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 2022-06-01 to 2026-06-01.)
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Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising: The 2022 Danish Defense Referendum Campaign35
Masks Down: Diplomacy and Regime Stability in the Post‐Covid‐19 Era32
Merits and Challenges of Comparing the EU and Canada30
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When Illiberals Govern: Educational and Cultural Policies in Hungary and Poland27
Christian Churches and the Ukraine War: Introducing Religious Publics in Global Politics26
Televised Influence: Examining Opinion Formation Through Live Completion of a Voting Advice Application26
Southern European Journalists’ Perceptions of Discursive Menaces in the Age of (Online) Delegitimization25
The Diversity of Actors in Reform Backsliding and Its Containment in the Ukrainian Hybrid Regime25
One Crisis is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU23
Germany’s Energy and Climate Policy as an Ecology of Games23
Public Employment Services and Vulnerable Youth in the EU: The Case of Rural NEETs22
Virtual Worlds, Real Politics: A Cross‐National Comparative Study of Metaverse Policy Approaches22
Digital Resilience of Cosmopolitanism: TikTok Refugees’ Platform Migration and Communication Practice With RedNote Natives22
How Adolescents Evaluate Political Institutions and Develop Political Trust: A Cross‐National Study21
Satellites and the Changing Politics of Transparency in World Politics20
Liberal and Deliberative Democracy in the Global South: Models, Functions, Practices19
Methodological Reflections on Studying Gender‐Sensitive Parliaments Cross‐Nationally: A “Most Significant Change” Approach18
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Voter Disenchantment in the Aftermath of the 2005 EU Constitutional Referendum in France17
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The Influence of Age on Citizens’ Preferences for Age‐Related Descriptive Representation16
EU Renewable Energy Governance and the Ukraine War: Moving Ahead Through Strategic Flexibility?16
Illiberal Discourse in Romania: A “Golden” New Beginning?16
EU Data Sovereignty: An Autonomy–Interdependence Governance Gap?16
Exploring Enablers for an Ambitious Coal Phaseout16
Indonesian Heroes and Villains: National Identity, Politics, Law, and Security15
Gender and Opposition Leadership in the Pacific Islands15
Beyond Apathy: Representative Performance as a Driver of the Age Gap in Voter Turnout15
From Counterterrorism to Deterrence: The Evolution of Canada’s and Italy’s Defense Postures15
Illiberal Politics in Europe: Ideology, Policies, and Impact15
The Debate on the European Union’s Future From the Perspective of Regional Members of Parliament14
Multidimensional Representation in the EU Multilevel Polity: The Role of Congruence in Vote‐Switching14
Passing the Sexual Violence Crime Law in Indonesia: Reflection of a Gender-Sensitive Parliament?14
Assembling Publics: Microsoft, Cybersecurity and Public‐Private Relations14
“My Way or No Way”: Political Polarization and Disagreement Among Immigrant Influencers and Their Followers14
Leader Effects in an Era of Negative Politics: Who Has a Negativity Bias?14
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Industrial Policy and Sectoral Coordination: The Collapse of Germany’s Solar Industry13
When Believing in Divine Immanence Explains Vaccine Hesitancy: A Matter of Conspiracy Beliefs?13
European Union’s Regulating of Social Media: A Discourse Analysis of the Digital Services Act13
Gender and Strategic Opposition Behavior: Patterns of Parliamentary Oversight in Belgium13
Coping With Turbulence and Safeguarding Against Authoritarianism: Polycentric Governance as a Resilience Resource13
Strong Military and Weak Statehood: The Case of Self‐Governance Through Rasookh in Kashmir12
Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments12
Enlargement of the EU Towards the East: A Pivotal Change in EU’s External Policy?12
The Role of Religions and Conspiracy Theories in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes12
Zeitenwende: German Foreign Policy Change in the Wake of Russia's War Against Ukraine12
Facing the Future: Conceiving Legal Obligations Towards Future Generations12
