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 2021-04-01 to 2025-04-01.)
ArticleCitations
Gus Dur’s Enduring Legacy: Accruing Religious Merit in the Afterlife45
Representing ‘Place’: City Climate Commissions and the Institutionalisation of Experimental Governance in Edinburgh43
Depoliticizing Transnational Cleavage‐Related Issues Through Social Media Advertising: The 2022 Danish Defense Referendum Campaign35
Twenty-First Century Military Multilateralism: “Messy” and With Unintended Consequences29
Funding the War in Ukraine: The European Peace Facility, the Macro‐Financial Assistance Instrument, and the Slow Rise of an EU Fiscal Capacity28
28
27
25
23
23
22
Online Trolls: Unaffectionate Psychopaths or Just Lonely Outcasts and Angry Partisans?22
The Diversity of Actors in Reform Backsliding and Its Containment in the Ukrainian Hybrid Regime20
A Chip War Made in Germany? US Techno‐Dependencies, China Chokepoints, and the German Semiconductor Industry20
Southern European Journalists’ Perceptions of Discursive Menaces in the Age of (Online) Delegitimization19
Unequal Turnout Among the Newly Enfranchised: The Role of Political Efficacy18
Christian Churches and the Ukraine War: Introducing Religious Publics in Global Politics18
Unpacking Legal Accountability: The Case of the European Central Bank18
Green Monetary Policy Measures and Central Bank Mandates: A Comparative Political Economy Analysis18
The Anti-Homophobia Bill (PLC 122) in Brazil: Conspiracies and Conflicts Between the Constitution and the Bible18
An Imperfect Firewall: Quebec’s Constitutional Right of Secession as a Device Against Domination18
Diplomatic Realisation of the EU’s “Geoeconomic Pivot”: Sanctions, Trade, and Development Policy Reform17
Active Labour Market Policies for Rural NEETs in Lithuania: A Case of Rural Municipalities17
NEETs in Norway: A Scoping Review16
The Impact of Multilevel Governmental Policy on Rural Catalonia: Voices From the Grassroots16
United in Diversity? A Study on the Implementation of Sanctions in the European Union16
Multilateralism, Developmental Regionalism, and the African Development Bank16
Revisiting Early Fiscal Centralisation in the European Coal and Steel Community in Light of the EU’s Transfer Budget15
Agencies’ Reputational Game in an Evolving Environment: Europol and the European Parliament15
Gender Heterogeneity and Politics in Decision-Making About Green Public Procurement in the Czech Republic15
15
Transforming the Dynamics of Climate Politics in Japan: Business’ Response to Securitization15
Negative Party Identification and the Use of Party Cues in the Direct Democratic Context15
Health Care in Federal Systems14
Free Trade‐Populism and Nativist‐Protectionism: Trade Policy and the Sweden Democrats14
Merits and Challenges of Comparing the EU and Canada14
Illiberal and Populist Political Narratives on Gender and Underreporting of Sexual Violence: A Case Study of Hungary14
Religions and Conspiracy Theories as the Authoritarian “Other” of Democracy?13
The Coexistence of Fiscal Sovereignties: The Post‐Pandemic European Union in Comparative Perspective13
No Borrowing Without Taxing? Fiscal Solidarity of Next Generation EU in Light of the American Experience13
Accountability Issues, Online Covert Hate Speech, and the Efficacy of Counter‐Speech13
Patriotism and National Symbols in Russian and Ukrainian Elections13
What Are Crises for? The Effects on Users’ Engagement in the 2022 Italian Election13
12
Explaining Secessionism: What Do We Really Know About It?12
The Recovery and Resilience Dialogues: Cheap Talk or Effective Oversight?12
Public Employment Services' Responses to the Pandemic: Examples from Portugal, Bulgaria, and Lithuania12
Satellites and the Changing Politics of Transparency in World Politics12
One Crisis is not Like Another: Exploring Different Shades of Crisis in the EU12
Preferences and Institutions in European (Dis)Integration12
12
The Democratic Legitimacy of Secession and the Demos Problem12
