives’ Willingness to Share Power? Publication Archived

Universal suffrage is a core element for the functioning of democracy. However,with growing international mobility, an increasing share of the resident population has no suffrage. This paper analyzes the conditions under which domestic citi...