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 2021-08-01 to 2025-08-01.)
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The Diversity of Actors in Reform Backsliding and Its Containment in the Ukrainian Hybrid Regime48
Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model30
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Satellites and the Changing Politics of Transparency in World Politics27
Dimensions and Cartography of Dirty Money in Developing Countries: Tripping Up on the Global Hydra25
The European Council, the Council, and the European Green Deal24
One Crisis is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU24
Multilateralism, Developmental Regionalism, and the African Development Bank23
Southern European Journalists’ Perceptions of Discursive Menaces in the Age of (Online) Delegitimization22
Christian Churches and the Ukraine War: Introducing Religious Publics in Global Politics21
Merits and Challenges of Comparing the EU and Canada21
Public Employment Services and Vulnerable Youth in the EU: The Case of Rural NEETs20
Methodological Reflections on Studying Gender‐Sensitive Parliaments Cross‐Nationally: A “Most Significant Change” Approach20
When Illiberals Govern: Educational and Cultural Policies in Hungary and Poland19
Masks Down: Diplomacy and Regime Stability in the Post‐Covid‐19 Era19
Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising: The 2022 Danish Defense Referendum Campaign19
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Illiberal Politics in Europe: Ideology, Policies, and Impact18
Voter Disenchantment in the Aftermath of the 2005 EU Constitutional Referendum in France18
Ressentiment: A Complex Emotion or an Emotional Mechanism of Psychic Defences?18
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Exploring Enablers for an Ambitious Coal Phaseout18
“My Way or No Way”: Political Polarization and Disagreement Among Immigrant Influencers and Their Followers17
Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy17
Assembling Publics: Microsoft, Cybersecurity and Public‐Private Relations17
A Post-Development Perspective on the EU’s Generalized Scheme of Preferences17
Angry Reactionary Narcissists? Anger Activates the Link Between Narcissism and Right-Populist Party Support17
Gender and Opposition Leadership in the Pacific Islands17
Beyond Foreign Policy? EU Sanctions at the Intersection of Development, Trade, and CFSP16
“Mass,” “Movement,” “Personal,” or “Cartel” Party? Fidesz’s Hybrid Organisational Strategy16
“Refugees” as a Misnomer: The Parochial Politics and Official Discourse of the Visegrad Four16
EU Data Sovereignty: An Autonomy–Interdependence Governance Gap?16
EU Renewable Energy Governance and the Ukraine War: Moving Ahead Through Strategic Flexibility?16
Leader Effects in an Era of Negative Politics: Who Has a Negativity Bias?15
From Counterterrorism to Deterrence: The Evolution of Canada’s and Italy’s Defense Postures15
The Influence of Age on Citizens’ Preferences for Age‐Related Descriptive Representation15
Comprehensive Security: The Opportunities and Challenges of Incorporating Environmental Threats in Security Policy15
Indonesian Heroes and Villains: National Identity, Politics, Law, and Security15
Illiberal Discourse in Romania: A “Golden” New Beginning?15
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When Believing in Divine Immanence Explains Vaccine Hesitancy: A Matter of Conspiracy Beliefs?14
The Debate on the European Union’s Future From the Perspective of Regional Members of Parliament14
Leading the Way, but Also Following the Trend: The Slovak National Party14
Gender and Strategic Opposition Behavior: Patterns of Parliamentary Oversight in Belgium14
Strong Military and Weak Statehood: The Case of Self‐Governance Through Rasookh in Kashmir14
Coping With Turbulence and Safeguarding Against Authoritarianism: Polycentric Governance as a Resilience Resource13
Pandemic Populism? How Covid-19 Triggered Populist Facebook User Comments in Germany and Austria13
Passing the Sexual Violence Crime Law in Indonesia: Reflection of a Gender-Sensitive Parliament?13
The Role of Religions and Conspiracy Theories in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes13
Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments13
Facing the Future: Conceiving Legal Obligations Towards Future Generations13
European Union’s Regulating of Social Media: A Discourse Analysis of the Digital Services Act13
Embedded Neoliberalism and the Legitimacy of the Post-Lisbon European Union Investment Policy12
Zeitenwende: German Foreign Policy Change in the Wake of Russia's War Against Ukraine12
Implementation of EU Trade Agreements Under an Assertive, Open, and Sustainable Trade Policy12
The Dollar as a Mutual Problem: New Transatlantic Interdependence in Finance12
The Geoeconomic Turn in International Trade, Investment, and Technology12
Current Challenges to the Legitimacy of International Economic and Financial Arrangements12
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Enlargement of the EU Towards the East: A Pivotal Change in EU’s External Policy?12
Individual‐Level Predictors of Conspiracy Mentality in Germany and Poland11
Beyond Rhetoric: The European Parliament as a Workplace for Parents and Current Reform Debates11
Continuous Militarization as a Mode of Governance of Indigenous People in the Russian Arctic11
Shared Streets: Choreographed Disorder in the Late Socialist City11
Economic Security and the Politics of Trade and Investment Policy in Europe11
Wagner Group Flows: A Two‐Fold Challenge to Liberal Intervention and Liberal Order11
Carbon Pricing Under Pressure: Withering Markets?11
Migration in Spain: The Role of Cultural Diversity Revisited11
Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?11
The Role of Moral Principles in Resolving Intergenerational Conflicts of Interest10
Drivers and Limits of the Geoeconomic Turn in EU Infrastructure Policy10
Backsliding Populist Governments in the Council: The Case of the Hungarian Fidesz10
US Critical Mineral Policies and Alliance Strategies in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry10
Social and Discursive Capital as Illiberal Enabler: A Tale of Two Far‐Right Fictions in France10
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Fueling Toxicity? Studying Deceitful Opinion Leaders and Behavioral Changes of Their Followers10
The Changing Unpolitics of Covid‐19 Vaccine Procurement10
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The Preferred Governing Actors of Populist Supporters: Survey Evidence From Eight European Countries10
Empowering the People’s Truth Through Social Media? (De)Legitimizing Truth Claims of Populist Politicians and Citizens10
Double Ressentiment: The Political Communication of Kulturkampf in Hungary9
Investigating Party Abroad: Party Origins and Degrees of Formalization9
Parliamentary Scrutiny of the European Semester: The Case of Poland9
Climate Change and Security: Filling Remaining Gaps9
Governing Precarious Immigrant Workers in Rural Localities: Emerging Local Migration Regimes in Portugal9
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Drivers and Barriers of Digital Market Integration in East Africa: A Case Study of Rwanda and Tanzania8
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Fiscal Rules and Federal Capacity in American Fiscal History: Lessons for Europe?8
Japan’s Climate Change Discourse: Toward Climate Securitisation?8
Do Leader Evaluations (De)Mobilize Voter Turnout? Lessons From Presidential Elections in the United States8
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Publics in Global Politics: A Framing Paper8
For a Research Agenda on Negative Politics8
European Leadership and European Youth in the Climate Change Regime Complex8
Limited Congruence: Citizens’ Attitudes and Party Rhetoric About Referendums and Deliberative Practices8
The Multisided Threat to Free Trade: Protectionism and Fair Trade During Increasing Populism8
Governance Through Regime Complexity: A Role for the EU in the African Security Regime Complex8
The European Green Deal Agenda After the Attack on Ukraine: Exogenous Shock Meets Policy‐Making Stability8
The EU’s Recovery and Resilience Facility: A Next Phase in EU Socioeconomic Governance?8
The Gendered Discourses of Illiberal Demographic Policy in Poland and in Russia7
Active Labour Market Policies for Rural NEETs in Lithuania: A Case of Rural Municipalities7
