Politics and Governance

Papers
(The median citation count of Politics and Governance is 2. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2021-02-01 to 2025-02-01.)
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Gus Dur’s Enduring Legacy: Accruing Religious Merit in the Afterlife85
The European Council, the Council, and the European Green Deal35
Unequal Turnout Among the Newly Enfranchised: The Role of Political Efficacy35
Representing ‘Place’: City Climate Commissions and the Institutionalisation of Experimental Governance in Edinburgh35
Twenty-First Century Military Multilateralism: “Messy” and With Unintended Consequences31
Assessing African Energy Transitions: Renewable Energy Policies, Energy Justice, and SDG 728
Crisis Capitalism and Climate Finance: The Framing, Monetizing, and Orchestration of Resilience-Amidst-Crisis27
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Online Trolls: Unaffectionate Psychopaths or Just Lonely Outcasts and Angry Partisans?20
Southern European Journalists’ Perceptions of Discursive Menaces in the Age of (Online) Delegitimization19
The Diversity of Actors in Reform Backsliding and Its Containment in the Ukrainian Hybrid Regime19
Public Employment Services and Vulnerable Youth in the EU: The Case of Rural NEETs19
An Imperfect Firewall: Quebec’s Constitutional Right of Secession as a Device Against Domination18
The Anti-Homophobia Bill (PLC 122) in Brazil: Conspiracies and Conflicts Between the Constitution and the Bible18
Christian Churches and the Ukraine War: Introducing Religious Publics in Global Politics18
The Impact of Multilevel Governmental Policy on Rural Catalonia: Voices From the Grassroots17
Active Labour Market Policies for Rural NEETs in Lithuania: A Case of Rural Municipalities17
Negative Party Identification and the Use of Party Cues in the Direct Democratic Context16
Transforming the Dynamics of Climate Politics in Japan: Business’ Response to Securitization16
NEETs in Norway: A Scoping Review16
United in Diversity? A Study on the Implementation of Sanctions in the European Union16
Agencies’ Reputational Game in an Evolving Environment: Europol and the European Parliament15
The League of Matteo Salvini: Fostering and Exporting a Modern Mass-Party Grounded on “Phygital” Activism15
Illiberal and Populist Political Narratives on Gender and Underreporting of Sexual Violence: A Case Study of Hungary15
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Merits and Challenges of Comparing the EU and Canada15
Health Care in Federal Systems15
Gender Heterogeneity and Politics in Decision-Making About Green Public Procurement in the Czech Republic15
Free Trade‐Populism and Nativist‐Protectionism: Trade Policy and the Sweden Democrats14
No Borrowing Without Taxing? Fiscal Solidarity of Next Generation EU in Light of the American Experience13
The Coexistence of Fiscal Sovereignties: The Post‐Pandemic European Union in Comparative Perspective13
Preferences and Institutions in European (Dis)Integration12
Patriotism and National Symbols in Russian and Ukrainian Elections12
One Crisis is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU12
Deliberative Mini-Publics and the European Green Deal in Turbulent Times: The Irish and French Climate Assemblies12
Religions and Conspiracy Theories as the Authoritarian “Other” of Democracy?12
What Are Crises for? The Effects on Users’ Engagement in the 2022 Italian Election12
The Recovery and Resilience Dialogues: Cheap Talk or Effective Oversight?12
The Democratic Legitimacy of Secession and the Demos Problem12
Accountability Issues, Online Covert Hate Speech, and the Efficacy of Counter‐Speech12
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Public Employment Services' Responses to the Pandemic: Examples from Portugal, Bulgaria, and Lithuania11
Dimensions and Cartography of Dirty Money in Developing Countries: Tripping Up on the Global Hydra11
Three Lessons From the 2004 “Big Bang” Enlargement11
The Gendered Discourses of Illiberal Demographic Policy in Poland and in Russia11
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Electoral Participation of Non‐National EU Citizens in France: The Case of the Nord11
The Great Discrepancy: Political Action, Sustainable Development and Ecological Communication11