Migrants’ Political Participation and Representation in Poland: What Do Political Parties Have to Offer?11
The Gendered Discourses of Illiberal Demographic Policy in Poland and in Russia11
Dimensions and Cartography of Dirty Money in Developing Countries: Tripping Up on the Global Hydra11
From New to Indispensable: How the 2004 Enlargement Reshaped the EU’s Transformative Powers11
Grasping Foreign and Security Policy Change: Patterns and Conditions of Change Among Liberal Democracies11
Electoral Participation of Non‐National EU Citizens in France: The Case of the Nord11
Introduction: Out With the Old, In With the New? Explaining Changing EU–US Relations11
Three Lessons From the 2004 “Big Bang” Enlargement11
10
Right to a Referendum, or Duty to Deliberate? Rethinking Normative Entitlements to Secession10
The Role of Gender in Parliamentary Attacks and Incivility10
Editorial: Is There a New Climate Politics?10
Enduring disembeddedness? Understanding the persistence of trade disconnects in US digital trade policy10
A Weakening Transatlantic Relationship? Redefining the EU–US Security and Defence Cooperation10
Finding Space in Politics: Perceptions of Representation Among Dutch Citizens With an Immigration Background10
Legitimacy First: Marine Le Pen’s Visual De‐Demonisation Strategies on Instagram10
Asylum Migration, Borders, and Terrorism in a Structural Gravity Model10
Ranked Choice Voting and Youth Voter Turnout: The Roles of Campaign Civility and Candidate Contact9
The New EU Industrial Policy: Opening Up New Frontiers for Financial Capital9
Unaccompanied Adolescent Minors’ Experiences of Exception and Abandonment in the Ventimiglia Border Space9
Methodological Reflections on Studying Gender‐Sensitive Parliaments Cross‐Nationally: A “Most Significant Change” Approach9
Making Sense of the European Side of the Transatlantic Security Relations in Africa9
Conspiracy Theory Beliefs and Political Trust: The Moderating Role of Political Communication9
Resentment and Coping With the Democratic Dilemma9
Affective Polarization Among Radical‐Right Supporters: Dislike Differentiation and Democratic Support9
A Regulatory‐Developmental Turn Within EU Industrial Policy? The Case of the Battery IPCEIs9
Re‐Embedding Trade in the Shadow of Populism9
Industrial Alliances for the Energy Transition: Harnessing Business Power in the Era of Geoeconomics9
The Power of Norms: Gender Equality Reforms in the Parliaments of Fiji and Samoa9
The EU De‐Risking of Energy Dependencies: Towards a New Clean Energy Geopolitical Order?9
Local Self‐Governance and the State in South Sudan: Studying Gendered Tenure Relations in Times of Uncertainty8
Crisis Capitalism and Climate Finance: The Framing, Monetizing, and Orchestration of Resilience-Amidst-Crisis8
Transformational Party Leaders: Determinants of Leadership Style Assessment in Central and Eastern Europe8
Masks Down: Diplomacy and Regime Stability in the Post‐Covid‐19 Era8
Different Perspectives on Democracy as an Explanation for the “Populist Radical Right Gender Gap”?8
Not in Front of the Child: Illiberal Familism and the Hungarian Anti‐LGBTQ+ “Child Protective Law”8
Public Employment Services and Vulnerable Youth in the EU: The Case of Rural NEETs7
The Polyphonic Sounds of Europe: Users’ Engagement With Parties’ European-Focused Facebook Posts7
Deliberative Mini-Publics and the European Green Deal in Turbulent Times: The Irish and French Climate Assemblies7
Carbon Ruins: Engaging with Post-Fossil Transitions through Participatory World-Building7
Differentiated Implementation of Controls: The Internal Border Regimes of Schengen7
Climate Politics in Green Deals: Exposing the Political Frontiers of the European Green Deal7
The European Council, the Council, and the European Green Deal7
The Informational Consequences of Populism: Social Media News Use and “News Finds Me” Perception7
The League of Matteo Salvini: Fostering and Exporting a Modern Mass-Party Grounded on “Phygital” Activism7
Federal Servants of Inclusion? The Governance of Student Mobility in Canada and the EU7
