Politics and Governance

Papers
(The median citation count of Politics and Governance is 3. 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 2022-08-01 to 2026-08-01.)
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Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising: The 2022 Danish Defense Referendum Campaign38
Masks Down: Diplomacy and Regime Stability in the Post‐Covid‐19 Era37
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Televised Influence: Examining Opinion Formation Through Live Completion of a Voting Advice Application31
Merits and Challenges of Comparing the EU and Canada31
Christian Churches and the Ukraine War: Introducing Religious Publics in Global Politics29
Southern European Journalists’ Perceptions of Discursive Menaces in the Age of (Online) Delegitimization27
The Diversity of Actors in Reform Backsliding and Its Containment in the Ukrainian Hybrid Regime27
One Crisis is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU26
Satellites and the Changing Politics of Transparency in World Politics26
Germany’s Energy and Climate Policy as an Ecology of Games26
Liberal and Deliberative Democracy in the Global South: Models, Functions, Practices24
Methodological Reflections on Studying Gender‐Sensitive Parliaments Cross‐Nationally: A “Most Significant Change” Approach24
Virtual Worlds, Real Politics: A Cross‐National Comparative Study of Metaverse Policy Approaches23
Public Employment Services and Vulnerable Youth in the EU: The Case of Rural NEETs22
Digital Resilience of Cosmopolitanism: TikTok Refugees’ Platform Migration and Communication Practice With RedNote Natives21
When Illiberals Govern: Educational and Cultural Policies in Hungary and Poland19
How Adolescents Evaluate Political Institutions and Develop Political Trust: A Cross‐National Study19
Searching for the Democratic Disconnect: Unequal and Ambivalent Political Support Along Social Divides in Europe19
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From Counterterrorism to Deterrence: The Evolution of Canada’s and Italy’s Defense Postures17
Exploring Enablers for an Ambitious Coal Phaseout17
Leader Effects in an Era of Negative Politics: Who Has a Negativity Bias?16
Assembling Publics: Microsoft, Cybersecurity and Public‐Private Relations16
Indonesian Heroes and Villains: National Identity, Politics, Law, and Security16
Multidimensional Representation in the EU Multilevel Polity: The Role of Congruence in Vote‐Switching16
“My Way or No Way”: Political Polarization and Disagreement Among Immigrant Influencers and Their Followers16
EU Renewable Energy Governance and the Ukraine War: Moving Ahead Through Strategic Flexibility?15
Gender and Opposition Leadership in the Pacific Islands15
Voter Disenchantment in the Aftermath of the 2005 EU Constitutional Referendum in France15
The Influence of Age on Citizens’ Preferences for Age‐Related Descriptive Representation15
Illiberal Politics in Europe: Ideology, Policies, and Impact15
Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments14
When Believing in Divine Immanence Explains Vaccine Hesitancy: A Matter of Conspiracy Beliefs?14
Illiberal Discourse in Romania: A “Golden” New Beginning?14
Beyond Apathy: Representative Performance as a Driver of the Age Gap in Voter Turnout14
European Union’s Regulating of Social Media: A Discourse Analysis of the Digital Services Act14
EU Data Sovereignty: An Autonomy–Interdependence Governance Gap?14
Industrial Policy and Sectoral Coordination: The Collapse of Germany’s Solar Industry14
The Debate on the European Union’s Future From the Perspective of Regional Members of Parliament14
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Strong Military and Weak Statehood: The Case of Self‐Governance Through Rasookh in Kashmir13
(Re)Framing Coherence: A Relational Analysis of Social Protection Systems in South Africa and Uganda13
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Up and Down With… Polarisation? Intrinsic and Instrumental Polarisation Dynamics in US Climate Policy Debates13
Enlargement of the EU Towards the East: A Pivotal Change in EU’s External Policy?12
Gender and Strategic Opposition Behavior: Patterns of Parliamentary Oversight in Belgium12
