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Who Votes by Post? Understanding the Drivers of Postal Voting in the 2019 British General Election (2021)
Journal Article
Townsley, J., Turnbull-Dugarte, S. J., Trumm, S., & Milazzo, C. (2023). Who Votes by Post? Understanding the Drivers of Postal Voting in the 2019 British General Election. Parliamentary Affairs, 76(1), 43-61. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsab049

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)
Journal Article
Bales, K. (2021). What is the link between natural disaster and human trafficking and slavery?. Journal of Modern Slavery, 6(3), 36-47. https://doi.org/10.22150/jms/mojj8604

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)
Journal Article
Bales, K., & Sovacool, B. K. (2021). From forests to factories: How modern slavery deepens the crisis of climate change. Energy Research and Social Science, 77, Article 102096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.erss.2021.102096

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)
Journal Article
Burns, T. (2022). The concept of a social formation in the writings of E. P. Thompson and Ellen Meiksins Wood. Capital and Class, 46(2), 257-277. https://doi.org/10.1177/03098168211029000

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)
Journal Article
Schuster, C., Mikkelsen, K. S., Correa, I., & Meyer-Sahling, J. H. (2022). Exit, Voice, and Sabotage: Public Service Motivation and Guerrilla Bureaucracy in Times of Unprincipled Political Principals. Journal of Public Administration Research and Theory, 32(2), 416-435. https://doi.org/10.1093/jopart/muab028

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)
Journal Article
Bieler, A., & Morton, A. D. (2021). Is capitalism structurally indifferent to gender?: Routes to a value theory of reproductive labour. Environment and Planning A, 53(7), 1749-1769. https://doi.org/10.1177/0308518x211031572

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)
Journal Article
Daniel, W. T., & Thierse, S. (2022). Individual amending activity in the European Parliament committee system. Journal of European Integration / Revue d'Intégration Européenne, 44(4), 531-550. https://doi.org/10.1080/07036337.2021.1950704

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)
Journal Article
Pateman, J. (2021). V. I. Lenin On The "Women Question". Science and Society, 85(3), 302-331. https://doi.org/10.1521/siso.2021.85.3.302

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".

Battling Over Social Media: Public Protest and State Responses concerning Dr Li Wenliang’s Death in China (2021)
Journal Article
Lai, H. (2021). Battling Over Social Media: Public Protest and State Responses concerning Dr Li Wenliang’s Death in China. East Asian Policy, 13(2), 36-48. https://doi.org/10.1142/S1793930521000118

This article conducts a case study regarding the reactions by the public and the state on the internet to the death of Dr Li Wenliang, a whistleblower revealing the Covid-19 outbreak in China. It addresses the ongoing debate in the literature regardi... Read More about Battling Over Social Media: Public Protest and State Responses concerning Dr Li Wenliang’s Death in China.

Consequences of context : how the social, political, and economic environment affects voting (2021)
Book
Schmitt, H., Segatti, P., & van der Eijk, C. (Eds.). (2021). Consequences of context : how the social, political, and economic environment affects voting. Rowman & Littlefield

This book presents the most extensive study to date of how context influences citizens’ electoral behaviour. Context consists of aspects of the political, economic and social domains, and citizens’ electoral behaviour involves their participation in... Read More about Consequences of context : how the social, political, and economic environment affects voting.

Harmonising Data, Analytical Approaches and Analysis Issues (2021)
Book Chapter
VAN DER EIJK, C., De Sio, L., & Vezzoni, C. (2021). Harmonising Data, Analytical Approaches and Analysis Issues. In H. Schmitt, P. Segatti, & C. van der Eijk (Eds.), Consequences of Context: How the Social, Political and Economic Environment Affects Voting (21-44). London: Rowman & Littlefield / ECPR Press

Sovereignty Contested Vattel’s Use of Leibniz, Hobbes, and Pufendorf (2021)
Book Chapter
Holland, B. (2021). Sovereignty Contested Vattel’s Use of Leibniz, Hobbes, and Pufendorf. In P. Schröder (Ed.), Concepts and Contexts of Vattel's Political and Legal Thought (45-63). Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108784009.004

In this chapter, I draw out some implications of Vattel’s description of sovereign states as moral persons. The first section outlines the state-personality tradition from Thomas Hobbes through Samuel Pufendorf, with whom the moral person locution or... Read More about Sovereignty Contested Vattel’s Use of Leibniz, Hobbes, and Pufendorf.

Public debt and intergenerational ethics: how to fund a clean technology 'Apollo program'? (2021)
Journal Article
Rendall, M. (2021). Public debt and intergenerational ethics: how to fund a clean technology 'Apollo program'?. Climate Policy, 21(7), 976-982. https://doi.org/10.1080/14693062.2021.1935679

If the present generation refuses to bear the burden of mitigating global heating, could we motivate sufficient action by shifting that burden to our descendants? Several writers have proposed breaking the political impasse by funding mitigation thro... Read More about Public debt and intergenerational ethics: how to fund a clean technology 'Apollo program'?.

Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector (2021)
Book Chapter
Jardine, A., Trautrims, A., & Gardner, A. (2021). Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector. In S. Gold, M. G. Arnold, J. N. Muthuri, & X. Rueda (Eds.), Base of the Pyramid Markets in Affluent Countries: Innovation and challenges to sustainability. Taylor & Francis (Routledge)

Hand car washing, the process of washing a vehicle by hand, is a relatively new business activity in the United Kingdom (UK). Prior to 2004, hand car washes (HCWs) were virtually non-existent (Clark & Colling, 2018). However, it is estimated that bet... Read More about Far from Clean: Labour Exploitation in the UK’s Hand Car Wash Sector.

Consequences of Context: How the Social, Political and Economic Environment Affects Voting - Online Appendix, Version 1.0 (2021)
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(2021). Consequences of Context: How the Social, Political and Economic Environment Affects Voting - Online Appendix, Version 1.0. Mannheim

Online appendix with the book 'Consequences of Context - How the Social, Political and Economic Environment Affects Voting'. Contains additional findings, graphs, tables, analysis/replication syntaxes and scripts in Stata and R, contextual-informatio... Read More about Consequences of Context: How the Social, Political and Economic Environment Affects Voting - Online Appendix, Version 1.0.

How Pakistan and China Negotiate (2021)
Report
Adeney, K., & Boni, F. (2021). How Pakistan and China Negotiate. Washington DC: Carnegie Endowment of International Peace

Since being officially launched in April 2015, the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor (CPEC) has been one of the most watched set of projects under the aegis of Chinese President Xi Jinping’s signature Belt and Road Initiative (BRI). Having already inj... Read More about How Pakistan and China Negotiate.

What constitutes successful covert action? Evaluating unacknowledged interventionism in foreign affairs (2021)
Journal Article
Cormac, R., Walton, C., & Puyvelde, D. V. (2021). What constitutes successful covert action? Evaluating unacknowledged interventionism in foreign affairs. Review of International Studies, 48(1), 111-128. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0260210521000231

Covert action has long been a controversial tool of international relations. However, there is remarkably little public understanding about whether it works and, more fundamentally, about what constitutes success in this shadowy arena of state activi... Read More about What constitutes successful covert action? Evaluating unacknowledged interventionism in foreign affairs.