No Longer Neutral: The ECB’s Geopoliticization of the International Role of the Euro7
Oversight, Accountability, or Influence? Understanding the Use of Monetary Dialogues in the European Parliament7
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Introduction: Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU–US Relations7
Illiberal and Populist Political Narratives on Gender and Underreporting of Sexual Violence: A Case Study of Hungary7
Making Sense of the European Side of the Transatlantic Security Relations in Africa7
The Democratic Legitimacy of Secession and the Demos Problem7
Protecting Future Generations Through Minilateralism: Climate Clubs and Normative Legitimacy7
Transforming the Dynamics of Climate Politics in Japan: Business’ Response to Securitization7
Re‐Embedding Trade in the Shadow of Populism7
No Borrowing Without Taxing? Fiscal Solidarity of Next Generation EU in Light of the American Experience7
The Coexistence of Fiscal Sovereignties: The Post‐Pandemic European Union in Comparative Perspective7
Adverse Contagion? Populist Radical Right Parties and Norms on Gender Balance in Political Institutions7
“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality7
From Villain to Hero: The Role of Disengaged Terrorists in Social Reintegration Initiatives7
Gender Heterogeneity and Politics in Decision-Making About Green Public Procurement in the Czech Republic7
Followers First: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Political Leadership6
Transformational Party Leaders: Determinants of Leadership Style Assessment in Central and Eastern Europe6
Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia6
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Evolution of Brazilian Democracy: Unveiling Election Dynamics in Political Issues, Negativity, and Acclaim6
Reject, Reject, Reject...Passed! Explaining a Latecomer of Emigrant Enfranchisement6
Disputing “Gender” in Academia: Illiberalism and the Politics of Knowledge6
Does the EU Have Moral Authority? A Communicative Action Perspective on Sanctions6
Conspiracy Theory Beliefs and Political Trust: The Moderating Role of Political Communication6
Unpacking Legal Accountability: The Case of the European Central Bank6
Gus Dur’s Enduring Legacy: Accruing Religious Merit in the Afterlife6
Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media6
Loops of Violence(s) Within Europe’s Governance of Migration in Libya, Italy, Greece, and Belgium6
Indonesian Women and Terrorism: An Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Trends6
Addressing Migrant Inequality in Youth Political Engagement: The Role of Parental Influences6
Trade Policy and Ecological Transition6
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What Are Crises for? The Effects on Users’ Engagement in the 2022 Italian Election6
Legitimizing Illiberalism: The Construction of Civilizational Identity by the Justice and Development Party in Türkiye6
In the Name of the Conservative People: Slovakia’s Gendered Illiberal Transformation6
Green Monetary Policy Measures and Central Bank Mandates: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis6
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Character, Gender, and Populism: How Female Populist Voters Judge the Character of Political Leaders6
Climate Change and Institutional Resilience in Arctic Environmental Governance6
Gender in the Climate-Conflict Nexus: “Forgotten” Variables, Alternative Securities, and Hidden Power Dimensions6
China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism6
Accountability Issues, Online Covert Hate Speech, and the Efficacy of Counter‐Speech6
The EU De‐Risking of Energy Dependencies: Towards a New Clean Energy Geopolitical Order?6
Spanish Political Communication and Hate Speech on Twitter During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine5
Perceptions, Resentment, Economic Distress, and Support for Right-Wing Populist Parties in Europe5
Strategies for Engaging and Outreaching NEETs in Italy: Insights From Active Labour Policies5
Justifying Secession in Catalonia: Resolving Grievances or a Means to a Better Future?5