Facing the Future: Conceiving Legal Obligations Towards Future Generations12
Passing the Sexual Violence Crime Law in Indonesia: Reflection of a Gender-Sensitive Parliament?12
The Role of Religions and Conspiracy Theories in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes12
The Geoeconomic Turn in International Trade, Investment, and Technology12
Coping With Turbulence and Safeguarding Against Authoritarianism: Polycentric Governance as a Resilience Resource12
Governing AI Decision‐Making: Balancing Innovation and Accountability11
Social and Discursive Capital as Illiberal Enabler: A Tale of Two Far‐Right Fictions in France11
Authoritarianism and the Psychology of War: Exploring Personality Traits in the Legitimation of Military Conflict11
Shared Streets: Choreographed Disorder in the Late Socialist City11
The Role of Moral Principles in Resolving Intergenerational Conflicts of Interest11
Beyond Rhetoric: The European Parliament as a Workplace for Parents and Current Reform Debates11
Zeitenwende: German Foreign Policy Change in the Wake of Russia's War Against Ukraine11
Current Challenges to the Legitimacy of International Economic and Financial Arrangements11
Wagner Group Flows: A Two‐Fold Challenge to Liberal Intervention and Liberal Order11
Implementation of EU Trade Agreements Under an Assertive, Open, and Sustainable Trade Policy10
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Individual‐Level Predictors of Conspiracy Mentality in Germany and Poland10
Continuous Militarization as a Mode of Governance of Indigenous People in the Russian Arctic10
Migrants' Voter Turnout in the Home Country Elections: Non‐Integration or Political Anchor?10
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Economic Security and the Politics of Trade and Investment Policy in Europe10
Mapping Euroscepticism Across Occupational Classes: Economic and Cultural Capital in Comparative Perspective10
Picking Sectors: IPCEIs and Europe’s Emerging State Capacity for Strategic Identification10
Reporting EU Politics in News Venues: An Issue of Democratic Deficit?10
US Critical Mineral Policies and Alliance Strategies in an Age of Geopolitical Rivalry10
The Changing Unpolitics of Covid‐19 Vaccine Procurement10
Investigating Party Abroad: Party Origins and Degrees of Formalization9
Consensus About the European Union? Understanding the Views of Citizens and Political Parties9
The Preferred Governing Actors of Populist Supporters: Survey Evidence From Eight European Countries9
Skirmishing Femininity: Female Populist Skirmishers and the Gendered Politics of Illiberalism in Hungary and Poland9
Oversight, Accountability, or Influence? Understanding the Use of Monetary Dialogues in the European Parliament9
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Populist Parties, Female Populist Leaders, and the Gendered Vote in Germany9
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Fueling Toxicity? Studying Deceitful Opinion Leaders and Behavioral Changes of Their Followers9
Limited Congruence: Citizens’ Attitudes and Party Rhetoric About Referendums and Deliberative Practices9
Drivers and Limits of the Geoeconomic Turn in EU Infrastructure Policy9
Publics in Global Politics: A Framing Paper9
Backsliding Populist Governments in the Council: The Case of the Hungarian Fidesz9
A Chapter on Institutionalization: The Use and Misuse of Institutions of Citizen Participation in Hungary8
Do Leader Evaluations (De)Mobilize Voter Turnout? Lessons From Presidential Elections in the United States8
Governance Through Regime Complexity: A Role for the EU in the African Security Regime Complex8
Geopolitics and Transnational Data Governance8
European Leadership and European Youth in the Climate Change Regime Complex8
No Longer Neutral: The ECB’s Geopoliticization of the International Role of the Euro8
Fiscal Rules and Federal Capacity in American Fiscal History: Lessons for Europe?8
The European Green Deal Agenda After the Attack on Ukraine: Exogenous Shock Meets Policy‐Making Stability8
The Shortcomings of Just War Theories and the Legitimacy of Just Peace8
Digital Policy as a Driver of Integration: Spillover Effects and European Commission Empowerment8
