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Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections? (2023)
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Dardanelli, P., Kincaid, J., Adeney, K., Moscovich, L., Olmeda, J. C., Schlegel, R., …Lacroix Eussler, S. (2023). Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections?. Regional and Federal Studies, 33(5), 577-606. https://doi.org/10.1080/13597566.2023.2274861

What is the impact of democracy/authoritarianism regime change on de/centralization in federations? Based on the annual coding of three politico-institutional aspects, 22 policy fields, and five fiscal categories, this article maps de/centralization... Read More about Authoritarianism, democracy and de/centralization in federations: what connections?.

Party and Party System Institutionalization: Which Comes First? (2023)
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Casal Bértoa, F., Enyedi, Z., & Mölder, M. (2023). Party and Party System Institutionalization: Which Comes First?. Perspectives on Politics, 22(1), 194-212. https://doi.org/10.1017/s1537592723002530

Parties and party systems are treated as separate phenomena in theory, but not in research practice. This is most clearly so in the literature on the institutionalization of party politics, where the party level and the systemic levels are often anal... Read More about Party and Party System Institutionalization: Which Comes First?.

Marx’s Capital and the concept of super-exploitation (2023)
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Burns, T. (in press). Marx’s Capital and the concept of super-exploitation. Capital and Class, https://doi.org/10.1177/03098168231199913

This article explores the theory of exploitation which Marx sets out in Capital. It argues that Marx assumes there that there are five modes of extraction of surplus value. These are associated with the following principles: 1. extended duration of t... Read More about Marx’s Capital and the concept of super-exploitation.

Coaxing corporations: Enriching the conceptualization of governments as strategic actors (2023)
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Gill, M. J., & Gill, D. J. (2024). Coaxing corporations: Enriching the conceptualization of governments as strategic actors. Strategic Management Journal, 45(3), 588-615. https://doi.org/10.1002/smj.3557

Research Summary: Little is known about how governments secure discrete resources from global corporations over which they have limited direct control. Utilizing declassified archival sources, we examine how the UK government influenced Moody's and S... Read More about Coaxing corporations: Enriching the conceptualization of governments as strategic actors.

Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine (2023)
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Renz, B. (2023). Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine. Problems of Post-Communism, https://doi.org/10.1080/10758216.2023.2253359

The poor performance of the Russian military during the invasion of Ukraine came as a surprise to many in the West. This prompted a debate about why Russian capabilities had been overestimated. Fingers were pointed at the work of Western military ana... Read More about Western Estimates of Russian Military Capabilities and the Invasion of Ukraine.

Private Investment in Chinese Football Clubs: Political Capital and State-Business Exchanges (2023)
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Ross, T., Sullivan, J., & Lai, H. (2023). Private Investment in Chinese Football Clubs: Political Capital and State-Business Exchanges. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, 52(3), 518 - 541. https://doi.org/10.1177/18681026231188142

Business-government relations play a crucial role in China's economic development and policy implementation. Situated in an asymmetric dependency nexus, local officials court business investments to facilitate policy and boost their political careers... Read More about Private Investment in Chinese Football Clubs: Political Capital and State-Business Exchanges.

The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952 (2023)
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Lomas, D., & Murphy, C. J. (2023). The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952. Diplomacy and Statecraft, 34(3), 433-463. https://doi.org/10.1080/09592296.2023.2239638

The protection of diplomats, embassies and sensitive information has always been an important aspect of diplomacy. Today, security is an accepted norm of day-to-day diplomatic work, yet the importance of security in the UK Foreign Office was not alwa... Read More about The Foreign Office ‘Thought Police’: Foreign Office Security, the Security Department and the ‘Missing Diplomats’, 1940 – 1952.

Expanding and protecting human rights from space (2023)
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Bales, K. (2023). Expanding and protecting human rights from space. Digital War, 5(1-2), 33-37. https://doi.org/10.1057/s42984-023-00064-x

The area of surveillance of human activities from above is fraught with concerns and controversy. Such surveillance is clearly being used in ways that invade human lives and often put those lives in danger. At the same time, there is an argument for... Read More about Expanding and protecting human rights from space.

The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective (2023)
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Landman, T., & Smallman-Raynor, M. (2023). The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective. Political Geography, 106, Article 102957. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.polgeo.2023.102957

Since its appearance in Wuhan (China) in late December 2019, the geographical spread of COVID-19 and its constituent waves varied in pace and intensity around the world. Responses to the pandemic also varied across the world with high variation in ca... Read More about The politics of COVID-19: Government response in comparative perspective.

Buying Taiwan? The Limitations of Mainland Chinese Cross-Strait Direct Investments as a Tool of Economic Statecraft (2023)
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Lee, C., & Knoerich, J. (2024). Buying Taiwan? The Limitations of Mainland Chinese Cross-Strait Direct Investments as a Tool of Economic Statecraft. China Quarterly, 257, 202-221. https://doi.org/10.1017/s0305741023001029

Chinese cross-border investments are often assumed to be state-driven and Beijing’s tool of economic statecraft. However, corresponding evidence remains inconclusive. This article examines mainland Chinese direct investments in Taiwan and finds that... Read More about Buying Taiwan? The Limitations of Mainland Chinese Cross-Strait Direct Investments as a Tool of Economic Statecraft.

Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election (2023)
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Trumm, S., Milazzo, C., & Duggan, A. (2023). Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election. Politics, https://doi.org/10.1177/02633957231186384

The 2019 General Election brought about a significant change in the parliamentary balance of power. There has already been much attention devoted to how parties and their leaders campaigned in the run up to the polling day. Using original leaflet dat... Read More about Parliamentary candidates and their campaign messages at the 2019 General Election.

Racism by Designation: Making Sense of Western States’ Nondesignation of White Supremacists as Terrorists (2023)
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Búzás, Z. I., & Meier, A. A. (2023). Racism by Designation: Making Sense of Western States’ Nondesignation of White Supremacists as Terrorists. Security Studies, 32(4-5), 680-713. https://doi.org/10.1080/09636412.2023.2230882

How can we make sense of Western states’ nondesignation of white supremacists as terrorists compared to other actors engaged in similar political violence? This article offers three arguments and supports them with rich case studies of designation in... Read More about Racism by Designation: Making Sense of Western States’ Nondesignation of White Supremacists as Terrorists.

Parties’ parliamentary attack behaviour throughout the electoral cycle (2023)
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Poljak, Ž., & Walter, A. S. (2023). Parties’ parliamentary attack behaviour throughout the electoral cycle. Party Politics, https://doi.org/10.1177/13540688231188476

Studies examining parties’ attack behaviour, also called negative campaigning, largely neglect temporal dynamics. Therefoe, this paper examines how the electoral cycle, the period between two elections, impacts parties’ attack behaviour in parliament... Read More about Parties’ parliamentary attack behaviour throughout the electoral cycle.

Samuel Pufendorf on multiple monarchy and composite kingdoms (2023)
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Holland, B. (in press). Samuel Pufendorf on multiple monarchy and composite kingdoms. History of European Ideas, https://doi.org/10.1080/01916599.2023.2233060

This article expounds Samuel von Pufendorf’s evolving theory of multiple monarchy, from the publication of his early work on the form of the Holy Roman Empire, through his natural jurisprudence, to his historical accounts of European statesmanship. A... Read More about Samuel Pufendorf on multiple monarchy and composite kingdoms.

The View From Beijing on Black Lives Matter: Why do Black Lives Matter for Beijing? (2023)
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Burcu, O., & Wang, W. (2023). The View From Beijing on Black Lives Matter: Why do Black Lives Matter for Beijing?. Journal of Current Chinese Affairs, https://doi.org/10.1177/18681026231178560

Why and how has China covered the Black Lives Matter (BLM), a movement with emerging themes closely related to its domestic issues? To what extent does the Chinese media build a unified discourse on sensitive themes that underpin the BLM? These are i... Read More about The View From Beijing on Black Lives Matter: Why do Black Lives Matter for Beijing?.

The Determinants of Taxation Innovation Policy in Spain’s Common Regime Autonomous Communities (1986-2018) (2023)
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Kölling, M., Toubeau, S., & Godoy, D. Z. (2024). The Determinants of Taxation Innovation Policy in Spain’s Common Regime Autonomous Communities (1986-2018). Publius: The Journal of Federalism, 54(1), 88-120. https://doi.org/10.1093/publius/pjad027

This article studies the determinants of tax innovation in Spain's Common Regime Autonomous Communities (ACs) over the period 1986-2018, across the different types of taxes included in their 'own taxes'. Our central finding is that the introduction o... Read More about The Determinants of Taxation Innovation Policy in Spain’s Common Regime Autonomous Communities (1986-2018).

Recasting “Fundamental ‘British’ Values”: Education, Justice, and Preventing Violent Extremism (2023)
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Stevens, D. (2023). Recasting “Fundamental ‘British’ Values”: Education, Justice, and Preventing Violent Extremism. Educational Theory, 73(3), 355-375. https://doi.org/10.1111/edth.12584

Societies concerned with preventing acts of violent extremism often target the ideas that are thought to motivate such acts. The state's use of educational institutions is one mechanism by which those ideas are subjected to challenge. Teaching libera... Read More about Recasting “Fundamental ‘British’ Values”: Education, Justice, and Preventing Violent Extremism.

COVID-19 and aid distribution in the Philippines: a patron-clientelist explanation (2023)
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Eadie, P., & Yacub, C. (2024). COVID-19 and aid distribution in the Philippines: a patron-clientelist explanation. Third World Quarterly, 45(1), 229-246. https://doi.org/10.1080/01436597.2023.2218807

Republic Act (RA) 11469, also known as ‘The Bayanihan to Heal as One Act’, and RA 11494 the ‘Bayanihan to Recover as One Act’, or Bayanihan 2, were passed into law in the Philippines as a response to the COVID-19 pandemic. RA 11469 and RA 11494 were... Read More about COVID-19 and aid distribution in the Philippines: a patron-clientelist explanation.