Politics and Governance

2013 - 2026

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2026, volume 14

Citizenwashing EU Tech Policy: EU Deliberative Mini‐Publics on Virtual Worlds and Artificial Intelligence

Perle Petit and Alvaro Oleart

Staff Matters: The Effect of Political Group Staff on MP Activity in the Netherlands

Simon Otjes and Gijs Jan Brandsma

The Invisible Architects of Public Engagement: Understanding the Different Types of Roles Played by Parliamentary Staff

Sofia Serra-Silva and Cristina Leston-Bandeira

Institutionalizing Democratic Innovations in Poland: Mapping the Evolution of Citizens’ Assemblies Through Rules of Procedure

Paulina Pospieszna and Marta Hoffmann

From Advisor to Interparliamentary Networker: A Typology of Parliamentary Officials in EU Affairs

Anna-Lena Högenauer and Christine Neuhold

Who’s Got MPs’ Back? Understanding the Drivers of Specialisation in the Offices of MPs

Lena Stephan and Anna-Lena Högenauer

The Parapolitical Path to Parliament: Former Political Support Staff as Parliamentary Members

Anchrit Wille and Mark Bovens

Role Conceptualisations and the Purple Zone: Parliamentary Staff Through the Eyes of Former MPs

Kanerva Kuokkanen and Marjukka Weide

Testing Staff Roles in the Danish Parliament

Stijn van Voorst

The Legal Institutionalisation of Public Deliberation and the Embeddedness in the Democratic System: The Italian Case

Stefania Ravazzi

2025, volume 13

Dynamics of Electoral Polarisation in Climate Policy Discourse: A Temporal Network Analysis

Paul Drecker

Exploring Covert Diplomacy in Peace Negotiations

Sumeyye Kaya Uyar

Nested, Pooled, or Exclusively National? Contested Sovereignty Models in Debates on the Future of Europe

Magdalena Góra, Elodie Thevenin and Katarzyna Zielińska

Colonial and Post‐Colonial War Legitimization and Peace Process Efficacy: The Cases of Angola and Mozambique

Norman Sempijja and Paula Mora Brito

Germany’s Energy and Climate Policy as an Ecology of Games

Volker Schneider

Collective Narcissism, Left‐ and Right‐Wing Authoritarianisms, and Justification of War

Magdalena Anna Żemojtel-Piotrowska, Piotr Radkiewicz, Maksim Rudnev, Heather A. Kumove and Jarosław Piotrowski

Bootleggers, Baptists, and Policymakers: Domestic Discourse Coalitions in EU–Mercosur Negotiations

Scott Hamilton and Dirk De Bièvre

Too Far to Reach? Explaining Low Croatian Participation in the European Citizens' Initiative

Igor Vidačak, Mario Munta and Ana Matan

The Wartime Justification Trajectory: A Dynamic Approach to Justifying Wars in the 21st Century

Mihai Alexandrescu

When Violence Becomes Visible: The Bundeswehr’s Struggle for Legitimacy in Afghanistan

Timo Feilen

Sovereignty Crises and the EU’s Moral Challenge

Elia R. G. Pusterla and Francesca Pusterla Piccin

Principled Politicization: When Citizens Debate the EU and its Regime Principles

Nicolas Arens, Claire Dupuy and Virginie Van Ingelgom

How European Do Young Slovenians Feel?

Meta Novak and Damjan Lajh

National EU Discourses in Germany and France and the Construction of European Identity

Claudia Wiesner

Debating Employment in National TV News: Depoliticised Discourses and Overlooked EU Policies

Damien Pennetreau

It’s Not Just Structural: Political Context and London’s Environmental Networks Twenty‐One Years Later

Clare Saunders, Sam Nadel and Bob Walley

A Complex Border: Intractability and the Physical Roots of Discursive Legitimations in Cyprus

Hilmi Ulas

The Shortcomings of Just War Theories and the Legitimacy of Just Peace

Oliver Hidalgo

Destined for Balance? Centralized and Decentralized Approaches to AI Governance

Chenghao Sun and Xiyan Chen

Paradoxical Infrastructuring: Genealogies of Governance and “Art of Being Governed” in China’s Blockchain–AI Hypes

Zichen Hu

Authoritarianism and the Psychology of War: Exploring Personality Traits in the Legitimation of Military Conflict

Alexander Yendell and David Herbert

Cleavage Referendums: Ideological Decisions and Transformational Political Change

Theresa Reidy

EU Data Sovereignty: An Autonomy–Interdependence Governance Gap?

