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Research

Peer-Reviewed Books


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. 2024. Political Entrepreneurship in the Age of Dealignment: The Populist Far Right Alternative for Germany (AfD). Palgrave Macmillan.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

  •  Johansson, Isabelle and Michael A. Hansen. Forthcoming. "From Empowerment to Exploitation: Predicting Positive and Negative Associations with the Exchange of Sexual Services for Payment," Sexuality and Culture.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Mila Seppälä. Forthcoming. “Support for Gun Reform in the United States: The Interactive Relationship Between Partisanship and Trust in the Federal Government," Political Behavior.


  • Navarro, John C. and Michael A. Hansen. Forthcoming. “Is it Black and White? Testing Racial Framing Effects of Public Reactions to Newspaper Vignettes of Fatal Officer-Involved Shootings," Journal of Experimental Criminology.


  • Johansson, Isabelle and Michael A. Hansen. Forthcoming. “What Sex Workers Do: Associations Between Sexual Activities and the Exchange of Sexual Services for Money," Sexuality and Culture.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. Forthcoming. “Identity and Belonging: Factors Affecting Emotional Assimilation in Two German Migrants Communities," Journal of International Migration and Integration.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Agustín Goenaga. Forthcoming. "Gender, Political Resources, and Expressions of Democratic Evaluations," Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. Forthcoming. “The Alternative for Germany (AfD) as Issue Entrepreneur: Explaining the Party and its Voters in the 2021 German Federal Election,” German Politics. 


  • Hansen, Michael A. and John C. Navarro. 2023. “Bad Apples or Rotten Orchards? Public Attitudes of Interactions with Police and The Role of Political Ideology," Policing: An International Journal 46(5/6): 861-877.


  • Navarro, John C. and Michael A. Hansen. 2023. “’Please Don’t Be Too Nice’: The Role of Political Ideology in Approval of Police Use of Force," Policing: An International Journal 46(5/6): 724-738.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Kathleen Dolan. 2023. “Cross-Pressures on Political Attitudes: Gender, Party, and the #MeToo Movement in the United States," Political Behavior 45(4): 1377-1400.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Nicolè M. Ford. 2023. “Placing the 2020 Belarusian Protests in Historical Context: Political Attitudes and Participation during Lukashenko’s Presidency," Nationalities Papers 51(4): 838-854.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and John C. Navarro. 2023. “Gender and Racial Gaps in Support for Policing and Correctional Reforms: Are the Gaps a Consequence of Political Partisanship?," Crime and Delinquency 69(9): 1672-1699.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Isabelle Johansson. 2023. “Asking About “Prostitution", “Sex Work" and “Transactional Sex": Question Wording and Attitudes Towards Trading Sexual Services," The Journal of Sex Research 60(1): 153-164.


  • Goenaga, Agustín and Michael A. Hansen. 2022. “Guy-Guessing Democracy: Gender and Item Non-Response Bias in Evaluations of Democratic Institutions," Journal of Women, Politics, and Policy 43(4): 499-513.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. 2022. “Sibling Rivalry: Voters for Radical Left Parties and Their Competitors in Germany, Sweden, and the Netherlands," Party Politics 28(5): 968-986.


  • Olsen, Jonathan and Michael A. Hansen. 2022. “The Party Without Qualities? Explaining the Left Party’s Electoral Disaster in the 2021 German Federal Election," German Politics and Society 40(3): 1-22. 


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. 2022. “A Tale of Two Electorates? The 2021 Federal Election and the AfD Voter in East and West," German Politics and Society 40(2): 110-133.


  • Hansen, Michael A., John C. Navarro, and Sierra A. Malvitz. 2022. “Assessing Law Enforcement Websites: A Comparative Analysis Exploring Types, Quantity, and Quality of Information Available," Policing: An International Journal 45(2): 298-314.


  • Hansen, Michael A., Jennifer L. Clemens, and Kathleen Dolan. 2022. “Gender Gaps, Partisan Gaps, and Cross-Pressures: An Examination of American Attitudes Toward the Use of Force," Politics & Gender 18(1): 273-295.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Isabelle Johansson. 2022. “Predicting Attitudes Towards Transactional Sex: The Interactive Relationship Between Gender and Attitudes on Sexual Behavior," Sexuality Research and Social Policy 19(1): 91-104.


  • Hansen, Michael A., Isabelle Johansson, Kalie Sadowski, Joseph Blaszcynski, and Sarah Meyer. 2021. "``The Partisan Impact on Local Government Dissemination of COVID-19 Information: Assessing U.S. County Government Websites," Canadian Journal of Political Science/Revue canadienne de science politique 54(1): 150-162.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Agustín Goenaga. 2021. “Gender and Democratic Attitudes: Do Women and Men Prioritize Different Democratic Institutions?" Politics & Gender 17(1): 23-52.


  • Dolan, Kathleen  and Michael A. Hansen. 2020. “The Variable Nature of the Gender Gap in Political Knowledge," Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 41(2): 127-143. 


