Publications

Tom Louwerse, Elina Zorina (2025). What kind of opposition do citizens want?. West European Politics.

Wouter Schakel, Markus Baumann, Diane Bolet, Rosie Campbell, Tom Louwerse, Thomas Zittel (2025). How political and social constituent traits affect the responsiveness of legislators: A Comparative Field Experiment. European Journal of Political Research, 64(1): 229-250.

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Patrick Dumont, Bernard Grofman, Torbjörn Bergman, Tom Louwerse (2024). New Developments in the Study of Coalition Governments. Studies in Public Choice, vol 9. Springer, Cham.

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Tom Louwerse (2024). Investiture and Removal of Governments: ‘Positive’ and ‘Negative’ Parliamentarism. In: Dumont, P., Grofman, B., Bergman, T. & Louwerse, T. (Eds.) New Developments in the Study of Coalition Governments, Springer, Cham, pp. 17-37.

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Dumont, Patrick, Grofman, Bernie, Bergman, Torbjörn, Tom Louwerse (2024). Introduction: Old Puzzles, Conceptual Vagueness and New Developments in the Study of Coalition Governments. In: Dumont, P., Grofman, B., Bergman, T. & Louwerse, T. (Eds.) New Developments in the Study of Coalition Governments, Springer, Cham, pp. 1-16.

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Sarah de Lange, Tom Louwerse, Paul 't Hart, Carolien van Ham (2024). The Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics. Oxford University Press.

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Sarah de Lange, Tom Louwerse, Paul 't Hart, Carolien van Ham (2024). Stability and Change in Dutch Politics. In: De Lange, S. Louwerse, T., ’t Hart, P. & Van Ham, C. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics. Oxford University Press, pp. 1-24.

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Tom Louwerse, Cynthia van Vonno (2024). Parliamentary politics in the Netherlands. In: De Lange, S. Louwerse, T., ’t Hart, P. & Van Ham, C. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics. Oxford University Press, pp. 105-123.

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Tom Louwerse, Arco Timmermans (2024). Managing increased complexity in Dutch coalition politics. In: De Lange, S. Louwerse, T., ’t Hart, P. & Van Ham, C. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Dutch Politics. Oxford University Press, pp. 475-494.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2024). The reinvention of consensus politics: governing without a legislative majority in the Netherlands 2010–2021. Acta Politica, 59(4): 797–821.

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Thomas Zittel, Tom Louwerse, Helene Helboe Pedersen, Wouter Schakel (2023). Should we conduct correspondence study field experiments with political elites?. International Political Science Review, 44(3): 459-470.

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Marijn Nagtzaam, Tom Louwerse (2023). Geographical Representation Under a Single Nationwide District: The Case of the Netherlands. Legislative Studies Quarterly, 48(3): 591-621.

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Tom van der Meer, Lisa Janssen, Tom Louwerse (2023). The predictive value of polls in a fragmented multi-party system: the Netherlands (1998–2021). Acta Politica, 58(2): 461–482.

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Tom Louwerse, Rozemarijn E. van Dijk (2022). Reporting the polls: the quality of media reporting of vote intention polls in the Netherlands. Acta Politica, 57(3): 548–570.

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Tom Louwerse, Cynthia van Vonno (2022). Moving up or down: parliamentary activity and candidate selection. The Journal of Legislative Studies, 28(2): 216-242.

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Helene Helboe Pedersen, Tom Louwerse, Thomas Zittel (2022). Ethics Audits in Cross-National Research: Experiences from Correspondence Study Field Experiments with National Politicians in Four European Democracies. Political Studies Review, 20(2): 184-191.

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Benjamin de Vet, Tom Louwerse (2021). Parliaments in the Low Countries: Representing Divided Societies. Politics of the Low Countries, 3: 217-224.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2021). The Netherlands: Party Specialists Taking the Floor. In: Hanna Bäck, Marc Debus and Jorge M. Fernandes (Eds.) The Politics of Legislative Debates. Oxford University Press, pp. 594-612.

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Tom Louwerse, Arco Timmermans (2021). The Netherlands: Old Solutions to New Problems. In: Bergman, T., Bäck, H. & Hellström, J. (Eds.) Coalition Governance in Western Europe. Oxford University Press, pp. 448-481.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2021). Do Anti-Elitist Parties Use Their Parliamentary Tools Differently?. Parliamentary Affairs, 74(3): 704-721.

