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Explaining the German lobbying register law and its reform: combining insights from the Multiple Streams Framework and Punctuated Equilibrium Theory
This paper explains the adoption and reform of the German lobbying register law in 2021 and 2023 as a major policy change in German lobbying...
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Referendums and political-institutional convergence in European democracies: A time-differencing configurational analysis
This study assesses democratic changes against the background of an increased use of referendums in European parliamentary systems. Existing studies...
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The OBR and the fragilities, complexities and promise of technocratic economic governance
This contribution explores how technocratic economic governance rests on underlying principles of political economy—normatively informed judgements...
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Shared adversaries in the Anglo-American Special Relationship: from the Cold War to contemporary threats
The Anglo-American Special Relationship has been at its most vibrant when the two countries have shared a common adversary. The Cold War...
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A majority rule philosophy for instant runoff voting
We present the core support criterion, a voting criterion satisfied by Instant Runoff Voting (IRV) that is analogous to the Condorcet criterion but...
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Washington and tragicomedy: emploting the ‘Chinese threat’
This study addresses the role of storytelling in making sense of, sha**, and giving direction to US foreign policy in relation to China from 2011...
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Institutional Isolation: A Network Analysis of **’s Inspection Tour
The high-level domestic travels of central leaders serve as a platform for conveying political messages and spotlighting regions and policies of...
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China’s role in sovereign debt restructuring
As the world’s largest bilateral lender to low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), China faces challenges dealing with some sovereign borrowers in...
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Un-siloing securitization: an intersectional intervention
This research reflects on how securitization works as a structure of power, or as a vehicle through which extant power structures (nationalism, race,...
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The OBR and the neo-liberal paradox
One of the issues raised by Ben Clift’s book on the OBR is the paradox in UK neo-liberal thinking since Brexit. This is created by the attempt to...
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The East China Sea: A Case of Ocean Geopolitics and Maritime Conflict
This article analyzes ECS maritime disputes through two lenses: as a globally comparable case study mediated through LOS and as a distinct regional...
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Can the Fairer Sex Save the Day? Voting for Women After Corruption Scandals in Latin America
Voters often perceive female politicians to be less corrupt than male politicians, and recent work posits that political parties use this perception...
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Procedure Matters: The Distinct Attitudinal Feedback Effects of Immigration Policy
Natives who dislike immigrants prefer restrictive immigration policies, but do those policies deepen or alleviate anti-immigrant attitudes? Existing...
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The Personalization of Electoral Participation? The Relationship Between Trait Evaluations of Presidential Candidates and Turnout Decisions in American Presidential Elections 1980–2020
The personalization thesis claims that leaders’ influence over voters has increased. While research consistently shows that candidates influence...
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Online Abuse of Politicians: Experimental Evidence on Politicians’ Own Perceptions
Criticism from dissatisfied citizens is an inevitable part of being an elected politician in a democracy. However, when negative feedback from...
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Assessing the Effects of Workplace Contextual Factors on Turnover Intention: Evidence from U.S. Federal Employees
This study delves into the crucial topic of turnover intention among U.S. Federal Employees, shedding light on the workplace factors that play a...
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Approaches to policy framing: deepening a conversation across perspectives
Since Rein and Schön developed their approach to policy framing analysis in the1990s, a range of approaches to policy framing have emerged to inform...
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Determinants of Occupational Fraud Among Public Sector Employees in Maldives: External Auditor’s Perspective
This study investigates factors driving occupational fraud in the Maldivian public sector, from the perspective of external auditors. Using survey...
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Violent Riots and South African Satisfaction with Democracy
The past decade has witnessed growing challenges to democracies around the world, with rising levels of democratic discontent and political violence....
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Impact of market-based financing on Africa’s debt and development
African countries have been struggling with debt distress for decades. This paper focuses on the continent’s recent effort to finance through issuing...
