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The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach (2021)
Journal Article
Brady, E., McCabe, H., Otiende, S., Baya, R., Manji, Y., Sorby, R., …Muhunyo, M. (2021). The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach. Journal of Modern Slavery, 6(2), 247-266

Researchers and practitioners are increasingly calling for the involvement of survivors of human trafficking at all levels of, and in all areas of, anti-trafficking research, policy, work and legislation. Although it is now quite common for survivors... Read More about The Impact of COVID-19 on Survivors of Human Trafficking in Kenya: A Participatory Approach.

The Chinese Communist Party’s Hybrid Interference and Germany’s Increasingly Contentious China Debate (2018-21) (2021)
Journal Article
Fulda, A. (2021). The Chinese Communist Party’s Hybrid Interference and Germany’s Increasingly Contentious China Debate (2018-21). The Journal of the European Association for Chinese Studies, 2, 205-234. https://doi.org/10.25365/jeacs.2021.2.205-234

The Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) ambition to neutralise independent academia at home and abroad is the conundrum at the heart of this article. Based on a review of the literature on sharp power, hybrid interference, the United Front system and the... Read More about The Chinese Communist Party’s Hybrid Interference and Germany’s Increasingly Contentious China Debate (2018-21).

Bureaucratic Professionalization is a Contagious Process Inside Government: Evidence from a Priming Experiment with 3,000 Chilean Civil Servants (2021)
Journal Article
Sass Mikkelsen, K., Schuster, C., Meyer-Sahling, J., & Rojas, M. (2022). Bureaucratic Professionalization is a Contagious Process Inside Government: Evidence from a Priming Experiment with 3,000 Chilean Civil Servants. Public Administration Review, 82(2), 290-302. https://doi.org/10.1002/puar.13446

Education is at the centre of theories of how bureaucracies professionalize. Going back to Weber, the process towards a capable and professional bureaucracy has been viewed as driven by the entry of well-educated, professional recruits. We argue that... Read More about Bureaucratic Professionalization is a Contagious Process Inside Government: Evidence from a Priming Experiment with 3,000 Chilean Civil Servants.

Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters? (2021)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., & Barclay, A. (2023). Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters?. Political Studies, 71(4), 1151-1170. https://doi.org/10.1177/00323217211061512

The 2016 European Union referendum revealed fundamental divisions in British politics and society more broadly. It also raised key questions around representation and the role of Members of Parliament. Should they follow their own judgement or their... Read More about Parliamentary Representation: Should MPs Prioritise Their Own Views or Those of Their Voters?.

Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines (2021)
Journal Article
Brewster, B., Robinson, G., Silverman, B. W., & Wash, D. (2023). Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines. Trends in Organized Crime, 26, 156-179. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12117-021-09442-x

In March 2020, the UK was placed in lockdown following the spread of the Covid-19 virus. Just as legitimate workplaces made changes to enable their employees to work from home, the illicit drugs trade also made alternative arrangements, adapting its... Read More about Covid-19 and child criminal exploitation in the UK: implications of the pandemic for county lines.

A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world (2021)
Journal Article
Trumm, S., & Sudulich, L. (2022). A longitudinal study of online campaigning in the most digitally advanced society in the world. Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties, 32(4), 960-979. https://doi.org/10.1080/17457289.2021.2009484

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.

J.S. Mill’s understanding of the “organic” nature of socialism (2021)
Book Chapter
McCabe, H. (2021). J.S. Mill’s understanding of the “organic” nature of socialism. In G. Bíró (Ed.), Humanity and Nature in Economic Thought: Searching for the Organic Origins of the Economy. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003138655-5

John Stuart Mill is mostly referred to as one of the classical figures of laissez-faire liberalism, without going into detail regarding, or often even mentioning, his socialism. However, Mill and his co-author Harriet Taylor, were influenced by the s... Read More about J.S. Mill’s understanding of the “organic” nature of socialism.

America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK (2021)
Journal Article
Xu, R., & Rees, W. (2022). America and the special relationship: the impact of the Trump administration on relations with the UK. British Politics, 17(1), 62-80. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-021-00198-0

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)
Journal Article
Lumley-Sapanski, A., Schwarz, K., & Valverde-Cano, A. (2021). The Khartoum Process and human trafficking. Forced Migration Review (English Edition),

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)
Journal Article
Lai, H. (2021). The evolution of China's climate change policy: international and domestic political economy and a strategy for working with China. Journal of the British Academy, 9(10), 69-98. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/009s10.069

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.

Mitigating threats to academic freedom in Germany: the role of the state, universities, learned societies and China (2021)
Journal Article
Fulda, A., & Missal, D. (2022). Mitigating threats to academic freedom in Germany: the role of the state, universities, learned societies and China. International Journal of Human Rights, 26(10), 1803-1821. https://doi.org/10.1080/13642987.2021.1989412

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)
Journal Article
Walter, A. S., & Redlawsk, D. P. (2023). The Effects of Politician’s Moral Violations on Voters' Moral Emotions. Political Behavior, 45(3), 1191-1217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11109-021-09749-z

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.

The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana (2021)
Book
Aldrich, R., & Cormac, R. (2021). The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana. Atlantic Books

For the first time, The Secret Royals uncovers the remarkable relationship between the Royal Family and the intelligence community, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the death of Princess Diana. In an enthralling narrative, Richard J. Aldrich an... Read More about The Secret Royals: Spying and the Crown, from Victoria to Diana.

Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) after proxy wars: reconceptualising the consequences of external support (2021)
Journal Article
Mumford, A. (2021). Disarmament, demobilisation and reintegration (DDR) after proxy wars: reconceptualising the consequences of external support. Third World Quarterly, 42(12), 2956-2973. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2021.1981762

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.

Assessing the Impact of Membership Turnover on Constituent Views of the European Parliament (2021)
Book Chapter
Daniel, W., & Metzger, S. (2021). Assessing the Impact of Membership Turnover on Constituent Views of the European Parliament. In J. A. Scherpereel (Ed.), Personnel Turnover and the Legitimacy of the EU (35-58). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60052-5_2

This chapter examines the attitudinal dimension of input legitimacy in the EU. It investigates the relationship between personnel turnover in the European Parliament (EP) and citizens’ attitudes toward the EP since the start of direct elections in 19... Read More about Assessing the Impact of Membership Turnover on Constituent Views of the European Parliament.

Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism and Marxism-Leninism (2021)
Journal Article
Pateman, J. (2021). Kimilsungism-Kimjongilism and Marxism-Leninism. Politics, Religion and Ideology, 22(3-4), 351-371. https://doi.org/10.1080/21567689.2021.1984235

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)
Journal Article
Lee, D. S., & Casal Bertoa, F. (2021). On the causes of electoral volatility in Asia since 1948. Party Politics, 28(6), 1187–1199. https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688211046858

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.