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Mere addition and the separateness of persons (2015)
Journal Article
Rendall, M. (2015). Mere addition and the separateness of persons. Journal of Philosophy, 112(8), https://doi.org/10.5840/jphil2015112827

How can we resist the repugnant conclusion? James Griffin has suggested that part way through the sequence we may reach a world—let us call it “J”— in which the lives are lexically superior to those that follow. If it would be better to live a single... Read More about Mere addition and the separateness of persons.

Rethinking the employability of international graduate migrants: reflections on the experiences of Zimbabweans with degrees from England (2015)
Journal Article
McGrath, S., Madziva, R., & Thondhlana, J. (in press). Rethinking the employability of international graduate migrants: reflections on the experiences of Zimbabweans with degrees from England. Journal of Further and Higher Education, 41(2), 238-259. https://doi.org/10.1080/0309877X.2015.1062853

The last decade has seen the rise of literatures that have focused on the rapid expansion of the numbers of international students in higher education globally and the growing policy discourse around improving graduate employability. However, both, i... Read More about Rethinking the employability of international graduate migrants: reflections on the experiences of Zimbabweans with degrees from England.

‘Axis of evil or access to diesel?: spaces of new imperialism and the Iraq war’ (2015)
Journal Article
Bieler, A., & Morton, A. D. (2015). ‘Axis of evil or access to diesel?: spaces of new imperialism and the Iraq war’. Historical Materialism, 23(2), https://doi.org/10.1163/1569206X-12341412

The invasion of Iraq in 2003 was waged by the so-called ‘Coalition of the Willing’. This paper will examine how the war was a space in the ongoing geographical extension of global capitalism linked to U.S. foreign policy. Was it simply the decision b... Read More about ‘Axis of evil or access to diesel?: spaces of new imperialism and the Iraq war’.

It’s Been Mostly About Money! A Multi-method Research Approach to the Sources of Institutionalization (2015)
Journal Article
Casal Bértoa, F. (2017). It’s Been Mostly About Money! A Multi-method Research Approach to the Sources of Institutionalization. Sociological Methods and Research, 46(4), 683-714. https://doi.org/10.1177/0049124115588998

Although much has been written about the process of party system insti- tutionalization in different regions, the reasons why some party systems institutionalize while others do not still remain a mystery. Seeking to fill this lacuna in the literatur... Read More about It’s Been Mostly About Money! A Multi-method Research Approach to the Sources of Institutionalization.

The Contingency of Voter Learning: How Election Debates Influence Voters’ Ability and Accuracy to Position Parties in the 2010 Dutch Election Campaign (2015)
Journal Article
Van der Meer, T. W., Walter, A., & Van Aelst, P. (2015). The Contingency of Voter Learning: How Election Debates Influence Voters’ Ability and Accuracy to Position Parties in the 2010 Dutch Election Campaign. Political Communication, 33(1), https://doi.org/10.1080/10584609.2015.1016639

Election campaigns are expected to inform voters about parties’ issue positions, thereby increasing voters’ ability to influence future policy and thus enhancing the practice of democratic government. We argue that campaign learning is not only conti... Read More about The Contingency of Voter Learning: How Election Debates Influence Voters’ Ability and Accuracy to Position Parties in the 2010 Dutch Election Campaign.

John Stuart Mill, utility and the family: attacking ‘the citadel of the enemy’ (2015)
Journal Article
McCabe, H. (2015). John Stuart Mill, utility and the family: attacking ‘the citadel of the enemy’. Revue Internationale de Philosophie, 272(2),

John Stuart Mill’s commitment to female equality has generally been acknowledged as positive, but certain passages have been damned as anti-feminist or myopic regarding the reality of patriarchy, and used as sticks with which to beat both Mill’s theo... Read More about John Stuart Mill, utility and the family: attacking ‘the citadel of the enemy’.

Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China: environment, social development and international cooperation (2015)
Book
(2015). A. Fulda (Ed.), Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China: environment, social development and international cooperation. Palgrave Macmillan

This book focuses on the question of whether and how civil society may contribute to policy innovation. As the focus of civil society research is often more on the constraints on civil society by the state and less on the agency and effects of civil... Read More about Civil society contributions to policy innovation in the PR China: environment, social development and international cooperation.

Introduction: The Future of Democracy (2015)
Journal Article
Adeney, K., & Taggart, P. (2015). Introduction: The Future of Democracy. Government and Opposition, 50(03), 325-335. https://doi.org/10.1017/gov.2015.12


In this article the special issue on the future of democracy is introduced with a discussion of the rationale and a brief overview of the contributions that follow. In addition the authors highlight four major themes that run through the special is... Read More about Introduction: The Future of Democracy.

Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels? (2015)
Book
Daniel, W. T. (2015). Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels?. Oxford University Press. https://doi.org/10.1093/acprof%3Aoso/9780198716402.001.0001

This book presents an institutional theory for career behaviour in the European Parliament (EP). By focusing on the professional ambition of members of the EP (MEPs), the study presents a rigorous analysis of the powerful multinational legislature fr... Read More about Career Behaviour and the European Parliament: All Roads Lead Through Brussels?.