Does the EU Have Moral Authority? A Communicative Action Perspective on Sanctions7
Shifting Coalitions within the Youth Climate Movement in the US7
From Exclusion to Co-Optation: Political Opportunity Structures and Civil Society Responses in De-Democratising Hungary7
Illiberal Discourse in Romania: A “Golden” New Beginning?7
The Borders of the Law: Legal Fictions, Elusive Borders, Migrants’ Rights7
Human Security of Inuit and Sámi in the 21st Century: The Canadian and Finnish Cases7
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
German Politics and Intergovernmental Negotiations on the Eurozone Budget6
Concept and Varieties of Illiberalism6
6
The Pancasila Ideological Direction Bill (RUU‐HIP): A Missed Opportunity?6
Show Me the Money: Side‐Payments and the Implementation of International Agreements in Federal Systems6
“My Way or No Way”: Political Polarization and Disagreement Among Immigrant Influencers and Their Followers6
Clocks, Caps, Compartments, and Carve‐Outs: Creating Federal Fiscal Capacity Despite Strong Veto Powers6
Nepal’s Status‐Seeking Endeavors: Between Normative Convergence and Geopolitical Interests6
Between a Rock and a Hard Place: European Disintegration, Brexit, and Gibraltar6
Non-War Activities in Cyberspace as a Factor Driving the Process of De-Bordering6
Voter Disenchantment in the Aftermath of the 2005 EU Constitutional Referendum in France6
Building Legitimacy in an Era of Polycentric Trade: The Case of Transnational Sustainability Governance6
Exploring the Relationship Between Social Movement Organizations and the State in Latin America6
The Role of European Think Tanks as a Channel of the EU Public Diplomacy Towards Domestic and Foreign Publics6
A Post-Development Perspective on the EU’s Generalized Scheme of Preferences6
A New Research Agenda: How European Institutions Influence Law-Making in Justice and Home Affairs6
What Is the Role of the Government in Wildlife Policy? Evolutionary Governance Perspective6
6
The Decision to Go Negative: Election Types, Candidate Characteristics, and Electoral Competition6
Trade Policy and Ecological Transition6
Angry Reactionary Narcissists? Anger Activates the Link Between Narcissism and Right-Populist Party Support6
Hiding in Plain Sight: The Legitimacy of Labour Standards Clauses in the EU–Ukraine Collaboration6
Analyzing Citizen Engagement With European Politics on Social Media6
In the Name of the Conservative People: Slovakia’s Gendered Illiberal Transformation6
Russia's Clashing Ambitions: Arctic Status Quo and World‐Order Revision6
Accountability in EU Economic Governance: European Commissioners in Polish Parliament6
Emissions Lock-in, Capacity, and Public Opinion: How Insights From Political Science Can Inform Climate Modeling Efforts6
Policy Entrepreneurs of European Disintegration? The Case of Austrian Asylum Governance After 20156
Reactionary Gender Constructions in Illiberal Political Thinking6
Arctic Regional Governance: Actors and Transformations6
China as a “Green Soft Power” and the Belt and Road Initiative: Evidence From Pakistan6
Assembling Publics: Microsoft, Cybersecurity and Public‐Private Relations6
The Influence of Age on Citizens’ Preferences for Age‐Related Descriptive Representation6
China’s Carbon Market: Potential for Success?5
Indonesian Women and Terrorism: An Analysis of Historical and Contemporary Trends5
The Representative Potential of Interest Groups: Internal Voice in Post-Communist and Western European Countries5
The “EU‐Leash”: Growth Model Resilience and Change in the EU’s Eastern Periphery5
How Much of a New Agenda? International Structures, Agency, and Transatlantic Order5
5
Multi‐Level Governance Feedback and Health Care in Italy in the Aftermath of Covid‐195
Same Same but Different? Gender Politics and (Trans-)National Value Contestation in Europe on Twitter5
Election Reform and Women’s Representation: Ranked Choice Voting in the U.S.5
Exploring Enablers for an Ambitious Coal Phaseout5
5
“Refugees” as a Misnomer: The Parochial Politics and Official Discourse of the Visegrad Four5