For a Research Agenda on Negative Politics8
Debating Europe: Politicization, Contestation, and Democratization8
The Multisided Threat to Free Trade: Protectionism and Fair Trade During Increasing Populism8
Protecting Future Generations Through Minilateralism: Climate Clubs and Normative Legitimacy8
Adverse Contagion? Populist Radical Right Parties and Norms on Gender Balance in Political Institutions8
The Gendered Discourses of Illiberal Demographic Policy in Poland and in Russia7
Transformational Party Leaders: Determinants of Leadership Style Assessment in Central and Eastern Europe7
“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality7
Followers First: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Political Leadership7
The Coexistence of Fiscal Sovereignties: The Post‐Pandemic European Union in Comparative Perspective7
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How Trickle‐Down Democracy Won the Debate, and Why It Didn’t Have To7
Sacrifice Zones: How Europe’s Electric Vehicle Transition Is Entangled With Coercive Zoning on Its Semi‐Periphery7
Accountability Issues, Online Covert Hate Speech, and the Efficacy of Counter‐Speech7
What Are Crises for? The Effects on Users’ Engagement in the 2022 Italian Election7
The Moral and Political Legitimations of War and the Complex Dynamics of Peace Negotiation Processes7
The Parapolitical Path to Parliament: Former Political Support Staff as Parliamentary Members7
From Villain to Hero: The Role of Disengaged Terrorists in Social Reintegration Initiatives7
No Borrowing Without Taxing? Fiscal Solidarity of Next Generation EU in Light of the American Experience7
Active Labour Market Policies for Rural NEETs in Lithuania: A Case of Rural Municipalities7
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Green Monetary Policy Measures and Central Bank Mandates: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis7
The EU De‐Risking of Energy Dependencies: Towards a New Clean Energy Geopolitical Order?7
Sovereignty Crises and the EU’s Moral Challenge7
Unpacking Legal Accountability: The Case of the European Central Bank7
Illiberal and Populist Political Narratives on Gender and Underreporting of Sexual Violence: A Case Study of Hungary7
Conspiracy Theory Beliefs and Political Trust: The Moderating Role of Political Communication7
Re‐Embedding Trade in the Shadow of Populism7
Reject, Reject, Reject...Passed! Explaining a Latecomer of Emigrant Enfranchisement7
Legitimizing Illiberalism: The Construction of Civilizational Identity by the Justice and Development Party in Türkiye7
Gus Dur’s Enduring Legacy: Accruing Religious Merit in the Afterlife7
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Politicisation and Democracy: The Consequences of Contingency6
Technology as Statecraft: Remaking Sovereignty, Security, and Leadership in a Multipolar Age6
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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Doing Industrial Policy in a Geo‐Tech World6
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Shaping Global Public Spheres Through International Law: An Investigation Into International Climate Change Law6
Spanish Political Communication and Hate Speech on Twitter During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine6
Parliamentary Women Opposition Leaders: A Comparative Assessment Across 28 OECD Countries6
The European Parliament: On the Politics of Naming6
In the Name of the Conservative People: Slovakia’s Gendered Illiberal Transformation6
Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia6
Indonesian Women and Terrorism: An Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Trends6
Does Federalism Facilitate Permanent Minipublics?6
Gender Equality as Foundational to Democracy: Theory and Evidence of Gendered Political Culture(s)6
Evolution of Brazilian Democracy: Unveiling Election Dynamics in Political Issues, Negativity, and Acclaim6
Contested Visions for Social Protection in Kenya: The Older Persons Cash Transfer and the Social Registry6
Network Alliances Among Fridays for Future Local Groups in Italy: Relational Mechanisms in Action6
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Strategies for Engaging and Outreaching NEETs in Italy: Insights From Active Labour Policies6
