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The Perpetual Peace Puzzle: Kant on persons and states (2016)
Journal Article
Holland, B. (2017). The Perpetual Peace Puzzle: Kant on persons and states. Philosophy and Social Criticism, 43(6), 599-620. https://doi.org/10.1177/0191453716680128

Kant described the state as a ‘moral person’, and did so when dealing with international relations. For all the interest in his contribution to the theory of global politics, the locution according to which Kant characterized the state has received v... Read More about The Perpetual Peace Puzzle: Kant on persons and states.

Prescribing democracy? Party proscription and party system stability in Germany, Spain and Turkey (2016)
Journal Article
Casal Bertoa, F., & Bourne, A. (2017). Prescribing democracy? Party proscription and party system stability in Germany, Spain and Turkey. European Journal of Political Research, 56(2), 440-465. https://doi.org/10.1111/1475-6765.12179

© 2016 European Consortium for Political Research When democracies ban political parties, one of the central issues that usually emerges in both public and academic debate concerns the effects of proscription. Some argue that proscription may lead to... Read More about Prescribing democracy? Party proscription and party system stability in Germany, Spain and Turkey.

The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956 (2016)
Journal Article
Wylie, N., & Crossland, J. (2016). The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956. War in History, 23(4), 439-456. https://doi.org/10.1177/0968344515575806

This paper examines the framework for the treatment of prisoners of war that emerged after 1945. It focuses on one of the key elements of the post-war prisoner of war (POW) regime, the role of neutral bodies – state authorities acting as ‘protecting... Read More about The Korean War and the post-war prisoners of war (POW) regime, 1945-1956.

Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime (2016)
Book
Cockayne, J. (2016). Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime. Oxford University Press

What should we make of the outsized role organized crime plays in conflict and crisis, from drug wars in Mexico to human smuggling in North Africa, from the struggle in Crimea to scandals in Kabul? How can we deal with the convergence of politics and... Read More about Hidden power : the strategic logic of organized crime.

Just Property. Volume Two: Enlightenment, Revolution, and History (2016)
Book
Pierson, C. (2016). Just Property. Volume Two: Enlightenment, Revolution, and History. Oxford University Press

A history of private property.

Civil service laws, merit, politicization, and corruption: the perspective of public officials from five East European countries (2016)
Journal Article
Meyer-Sahling, J.-H., & Mikkelsen, K. S. (2016). Civil service laws, merit, politicization, and corruption: the perspective of public officials from five East European countries. Public Administration, 94(4), 1105-1123. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12276

Research on bureaucracy and corruption tends to concentrate on cross-national research taking countries as the unit of analysis. Yet national-level measures neglect large differences within countries. This paper therefore takes the perspective of ind... Read More about Civil service laws, merit, politicization, and corruption: the perspective of public officials from five East European countries.

Exploring support for shale gas extraction in the United Kingdom (2016)
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Andersson-Hudson, J., Knight, W., Humphrey, M., & O'Hara, S. (in press). Exploring support for shale gas extraction in the United Kingdom. Energy Policy, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.enpol.2016.09.042

The development of shale gas in the United Kingdom (UK) using hydraulic fracturing, more commonly known as ‘fracking’, remains in its infancy. Yet understanding public attitudes for this fledgling industry is important for future policy consideration... Read More about Exploring support for shale gas extraction in the United Kingdom.

Terrorist learning: a new analytical framework (2016)
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Kettle, L., & Mumford, A. (2017). Terrorist learning: a new analytical framework. Studies in Conflict and Terrorism, 40(7), 523-538. https://doi.org/10.1080/1057610X.2016.1237224

Terrorists learn every day to gain further knowledge on how to achieve their violent objectives. Consequently, understanding terrorist learning forms a crucial part of the fight to counter terrorism. However, whilst existing literature within terrori... Read More about Terrorist learning: a new analytical framework.

Political parties or party systems? Assessing the ‘myth’ of institutionalisation and democracy (2016)
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Casal Bértoa, F. (2017). Political parties or party systems? Assessing the ‘myth’ of institutionalisation and democracy. West European Politics, 40(2), 402-429. https://doi.org/10.1080/01402382.2016.1216921

No matter the region of the world under study, party (system) institutionalisation has been traditionally considered to be a necessary, but not sufficient, condition for the survival of democracy. Despite being one of the most quoted statements in th... Read More about Political parties or party systems? Assessing the ‘myth’ of institutionalisation and democracy.

Why Russia is reviving its conventional military power (2016)
Journal Article
Renz, B. (2016). Why Russia is reviving its conventional military power. Parameters, 46(2),

The revival of Russian military power poses certain challenges to NATO and to the West. However, the exact nature of these challenges is not straightforward. This article discusses why Russia is reviving its conventional military p... Read More about Why Russia is reviving its conventional military power.