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Ghostwriting History: Churchill, Kennedy and the Authenticity of Authorship (2024)
Journal Article
Mumford, A., & Bayford, K. (2024). Ghostwriting History: Churchill, Kennedy and the Authenticity of Authorship. International History Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2024.2316738

This article explores how ghostwritten works of history compromise the authenticity of authorship as a process and have a tainted historiographical utility as source material in international relations. Using the examples of Winston Churchill and Joh... Read More about Ghostwriting History: Churchill, Kennedy and the Authenticity of Authorship.

Ghostwriting History: Churchill, Kennedy and the Authenticity of Authorship (2024)
Journal Article
Mumford, A., & Bayford, K. (2024). Ghostwriting History: Churchill, Kennedy and the Authenticity of Authorship. International History Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2024.2316738

This article explores how ghostwritten works of history compromise the authenticity of authorship as a process and have a tainted historiographical utility as source material in international relations. Using the examples of Winston Churchill and Joh... Read More about Ghostwriting History: Churchill, Kennedy and the Authenticity of Authorship.

Time Matters in Cross-Strait Relations: Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s Future (2024)
Journal Article
Sullivan, J. (in press). Time Matters in Cross-Strait Relations: Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s Future. China Quarterly, https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741023001649

In this article, I examine the ROC president's discursive response to PRC efforts to limit Taiwan's future possibilities and undermine confidence in Taiwan's future. I argue that the capacity to imagine the future, and perceiving agency to affect fut... Read More about Time Matters in Cross-Strait Relations: Tsai Ing-wen and Taiwan’s Future.

Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians (2024)
Journal Article
Aldrich, A. S., & Daniel, W. T. (2024). Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians. Journal of Politics, 86(2), 798–803. https://doi.org/10.1086/727603

Gender quotas in legislative elections are a central component of institutional reform to foster women’s inclusion in politics. However, stigma remains that women elected under quotas may be of lower quality than the men that they replace. We investi... Read More about Gender Quota Adoption and the Qualifications of Parliamentarians.

Searching for Ecoterrorism: The Crucial Case of the Unabomber (2024)
Journal Article
Fleming, S. (2024). Searching for Ecoterrorism: The Crucial Case of the Unabomber. American Political Science Review, 204, Article 109926. https://doi.org/10.1017/S000305542300148X

A key finding of recent scholarship on political violence is that environmentalists rarely, if ever, use lethal violence. Many scholars have argued that "ecoterrorism"is a misnomer for what is more accurately termed "ecotage."Large-n studies of envir... Read More about Searching for Ecoterrorism: The Crucial Case of the Unabomber.

Friends Disunited: Explaining US-UK Covert Action in Albania (2024)
Journal Article
Long, S., & Cormac, R. (2024). Friends Disunited: Explaining US-UK Covert Action in Albania. International History Review, https://doi.org/10.1080/07075332.2024.2303981

States have long engaged in covert action, often in conjunction with partners and/or formal allies. Yet existing histories often take a single-state approach, neglecting how dynamics between co-instigators shaped the case studies. This article draws... Read More about Friends Disunited: Explaining US-UK Covert Action in Albania.

Presidential Elections and European Party Systems (1848–2020) (2024)
Journal Article
Casal Bértoa, F., & Weber, T. (2024). Presidential Elections and European Party Systems (1848–2020). British Journal of Political Science, 54(3), 874-891. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0007123423000704

Political scientists have long been concerned that a popularly elected presidency may destabilize competitive party systems. We develop and test a new theory holding that the impact is more immediate and severe than previously assumed. Coexisting leg... Read More about Presidential Elections and European Party Systems (1848–2020).

De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms (2024)
Book Chapter
Holland, B. (2024). De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms. In P. Schröder (Ed.), Concepts and Contexts of Pufendorf's International Legal and Political Thought (41-58). Oxford University Press (OUP)

This chapter investigates Pufendorf’s concept of systema civitatum or ‘system of states’. The chapter illuminates the concept by excavating it in several contexts. First, it examines the evolution of the term in Pufendorf’s own writings, from his ear... Read More about De Systematibus Civitatum: Pufendorf on Confederations and Composite Kingdoms.

Marx and the Concept of a Social Formation (2024)
Journal Article
Burns, T. (2024). Marx and the Concept of a Social Formation. Historical Materialism, 13(2), 1-30. https://doi.org/10.1163/1569206x-bja10032

This paper discusses the significance of the concept of a social formation for historical materialism. It argues that the concept is wrongly thought to be associated uniquely with the writings of Louis Althusser and with structuralist Marxism. It can... Read More about Marx and the Concept of a Social Formation.

