Yvette Peters

is Postdoc at the Department of Comparative Politics, University of Bergen. Her research interests include political participation, the functioning of democracy, representation and responsiveness, attitudes to the welfare state and how they can be explained, and the impact of (changing) political institutions on citizens’ behaviour and the quality of democracy—from a comparative perspective. Her most recent publication (West European Politics) looks at the unequal responsiveness to the rich and poor, and the equalising effect that turnout has on it (with Sander J. Ensink).