Climate Change and Institutional Resilience in Arctic Environmental Governance5
Disputing “Gender” in Academia: Illiberalism and the Politics of Knowledge5
Comprehensive Security: The Opportunities and Challenges of Incorporating Environmental Threats in Security Policy5
Gender and Opposition Leadership in the Pacific Islands5
The Debudgetisation of Public Finances in Poland After Covid‐19 and the War in Ukraine5
Populists in the Shadow of Unanimity: Contestation of EU Foreign and Security Policy5
Gender in the Climate-Conflict Nexus: “Forgotten” Variables, Alternative Securities, and Hidden Power Dimensions5
Is the (Mass) Party Really Over? The Case of the Dutch Forum for Democracy5
Strategy and Steering in Governance: The Changing Fates of the Argentine Planning Council5
Indonesian Heroes and Villains: National Identity, Politics, Law, and Security5
Loops of Violence(s) Within Europe’s Governance of Migration in Libya, Italy, Greece, and Belgium5
The Territorialization of the Global Commons: Evidence from Ocean Governance5
Rethinking the “Conspiracy Crisis”: Use and Misuse of “Conspiracy Theory” Labels After Covid‐195
No Strong Leaders Needed? AfD Party Organisation Between Collective Leadership, Internal Democracy, and “Movement-Party” Strategy5
China in Africa: Assessing the Consequences for the Continent’s Agenda for Economic Regionalism5
Chinese Multinationals and Europe’s Geoeconomic Turn: The De‐Globalization of the Chinese ICT and Automotive Industry?5
Community Forest Management: Weak States or Strong Communities?5
Islamist and Nativist Reactionary Radicalisation in Europe5
Evolution of Brazilian Democracy: Unveiling Election Dynamics in Political Issues, Negativity, and Acclaim5
4
Addressing Migrant Inequality in Youth Political Engagement: The Role of Parental Influences4
Governance Challenges for Implementing Nature-Based Solutions in the Asian Region4
“Mass,” “Movement,” “Personal,” or “Cartel” Party? Fidesz’s Hybrid Organisational Strategy4
The Relationship Between Topics, Negativity, and User Engagement in Election Campaigns on Facebook4
Understanding the Electoral Participation Gap: A Study of Racialized Minorities in Canada4
Policy‐Maker of Last Resort? Drivers of Discretion at the European Central Bank4
Challenges Facing Organised Interests Under a Populist Right-Wing Government in Slovenia4
Subjective Well‐Being of NEETs and Employability: A Study of Non‐Urban Youths in Spain, Italy, and Portugal4
Political Issues in Social Media Campaigns for National Elections: A Plea for Comparative Research4
4
Institutional Commitment Problems and Regional Autonomy: The Catalan Case4
Monetary‐Fiscal Interactions and the Problem of Outdated Commitments: Eurozone Crisis Versus Covid‐194
The Causes and Modes of European Disintegration4
Digital Transformation and Digital Competences of Urban and Rural Polish Youths4
The European Central Bank: From a Price Stability Paradigm to a Multidimensional Stability Paradigm4
Maastricht Overcome: An Evolving Disconnect Between the ECB’s Power and Independence4
Ressentiment: A Complex Emotion or an Emotional Mechanism of Psychic Defences?4
Central Bank Digital Currencies and International Crises: Toward an Authoritarian International Monetary Order?4
Character, Gender, and Populism: How Female Populist Voters Judge the Character of Political Leaders4
Beyond Gender: Exploring the Intersectional Dynamics in Political Interest Among Youth4
Anchoring Policies, Alignment Tensions: Reconciling New Zealand’s Climate Change Act and Emissions Trading Scheme4
4
Introduction to Migration and Refugee Flows: New Insights4
4
Rising to a Challenge? Ten Years of Parliamentary Accountability of the European Semester4
A Consistent Picture? Issue‐Based Campaigning on Facebook During the 2021 German Federal Election Campaign4
Multilevel Venue Shopping Amid Democratic Backsliding in New European Union Member States4
Legitimisation of Foreign Direct Investment Screening Among Business Actors: The Danish Case4