Governing AI Decision‐Making: Balancing Innovation and Accountability12
Embedded Neoliberalism and the Legitimacy of the Post-Lisbon European Union Investment Policy11
The Geoeconomic Turn in International Trade, Investment, and Technology11
Shared Streets: Choreographed Disorder in the Late Socialist City11
Social and Discursive Capital as Illiberal Enabler: A Tale of Two Far‐Right Fictions in France11
Individual‐Level Predictors of Conspiracy Mentality in Germany and Poland11
(Re)Framing Coherence: A Relational Analysis of Social Protection Systems in South Africa and Uganda11
Current Challenges to the Legitimacy of International Economic and Financial Arrangements11
Up and Down With… Polarisation? Intrinsic and Instrumental Polarisation Dynamics in US Climate Policy Debates11
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The Changing Unpolitics of Covid‐19 Vaccine Procurement10
Economic Security and the Politics of Trade and Investment Policy in Europe10
Implementation of EU Trade Agreements Under an Assertive, Open, and Sustainable Trade Policy10
Wagner Group Flows: A Two‐Fold Challenge to Liberal Intervention and Liberal Order10
Authoritarianism and the Psychology of War: Exploring Personality Traits in the Legitimation of Military Conflict10
Mapping Euroscepticism Across Occupational Classes: Economic and Cultural Capital in Comparative Perspective10
The Role of Moral Principles in Resolving Intergenerational Conflicts of Interest10
Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?10
Continuous Militarization as a Mode of Governance of Indigenous People in the Russian Arctic10
Picking Sectors: IPCEIs and Europe’s Emerging State Capacity for Strategic Identification10
Beyond Rhetoric: The European Parliament as a Workplace for Parents and Current Reform Debates10
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Fueling Toxicity? Studying Deceitful Opinion Leaders and Behavioral Changes of Their Followers9
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The Preferred Governing Actors of Populist Supporters: Survey Evidence From Eight European Countries9
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Backsliding Populist Governments in the Council: The Case of the Hungarian Fidesz9
Reporting EU Politics in News Venues: An Issue of Democratic Deficit?9
Investigating Party Abroad: Party Origins and Degrees of Formalization9
Limited Congruence: Citizens’ Attitudes and Party Rhetoric About Referendums and Deliberative Practices9
Drivers and Limits of the Geoeconomic Turn in EU Infrastructure Policy9
Geopolitics and Transnational Data Governance9
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Consensus About the European Union? Understanding the Views of Citizens and Political Parties9
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US Critical Mineral Policies and Alliance Strategies in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry9
Publics in Global Politics: A Framing Paper9
A Chapter on Institutionalization: The Use and Misuse of Institutions of Citizen Participation in Hungary8
Adverse Contagion? Populist Radical Right Parties and Norms on Gender Balance in Political Institutions8
Oversight, Accountability, or Influence? Understanding the Use of Monetary Dialogues in the European Parliament8
From Villain to Hero: The Role of Disengaged Terrorists in Social Reintegration Initiatives8
Debating Europe: Politicization, Contestation, and Democratization8
No Longer Neutral: The ECB’s Geopoliticization of the International Role of the Euro8
The Shortcomings of Just War Theories and the Legitimacy of Just Peace8
Protecting Future Generations Through Minilateralism: Climate Clubs and Normative Legitimacy8
Fiscal Rules and Federal Capacity in American Fiscal History: Lessons for Europe?8
For a Research Agenda on Negative Politics8
Digital Policy as a Driver of Integration: Spillover Effects and European Commission Empowerment8
“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality8
Do Leader Evaluations (De)Mobilize Voter Turnout? Lessons From Presidential Elections in the United States8
European Leadership and European Youth in the Climate Change Regime Complex8
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The Coexistence of Fiscal Sovereignties: The Post‐Pandemic European Union in Comparative Perspective7