From New to Indispensable: How the 2004 Enlargement Reshaped the EU’s Transformative Powers11
Revisiting Early Fiscal Centralisation in the European Coal and Steel Community in Light of the EU’s Transfer Budget11
Migrants’ Political Participation and Representation in Poland: What Do Political Parties Have to Offer?11
Introduction: Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU–US Relations11
Enduring disembeddedness? Understanding the persistence of trade disconnects in US digital trade policy10
Grasping Foreign and Security Policy Change: Patterns and Conditions of Change Among Liberal Democracies10
The Role of Gender in Parliamentary Attacks and Incivility10
Shifting Coalitions within the Youth Climate Movement in the US10
Legitimacy First: Marine Le Pen’s Visual De‐Demonisation Strategies on Instagram10
A Weakening Transatlantic Relationship? Redefining the EU–US Security and Defence Cooperation10
Conspiracy Theory Beliefs and Political Trust: The Moderating Role of Political Communication10
Editorial: Is There a New Climate Politics?10
Right to a Referendum, or Duty to Deliberate? Rethinking Normative Entitlements to Secession10
Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model10
Carbon Ruins: Engaging with Post-Fossil Transitions through Participatory World-Building10
The Polyphonic Sounds of Europe: Users’ Engagement With Parties’ European-Focused Facebook Posts9
Ranked Choice Voting and Youth Voter Turnout: The Roles of Campaign Civility and Candidate Contact9
Re‐Embedding Trade in the Shadow of Populism9
Industrial Alliances for the Energy Transition: Harnessing Business Power in the Era of Geoeconomics9
Diplomatic Realisation of the EU’s “Geoeconomic Pivot”: Sanctions, Trade, and Development Policy Reform9
Resentment and Coping With the Democratic Dilemma9
Funding the War in Ukraine: The European Peace Facility, the Macro‐Financial Assistance Instrument, and the Slow Rise of an EU Fiscal Capacity9
The New EU Industrial Policy: Opening Up New Frontiers for Financial Capital9
A Chip War Made in Germany? US Techno‐Dependencies, China Chokepoints, and the German Semiconductor Industry9
Multilateralism, Developmental Regionalism, and the African Development Bank9
Locating Cities and Their Governments in Multi-Level Sustainability Governance9
Making Sense of the European Side of the Transatlantic Security Relations in Africa9
A Regulatory‐Developmental Turn Within EU Industrial Policy? The Case of the Battery IPCEIs9
The EU De‐Risking of Energy Dependencies: Towards a New Clean Energy Geopolitical Order?9
Unaccompanied Adolescent Minors’ Experiences of Exception and Abandonment in the Ventimiglia Border Space9
The Power of Norms: Gender Equality Reforms in the Parliaments of Fiji and Samoa8
Different Perspectives on Democracy as an Explanation for the “Populist Radical Right Gender Gap”?8
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From Exclusion to Co-Optation: Political Opportunity Structures and Civil Society Responses in De-Democratising Hungary8
Methodological Reflections on Studying Gender‐Sensitive Parliaments Cross‐Nationally: A “Most Significant Change” Approach8
Local Self‐Governance and the State in South Sudan: Studying Gendered Tenure Relations in Times of Uncertainty8
Satellites and the Changing Politics of Transparency in World Politics8
Explaining Secessionism: What Do We Really Know About It?8
Affective Polarization Among Radical‐Right Supporters: Dislike Differentiation and Democratic Support8
Transformational Party Leaders: Determinants of Leadership Style Assessment in Central and Eastern Europe8
The Informational Consequences of Populism: Social Media News Use and “News Finds Me” Perception8
Climate Politics in Green Deals: Exposing the Political Frontiers of the European Green Deal8
The Territorialization of the Global Commons: Evidence from Ocean Governance7
Unpacking Legal Accountability: The Case of the European Central Bank7
Differentiated Implementation of Controls: The Internal Border Regimes of Schengen7
Legitimisation of Foreign Direct Investment Screening Among Business Actors: The Danish Case7
In the Name of the Conservative People: Slovakia’s Gendered Illiberal Transformation7