Helena Carrapico and Benjamin Farrand

A Geopolitical Economy Analysis of China and India’s Approaches to Transnational Data Governance

Yujia He and Ka Zeng

Unequal Participation Among Youth and Immigrants: An Overview

Arndt Leininger and Sabrina J. Mayer

Followers First: Rethinking the Legitimacy of Political Leadership

Femke van Esch and Rudolf Metz

Adaptive Sovereignty: China’s Evolving Legislative Framework for Transnational Data Governance

Ruoxin Su and Dechun Zhang

The EU’s Digital Footprint: Shaping Data Governance in Japan and Singapore

Danni Zhang

Data Governance in the Geopolitics of Energy Transition: Comparing Regional Energy Cooperation in ASEAN and the EU

Kaho Yu, Jinseok Sung and Yunheng Zhou

Offshore Embeddedness Beyond the Wall: Chinese Cloud Providers in Southeast Asia’s Data Governance Landscape

Binyi Yang and Mingjiang Li

Ruling the Data Flows: Data Cognition in Global Cross‐Border Data Flows Governance

Jinhe Liu

Beyond the Ban: TikTok and the Politics of Digital Sovereignty in the EU and US

Fabio Cristiano and Linda Monsees

Digital Policy as a Driver of Integration: Spillover Effects and European Commission Empowerment

Sebastian Heidebrecht

The China Gambit: Geoeconomics and the US’ Turn to Informal Data Governance Initiatives

Arun Sukumar and Arindrajit Basu

Digital Sovereignism: A Comparative Analysis of Italian Parties’ Positioning on Transnational Data Governance

Marianna Griffini

Illiberal Politics in Europe: Ideology, Policies, and Impact

Zsolt Enyedi, Petra Guasti, Dean Schafer and Bálint Mikola

Debating Democracy: Concepts, Histories, and Controversies

Claudia Wiesner and Kari Palonen

Debating Europe: Politicization, Contestation, and Democratization

Claudia Wiesner and Meta Novak

The Complex Challenges of Modern Leadership: A Scholarly Overview of Ethics, Democracy, and Political Leadership

Cristine de Clercy

The Moral and Political Legitimations of War and the Complex Dynamics of Peace Negotiation Processes

Alexander Yendell and Oliver Hidalgo

Status Threat, Campaign Rhetoric, and US Foreign Policy

Jonathan Schulman

The Impact of Socio‐Political Cleavages on Constitutional Referendums: The Case of Chile 2022

Mauricio Morales and Teresa Pérez‐Cosgaya

No Longer Neutral: The ECB’s Geopoliticization of the International Role of the Euro

Lukas Spielberger

Norm Compliance and International Status: National Human Rights Institutions in Domestic and Global Politics

Luka Glušac

Unpacking Legal Accountability: The Case of the European Central Bank

Mark Dawson and Ana Bobić

Green Monetary Policy Measures and Central Bank Mandates: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis

Susana Matos Rosa

The European Central Bank: From a Price Stability Paradigm to a Multidimensional Stability Paradigm

Lucia Quaglia and Amy Verdun

The End Justifies the Means? The Impact of the ECB’s Unconventional Monetary Policy on Citizens’ Trust

Moritz Rehm and Martin Ulrich

Legitimacy First: Marine Le Pen’s Visual De‐Demonisation Strategies on Instagram

Donatella Bonansinga

Oversight, Accountability, or Influence? Understanding the Use of Monetary Dialogues in the European Parliament

