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Christina Cliff, Franklin Pierce University

One Small Step for Candidates, One Giant Leap for Europarties? The consequence of the Spitzenkandidaten instrument in the European Elections 2014 on their subsequent institutionalization - Niko Switek, University of Washington; Kristina Weissenbach, University of Duisburg-Essen

Do More Political Parties Increase the Quality of Democracy? - Byung-Deuk Woo, University of Iowa

Multi-Dimensional Party Competition in Multi-National Democracies - Zain Asaf, University of Toronto

Enhancing Women Participation within Parties: The Role of Quotas and Women´s Leadership in Latin America - Aldo Fernando Ponce, Centro de Investigación y Docencia Económicas (CIDE)

How to Raise a Pious Generation: Local Government Control and the Rise of Religious Associations in Turkey - Cemal Eren Arbatli, NRU Higher School of Economics; Ekim Arbatli, NRU Higher School of Economics

Christina Cliff, Franklin Pierce University

Miguel M Garza Casado, The Ohio State University