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. 2020. “Pulling up the Drawbridge: Anti-Immigrant Attitudes and Support for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Among Russian-Germans," German Politics and Society 38(2): 109-136.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Kathleen Dolan. 2020. “Voter Sex, Party, and Gender-Salient Issues: Attitudes about Sexual Harassment and Brett Kavanaugh in the 2018 Elections,” American Politics Research 48(5): 532-542.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. 2020. “Rhapsody in Beige: The Impact of SPD Candidate Evaluations on Vote Choice in the 2009, 2013, and 2017 Federal Elections," German Politics 29(2): 223-243.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jennifer L. Clemens. 2019. “What to Expect When You’re Electing: The Relationship Between Far-Right Strength and Citizenship Policy in Europe,” Comparative European Politics 17(5): 673-695.


  • Hansen, Michael A. 2019. “The Women of the Radical Right: Exploring Gendered Differences in Vote Choice for Radical Right Parties in Europe," Austrian Journal Of Political Science/Österreichische Zeitschrift für Politikwissenschaft 48(2): 1-21.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. 2019. “Flesh of the Same Flesh: A Study of Voters for the Alternative for Germany (AfD) in the 2017 Federal Election," German Politics 28(1): 1-19.


  • Dolan, Kathleen and Michael A. Hansen. 2018. “Blaming Women or Blaming the System? Public Perceptions of Women’s Underrepresentation in Elected Office,"Political Research Quarterly 71(3): 668-680.


  • Hansen, Michael A. 2017. “Trust in the System? Factors that Impact Citizens’ View of Courts in the United Kingdom," Social Science Quarterly 98(5):1503-1517.


  • Kaheny, Erin B., John J. Szmer, Michael A. Hansen, and Katherine Felix Scheurer. 2015. “High Court Recruitment of Female Clerks: A Comparative Analysis of the U.S. Supreme Court and the Supreme Court of Canada,” Justice System Journal 36(4): 355-377.


  • Hansen, Michael A. 2015. “Explaining Deviations from the Stability and Growth Pact (SGP): Power, Ideology, Economic Need, or Diffusion?,”Journal of Public Policy 35(3): 477-504.

Book Chapters

  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. Forthcoming. “A Tale of Two Electorates? The 2021 Federal Election and the Alternative for Germany (AfD) Voter in East and West," in A Zeitenwende Indeed: The 2021 Bundestag Election and the Paradigm Shift in German Politics and Policy, ed. Eric Langenbacher. Berghahn Books.


  • Olsen, Jonathan and Michael A. Hansen. Forthcoming. “The Party Without Qualities? Ex- plaining the Left Party’s Electoral Disaster in the 2021 German Federal Election," in A Zeitenwende Indeed: The 2021 Bundestag Election and the Paradigm Shift in German Politics and Policy, ed. Eric Langenbacher. Berghahn Books.


  • Hansen, Michael A. and Jonathan Olsen. Forthcoming. “The AfD in the 2021 German Federal Election: Down but Hardly Out," in The 2021 German Federal Election: Negotiating A New Era, eds. Ross Campbell and Louise K. Davidson-Schmich. Palgrave Macmillan.

Current Research/Projects

Manuscripts Under Review 


"Predicting Attitudes Towards the Exchange of Sex for Payment: Exploring Variance in Gender Gaps Across the Nordic Countries," (w/ Isabelle Johansson).


"Are Competent Citizens Critical Democrats? Political Resources and Evaluations of Democratic Institutions,"  (w/ Agustín Goenaga).


“’It’s Just ’Locker Room’ Behavior:’ The Impact of Gender and Political Partisanship On Agreement with Rape Myths Among U.S. University Students," (w/ John C. Navarro).


“The Role of Political Ideology in Agreement with Harsh Prison Conditions," (w/ John C. Navarro).


“Gender and Support for Undemocratic Politicians," (w/ Henrik Serup Christensen and Inga Saikkonen).

 

Manuscripts in Progress


”Far Right Partisanship and Confidence in the United Nations across the Nordic Countries," (w/ Anna Kronlund and Waltteri Immonen).


“Gender, Party, and Cross-Pressures on Attitudes Towards Gun Reform," (w/ Kathleen Dolan).


“Public’s Understanding of the Concept of Human Trafficking" 


“Questioning Wording and Public Support for Abortion Procedures"


Other Writing

Book Reviews

Hansen, Michael A. Forthcoming. “Contemporary Germany and the Fourth Wave of Far- Right Politics,” Party Politics.


Hansen, Michael A. 2022. “Radical right populism in Germany: AfD, pegida, and the identitarian movement," Party Politics 28(5): 991-992.

Blog and Media Contributions

Hansen, Michael A. 2021. "German federal election: Is the AfD broadening its appeal to voters?" EUROPP: European Politics and Policy. London School of Economics (LSE).

Publication Supplemental Materials

Hansen and Olsen (2019) - Online Appendices (pdf)Download


Michael A. Hansen

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