Outputs (54)

What is the point of religious education? (2018)
Journal Article
Clayton, M., & Stevens, D. (2018). What is the point of religious education?. Theory and Research in Education, 16(1), 65-81. https://doi.org/10.1177/1477878518762217

Some liberal societies continue to require their schools to offer non-directive, but specifically religious education as part of the curriculum. This paper challenges that practice. It does so by articulating and defending a moral principle, which as... Read More about What is the point of religious education?.

Democracy and human rights: concepts, measures, and relationships (2018)
Journal Article
Landman, T. (2018). Democracy and human rights: concepts, measures, and relationships. Politics and Governance, 6(1), https://doi.org/10.17645/pag.v6i1.1186

The empirical literature on democracy and human rights has made great strides over the last 30 years in explaining (1) the variation in the transition to, consolidation of, and quality of democracy; (2) the proliferation and effectiveness of human ri... Read More about Democracy and human rights: concepts, measures, and relationships.

Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament (2018)
Journal Article
Hurka, S., Daniel, W. T., & Obholzer, L. (2018). Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament. Journal of Legislative Studies, 24(1), 127-147. https://doi.org/10.1080/13572334.2018.1444630

In recent years, several national parliaments have introduced stricter rules for the disclosure of additional sources of income earned by their legislators. In this context of better data availability, the phenomenon of ‘moonlighting’ politicians (le... Read More about Determinants of moonlighting in the European Parliament.

Executive control of bureaucracy and presidential cabinet appointments in East Asian democracies (2018)
Journal Article
Lee, D. S. (2020). Executive control of bureaucracy and presidential cabinet appointments in East Asian democracies. Regulation and Governance, 14(1), 82-101. https://doi.org/10.1111/rego.12190

This article examines the role of cabinet appointments in controlling the bureaucracy in presidential democracies. I demonstrate how administrative challenges stemming from the structure of the bureaucracy shape presidential choice of ministers. Anal... Read More about Executive control of bureaucracy and presidential cabinet appointments in East Asian democracies.

Slavery from Space: Demonstrating the role for satellite remote sensing to inform evidence-based action related to UN SDG number 8 (2018)
Journal Article
Boyd, D. S., Jackson, B., Wardlaw, J., Foody, G. M., Marsh, S., & Bales, K. (2018). Slavery from Space: Demonstrating the role for satellite remote sensing to inform evidence-based action related to UN SDG number 8. ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, 142, 380-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.isprsjprs.2018.02.012

The most recent Global Slavery Index estimates that there are 40.3 million people enslaved globally. The UN’s Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development Goal number 8, section 8.7 specifically refers to the issue of forced labour: ending modern slavery... Read More about Slavery from Space: Demonstrating the role for satellite remote sensing to inform evidence-based action related to UN SDG number 8.

Civil service management in developing countries: what works?: evidence from a survey with 23,000 civil servants in Africa, Asia, Eastn Europe and Latin America (2018)
Preprint / Working Paper
Meyer-Sahling, J.-H., Schuster, C., & Sass Mikkelsen, K. Civil service management in developing countries: what works?: evidence from a survey with 23,000 civil servants in Africa, Asia, Eastn Europe and Latin America

Civil servants are central to effective governance in developing countries. They deliver essential services to citizens, commission infrastructure, regulate economic activity and engage in diplomacy with foreign countries – to name just a few tasks.... Read More about Civil service management in developing countries: what works?: evidence from a survey with 23,000 civil servants in Africa, Asia, Eastn Europe and Latin America.

Good neighbours matter: economic geography and the diffusion of human rights (2018)
Journal Article
Edwards, T. H., Kernohan, D., Landman, T., & Nessa, A. (2018). Good neighbours matter: economic geography and the diffusion of human rights. Spatial Economic Analysis, 13(3), 319-337. https://doi.org/10.1080/17421772.2018.1412087

© 2018, © 2018 Regional Studies Association. Using multi-country panel data, this paper investigates the geopolitical and economic aspects of human rights performance. Human rights performance depends on the relative levels of economic development an... Read More about Good neighbours matter: economic geography and the diffusion of human rights.

An Army of Tribes (2018)
Book
Burke, E. (2018). An Army of Tribes. Liverpool University Press

John Stuart Mill and Fourierism: ‘association’, ‘friendly rivalry’ and distributive justice (2018)
Journal Article
McCabe, H. (2018). John Stuart Mill and Fourierism: ‘association’, ‘friendly rivalry’ and distributive justice. Global Intellectual History, 4(1), 35-61. https://doi.org/10.1080/23801883.2018.1435983

John Stuart Mill’s self-description as ‘under the general designation of Socialist’ has been under-explored. It is an important feature of something else often overlooked: the importance of the French context of Mill’s thought. This article focuses... Read More about John Stuart Mill and Fourierism: ‘association’, ‘friendly rivalry’ and distributive justice.

When the pound in people’s pocket matters: how changes to personal financial circumstances affect party choice (2018)
Journal Article
Tilley, J., Neundorf, A., & Hobolt, S. (in press). When the pound in people’s pocket matters: how changes to personal financial circumstances affect party choice. Journal of Politics, 80(2), https://doi.org/10.1086/694549

In this paper we revisit the often disregarded ‘pocketbook voting’ thesis that suggests that people evaluate governments based on the state of their own finances. Using data from the British Household Panel Survey over the last 20 years, we measure c... Read More about When the pound in people’s pocket matters: how changes to personal financial circumstances affect party choice.