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The Janus Face of Valuation: Global Performance Indicators as Powerful and Criticized Public Measures5
Politicians, Electoral Integrity, and Electoral Management Bodies: A Cross‐National Study on Satisfaction With Democracy5
Cooperation Regimes and Hegemonic Struggle: Opportunities and Challenges for Developing Countries5
Shaping Global Public Spheres Through International Law: An Investigation Into International Climate Change Law5
A Nice Tailwind: The EU’s Goal Achievement at the IMO Initial Strategy5
“America is Back” or “America First” and the Transatlantic Relationship5
Public Support for European Integration in Greece and Italy Between 2015 and 20205
Voter’s Perception of Political Messages Against the Elite Classes in Spain: A Quasi‐Experimental Design5
When a Right-Wing Populist Party Inherits a Mass Party Organisation: The Case of EKRE5
The European Green Deal: What Prospects for Governing Climate Change With Policy Monitoring?5
The Irresistible Allure of Charismatic Leaders? Populism, Social Identity, and Polarisation5
Labour Mobility and Informality: Romanian Migrants in Spain and Ethnic Entrepreneurs in Croatia5
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Gender, Intraparty Competition, and the Substantive Focus of Parliamentary Questions in South Africa5
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The Design and Impacts of Individual Sanctions: Evidence From Elites in Côte d’Ivoire and Zimbabwe5
The Youth Guarantee, Vulnerability, and Social Exclusion Among NEETs in Southern Europe5
Carbon Pricing in the US: Examining State-Level Policy Support and Federal Resistance5
Making Polar and Ocean Governance Future-Proof5
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Governing Arctic Seals: A Longitudinal Analysis of News and Policy Discourse5
Exploring Global Climate Policy Futures and Their Representation in Integrated Assessment Models5
Public Policy Europeanisation in Response to the Covid‐19 Crisis: The Case of Job Retention Schemes5
The European Parliament: On the Politics of Naming5
Right-Wing Populist Party Organisation Across Europe: The Survival of the Mass-Party? Introduction to the Thematic Issue5
Reactionary Politics and Resentful Affect in Populist Times5
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Politicisation and Democracy: The Consequences of Contingency5
Understanding the EU’s Response to LGBTI Rights Violations: Inter-Institutional Differences and Social Sanctions5
Parliamentary Women Opposition Leaders: A Comparative Assessment Across 28 OECD Countries5
The Decision to Go Negative: Election Types, Candidate Characteristics, and Electoral Competition4
Links Between Conspiracy Thinking and Attitudes Toward Democracy and Religion: Survey Data From Poland4
After Post‐Truth: Revisiting the Lippmann–Dewey Debate4
“Selective Friendship at the Fund”: United States Allies, Labor Conditions, and the International Monetary Fund’s Legitimacy4
Multilevel Venue Shopping Amid Democratic Backsliding in New European Union Member States4
Expanding, Complementing, or Substituting Multilateralism? EU Preferential Trade Agreements in the Migration Regime Complex4
Industrial Alliances for the Energy Transition: Harnessing Business Power in the Era of Geoeconomics4
Political Pathways and Performance of Women Opposition Leaders in Indonesia and South Korea4
The Pancasila Ideological Direction Bill (RUU‐HIP): A Missed Opportunity?4
Valence Secession? Voting Shocks and Independence Support in Scotland4
EU Climate and Energy Policy: How Myopic Is It?4
The “Accidental Candidate” Versus Europe’s Longest Dictator: Belarus’s Unfinished Revolution for Women4
United in Diversity? A Study on the Implementation of Sanctions in the European Union4
Liberal Democracy From Oxymoron to Celebrated Concept: British and French Discourses of 1968–20014
Clocks, Caps, Compartments, and Carve‐Outs: Creating Federal Fiscal Capacity Despite Strong Veto Powers4
The Process of The Transfer of Hate Speech to Demonization and Social Polarization4
Non-War Activities in Cyberspace as a Factor Driving the Process of De-Bordering4
Navigating Regional Regime Complexity: How and Why Does the European Union Cooperate With Regional Organizations?4