Intelligence warning in the Ukraine war, Autumn 2021–Summer 2022 (2024)
Journal Article
Gustafson, K., Lomas, D., & Wagner, S. (2024). Intelligence warning in the Ukraine war, Autumn 2021–Summer 2022. Intelligence and National Security, 39(3), https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2024.2322214

Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 is a unique case study of the use of warning intelligence. The article shows that whilst Russia’s invasion has sparked a wave of interest on aspects of intelligence, including the use of open source and ‘... Read More about Intelligence warning in the Ukraine war, Autumn 2021–Summer 2022.

Zero-COVID Policy in China: Epidemic Control and the Mode of Politics (2023)
Journal Article
Lai, H. (2023). Zero-COVID Policy in China: Epidemic Control and the Mode of Politics. East Asian Policy, 15(4), 61-77. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793930523000296

In 2022 highly restrictive measures were imposed in China to contain the less deadly Omicron variant of SARS-CoV-2. This study argues that these measures resulted from a move away from pragmatic authoritarianism and toward totalitarianism since 2013... Read More about Zero-COVID Policy in China: Epidemic Control and the Mode of Politics.

Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy (2023)
Journal Article
KHAN, G. (2023). Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy. Philosophy and Social Criticism,

In philosophy and political theory, the term paradox is often used synonymously with antinomy, contradiction, and aporia. This paper clarifies the meaning of these terms through tracing their respective etymology. We see that antinomy denotes a deep-... Read More about Against received ppinion: recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for an analysis of populism and liberal democracy.

Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy (2023)
Journal Article
Khan, G. (2023). Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy. Philosophy and Social Criticism, https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537231219944

In philosophy and political theory, the term paradox is often used synonymously with antinomy, contradiction and aporia. This article clarifies the meaning of these terms through tracing their respective etymology. We see that antinomy denotes a deep... Read More about Against received opinion: Recovering the original meaning of ‘paradox’ for populism and liberal democracy.

What kind of discipline are we? A network analysis of British Politics (2023)
Journal Article
Byrne, C., & Randall, N. (2024). What kind of discipline are we? A network analysis of British Politics. British Politics, 19, 26-45. https://doi.org/10.1057/s41293-023-00247-w

Research on British politics has traditionally been too reliant on a single model for understanding its field of inquiry—initially the Westminster model and then, since the 2000s, the governance-focused ‘differentiated polity model’. It has also been... Read More about What kind of discipline are we? A network analysis of British Politics.

(Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali (2023)
Journal Article
Bertrand, E., Chafer, T., & Stoddard, E. (2024). (Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali. Journal of Intervention and Statebuilding, 18(3), 286-305. https://doi.org/10.1080/17502977.2023.2278268

Employing the concept of ‘utility of force' and advancing a new counterpart – the ‘disutility of force' – this article explores why France's military intervention in Mali failed despite a major French material power advantage over the armed groups it... Read More about (Dis)utilities of Force in a Postcolonial Context: Explaining the Strategic Failure of the French-Led Intervention in Mali.

Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala (2023)
Journal Article
Trenta, L., Fahey, K. T., & Atkinson, D. B. (2024). Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala. Intelligence and National Security, 39(4), 579-598. https://doi.org/10.1080/02684527.2023.2279317

Recent scholarship debates the signaling function of secrecy and covertness. At the international level, covertness is used to achieve strategic objectives without risking escalation or openly violating international law. Domestically, secrecy is und... Read More about Secrecy and the politics of selective disclosures: the US government's intervention in Guatemala.

Does citizen participation make public servants more satisfied with their jobs? It depends on whether they are Spectators or Participants (2023)
Journal Article
Islam, K. M., Meyer‐Sahling, J., Mikkelsen, K. S., Rahman, T., & Schuster, C. (2023). Does citizen participation make public servants more satisfied with their jobs? It depends on whether they are Spectators or Participants. Public Administration and Development, 43(5), 381-392. https://doi.org/10.1002/pad.2031

Is citizen participation in policymaking and implementation desirable? Numerous studies have explored its effects on policy outcomes and citizen attitudes. We, instead, examine its effects on public servants. Citizen participation changes public sect... Read More about Does citizen participation make public servants more satisfied with their jobs? It depends on whether they are Spectators or Participants.

MacIntyre and Hegel on the possibility of resolving philosophical disagreements (2023)
Journal Article
Burns, T. (2023). MacIntyre and Hegel on the possibility of resolving philosophical disagreements. Philosophy and Social Criticism, https://doi.org/10.1177/01914537231215713

This article examines the views of Hegel and Alasdair MacIntyre regarding philosophical disagreements, whether or not they can be resolved and if so how. For both thinkers such a disagreement is thought of as taking place between the advocates of two... Read More about MacIntyre and Hegel on the possibility of resolving philosophical disagreements.