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Parties, Candidates and Citizens On-Line - Åbo Akademi

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Notes<br />

1 Hallin & Mancini (2004: 67) mention the Mediterranean countries as examples of the Polarized Pluralist<br />

model, the Sc<strong>and</strong>inavian <strong>and</strong> Central-European countries as examples of the Democratic Corporatist<br />

model <strong>and</strong> Britain, Irel<strong>and</strong>, USA <strong>and</strong> Canada as examples of the Liberal model.<br />

2 For example the Freedom House index <strong>and</strong> the UNDP human development index.<br />

3 In order to increase the validity of the study, the QCA analysis was also tested using the alternative<br />

coding value for Ukraine <strong>and</strong> Russia: the result of this analysis is briefly presented in the findings section.<br />

The whole reduction procedure is presented in the appendix.<br />

4 Source: Nua Internet surveys: http://www.nua.com/surveys/how_many_online/Europe.html<br />

5 In order to increase the validity of the study, the QCA analysis was also tested using the alternative<br />

coding value for Scenario 4: the result of this analysis is briefly presented in the findings section. The full<br />

reduction procedure is presented in the appendix.<br />

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