Politics and Governance (ISSN: 2183-2463) is an international, peer-reviewed open access journal that publishes significant and cutting-edge research drawn from all areas of political science.
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| When Populists Win but Are Excluded From Power: Explaining Post‐Electoral Dynamics of Democratic Satisfaction | |||||||||
| Julia Partheymüller and Sylvia Kritzinger | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Democratic Confidence From Abroad: Evidence From the Mexican Diaspora in the United States | |||||||||
| Xavier Medina Vidal and Antonio Ugues Jr. | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Ballots and Beliefs: Diverging Views on Election Integrity From the Public and Officials | |||||||||
| Anita Manion, David C. Kimball, Paul Manson, Paul Gronke and Joseph Anthony | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Narrating Crisis, Imagining Solidarity: The Narrative Politics of Migration | |||||||||
| Francesca Pusterla Piccin | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| How Adolescents Evaluate Political Institutions and Develop Political Trust: A Cross‐National Study | |||||||||
| Linde Stals | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Prefigurative Democracy and Cultural Co‐Production | |||||||||
| Roberto Farneti | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Youth Political Culture in the European Union: Welfare Institutions, Political Trust, and Participation | |||||||||
| Anna Broka | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Gender Equality as Foundational to Democracy: Theory and Evidence of Gendered Political Culture(s) | |||||||||
| Zoe Lefkofridi, Vera Beloshitzkaya, Julia Gorny and Larissa Lotter | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 6 May 2026 | |||||||||
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| Doing Industrial Policy in a Geo‐Tech World | |||||||||
| Salih Işık Bora, Fabio Bulfone and Timo Seidl | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 30 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Das Auto and the Second China Shock: Industrial Policy and the Disruption of Technological Incumbency | |||||||||
| Cornel Ban and Vera Scepanovic | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 30 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Laggards or Mavericks? Czechia and Hungary’s Divergent Responses to the EU's Changing Industrial Policy Regime | |||||||||
| Ivo Iliev and Julia Rone | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 30 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| County Election Administration Promotes Voter Confidence in US Elections for Election Losers | |||||||||
| Michael J. Ritter | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 28 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| What Drives Boycotts? Exploring Motivational Frames in Digital Activism | |||||||||
| Sumeyye Kaya Uyar, Yunus Yeşil and Mustafa Yıldırım | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 28 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Governing Poverty in Times of Change: National Programs, Inequality, and Local Reality in Chile | |||||||||
| Hernán Cuevas Valenzuela and Miguel Ángel Pablo Cortés Morales | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 22 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Following the Leader Against Democracy? Evidence From the 2022 Brazilian Presidential Election | |||||||||
| Fernando Mello and Ignacio Jurado | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 22 April 2026 | |||||||||
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| Regimes of the World (RoW): Opening New Avenues for the Comparative Study of Political Regimes | |||||||||
| Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan I. Lindberg | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 19 March 2018 | |||||||||
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| Election Reform and Women’s Representation: Ranked Choice Voting in the U.S. | |||||||||
| Cynthia Richie Terrell, Courtney Lamendola and Maura Reilly | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 15 June 2021 | |||||||||
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| Voter Disenchantment in the Aftermath of the 2005 EU Constitutional Referendum in France | |||||||||
| Stefan Sliwa Ruiz, Lukas Linsi and Pascal Jaupart | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 5 July 2023 | |||||||||
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| The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Transformative Change through the Sustainable Development Goals? | |||||||||
| Sabine Weiland, Thomas Hickmann, Markus Lederer, Jens Marquardt and Sandra Schwindenhammer | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 26 February 2021 | |||||||||
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| Multilevel Trade Policy in the Joint‐Decision Trap? The Case of CETA | |||||||||
| Jörg Broschek | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 27 September 2023 | |||||||||
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| The Paris Agreement: Short-Term and Long-Term Effectiveness | |||||||||
| Guri Bang, Jon Hovi and Tora Skodvin | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 September 2016 | |||||||||
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| Paris: Beyond the Climate Dead End through Pledge and Review? | |||||||||
| Robert O. Keohane and Michael Oppenheimer | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 September 2016 | |||||||||
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| Disentangling and Locating the “Global Right”: Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe | |||||||||
| David Paternotte and Roman Kuhar | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 14 September 2018 | |||||||||
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| Globalization and Modern Slavery | |||||||||
| Todd Landman and Bernard W. Silverman | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 25 November 2019 | |||||||||
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| The Science–Policy Interface as a Discourse Network: Finland’s Climate Change Policy 2002–2015 | |||||||||
| Anna Kukkonen and Tuomas Ylä-Anttila | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 2 June 2020 | |||||||||
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| Regimes of the World (RoW): Opening New Avenues for the Comparative Study of Political Regimes | |||||||||
| Anna Lührmann, Marcus Tannenberg and Staffan I. Lindberg | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 19 March 2018 | |||||||||
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| Paris: Beyond the Climate Dead End through Pledge and Review? | |||||||||
| Robert O. Keohane and Michael Oppenheimer | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 September 2016 | |||||||||
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| The Paris Agreement: Short-Term and Long-Term Effectiveness | |||||||||
| Guri Bang, Jon Hovi and Tora Skodvin | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 8 September 2016 | |||||||||
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| Disentangling and Locating the “Global Right”: Anti-Gender Campaigns in Europe | |||||||||
| David Paternotte and Roman Kuhar | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 14 September 2018 | |||||||||
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| Globalization and Modern Slavery | |||||||||
| Todd Landman and Bernard W. Silverman | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 25 November 2019 | |||||||||
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| Making Russia Great Again? Vladimir Putin’s Changing Sources of Legitimacy 2000–2024 | |||||||||
| Tina Burrett | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 24 April 2025 | |||||||||
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| South–South Cooperation and the Promise of Experimentalist Governance: The ASEAN Smart Cities Network | |||||||||
| Manuel Mejido Costoya | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 21 April 2022 | |||||||||
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| Longer‐Term Effects of Voting at Age 16: Higher Turnout Among Young People in Scotland | |||||||||
| Jan Eichhorn and Christine Huebner | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Published: 22 January 2025 | |||||||||
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| The 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: Transformative Change through the Sustainable Development Goals? | |||||||||
| Sabine Weiland, Thomas Hickmann, Markus Lederer, Jens Marquardt and Sandra Schwindenhammer | |||||||||
| Editorial | Open Access | Published: 26 February 2021 | |||||||||
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| A Critical Review of Recent Literature on Populism | |||||||||
| John Abromeit | |||||||||
| Review | Open Access | Published: 29 December 2017 | |||||||||
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| Is Bad Always Stronger Than Good? Culture and Negativity Biases in Generalized Trust | |||||||||
| Baowen Liang | |||||||||
| Article | Open Access | Ahead of Print | Last Modified: 1 April 2026 | |||||||||
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