Tag: Political Science and International Relations
Voters use ideological labels to infer candidate policy positions
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Study reveals voters in multiparty systems use left-right ideology labels to infer candidate positions, even when their own ideology misaligns with their policy preferences.
Academic freedom in Hungary declined alongside government deterioration
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Legal analysis of Hungarian higher education legislation reveals strong correlation between academic freedom decline and government autocratization from 1990 to present.
Myanmar case links democratization to religious nationalist mobilization
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Examination of how autocratic cooptation of majority religious clergy incentivizes religious nationalist mobilization against minorities during democratization transitions
Eastern Europe frames shape security narratives in Lithuania
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Analysis of Russian and Western meta-frames of Eastern Europe as information warfare tools, with examination of Lithuania’s counter-framing strategy and regional security implications.
Political theory is presented as essential to analyzing political systems
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Political theory remains essential for rigorous political system analysis, offering conceptual clarity and normative frameworks that empirical methods alone cannot provide.
EU CLLD funding often excludes marginalised communities
Qualitative study of seven European cities examining how EU Community-Led Local Development funding excludes marginalised communities despite inclusive policy aims.
Japan’s defense buildup coexists with strong pacifist attitudes
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Sociological study examining how Japan reconciles increased defense spending with persistent pacifism through war frames, public attitudes, and civil society voices following Russia’s 2022 invasion.
Article proposes adding emotion to coalition theory
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Integrating emotional mechanisms into the Advocacy Coalition Framework to explain policy subsystem dynamics, coalition stability, and membership persistence.
Academic expert involvement varies across policymaking arenas
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Study reveals how academic experts gain access to policy-making across parliament, government, and media in Belgium, with persistent overrepresentation of senior male scholars from social sciences.
Youth-oriented voting advice tool improved party position knowledge
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Experimental study shows youth-oriented voting advice application significantly improved party position knowledge among Belgian voters aged 16–30, while generic version had no effect.