Amie Kreppel and Corinne Tomasi

Hybrid Governance Structures and Monetary Policy: The Legal and Institutional Position of National Central Banks in the Eurosystem

Paul Dermine and Menelaos Markakis

Fonder From Afar: Distance, Leadership, and the Legitimacy of the EU

Femke van Esch and Sebastiaan Steenman

No Way Back? ECB’s Forward Guidance and Policy Normalisation

Jakob de Haan

Policy‐Maker of Last Resort? Drivers of Discretion at the European Central Bank

Shawn Donnelly

Monetary‐Fiscal Interactions and the Problem of Outdated Commitments: Eurozone Crisis Versus Covid‐19

Sebastian Diessner and Philipp Genschel

Defining Price Stability: Public Accountability of the European Central Bank’s Goal Independence

Mattias Vermeiren

The Irresistible Allure of Charismatic Leaders? Populism, Social Identity, and Polarisation

Rudolf Metz and Bendegúz Plesz

Right to a Referendum, or Duty to Deliberate? Rethinking Normative Entitlements to Secession

Ron Levy

Making Russia Great Again? Vladimir Putin’s Changing Sources of Legitimacy 2000–2024

Tina Burrett

Nepal’s Status‐Seeking Endeavors: Between Normative Convergence and Geopolitical Interests

Bibek Chand

Twenty‐First Century Autocrats and Their Followers: A Comparative Inquiry

Ludger Helms

Status‐Seeking Through Disaster Relief: India and China’s Response to Turkey–Syria Earthquakes

Dhanasree Jayaram, Lina Gong and Manaswini Dahagam Srivatsav

Character, Gender, and Populism: How Female Populist Voters Judge the Character of Political Leaders

Cristine de Clercy, Gerard Seijts and Ana Ruiz Pardo

“Bounded States”: How (Extreme) Risk Constrains the Aspiration for Status

Kennedy Mbeva and Reuben Makomere

Revisiting ECB’s Technocratic Legitimacy: No Longer Fit‐for‐Purpose?

Dimitrios Argyroulis and Nikolas Vagdoutis

China as a “Green Soft Power” and the Belt and Road Initiative: Evidence From Pakistan

Agnieszka Nitza-Makowska

Rational Illusions: Everyday Theories of International Status and the Domestic Politics of Boer War

Paul David Beaumont

Learning to Lead at the WHO: Thailand’s Global Health Diplomacy at the World Health Assembly

Joseph Harris and Suriwan Thaiprayoon

Transformational Party Leaders: Determinants of Leadership Style Assessment in Central and Eastern Europe

Sergiu Gherghina

Electoral Turnout of Non‐Citizens Under Voluntary and Compulsory Voting: Evidence From Chile

Mauricio Morales, Mario Herrera and Teresa Pérez‐Cosgaya

Decision‐Making Preferences in Times of Crisis

Réka Várnagy, Anna Novák and Judit Badics

After the Storm: Comparing the Determinants of Young People’s Protest Behaviour Across South European Contexts

Martín Portos

Leader Effects in an Era of Negative Politics: Who Has a Negativity Bias?

Loes Aaldering, Frederico Ferreira da Silva, Diego Garzia, Katjana Gattermann and Alessandro Nai

Unequal Turnout Among the Newly Enfranchised: The Role of Political Efficacy

Susanne Garritzmann, Sigrid Roßteutscher, Arndt Leininger, Birgit Becker, Thorsten Faas, Max P. Jansen and Armin Schäfer

Constitutional Change and Referendums in Chile and Ireland: Faraway, So Close

Felipe Paredes, Alberto Coddou Mc Manus and Jane Suiter

The Ball That Failed to Curve: The 2023 “Populist Polarizing” Referendum in Poland

Magdalena Musiał-Karg and Fernando Casal Bértoa

Finding Space in Politics: Perceptions of Representation Among Dutch Citizens With an Immigration Background

