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The only living guerrillero in New York: Cuba and the brokerage power of a resilient revisionist state
This article explores how weak countries deflect systemic pressure towards change and even succeed in preserving old institutions to their advantage....
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The State as a Challenger to Civil Society Elites: The Case of Poland
In recent decades, we can observe significant changes in states’ approaches towards civil society around the globe, including efforts to control...
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At what cost? Power, payments, and public support of international organizations
The drivers of public support for international organizations (IOs) are multifaceted and contested. Focusing on the US, we argue that citizens weigh...
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Support for Democracy in the Age of Rising Inequality and Population Aging
This article argues that advanced democracies face a dual crisis of rising inequality and population aging, which jointly put pressure on welfare...
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Alter-nation? Factions, Coalitions and Environmental Governance in the Context of Contested Post-apartheid Local State Democratisation
Many African states have become electoral democracies, but others are still run by electoral authoritarian regimes, and/or exhibit procedural but not...
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Class, State and Urban Space
This chapter lays the conceptual groundwork for the analysis of the transformation of Amsterdam, through two mechanisms: the socio-political cycle of...
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Identity and support for policies towards Indigenous people: evidence from Australia
This paper adds to knowledge on the role of politicians’ and voters’ identities in influencing policy-making in societies marked by ethnic...
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Parental Support and Family Firm Succession Intention: The Mediation Effect of Next-Generation Members’ Commitment to the Family Firm
Based on data from the Global University Entrepreneurial Students’ Spirit Survey (GUESS) 2018 project, this study examined the relationship between...
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Ideological cleavages beyond the nation-state: The emergence of transnational political groups in international parliaments
Territorial divisions are commonly believed to dominate the international realm, supposedly leaving no room for ideological distinctions to take...
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Development support as education aid or labor trade? South Korean nurses in West Germany (1965–1976)
Over 10,000 South Korean nurses were sent to West Germany in the 11-year period between 1965 and 1976. It is known that they were dispatched because...
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The Austrian Welfare State: A Halfway House
The Austrian welfare state is stable and its basic structure is not in question. Its social policy is influenced by the neoliberal mainstream in...
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Does Supervisory and Co-Worker Support Reduce Work-Family Conflict among Nurses in Bangladesh? The Moderating Effect of Technostress
In Bangladesh, nurses experience an imbalance between their professional and personal lives due to issues like a heavy workload, a lack of staff, an...
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Social Support and Left-Behind Children’s Social Adaptation: The Mediating Role of Self-Esteem
The mechanism by which social support contributes to the social adaptation of left-behind children (LBC) in mainland China remains unclear. This...
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Haredi Fundamentalism in the State of Israel
Since its establishment in 1948, the State of Israel, which defines itself as Jewish-nation state, has been providing Haredi Jewry, also known as...
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The Differential Inclusion of Migrant Farmworkers’ and the Landscape of Support in a Migrant-intensive Region in Ontario, Canada
Canada’s national migration regimes, which are witnessing an increase in temporary foreign workers, underscore the contentious nature of inclusion...
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State Violence
Citizens rely on the state to care for their welfare and protect their human rights. But what if the state becomes the violator of these rights and...
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State-Level Policies, Descriptive Representation, and the Gender Pay Gap, 2010–2019
The gender pay gap serves as a barometer of gender inequality. Researchers across a variety of disciplines have researched the economic, political,...
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Older Chinese and Filipino American Immigrants with Type 2 Diabetes and their Adult Child: A Qualitative Dyadic Exploration of Family Support
Type 2 Diabetes (T2D) among older Asian American immigrants (AA) is a growing concern. Asian Americans represent 9% of diagnosed diabetes. Very...
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Church, State and Academia
This chapter focuses on the relationship between Catholic networks of international cooperation and the processes of academic...
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Appraising sufficiency of financial support for older adults in Anambra State, Nigeria
Older adults are highly associated with frailty and disengagement from income-generating activities, hence the high tendency for financial...