Harassment and intimidation of parliamentary candidates in the United Kingdom
Collignon, Sofia and Rüdig, Wolfgang (2020) Harassment and intimidation of parliamentary candidates in the United Kingdom. Political Quarterly, 91 (2). pp. 422-429. ISSN 0032-3179 (https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-923X.12855)
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Abstract
The use of political violence to attain political goals has long been a source of concern. Once thought to be exclusive to countries with high levels of general violence, recent evidence suggests that harassment and intimidation of political elites in the UK is more widespread than previously thought. Using data from the 2017 general election candidate survey, we find that four in every ten candidates experienced at least one type of harassment. Evidence suggests that women and young candidates are more likely to suffer from harassment and intimidation. We conclude by formulating an agenda for future research, focussing, in particular, on the perception of harassment and the effect of harassment on political careers.
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Collignon, Sofia and Rüdig, Wolfgang ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-2620-2570;-
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Item type: Article ID code: 72282 Dates: DateEvent30 June 2020Published1 May 2020Published Online2 April 2020AcceptedSubjects: Political Science > Political institutions (Europe) > Great Britain Department: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Government and Public Policy > Politics Depositing user: Pure Administrator Date deposited: 06 May 2020 12:34 Last modified: 27 Nov 2024 05:44 URI: https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/72282