Floris Vermeulen, Nella Geurts, Jaco Dagevos and Niels Spierings

Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising: The 2022 Danish Defense Referendum Campaign

Toine Paulissen, Lien Jansen and Steven Van Hecke

Campaigns, Mobilisation, and Composition Effects in the 2018 Irish Abortion Referendum

Kevin Cunningham, Eoin O'Malley and Stephen Quinlan

The Emotional Dimension of the Catalan Independentist Referendum in 2017

José Manuel Rivera Otero, Erika Jaráiz Gulías and Paloma Castro Martínez

The Influence of Age on Citizens’ Preferences for Age‐Related Descriptive Representation

Kira Renée Kurz, L. Constantin Wurthmann and Martin Gross

Political Participation of Young Immigrants: Do National Identification and Discrimination Moderate the Relationship?

Philipp Hoffmann and Verena Benoit

Game Changers: National Referendums and the Politicization of Europe

Swen Hutter

Liberal Democracy From Oxymoron to Celebrated Concept: British and French Discourses of 1968–2001

Hugo Bonin

Addressing Migrant Inequality in Youth Political Engagement: The Role of Parental Influences

Simona Guglielmi and Nicola Maggini

Longer‐Term Effects of Voting at Age 16: Higher Turnout Among Young People in Scotland

Jan Eichhorn and Christine Huebner

Beyond Gender: Exploring the Intersectional Dynamics in Political Interest Among Youth

Gema García-Albacete, Lidia Núñez, David Sánchez, Simone Abendschön and Philipp Kleer

Uneven Pathways to Local Power: The Political Incorporation of Immigrants’ Descendants

Robin Stünzi, Rosita Fibbi and Gianni D'Amato

Voices in the Margins: Exploring the Link Between Discrimination and Adolescents’ Political Involvement

Philipp Kleer, Simone Abendschön, Gema García-Albacete, Lidia Núñez and David Sánchez

Muslims’ Vote Choice: Exclusion and Group Voting in Europe

Odelia Oshri and Reut Itzkovitch-Malka

Virtues in Political Practice: Insights From an Interview Study With Swedish Parliamentarians

Joel Martinsson

Populist Rhetoric and Hate Speech: Analyzing Xenophobic Narratives in Vox’s 2023 Election Campaign

Marta Pérez‐Escolar, Noemí Morejón‐Llamas and Purificación Alcaide‐Pulido

Understanding the Electoral Participation Gap: A Study of Racialized Minorities in Canada

Baowen Liang and Allison Harell

Forecasting Referendums: A Structural Model Predicting Adoption and Support in Irish Plebiscites 1968–2024

Stephen Quinlan, Michael S. Lewis-Beck and Matt Qvortrup

Turkey Under Erdoğan: Investigating the Relationship Between Populism and Governance Quality Since 2013

Alireza Samiee Esfahani and Hossein Masoudnia

Security and Liberty in Post‐9/11 US Counterterrorism: A Comparative Analysis of Presidential Rhetoric

Teodora Tea Ristevska and Iztok Prezelj

On the Brink of Populism: Credible Leaders and Unreliable Politicians

Paweł Kuczyński

Democratic Leadership Revisited

Michael K. MacKenzie

Far‐Right Illiberalism in the European Parliament

Larissa Böckmann, Sarah L. de Lange, Nathalie Brack and Matthijs Rooduijn

Legitimizing Illiberalism: The Construction of Civilizational Identity by the Justice and Development Party in Türkiye

Melek Aylin Özoflu and Giray Gerim

When Illiberals Govern: Educational and Cultural Policies in Hungary and Poland

Péter Radó and Bálint Mikola

Mobilizing Rural Support: Targeted Government Spending and Democratic Backsliding in Hungary

Krisztina Szabó and Adam Reiff

Alternatives to Liberal Democracies and Their Consolidation in Central and Eastern Europe

Radoslaw Markowski and Michał Kotnarowski

Weaponizing Culture: The Role of Illiberal Cultural Policy in Slovenia’s Democratic Backsliding