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Ulrich Sieberer, Thomas Meyer, Hanna Bäck, Andrea Ceron, Albert Falcó-Gimeno, Isabelle Guinaudeau, Martin Eljnar Hansen, Kristoffer Kolltveit, Tom Louwerse, Wolfgang C. Müller, Thomas Persson (2021). The political dynamics of portfolio design in European democracies. British Journal of Political Science, 51(2), 772–787.

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Tom Louwerse, Ulrich Sieberer, Or Tuttnauer, Rudy B. Andeweg (2021). Opposition in times of crisis: COVID-19 in parliamentary debates. West European Politics, 44(5-6): 1025-1051.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2021). Derde keer op de evenwichtsbalk. Parlementair stemgedrag tijdens Rutte III. In: Schinkelshoek, Jan & Gerrit Voerman (Eds.), ‘Niet stoffig, toch?’ Terugblik op het kabinet-Rutte III, pp. 55-70, Den Haag: Montesquieu Instituut.

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Tom Louwerse, Rudy Andeweg (2020). Measuring representation: policy congruence. In: Cotta, M. and Russo, F. (Eds.) Research Handbook on Political Representation. Cheltenham: Edgar Elgar, pp. 276–288.

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Stefan Müller, Tom Louwerse (2020). The electoral cycle effect in parliamentary democracies. Political Science Research and Methods, 8(4): 795-802.

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Tom Louwerse (2020). ‘Between party and parliament: The roles of parliamentary party group leaders in partitocratic Belgium’ (PhD review). Politics of the Low Countries 2(2), 218-220.

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Rudy B. Andeweg, Galen A. Irwin, Tom Louwerse (2020). Governance and Politics of the Netherlands. 5th ed. London: Red Globe Press.

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Rudy Andeweg, Tom Louwerse (2020). The Institutional Framework of Representative Democracy; Comparing the Populist-Majoritarian and the Liberal/Consensual Model. In: Rohrschneider R., Thomassen J. (Eds.) The Oxford Handbook of Political Representation in Liberal Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp. 95-112.

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Tom Louwerse, Rudy Andeweg, Joop van Holsteyn, Josje den Ridder (2019). Van driestromenland tot delta?. Leiden: Leiden University Press.

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Tom Louwerse, Rudy Andeweg, Joop van Holsteyn, Josje den Ridder (2019). Inleiding: Nederlandse politiek van driestromenland tot delta?. In: Louwerse T., Andeweg R.B., Holsteyn J.J.M. van, Ridder J. den (Eds.) Van driestromenland tot delta? Beschouwingen over ontwikkelingen in de Nederlandse politiek. Leiden: Leiden University Press. 7-18.

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Rebekah Tromble, Kristof Jacobs, Tom Louwerse (2019). Transparency in Digital Political Advertisements during the 2019 European Parliament Elections. Technical report..

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2019). De PVV in het parlement. Gerrit Voerman & Koen Vossen (red.), Wilders Gewogen: 15 jaar reuring in de Nederlandse politiek, Boom: Amsterdam, pp. 213-230.

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Tom Louwerse, Simon Otjes (2019). How Populists Wage Opposition: Parliamentary Opposition Behaviour and Populism in Netherlands. Political Studies, 67(2): 479–495.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse, Arco Timmermans (2018). The Netherlands: The reinvention of consensus democracy. In: Elisabetta De Giorgi and Gabriella Ilonszki (Eds.) Opposition Parties in European Legislatures: Conflict or Consensus?, Abingdon and New York: Routledge..

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2018). Parliamentary Questions as Strategic Party Tools. West European Politics, 41(2): 496-516.

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Tom Louwerse, Simon Otjes, Cynthia van Vonno (2018). The Dutch Parliamentary Behaviour Dataset. Acta Politica, 53(1), 149-166.

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Tom Louwerse, Huib Pellikaan (2018). Estimating Uncertainty in Party Policy Positions Using the Confrontational Approach. Political Science Research and Methods, 6(1): 197-209.

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Tom Louwerse, Cynthia M.C. van Vonno (2017). Naar nieuwe verhoudingen tussen Kamer en kabinet?. In: Rudy B. Andeweg and Monique Leyenaar (eds). Alle stemmen tellen. Amsterdam: Amsterdam University Press..

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Tom Louwerse, Simon Otjes, David M. Willumsen, Patrick Öhberg (2017). Reaching across the aisle: Explaining government–opposition voting in parliament. Party Politics, 23(6): 746–759.