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
Pro‐Poor Populism or Financialized Governance? The Politics of PMJDY and PMMY in India6
Disputing “Gender” in Academia: Illiberalism and the Politics of Knowledge6
Still Out of Touch? Parties and Their Voters on the EU Dimension6
Addressing Migrant Inequality in Youth Political Engagement: The Role of Parental Influences6
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Politicians, Electoral Integrity, and Electoral Management Bodies: A Cross‐National Study on Satisfaction With Democracy6
Voter’s Perception of Political Messages Against the Elite Classes in Spain: A Quasi‐Experimental Design6
Public Support for European Integration in Greece and Italy Between 2015 and 20206
The Irresistible Allure of Charismatic Leaders? Populism, Social Identity, and Polarisation6
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Voting Advice Application Use Increases Party Position Knowledge: An Experimental Study Among Belgian Youngsters6
How European Do Young Slovenians Feel?5
River Commoning and the State: A Cross‐Country Analysis of River Defense Collectives5
Measuring Issue Congruence in Western Europe: How Voting Advice Applications Compare to Expert‐ and Manifesto‐Based Estimates5
Paradoxical Infrastructuring: Genealogies of Governance and “Art of Being Governed” in China’s Blockchain–AI Hypes5
Regional Political Cultures: Diversity, the State, and the Perception of Difference5
The Instrumentalization of Women Opposition Leaders for Authoritarian Regime Entrenchment: The Case of Uganda5
The Wartime Justification Trajectory: A Dynamic Approach to Justifying Wars in the 21st Century5
Public Policy Europeanisation in Response to the Covid‐19 Crisis: The Case of Job Retention Schemes5
Expanding, Complementing, or Substituting Multilateralism? EU Preferential Trade Agreements in the Migration Regime Complex5
Estimating the Recommendation Certainty in Candidate‐Based Voting Advice Applications5
The Rumours of the Crisis of Liberal Interventionism Are Greatly Exaggerated5
Blackmailing and Identity Profiling? The Behaviour of Populist Radical Right Governments in EU Development Policy5
Challenging Democracy: Understanding How the Ideas of Populists and Disenchanted Citizens Align5
Links Between Conspiracy Thinking and Attitudes Toward Democracy and Religion: Survey Data From Poland5
Online Trolls: Unaffectionate Psychopaths or Just Lonely Outcasts and Angry Partisans?5
Adaptive Sovereignty: China’s Evolving Legislative Framework for Transnational Data Governance5
The Process of The Transfer of Hate Speech to Demonization and Social Polarization5
Exploring Global Climate Policy Futures and Their Representation in Integrated Assessment Models5
Generative AI‐Making and State‐Making: Sovereign AI Race and the Future of Digital Geopolitics5
The Janus Face of Valuation: Global Performance Indicators as Powerful and Criticized Public Measures5
What’s Net‐Zero? Strategic Green Technology Identification in the European Net‐Zero Industry Act5
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Party Competition Over Democracy: Democracy as Electoral Issue in Germany5
The Youth Guarantee, Vulnerability, and Social Exclusion Among NEETs in Southern Europe5
The Legal Institutionalisation of Public Deliberation and the Embeddedness in the Democratic System: The Italian Case5
Twitting Against the Enemy: Populist Radical Right Parties Discourse Against the (Political) “Other”5
Mirages of External Finance in Social Protection: the Politics of Aid Viewed Through the Monetary Transfer Dilemma5
Political Pathways and Performance of Women Opposition Leaders in Indonesia and South Korea5
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Navigating Regional Regime Complexity: How and Why Does the European Union Cooperate With Regional Organizations?5
Institutionalizing Democratic Innovations in Poland: Mapping the Evolution of Citizens’ Assemblies Through Rules of Procedure5
Narrating Crisis, Imagining Solidarity: The Narrative Politics of Migration5
No Way Back? ECB’s Forward Guidance and Policy Normalisation5
Longer‐Term Effects of Voting at Age 16: Higher Turnout Among Young People in Scotland5