The Gendered Discourses of Illiberal Demographic Policy in Poland and in Russia7
Green Monetary Policy Measures and Central Bank Mandates: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis7
The European Green Deal Agenda After the Attack on Ukraine: Exogenous Shock Meets Policy‐Making Stability7
Accountability Issues, Online Covert Hate Speech, and the Efficacy of Counter‐Speech7
Followers First: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Political Leadership7
Active Labour Market Policies for Rural NEETs in Lithuania: A Case of Rural Municipalities7
Gus Dur’s Enduring Legacy: Accruing Religious Merit in the Afterlife7
The Parapolitical Path to Parliament: Former Political Support Staff as Parliamentary Members7
The EU De‐Risking of Energy Dependencies: Towards a New Clean Energy Geopolitical Order?7
Governance Through Regime Complexity: A Role for the EU in the African Security Regime Complex7
Transformational Party Leaders: Determinants of Leadership Style Assessment in Central and Eastern Europe7
Legitimizing Illiberalism: The Construction of Civilizational Identity by the Justice and Development Party in Türkiye7
No Borrowing Without Taxing? Fiscal Solidarity of Next Generation EU in Light of the American Experience7
The Moral and Political Legitimations of War and the Complex Dynamics of Peace Negotiation Processes7
Illiberal and Populist Political Narratives on Gender and Underreporting of Sexual Violence: A Case Study of Hungary7
The Multisided Threat to Free Trade: Protectionism and Fair Trade During Increasing Populism7
How Trickle‐Down Democracy Won the Debate, and Why It Didn’t Have To7
Gender Heterogeneity and Politics in Decision-Making About Green Public Procurement in the Czech Republic7
Unpacking Legal Accountability: The Case of the European Central Bank7
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Indonesian Women and Terrorism: An Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Trends6
Parliamentary Women Opposition Leaders: A Comparative Assessment Across 28 OECD Countries6
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The European Parliament: On the Politics of Naming6
Addressing Migrant Inequality in Youth Political Engagement: The Role of Parental Influences6
Reject, Reject, Reject...Passed! Explaining a Latecomer of Emigrant Enfranchisement6
In the Name of the Conservative People: Slovakia’s Gendered Illiberal Transformation6
Still Out of Touch? Parties and Their Voters on the EU Dimension6
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Conspiracy Theory Beliefs and Political Trust: The Moderating Role of Political Communication6
What Are Crises for? The Effects on Users’ Engagement in the 2022 Italian Election6
Evolution of Brazilian Democracy: Unveiling Election Dynamics in Political Issues, Negativity, and Acclaim6
Doing Industrial Policy in a Geo‐Tech World6
Public Support for European Integration in Greece and Italy Between 2015 and 20206
Pro‐Poor Populism or Financialized Governance? The Politics of PMJDY and PMMY in India6
Disputing “Gender” in Academia: Illiberalism and the Politics of Knowledge6
Trade Policy and Ecological Transition6
Character, Gender, and Populism: How Female Populist Voters Judge the Character of Political Leaders6
Climate Change and Institutional Resilience in Arctic Environmental Governance6
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Sacrifice Zones: How Europe’s Electric Vehicle Transition Is Entangled With Coercive Zoning on Its Semi‐Periphery6
Gender Equality as Foundational to Democracy: Theory and Evidence of Gendered Political Culture(s)6
Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia6
Decolonising Deliberation: Citizens’ Assemblies as a Claimed Space for Forging Bottom‐Up Democracy in Lebanon and Tunisia6
Governing Arctic Seals: A Longitudinal Analysis of News and Policy Discourse6
Undoing Social Policy: The Far Right and the Poor in Argentina6
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Loops of Violence(s) Within Europe’s Governance of Migration in Libya, Italy, Greece, and Belgium6
Voting Advice Application Use Increases Party Position Knowledge: An Experimental Study Among Belgian Youngsters6
Does Federalism Facilitate Permanent Minipublics?6
