All Outputs (415)

A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world (2021)
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The internet has become a key battleground for political parties and candidates running for office. Using data from three consecutive parliamentary elections in Estonia, spanning across the last decade, we map the extent to which candidates make use... Read More about A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world.

America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK (2021)
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The article seeks to assess to what extent the Trump presidency damaged the Anglo-American special relationship. By drawing on a theoretical framework that is broader than much of the existing literature, this article argues that the Trump presidency... Read More about America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK.

The Khartoum Process and human trafficking (2021)
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The Khartoum Process’s emphasis on stopping northward migration comes at great cost to vulnerable refugees and asylum seekers.

The evolution of China's climate change policy: international and domestic political economy and a strategy for working with China (2021)
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For over a decade China has been the predominant carbon emitter in the global economy. It is thus imperative for us to understand the factors behind its climate change policy in the past decades. In the article, the author surveys the evolution of Ch... Read More about The evolution of China's climate change policy: international and domestic political economy and a strategy for working with China.

Fernando Casal Bértoa and Zsolt Enyedi, Party System Closure: Party Alliances, Government Alternatives, and Democracy in Europe (2021)
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Mitigating threats to academic freedom in Germany: the role of the state, universities, learned societies and China (2021)
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The authors probe whether or not the ecosystem of organised academia in Germany provides sufficient academic autonomy for scholars to conduct their research without fear or favour. Despite constitutional guarantees of academic freedom, academics face... Read More about Mitigating threats to academic freedom in Germany: the role of the state, universities, learned societies and China.

The Effects of Politician’s Moral Violations on Voters' Moral Emotions (2021)
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Existing empirical research on voters’ responses to individual politicians’ moral transgressions pays limited attention to moral emotions, although moral emotions are an integral part of voters’ moral judgment. This study looks at U.S. voters’ discre... Read More about The Effects of Politician’s Moral Violations on Voters' Moral Emotions.

Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) after proxy wars: reconceptualising the consequences of external support (2021)
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The phenomenon of war by proxy has received inadequate academic analysis. At the same time, an understanding of how ex-combatants are demobilised, disarmed and reintegrated into society after conflicts that have seen large-scale third-party intervent... Read More about Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) after proxy wars: reconceptualising the consequences of external support.

Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism and Marxism-Leninism (2021)
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In the mid 1970s, the North Korean regime stopped presenting its governing ideology as the creative application of Marxism-Leninism. Since Kim Jong-Un took office, the Workers’ Party of Korea has endorsed Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism, an ideology based... Read More about Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism and Marxism-Leninism.

On the causes of electoral volatility in Asia since 1948 (2021)
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Electoral stability has been viewed as an essential condition for the healthy functioning of representative democracy. However, there is little agreement in the literature about what shapes the stability of the electorate in general nor much attentio... Read More about On the causes of electoral volatility in Asia since 1948.

'The personal touch': Campaign personalisation in Britain (2021)
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Parliamentary candidates face choices about the extent to which they personalise their election campaigns. They must strike a balance between promoting their party's message and their own personal appeal, and they must decide how much effort to inves... Read More about 'The personal touch': Campaign personalisation in Britain.

The global incidence of bullous pemphigoid: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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Background: Bullous pemphigoid (BP) is an autoimmune blistering disorder that mainly affects older people. Although the disease is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality, the burden of disease worldwide is unclear. Objectives: The study... Read More about The global incidence of bullous pemphigoid: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Who Votes by Post? Understanding the Drivers of Postal Voting in the 2019 British General Election (2021)
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While most voters in democratic countries still cast their ballot on election day, the proportion of the electorate which opts for postal voting has been steadily, and often dramatically, increasing. This transformation in electoral politics, however... Read More about Who Votes by Post? Understanding the Drivers of Postal Voting in the 2019 British General Election.

What is the link between natural disaster and human trafficking and slavery? (2021)
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A popular supposition is that natural disasters generate immediate criminal activity by human traffickers. There is little evidence to support this idea. It is clear that natural disasters can dramatically increase vulnerability, which then increases... Read More about What is the link between natural disaster and human trafficking and slavery?.

From forests to factories: How modern slavery deepens the crisis of climate change (2021)
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Globally those in slavery, though small in absolute numbers (est. 40.2 million), contribute disproportionately to environmental destruction and carbon emissions. If modern slaves were a country, they would be the third largest emitter of carbon dioxi... Read More about From forests to factories: How modern slavery deepens the crisis of climate change.

The concept of a social formation in the writings of E. P. Thompson and Ellen Meiksins Wood (2021)
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In this article, I consider what E. P. Thompson and Ellen Meiksins Wood have to say about the concept of a social formation and its significance for Marxism. I consider these thinkers together for two reasons. In the first place, the views of Meiksin... Read More about The concept of a social formation in the writings of E. P. Thompson and Ellen Meiksins Wood.

Exit, Voice, and Sabotage: Public Service Motivation and Guerrilla Bureaucracy in Times of Unprincipled Political Principals (2021)
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Democratic backsliding has multiplied "unprincipled"political principals: governments with weak commitment to the public interest. Why do some bureaucrats engage in voice and guerrilla sabotage to thwart policies against the public interest under "un... Read More about Exit, Voice, and Sabotage: Public Service Motivation and Guerrilla Bureaucracy in Times of Unprincipled Political Principals.

Is capitalism structurally indifferent to gender?: Routes to a value theory of reproductive labour (2021)
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The contributions of Ellen Meiksins Wood to social property relations arguments have facilitated an enhanced understanding of the historical specificity of capitalism and its structuring conditions. Yet such arguments also have some questionable assu... Read More about Is capitalism structurally indifferent to gender?: Routes to a value theory of reproductive labour.

Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system (2021)
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Individual amendments at the committee stage offer Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) a valuable tool to change legislation, prior to its passage at the plenary stage. And until a recent rule change, they were also one of the last meaningful w... Read More about Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system.

V. I. Lenin On The "Women Question" (2021)
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In his writings and speeches Lenin showed considerable interest in the "Woman Question." He argued, first, that the exploitation of female labor performs a central function in the development of capitalism. He claimed that women are "doubly oppressed... Read More about V. I. Lenin On The "Women Question".