Gender, Intraparty Competition, and the Substantive Focus of Parliamentary Questions in South Africa5
Parallel Transformations, Converging Practice: The Politics of Justice in Vietnam’s Green and Digital Transformations5
Pro‐Poor Governance: Evidence on Incentivizing Policy Implementation in Brazil5
The Personality Origins of Positive and Negative Partisanship5
The “Accidental Candidate” Versus Europe’s Longest Dictator: Belarus’s Unfinished Revolution for Women5
“Selective Friendship at the Fund”: United States Allies, Labor Conditions, and the International Monetary Fund’s Legitimacy5
The Pancasila Ideological Direction Bill (RUU‐HIP): A Missed Opportunity?4
Decision‐Making Preferences in Times of Crisis4
The Decision to Go Negative: Election Types, Candidate Characteristics, and Electoral Competition4
NextGenerationEU and the European Semester: Comparing National Plans and Country‐Specific Recommendations4
Understanding the Role of Political Staff and Parliamentary Administrations4
Class Struggle and International Economic Institutions: The Origins of the GATT and “Embedded Liberalism”4
A Geopolitical Economy Analysis of China and India’s Approaches to Transnational Data Governance4
The Politics of Environmental Networks4
Exploring the Relationship Between Social Movement Organizations and the State in Latin America4
Different Perspectives on Democracy as an Explanation for the “Populist Radical Right Gender Gap”?4
A Tale of Two Metaverses: How America, China, and Europe Are Shaping the “New Internet”4
The International Promotion of the National Language in France and Japan4
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Annulment Actions and the V4: Taking Legislative Conflicts Before the CJEU4
Liberal Democracy From Oxymoron to Celebrated Concept: British and French Discourses of 1968–20014
The “EU‐Leash”: Growth Model Resilience and Change in the EU’s Eastern Periphery4
After Post‐Truth: Revisiting the Lippmann–Dewey Debate4
Selective Inclusion? Insights Into Political Parties' Recruitment of Immigrant Background Candidates in Bolzano4
Digital Food Justice: Equitable Governance of Food Platforms4
Trust the People? Populism, Trust, and Support for Direct Democracy4
Enduring disembeddedness? Understanding the persistence of trade disconnects in US digital trade policy4
Industrial Alliances for the Energy Transition: Harnessing Business Power in the Era of Geoeconomics4
Political Ideology, Policy Attitudes, and Public Support for European Integration4
Testing Staff Roles in the Danish Parliament4
Left Behind Economically or Politically? Economic Grievances, Representation, and Populist Attitudes4
Alternatives to Liberal Democracies and Their Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe4
Policy‐Maker of Last Resort? Drivers of Discretion at the European Central Bank4
Community Forest Management: Weak States or Strong Communities?4
The EU’s Digital Footprint: Shaping Data Governance in Japan and Singapore4
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Legitimacy of Labour Standards Clauses in the EU–Ukraine Collaboration4
Beyond the Ban: TikTok and the Politics of Digital Sovereignty in the EU and US4
How Political Elites Think About Democracy: Evidence From Europe4
Multilevel Venue Shopping Amid Democratic Backsliding in New European Union Member States4
From Exclusion to Co-Optation: Political Opportunity Structures and Civil Society Responses in De-Democratising Hungary4
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In the Pursuit of Democracy: Support for Referendums in Moldova4
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Clocks, Caps, Compartments, and Carve‐Outs: Creating Federal Fiscal Capacity Despite Strong Veto Powers4
Shifting Grounds of Collaboration in Changing Contexts: Evolving Environmental Networks in the Basque Country4
Facebook Campaigning in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian Federal Elections4
Making Russia Great Again? Vladimir Putin’s Changing Sources of Legitimacy 2000–20244
Norm Compliance and International Status: National Human Rights Institutions in Domestic and Global Politics4
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