EU Renewable Energy Governance and the Ukraine War: Moving Ahead Through Strategic Flexibility?4
Beyond Foreign Policy? EU Sanctions at the Intersection of Development, Trade, and CFSP4
Reject, Reject, Reject...Passed! Explaining a Latecomer of Emigrant Enfranchisement4
From Counterterrorism to Deterrence: The Evolution of Canada’s and Italy’s Defense Postures4
NextGenerationEU and the European Semester: Comparing National Plans and Country‐Specific Recommendations4
Subaltern Counterpublics in Global Politics4
4
Spanish Political Communication and Hate Speech on Twitter During the Russian Invasion of Ukraine3
The Geoeconomic Turn in International Trade, Investment, and Technology3
Divergence Across the Atlantic? US Skepticism Meets the EU and the WTO’s Appellate Body3
3
Covid‐19‐Related Conspiracy Myths, Beliefs, and Democracy‐Endangering Consequences3
Making Polar and Ocean Governance Future-Proof3
Coping With Turbulence and Safeguarding Against Authoritarianism: Polycentric Governance as a Resilience Resource3
Class Struggle and International Economic Institutions: The Origins of the GATT and “Embedded Liberalism”3
Passing the Sexual Violence Crime Law in Indonesia: Reflection of a Gender-Sensitive Parliament?3
Energy Security in Turbulent Times Towards the European Green Deal3
Leading the Way, but Also Following the Trend: The Slovak National Party3
Fragmentation or Effective Governance? The Regime Complex of Counter-Piracy in Asia3
Selective Inclusion? Insights Into Political Parties' Recruitment of Immigrant Background Candidates in Bolzano3
Climate Policy Ambition: Exploring A Policy Density Perspective3
Facing the Future: Conceiving Legal Obligations Towards Future Generations3
Accountability Revisited: Parliamentary Perspectives on the Inter-Parliamentary Conference on Stability, Economic Coordination, and Governance3
3
Space Security and the Transatlantic Relationship3
Gendering De‐Democratization: Gender and Illiberalism in Post‐Communist Europe3
The Political Economy of the EU Approach to the Rohingya Crisis in Myanmar3
Gender Equality Reforms in Parliaments3
Facebook Campaigning in the 2019 and 2021 Canadian Federal Elections3
Gender and Strategic Opposition Behavior: Patterns of Parliamentary Oversight in Belgium3
“The Flower and the Wall”: Poet‐Activist Wiji Thukul and Progressive Martyrdom in Post‐Suharto Indonesia3
The Debate on the European Union’s Future From the Perspective of Regional Members of Parliament3
“America is Back” or “America First” and the Transatlantic Relationship3
European Union’s Regulating of Social Media: A Discourse Analysis of the Digital Services Act3
The Political Participation and Representation of Migrants: An Overview3
A Bird’s Eye View: Supranational EU Actors on Twitter3
Closing the Implementation Gap: Obstacles in Reaching Net-Zero Pledges in the EU and Germany3
When Believing in Divine Immanence Explains Vaccine Hesitancy: A Matter of Conspiracy Beliefs?3
The European Investment Bank’s ‘Quantum Leap’ to Become the World’s First International Climate Bank3
3
Interest Group Strategic Responses to Democratic Backsliding3
Latin American Involvement in the 21st Century Geoeconomic Turn: A Qualitative Comparative Analysis3
The Decline of Economic and Political Freedom After Covid‐19: A New Authoritarian Dawn?3
Demonising Migrants in Contexts of Extremism: Analysis of Hate Speech in UK and Spain3
Pandemic Populism? How Covid-19 Triggered Populist Facebook User Comments in Germany and Austria3
The Role of Religions and Conspiracy Theories in Democratic and Authoritarian Regimes3
Parliamentary Women Opposition Leaders: A Comparative Assessment Across 28 OECD Countries3
Walking the Walk or Just Talking the Talk? VMRO-BND’s Efforts to Become a Mass Party3
Political Professionalization Beyond National Borders: An Analysis of Italian MPs in Overseas Constituencies3
Winners and Losers From Trade Agreements: Stock Market Reactions to TPP and TTIP3
Institutional Proxy Representatives of Future Generations: A Comparative Analysis of Types and Design Features3
0.1112539768219