Not in Front of the Child: Illiberal Familism and the Hungarian Anti‐LGBTQ+ “Child Protective Law”7
Federal Servants of Inclusion? The Governance of Student Mobility in Canada and the EU7
Green Monetary Policy Measures and Central Bank Mandates: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis7
Assembling Publics: Microsoft, Cybersecurity and Public‐Private Relations7
Anchoring Policies, Alignment Tensions: Reconciling New Zealand’s Climate Change Act and Emissions Trading Scheme7
Masks Down: Diplomacy and Regime Stability in the Post‐Covid‐19 Era7
The Borders of the Law: Legal Fictions, Elusive Borders, Migrants’ Rights7
Chinese Multinationals and Europe’s Geoeconomic Turn: The De‐Globalization of the Chinese ICT and Automotive Industry?7
German Politics and Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Eurozone Budget7
Islamist and Nativist Reactionary Radicalisation in Europe6
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“My Way or No Way”: Political Polarization and Disagreement Among Immigrant Influencers and Their Followers6
Tug of War over Financial Assistance: Which Way Forward for Eurozone Stability Mechanisms?6
Reimagining the Medieval: The Utility of Ethnonational Symbols for Reactionary Transnational Social Movements6
“Mass,” “Movement,” “Personal,” or “Cartel” Party? Fidesz’s Hybrid Organisational Strategy6
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Clocks, Caps, Compartments, and Carve‐Outs: Creating Federal Fiscal Capacity Despite Strong Veto Powers6
A New Generation of Sustainability Governance: Potentials for 2030 Agenda Implementation in Swiss Cantons6
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China’s Carbon Market: Potential for Success?6
Rising to a Challenge? Ten Years of Parliamentary Accountability of the European Semester6
Voter Disenchantment in the Aftermath of the 2005 EU Constitutional Referendum in France6
Illiberal Discourse in Romania: A “Golden” New Beginning?6
Non-War Activities in Cyberspace as a Factor Driving the Process of De-Bordering6
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: European Disintegration, Brexit, and Gibraltar6
The Decision to Go Negative: Election Types, Candidate Characteristics, and Electoral Competition6
Building Legitimacy in an Era of Polycentric Trade: The Case of Transnational Sustainability Governance6
Show Me the Money: Side‐Payments and the Implementation of International Agreements in Federal Systems6
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Legitimacy of Labour Standards Clauses in the EU–Ukraine Collaboration6
Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media6
Reactionary Gender Constructions in Illiberal Political Thinking6
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Accountability in EU Economic Governance: European Commissioners in Polish Parliament6
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The Causes and Modes of European Disintegration6
What Is the Role of the Government in Wildlife Policy? Evolutionary Governance Perspective6
Multi‐Level Governance Feedback and Health Care in Italy in the Aftermath of Covid‐195
Indonesian Women and Terrorism: An Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Trends5
Emissions Lock-in, Capacity, and Public Opinion: How Insights From Political Science Can Inform Climate Modeling Efforts5
The “EU‐Leash”: Growth Model Resilience and Change in the EU’s Eastern Periphery5
“Refugees” as a Misnomer: The Parochial Politics and Official Discourse of the Visegrad Four5
A New Research Agenda: How European Institutions Influence Law-Making in Justice and Home Affairs5
Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy5
Editorial: Access or Excess? Redefining the Boundaries of Transparency in the EU’s Decision-Making5
Climate Change and Institutional Resilience in Arctic Environmental Governance5
Trade Policy and Ecological Transition5
A Post-Development Perspective on the EU’s Generalized Scheme of Preferences5
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The Pancasila Ideological Direction Bill (RUU‐HIP): A Missed Opportunity?5
Gender in the Climate-Conflict Nexus: “Forgotten” Variables, Alternative Securities, and Hidden Power Dimensions5
No Strong Leaders Needed? AfD Party Organisation Between Collective Leadership, Internal Democracy, and “Movement-Party” Strategy5