Kristina Čufar and Hana Hawlina

Polarization and Democracy in Central Europe

Petra Guasti and Aleš Michal

Opposition to Government and Back: How Illiberal Parties Shape Immigration Discourse and Party Competition

Franziska Wagner, Dean Schafer and Mehmet Yavuz

The European Parliament: On the Politics of Naming

Kari Palonen

Social and Discursive Capital as Illiberal Enabler: A Tale of Two Far‐Right Fictions in France

Périne Schir and Marlène Laruelle

Alternatives to Liberal Democracy and the Role of AI: The Case of Elections

Danica Fink-Hafner

Confessional Illiberalism in Europe

Lotem Halevy and Lenka Buštíková

Illiberal Social Policy in Europe: When Policy Implementation Meets Welfare Ideas

Dorottya Szikra and Lauritz Autischer

The Centrality of Voting in Democracy: The Plebiscitarian Origins of the Idea

Greg Yudin

Politicisation and Democracy: The Consequences of Contingency

Claudia Wiesner

Ancient Demagoguery and Contemporary Populism: Conceptual Analogies and Differences in Historical Perspective

Giuseppe Ballacci

Conceptual Space for Illiberal Democracy

Ruzha Smilova

After Post‐Truth: Revisiting the Lippmann–Dewey Debate

Andreas Aagaard Nøhr, Filipe dos Reis and Benjamin Herborth

At the Conceptual Crossroads of Politics and Technology: An Exploration Into EU Digital Policy

Anna Björk, Atte Ojanen, Johannes Anttila and Johannes Mikkonen

How Terror Attacks Shape Political Agendas on Multiculturalism in France

Elena Cossu and Caterina Froio

Politicians, Electoral Integrity, and Electoral Management Bodies: A Cross‐National Study on Satisfaction With Democracy

Valere Gaspard

Hijacking Democracy: Proposals on the Future of the European Union in Czechia, Hungary, and Slovakia (2015–2022)

Max Steuer

The Conspiracist Theory of Power

Mert Can Bayar and Scott Radnitz

Undermining Liberal Democracy? Cross‐Level Opposition in Madrid Regional President's Speeches During the Pandemic Crisis

Taru Haapala and Andreu Teruel

Transparency Against Democracy: The Sweden Democrats, Radical‐Right Populism, and Political Trust

Stéphane Paquin

Maastricht Overcome: An Evolving Disconnect Between the ECB’s Power and Independence

Anna-Lena Högenauer and Joana Mendes

The ECB’s Evolving Mandate and High Independence: An Undemocratic Mix

Anna-Lena Högenauer and Joana Mendes

“Strongmen” Don't Redistribute: Illiberal Leaders on the Right and Worsening Economic Inequality

Dean Schafer, Seraphine F. Maerz, Carsten Q. Schneider and Alexandra Krasnokutskaya

Liberal and Deliberative Democracy in the Global South: Models, Functions, Practices

Melisa Ross

Trust in Political Leaders as Trustworthiness

Susan Dieleman

The “Hottest Ever January” in Germany: Farmers’ Protests and the Discourse on Agriculture and Food Production

Melanie Nagel, Anna Gall and Jale Tosun

Reporting EU Politics in News Venues: An Issue of Democratic Deficit?

Muriel Cathérine Wenzel

Editorial: Novel Perspectives on Status in Global Politics

Ali Bilgic, Miriam Prys‐Hansen and Clemens Hoffmann

Rebuilding Countries in a War and Post‐War Context: Reconstruction Models and Their Impacts

Jehad Yousif Alayasa and Juraj Nemec

How Trickle‐Down Democracy Won the Debate, and Why It Didn’t Have To

Jan Pieter Beetz, Gilles Pittoors and Wouter Wolfs

Up and Down With… Polarisation? Intrinsic and Instrumental Polarisation Dynamics in US Climate Policy Debates

Philip Leifeld and Dana R. Fisher