All Outputs (49)

Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament (2017)
Journal Article

In this article, we examine the static and dynamic factors that explain the use of the Twitter social media platform by all active Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) during the Fall and Winter of 2015–2016. Our analysis demonstrates that MEPs... Read More about Static and dynamic incentives for Twitter usage in the European Parliament.

Human rights shaming and FDI: effects of the UN Human Rights Commission and Council (2017)
Journal Article

Do public condemnations by the United Nations human rights bodies lead to foreign direct investment (FDI) loss for abusive regimes? The Human Rights Commission and later Council (UNHRCC) are internationally legitimized tools where member states shame... Read More about Human rights shaming and FDI: effects of the UN Human Rights Commission and Council.

Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament (2017)
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© 2017 University Association for Contemporary European Studies and John Wiley & Sons Ltd Group coordinators are part of a highly influential circle of members of the European Parliament (MEPs). However, there is only scant knowledge about the powe... Read More about Individual Determinants for the Selection of Group Coordinators in the European Parliament.

Transnational mobility, strong states and contested sovereignty: learning from the China–Taiwan context (2017)
Journal Article

Mobility across the Taiwan Strait has intensified since the border was opened in 1987. The cross-border social, cultural and economic exchanges, however, have remained closely embedded in the nationalistic logic specific to cross-Strait relations. Em... Read More about Transnational mobility, strong states and contested sovereignty: learning from the China–Taiwan context.

Representation in Wales: an empirical analysis of the policy divisions between voters and candidates (2017)
Journal Article

Politics in Wales is often portrayed as being relatively consensual when compared with the rest of the United Kingdom and enjoying healthy levels of trust between voters and elites. Recent events like the decision of Welsh voters to reject the Europe... Read More about Representation in Wales: an empirical analysis of the policy divisions between voters and candidates.

Economic crisis and party responsiveness on the left–right dimension in the European Union (2017)
Journal Article

The economic crisis within the European Union has had a significant impact on domestic politics in the member states, affecting the links between parties and citizens and accentuating the tensions parties face between governing responsibility and bei... Read More about Economic crisis and party responsiveness on the left–right dimension in the European Union.

The face of the party? Leadership personalisation in British campaigns (2017)
Journal Article

The personal characteristics of political elites play an important role in British elections. While the personalisation of the media’s election coverage has been the subject of much debate, we know less about the conditions under which voters receive... Read More about The face of the party? Leadership personalisation in British campaigns.

Constructing trustworthy historical narratives: criteria, principles, and techniques (2017)
Journal Article

Organizational scholars increasingly recognize the value of employing historical research. Yet the fields of history and organization studies struggle to reconcile. In this article, we contend that a closer connection between these two fields is poss... Read More about Constructing trustworthy historical narratives: criteria, principles, and techniques.

Cyberspace and gay rights in a digital China: queer documentary filmmaking under state censorship (2017)
Journal Article

Owing to China’s austere censorship regulations on film media, directors of films and documentaries engaging with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender themes have struggled to bring their work to domestic attention. Working outside of the state-fun... Read More about Cyberspace and gay rights in a digital China: queer documentary filmmaking under state censorship.

Restructuring the state: mainstream responses to regional nationalism (2017)
Journal Article

Under what conditions are ‘holding-together’ federations created? And what shapes the development of their territorial structures? This article answers these questions through a comparative-historical analysis of territorial restructuring in Belgium,... Read More about Restructuring the state: mainstream responses to regional nationalism.

The origins of redistributive policy preferences: political socialisation with and without a welfare state (2017)
Journal Article

Research on the impact of the macroeconomy on individual-level preferences for redistribution has produced varying results. This paper presents a new theory on the presence of an expansive welfare state during one’s formative years as a source of het... Read More about The origins of redistributive policy preferences: political socialisation with and without a welfare state.

Prefigurative politics between ethical practice and absent promise (2017)
Journal Article

'Prefigurative politics' has become a popular term for social movements' ethos of unity between means and ends, but its conceptual genealogy has escaped attention. This article disentangles two components: an ethical revolutionary practice, chiefly i... Read More about Prefigurative politics between ethical practice and absent promise.

Variation in beliefs about 'fracking' between the UK and US (2017)
Journal Article

In decision-making on the politically-contentious issue of unconventional gas development, the UK Government and European Commission are attempting to learn from the US experience. Although economic, environmental, and health impacts and regulatory c... Read More about Variation in beliefs about 'fracking' between the UK and US.

The volatility of volatility: Measuring change in party vote shares (2017)
Journal Article

© 2017 Elsevier Ltd Volatility is a widely used term in political science, but even the most widely used measure of volatility, Pedersen's index, can mask as much as it reveals. His simple and elegant calculation has become part of the political scie... Read More about The volatility of volatility: Measuring change in party vote shares.

Louis Althusser’s critique of the Communist Party and the question of the postrevolutionary state (2017)
Journal Article

This essay explores some aspects of the debate led by Louis Althusser and Etienne Balibar on the strategy of the French Communist Party (PCF) in the 1970s. They saw the Euro-communist turn of the party as a strategy that accepted the influence of soc... Read More about Louis Althusser’s critique of the Communist Party and the question of the postrevolutionary state.

Commodification and ‘the commons’: the politics of privatising public water in Greece and Portugal during the Eurozone Crisis (2017)
Journal Article

In response to the Eurozone crisis, austerity and restructuring has been imposed on the European Union’s (EU) peripheral member states in order to receive financial bailout loans. In addition to cuts in funding of essential public services, cuts in p... Read More about Commodification and ‘the commons’: the politics of privatising public water in Greece and Portugal during the Eurozone Crisis.

Social diversity affects the number of parties even under first-past-the-post rule (2017)
Journal Article

Beyond the ontological turn: affirming the relative autonomy of politics (2017)
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In this article, I critically evaluate a characteristic tendency that is found across the various traditions of poststructuralism, both narrowly and more broadly defined. This is an increasing propensity to be preoccupied with ontological questions a... Read More about Beyond the ontological turn: affirming the relative autonomy of politics.

The religious dimension of Hong Kong’s Umbrella Movement (2017)
Journal Article

Cultural specificity versus institutional universalism: a critique of the National Integrity System (NIS) methodology (2017)
Journal Article

This article provides an assessment and critique of the National Integrity System approach and methodology, informed by the experience of conducting an NIS review in Cambodia. It explores four key issues that potentially undermine the relevance and... Read More about Cultural specificity versus institutional universalism: a critique of the National Integrity System (NIS) methodology.