Same Same but Different? Gender Politics and (Trans-)National Value Contestation in Europe on Twitter4
Challenging Democracy: Understanding How the Ideas of Populists and Disenchanted Citizens Align4
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Legitimacy of Labour Standards Clauses in the EU–Ukraine Collaboration4
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Different Perspectives on Democracy as an Explanation for the “Populist Radical Right Gender Gap”?4
Blackmailing and Identity Profiling? The Behaviour of Populist Radical Right Governments in EU Development Policy4
Twitting Against the Enemy: Populist Radical Right Parties Discourse Against the (Political) “Other”4
The Rumours of the Crisis of Liberal Interventionism Are Greatly Exaggerated4
Online Trolls: Unaffectionate Psychopaths or Just Lonely Outcasts and Angry Partisans?4
Enduring disembeddedness? Understanding the persistence of trade disconnects in US digital trade policy4
The “EU‐Leash”: Growth Model Resilience and Change in the EU’s Eastern Periphery4
Exploring the Relationship Between Social Movement Organizations and the State in Latin America4
Migration and Asylum Flows to Germany: New Insights Into the Motives4
Community Forest Management: Weak States or Strong Communities?4
Party Competition Over Democracy: Democracy as Electoral Issue in Germany4
NextGenerationEU and the European Semester: Comparing National Plans and Country‐Specific Recommendations4
River Commoning and the State: A Cross‐Country Analysis of River Defense Collectives4
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No Way Back? ECB’s Forward Guidance and Policy Normalisation4
From Exclusion to Co-Optation: Political Opportunity Structures and Civil Society Responses in De-Democratising Hungary4
Longer‐Term Effects of Voting at Age 16: Higher Turnout Among Young People in Scotland4
The Instrumentalization of Women Opposition Leaders for Authoritarian Regime Entrenchment: The Case of Uganda4
The Personality Origins of Positive and Negative Partisanship4
The Informational Consequences of Populism: Social Media News Use and “News Finds Me” Perception4
Emissions Lock-in, Capacity, and Public Opinion: How Insights From Political Science Can Inform Climate Modeling Efforts4
When Violence Becomes Visible: The Bundeswehr’s Struggle for Legitimacy in Afghanistan4
Internet Control and Disinformation Across Regime Types During and After the Covid‐19 Crisis3
EU Orchestration in the Nuclear Weapons Regime Complex3
An Ocean Free of Nuclear Weapons? Regional Security Governance in the South Atlantic3
Constructing Ocean and Polar Governance3
Under Which Conditions Do Populist Governments Use Unpolitics in EU Decision-Making3
Hybrid Governance Structures and Monetary Policy: The Legal and Institutional Position of National Central Banks in the Eurosystem3
Women Leading the Opposition: Gender and Rhetoric in the European Parliament3
Arming Fortress Europe? Spaces and Instruments of Economic Patriotism in EU Armament Policy3
It’s All Relative: Perceptions of (Comparative) Candidate Incivility and Candidate Sympathy in Three Multiparty Elections3
The United Nations Security Council at the Forefront of (Climate) Change? Confusion, Stalemate, Ignorance3
The Relevance of Language as a Predictor of the Will for Independence in Catalonia in 1996 and 20203
Governing the EU’s Energy Crisis: The European Commission’s Geopolitical Turn and its Pitfalls3
Uneven Pathways to Local Power: The Political Incorporation of Immigrants’ Descendants3
Status Threat, Campaign Rhetoric, and US Foreign Policy3
China and Climate Multilateralism: A Review of Theoretical Approaches3
Economic Narratives and the Legitimacy of Foreign Direct Investments3
Multilevel Trade Policy in the Joint‐Decision Trap? The Case of CETA3
Building up the EU Revenue Side: But What Is a Tax in EU Law?3
The Ball That Failed to Curve: The 2023 “Populist Polarizing” Referendum in Poland3
Learning to Lead at the WHO: Thailand’s Global Health Diplomacy at the World Health Assembly3
Muslims’ Vote Choice: Exclusion and Group Voting in Europe3
Do Affective Polarization and Populism Affect the Support for Holding Referendums?3
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