The UN 2030 Agenda and the Quest for Policy Integration: A Literature Review5
Evolution of Brazilian Democracy: Unveiling Election Dynamics in Political Issues, Negativity, and Acclaim5
Disputing “Gender” in Academia: Illiberalism and the Politics of Knowledge5
Exploring Enablers for an Ambitious Coal Phaseout5
How Much of a New Agenda? International Structures, Agency, and Transatlantic Order5
Arctic Regional Governance: Actors and Transformations5
China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism5
Indonesian Heroes and Villains: National Identity, Politics, Law, and Security5
Comprehensive Security: The Opportunities and Challenges of Incorporating Environmental Threats in Security Policy5
Populists in the Shadow of Unanimity: Contestation of EU Foreign and Security Policy5
Multilevel Venue Shopping Amid Democratic Backsliding in New European Union Member States5
The Debudgetisation of Public Finances in Poland After Covid‐19 and the War in Ukraine5
Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia5
Transparency in EU Trade Policy: A Comprehensive Assessment of Current Achievements5
The Influence of Age on Citizens’ Preferences for Age‐Related Descriptive Representation5
Human Security of Inuit and Sámi in the 21st Century: The Canadian and Finnish Cases5
Accountability Revisited: Parliamentary Perspectives on the Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination, and Governance4
Introduction to Migration and Refugee Flows: New Insights4
Election Reform and Women’s Representation: Ranked Choice Voting in the U.S.4
Institutional Commitment Problems and Regional Autonomy: The Catalan Case4
Russia's Clashing Ambitions: Arctic Status Quo and World‐Order Revision4
Beyond Foreign Policy? EU Sanctions at the Intersection of Development, Trade, and CFSP4
Political Professionalization Beyond National Borders: An Analysis of Italian MPs in Overseas Constituencies4
Policy Entrepreneurs of European Disintegration? The Case of Austrian Asylum Governance After 20154
The European Investment Bank’s ‘Quantum Leap’ to Become the World’s First International Climate Bank4
EU Renewable Energy Governance and the Ukraine War: Moving Ahead Through Strategic Flexibility?4
Maastricht Overcome: An Evolving Disconnect Between the ECB’s Power and Independence4
Angry Reactionary Narcissists? Anger Activates the Link Between Narcissism and Right-Populist Party Support4
Rethinking the “Conspiracy Crisis”: Use and Misuse of “Conspiracy Theory” Labels After Covid‐194
Selective Inclusion? Insights Into Political Parties' Recruitment of Immigrant Background Candidates in Bolzano4
Walking the Walk or Just Talking the Talk? VMRO-BND’s Efforts to Become a Mass Party4
Subaltern Counterpublics in Global Politics4
A Consistent Picture? Issue‐Based Campaigning on Facebook During the 2021 German Federal Election Campaign4
Concept and Varieties of Illiberalism4
NextGenerationEU and the European Semester: Comparing National Plans and Country‐Specific Recommendations4
Subjective Well‐Being of NEETs and Employability: A Study of Non‐Urban Youths in Spain, Italy, and Portugal4
The Political Participation and Representation of Migrants: An Overview4
Ressentiment: A Complex Emotion or an Emotional Mechanism of Psychic Defences?4
Beyond Gender: Exploring the Intersectional Dynamics in Political Interest Among Youth4
Does the EU Have Moral Authority? A Communicative Action Perspective on Sanctions4
Loops of Violence(s) Within Europe’s Governance of Migration in Libya, Italy, Greece, and Belgium4
Nepal’s Status‐Seeking Endeavors: Between Normative Convergence and Geopolitical Interests4
Strategy and Steering in Governance: The Changing Fates of the Argentine Planning Council4
Community Forest Management: Weak States or Strong Communities?4
Authority in Ocean Governance Architecture4
Same Same but Different? Gender Politics and (Trans-)National Value Contestation in Europe on Twitter4
Gender and Opposition Leadership in the Pacific Islands4
Political Issues in Social Media Campaigns for National Elections: A Plea for Comparative Research4
Reject, Reject, Reject...Passed! Explaining a Latecomer of Emigrant Enfranchisement4