Technology as Statecraft: Remaking Sovereignty, Security, and Leadership in a Multipolar Age6
Re‐Embedding Trade in the Shadow of Populism6
Sovereignty Crises and the EU’s Moral Challenge6
Institutionalizing Democratic Innovations in Poland: Mapping the Evolution of Citizens’ Assemblies Through Rules of Procedure5
Politicians, Electoral Integrity, and Electoral Management Bodies: A Cross‐National Study on Satisfaction With Democracy5
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Adaptive Sovereignty: China’s Evolving Legislative Framework for Transnational Data Governance5
Gender, Intraparty Competition, and the Substantive Focus of Parliamentary Questions in South Africa5
“Selective Friendship at the Fund”: United States Allies, Labor Conditions, and the International Monetary Fund’s Legitimacy5
Links Between Conspiracy Thinking and Attitudes Toward Democracy and Religion: Survey Data From Poland5
Twitting Against the Enemy: Populist Radical Right Parties Discourse Against the (Political) “Other”5
Generative AI‐Making and State‐Making: Sovereign AI Race and the Future of Digital Geopolitics5
Strategies for Engaging and Outreaching NEETs in Italy: Insights From Active Labour Policies5
Public Policy Europeanisation in Response to the Covid‐19 Crisis: The Case of Job Retention Schemes5
The Youth Guarantee, Vulnerability, and Social Exclusion Among NEETs in Southern Europe5
Network Alliances Among Fridays for Future Local Groups in Italy: Relational Mechanisms in Action5
Exploring Global Climate Policy Futures and Their Representation in Integrated Assessment Models5
Shaping Global Public Spheres Through International Law: An Investigation Into International Climate Change Law5
The Legal Institutionalisation of Public Deliberation and the Embeddedness in the Democratic System: The Italian Case5
Contested Visions for Social Protection in Kenya: The Older Persons Cash Transfer and the Social Registry5
Politicisation and Democracy: The Consequences of Contingency5
The “Accidental Candidate” Versus Europe’s Longest Dictator: Belarus’s Unfinished Revolution for Women5
Longer‐Term Effects of Voting at Age 16: Higher Turnout Among Young People in Scotland5
Measuring Issue Congruence in Western Europe: How Voting Advice Applications Compare to Expert‐ and Manifesto‐Based Estimates5
The Instrumentalization of Women Opposition Leaders for Authoritarian Regime Entrenchment: The Case of Uganda5
The Janus Face of Valuation: Global Performance Indicators as Powerful and Criticized Public Measures5
Narrating Crisis, Imagining Solidarity: The Narrative Politics of Migration5
Spanish Political Communication and Hate Speech on Twitter During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine5
Labour Mobility and Informality: Romanian Migrants in Spain and Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Croatia5
Estimating the Recommendation Certainty in Candidate‐Based Voting Advice Applications5
What’s Net‐Zero? Strategic Green Technology Identification in the European Net‐Zero Industry Act5
Party Competition Over Democracy: Democracy as Electoral Issue in Germany5
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Navigating Regional Regime Complexity: How and Why Does the European Union Cooperate With Regional Organizations?5
Making Polar and Ocean Governance Future-Proof5
The Irresistible Allure of Charismatic Leaders? Populism, Social Identity, and Polarisation5
Challenging Democracy: Understanding How the Ideas of Populists and Disenchanted Citizens Align5
Blackmailing and Identity Profiling? The Behaviour of Populist Radical Right Governments in EU Development Policy5
Political Pathways and Performance of Women Opposition Leaders in Indonesia and South Korea5
No Way Back? ECB’s Forward Guidance and Policy Normalisation5
The Personality Origins of Positive and Negative Partisanship5
The Wartime Justification Trajectory: A Dynamic Approach to Justifying Wars in the 21st Century5
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Paradoxical Infrastructuring: Genealogies of Governance and “Art of Being Governed” in China’s Blockchain–AI Hypes5
Voter’s Perception of Political Messages Against the Elite Classes in Spain: A Quasi‐Experimental Design5
The EU’s Digital Footprint: Shaping Data Governance in Japan and Singapore4
