Outputs (54)

Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept (2018)
Book
Umbach, M., & Humphrey, M. (2018). Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept. Springer International Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-68566-3

Authenticity is everywhere: political leaders invoke the idea to gain our support, advertisers use it to sell their products. But is authenticity a dangerous hoax? What is, and is not, authentic has been hotly debated ever since the concept was inven... Read More about Authenticity: The Cultural History of a Political Concept.

The impact of the World War I on the law governing the treatment of prisoners of war, and the making of a humanitarian subject (2018)
Journal Article
Wylie, N., & Cameron, L. (2018). The impact of the World War I on the law governing the treatment of prisoners of war, and the making of a humanitarian subject. European Journal of International Law, 29(4), 1327–1350. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejil/chy085

This paper evaluates the impact of the First World War on the development of international humanitarian law (IHL) regarding the treatment of prisoner of war (POW). In contrast to traditional scholarship, which overlooks the war’s significance on the... Read More about The impact of the World War I on the law governing the treatment of prisoners of war, and the making of a humanitarian subject.

Conceived in Harlesden: Candidate-Centred Campaigning in British General Elections (2018)
Journal Article
Milazzo, C., & Townsley, J. (2020). Conceived in Harlesden: Candidate-Centred Campaigning in British General Elections. Parliamentary Affairs, 73(1), 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsy040

© 2018 The Author(s) 2018. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Hansard Society; all rights reserved. Recent decades have seen an increasing trend towards the personalisation of election campaigns, even in systems where candidates ha... Read More about Conceived in Harlesden: Candidate-Centred Campaigning in British General Elections.

The Causal Effect of Public Service Motivation on Ethical Behavior in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey Experiment (2018)
Journal Article
Meyer-Sahling, J.-H., Mikkelsen, K. S., & Schuster, C. (2019). The Causal Effect of Public Service Motivation on Ethical Behavior in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey Experiment. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 29(3), 445–459. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muy071

Public service motivation (PSM) and ethical behavior are central concerns in public administration. Yet, experimental evidence on the causes of ethical behavior and the causal effects of PSM remains scarce, curtailing our understanding of both. This... Read More about The Causal Effect of Public Service Motivation on Ethical Behavior in the Public Sector: Evidence from a Large-Scale Survey Experiment.

Truth, Good and Beauty: The Politics of Celebrity in China (2018)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J., & Kehoe, S. (2019). Truth, Good and Beauty: The Politics of Celebrity in China. China Quarterly, 237, 241-256. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0305741018001285

A visit to a Chinese city of any size—looking up at downtown billboards, riding public transport, shopping at a mall—is to be in the presence of a Chinese celebrity endorsing a product, lifestyle or other symbols of “the good life”. Celebrity in Chin... Read More about Truth, Good and Beauty: The Politics of Celebrity in China.

Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East (2018)
Book
Kettle, L. (2018). Learning from the History of British Interventions in the Middle East. Edinburgh University Press

A full freedom: Contemporary survivors' definitions of slavery (2018)
Journal Article
Nicholson, A., Dang, M., & Trodd, Z. (2018). A full freedom: Contemporary survivors' definitions of slavery. Human Rights Law Review, 18(4), 689-704. https://doi.org/10.1093/hrlr/ngy032

© 2018 The Author(s). This article examines key debates on the legal definition of slavery from the perspective of survivors. This group has previously not been included in the debates on slavery definitions. By drawing upon new interviews we have co... Read More about A full freedom: Contemporary survivors' definitions of slavery.

Rereading Habermas's charge of “performative contradiction” in light of Derrida's account of the paradoxes of philosophical grounding (2018)
Journal Article
Khan, G. (2019). Rereading Habermas's charge of “performative contradiction” in light of Derrida's account of the paradoxes of philosophical grounding. Constellations, 26(1), 3-17. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-8675.12385

Civil service management in Nepal: evidence from a survey of more than 1,200 civil servants (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Meyer-Sahling, J.-H., Schuster, C., Sass Mikkelsen, K., Shrestha, S. K., & Toth, F. Civil service management in Nepal: evidence from a survey of more than 1,200 civil servants

Towards a more professional civil service in Kosovo: evidence from a survey of civil servants in central and local government (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Meyer-Sahling, J.-H., Schuster, C., Sass Mikkelsen, K., Qeriqi, H., & Toth, F. Towards a more professional civil service in Kosovo: evidence from a survey of civil servants in central and local government