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Martin Rosema, Tom Louwerse (2016). Response Scales in Voting Advice Applications: Do Different Designs Produce Different Outcomes?. Policy & Internet 8(4): 431-456.

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Tom Louwerse (2016). Improving opinion poll reporting: the Irish Polling Indicator. Irish Political Studies 31(4): 541-566.

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Tom Louwerse, Simon Otjes (2016). Personalised parliamentary behaviour without electoral incentives: the case of the Netherlands. West European Politics 39(4): 778-799.

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Tom Louwerse, Simon Otjes (2015). The Impact of Parliamentary Specialisation on Cosponsorship. Journal of Legislative Studies 21(4): 476-494.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2015). Populists in Parliament: Comparing Left-Wing and Right-Wing Populism in the Netherlands. Political Studies 63(1): 60-79.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2014). Spatial models in voting advice applications. Electoral Studies 36: 263-271.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2014). Een middenkabinet of een minderheidskabinet?. In: G. Voerman (Ed.), Halverwege? Tussenbalans kabinet Rutte-II, pp. 35–48, Den Haag: Montesquieu Instituut..

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2014). A Special Majority Cabinet? Supported Minority Governance and Parliamentary Behavior in the Netherlands. World Political Science 10(2): 343-363.

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Tom Louwerse, Martin Rosema (2014). The design effects of voting advice applications: Comparing methods of calculating matches. Acta Politica 49(3): 286-312.

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Peter Van Aelst, Tom Louwerse (2014). Parliament without Government: The Belgian Parliament and the Government Formation Processes of 2007–2011. West European Politics 37(3): 475-496.

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Jan Fivaz, Tom Louwerse, Daniel Schwarz (2014). Keeping promises: VAAs and political representation. In: D. Garzia & S. Marschall (Eds.) Matching Voters with Parties and Candidates, ECPR Press, pp. 197-216.

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Tom Louwerse (2014). Verkiezingsbeloften: een verouderd ritueel? [Election promises: an obsolete ritual?]. In: Sarah L. de Lange, Monique Leyenaar and Pieter de Jong (eds). Politieke partijen: nodig of overbodig?, pp. 99-110, Den Haag: Raad voor het Openbaar Bestuur..

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2013). Een bijzonder meerderheidskabinet? Parlementair gedrag tijdens het kabinet Rutte-I. Res Publica 55(4): 459-480.

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Jan Erk, Kavita Heijstek-Ziemann, Tom Louwerse (2013). Politiek in een veranderende wereld: Nederland en België in vergelijkend perspectief.. Leuven: Acco.

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Tom Louwerse (2013). Peilingen in het nieuws: van hypes naar trends. Beleid en Maatschappij, 40(2), 176-179.

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Tom Louwerse, Simon Otjes (2012). Design challenges in cross-national VAAs: the case of the EU Profiler. International Journal of Electronic Governance 5(3/4): 279-297.

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Tom Louwerse (2012). Leven van Dick Dolman. [Bespreking van: Politiek samenspel: biografische notities]. Openbaar Bestuur, december 2012, p. 30..

Tom Louwerse (2012). Het democratisch mandaat van Nederlandse politieke partijen: crisis of continuïteit?. Res Publica, 54(4), 413-441.

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Tom Louwerse (2012). Feitenvrije vs meningenvrije politiek. Idee: wetenschappelijk tijdschrift D66 2012(5): 21-23.

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Tom Louwerse (2012). Mechanisms of Issue Congruence: The Democratic Party Mandate. West European Politics 35(6), 1249-1271.

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Tom Louwerse, Simon Otjes (2011). Loyaal met een scherpe rand. Technical Report. Leiden: Universiteit Leiden..

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Tom Louwerse (2011). Political parties and the democratic mandate. Comparing Collective mandate fulfilment in the United Kingdom and the Netherlands.. PhD dissertation Universiteit Leiden (255 pp.) (Wöhrmann Print Service). Prom./coprom.: prof. dr R.B. Andeweg & dr H. Pellikaan..

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Tom Louwerse (2011). The Spatial Approach to the Party Mandate. Parliamentary Affairs 64(3), 425-447.

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Simon Otjes, Tom Louwerse (2010). Kies voor de liberale democratie. De Helling: Tijdschrift voor linkse politiek 2010(3).

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Tom Louwerse (2009). Mapping Policy Preferences II: Estimates for Parties, Electors, and Governments in Eastern Europe, European Union and OECD 1990-2003 [Book review]. Acta Politica 44(1), 106-109.

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