Governance Challenges for Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in the Asian Region4
From Counterterrorism to Deterrence: The Evolution of Canada’s and Italy’s Defense Postures4
Passing the Sexual Violence Crime Law in Indonesia: Reflection of a Gender-Sensitive Parliament?4
The Role of European Think Tanks as a Channel of the EU Public Diplomacy Towards Domestic and Foreign Publics4
The European Central Bank: From a Price Stability Paradigm to a Multidimensional Stability Paradigm4
Exploring the Relationship Between Social Movement Organizations and the State in Latin America4
The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries4
Making Polar and Ocean Governance Future-Proof4
Central Bank Digital Currencies and International Crises: Toward an Authoritarian International Monetary Order?4
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SDG Implementation through Technology? Governing Food-Water-Technology Nexus Challenges in Urban Agriculture3
The Relationship Between Topics, Negativity, and User Engagement in Election Campaigns on Facebook3
Norm Compliance and International Status: National Human Rights Institutions in Domestic and Global Politics3
Party Organisation of PiS in Poland: Between Electoral Rhetoric and Absolutist Practice3
Enlargement of the EU Towards the East: A Pivotal Change in EU’s External Policy?3
European Union’s Regulating of Social Media: A Discourse Analysis of the Digital Services Act3
“The Flower and the Wall”: Poet‐Activist Wiji Thukul and Progressive Martyrdom in Post‐Suharto Indonesia3
Temporary Protection in Times of Crisis: The European Union, Canada, and the Invasion of Ukraine3
Divergence Across the Atlantic? US Skepticism Meets the EU and the WTO’s Appellate Body3
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“America is Back” or “America First” and the Transatlantic Relationship3
Digital Transformation and Digital Competences of Urban and Rural Polish Youths3
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Return to De Capitani: The EU Legislative Process between Transparency and Effectiveness3
Public Support for European Integration in Greece and Italy Between 2015 and 20203
Leading the Way, but Also Following the Trend: The Slovak National Party3
Annulment Actions and the V4: Taking Legislative Conflicts Before the CJEU3
A Bird’s Eye View: Supranational EU Actors on Twitter3
Demonising Migrants in Contexts of Extremism: Analysis of Hate Speech in UK and Spain3
The Political Economy of the EU Approach to the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar3
A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy3
Parliamentary Women Opposition Leaders: A Comparative Assessment Across 28 OECD Countries3
Contrasting Views of Citizens’ Assemblies: Stakeholder Perceptions of Public Deliberation on Climate Change3
Latin American Involvement in the 21st Century Geoeconomic Turn: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis3
All About Feelings? Emotional Appeals as Drivers of User Engagement With Facebook Posts3
Democratic Backsliding and Organized Interests in Central and Eastern Europe: An Introduction3
Strong Military and Weak Statehood: The Case of Self‐Governance Through Rasookh in Kashmir3
Interest Group Strategic Responses to Democratic Backsliding3
Spanish Political Communication and Hate Speech on Twitter During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine3
Explaining Attitudes Towards Immigration: The Role of Economic Factors3
New Kids on the Democracy Block: Europeanisation of Interest Groups in Central and Eastern Europe3
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Political Revenge? Downgrading Indonesia’s KPK From Hero to Villain3
Facebook Campaigning in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian Federal Elections3
Climate Security and Policy Options in Japan3
The Geoeconomic Turn in International Trade, Investment, and Technology3
Carbon Pricing in the US: Examining State-Level Policy Support and Federal Resistance3
Gender Sensitizing Parliaments: Reflections on Becoming a Feminist Academic Critical Actor3
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When Believing in Divine Immanence Explains Vaccine Hesitancy: A Matter of Conspiracy Beliefs?3
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