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Current challenges to multinational federalism in India (2018)
Journal Article
Adeney, K., & Bhattacharyya, H. (2018). Current challenges to multinational federalism in India. Regional and Federal Studies, 28(4), 409-425. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2018.1473855

India’s multinational federation has experienced multiple challenges in the last 25 years, relating to the rise of coalition politics and the process of economic liberalisation, both of which have increased the power of some of the states of the fede... Read More about Current challenges to multinational federalism in India.

Democratization and women’s representation in presidential cabinets: evidence from East and Southeast Asia (2018)
Journal Article
Lee, D. S., & Park, S. (in press). Democratization and women’s representation in presidential cabinets: evidence from East and Southeast Asia. Asian Journal of Political Science, 26(2), https://doi.org/10.1080/02185377.2018.1476257

This article examines patterns of women’s cabinet representation across all presidential democracies in East and Southeast Asia since democratization. It demonstrates how the choice of female ministers differs across career backgrounds in presidentia... Read More about Democratization and women’s representation in presidential cabinets: evidence from East and Southeast Asia.

Disrupt and Deny (2018)
Book
Cormac, R. (2018). Disrupt and Deny. Oxford University Press

Party support in multi-level elections: the influence of economic perceptions and vertical congruence (2018)
Journal Article
Toubeau, S., & Wagner, M. (2018). Party support in multi-level elections: the influence of economic perceptions and vertical congruence. Electoral Studies, 54, 22-34. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2018.04.019

© 2018 Elsevier Ltd How does the economy influence party support in multi-level states? Using regional-level survey data from Canada, Germany and Spain, we show that there is a ‘cross-level’ effect of economic evaluations. Citizens thus take into con... Read More about Party support in multi-level elections: the influence of economic perceptions and vertical congruence.

Getting back in the DeLorean: modernization vs. anti-modernization in contemporary British politics (2018)
Journal Article
Kerr, P., Foster, E., Oaten, A., & Begum, N. (2018). Getting back in the DeLorean: modernization vs. anti-modernization in contemporary British politics. Policy Studies, 39(3), 292-309. https://doi.org/10.1080/01442872.2018.1478407

This article highlights a growing clash between mainstream modernizing and populist anti-modernizing forces in the UK. Whilst scholarship on UK party politics has, for the past three decades, focussed on processes of party modernization, little atten... Read More about Getting back in the DeLorean: modernization vs. anti-modernization in contemporary British politics.

Decentralisation, clientelism and social protection programmes: a study of India’s MGNREGA (2018)
Journal Article
Maiorano, D., Das, U., & Masiero, S. (2018). Decentralisation, clientelism and social protection programmes: a study of India’s MGNREGA. Oxford Development Studies, 46(4), 536-549. https://doi.org/10.1080/13600818.2018.1467391

Does decentralisation promote clientelism? If yes, through which mechanisms? We answer these questions through an analysis of India’s (and the world’s) largest workfare programme, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA),... Read More about Decentralisation, clientelism and social protection programmes: a study of India’s MGNREGA.

Grey is the new black: covert action and implausible deniability (2018)
Journal Article
Cormac, R., & Aldrich, R. J. (2018). Grey is the new black: covert action and implausible deniability. International Affairs, 94(3), 477–494. https://doi.org/10.1093/ia/iiy067

For generations scholars have defined covert action as plausibly deniable interventions in the affairs of others; the sponsor’s hand is neither apparent nor acknowledged. We challenge this orthodoxy. Turning the spotlight away from covert action and... Read More about Grey is the new black: covert action and implausible deniability.

Civil service management and corruption: what we know and what we don't (2018)
Journal Article
Meyer-Sahling, J.-H., Mikkelsen, K. S., & Schuster, C. (2018). Civil service management and corruption: what we know and what we don't. Public Administration, 96(2), 276-285. https://doi.org/10.1111/padm.12404

Numerous studies have linked a range of economic, social, and institutional variables with corruption in government. Yet, most of this literature overlooks the management of public officials themselves. This is a relevant omission: almost all corrupt... Read More about Civil service management and corruption: what we know and what we don't.

Executive capacity to control legislatures and presidential choice of cabinet ministers in East Asian democracies (2018)
Journal Article
Lee, D. S. (2018). Executive capacity to control legislatures and presidential choice of cabinet ministers in East Asian democracies. Governance, 31(4), 777-795. https://doi.org/10.1111/gove.12341

How do presidents in new democracies choose cabinet ministers to accomplish their policy goals? Contrary to existing studies explaining the partisan composition of the cabinet with institutional characteristics, such as formal authority, we argue tha... Read More about Executive capacity to control legislatures and presidential choice of cabinet ministers in East Asian democracies.