Trust the People? Populism, Trust, and Support for Direct Democracy4
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Hiding in Plain Sight: The Legitimacy of Labour Standards Clauses in the EU–Ukraine Collaboration4
Selective Inclusion? Insights Into Political Parties' Recruitment of Immigrant Background Candidates in Bolzano4
Enduring disembeddedness? Understanding the persistence of trade disconnects in US digital trade policy4
Testing Staff Roles in the Danish Parliament4
When Violence Becomes Visible: The Bundeswehr’s Struggle for Legitimacy in Afghanistan4
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The “EU‐Leash”: Growth Model Resilience and Change in the EU’s Eastern Periphery4
Online Trolls: Unaffectionate Psychopaths or Just Lonely Outcasts and Angry Partisans?4
Expanding, Complementing, or Substituting Multilateralism? EU Preferential Trade Agreements in the Migration Regime Complex4
The Process of The Transfer of Hate Speech to Demonization and Social Polarization4
Clocks, Caps, Compartments, and Carve‐Outs: Creating Federal Fiscal Capacity Despite Strong Veto Powers4
Policy‐Maker of Last Resort? Drivers of Discretion at the European Central Bank4
A Tale of Two Metaverses: How America, China, and Europe Are Shaping the “New Internet”4
Facebook Campaigning in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian Federal Elections4
Understanding the Role of Political Staff and Parliamentary Administrations4
Institutional Proxy Representatives of Future Generations: A Comparative Analysis of Types and Design Features4
Different Perspectives on Democracy as an Explanation for the “Populist Radical Right Gender Gap”?4
Exploring the Relationship Between Social Movement Organizations and the State in Latin America4
In the Pursuit of Democracy: Support for Referendums in Moldova4
Community Forest Management: Weak States or Strong Communities?4
The Politics of Environmental Networks4
A Geopolitical Economy Analysis of China and India’s Approaches to Transnational Data Governance4
Beyond the Ban: TikTok and the Politics of Digital Sovereignty in the EU and US4
Mirages of External Finance in Social Protection: the Politics of Aid Viewed Through the Monetary Transfer Dilemma4
River Commoning and the State: A Cross‐Country Analysis of River Defense Collectives4
Industrial Alliances for the Energy Transition: Harnessing Business Power in the Era of Geoeconomics4
Liberal Democracy From Oxymoron to Celebrated Concept: British and French Discourses of 1968–20014
Norm Compliance and International Status: National Human Rights Institutions in Domestic and Global Politics4
Decision‐Making Preferences in Times of Crisis4
Class Struggle and International Economic Institutions: The Origins of the GATT and “Embedded Liberalism”4
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NextGenerationEU and the European Semester: Comparing National Plans and Country‐Specific Recommendations4
From Exclusion to Co-Optation: Political Opportunity Structures and Civil Society Responses in De-Democratising Hungary4
Shifting Grounds of Collaboration in Changing Contexts: Evolving Environmental Networks in the Basque Country4
Political Ideology, Policy Attitudes, and Public Support for European Integration4
The Rumours of the Crisis of Liberal Interventionism Are Greatly Exaggerated4
The Decision to Go Negative: Election Types, Candidate Characteristics, and Electoral Competition4
How European Do Young Slovenians Feel?4
Multilevel Venue Shopping Amid Democratic Backsliding in New European Union Member States4
Pro‐Poor Governance: Evidence on Incentivizing Policy Implementation in Brazil4
Emissions Lock-in, Capacity, and Public Opinion: How Insights From Political Science Can Inform Climate Modeling Efforts4
After Post‐Truth: Revisiting the Lippmann–Dewey Debate4
The Pancasila Ideological Direction Bill (RUU‐HIP): A Missed Opportunity?4
Governing the EU’s Energy Crisis: The European Commission’s Geopolitical Turn and its Pitfalls3
Rational Illusions: Everyday Theories of International Status and the Domestic Politics of Boer War3
Shades of Resistance: Factors Influencing Populist Mobilization Against the EU Budgetary Conditionality Regime3
Reconceptualizing Technological Leadership: A Relational and Dynamic Framework3
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