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Securing Democracy: Online Political Advertising Regulations and Practices in the EU and its Member States

Global Policy, Volume 17, Issue S2, Page S83-S100, July 2026.
ABSTRACT Starting with the Facebook‐Cambridge Analytica scandal and its link to Brexit and the 2016 US elections, the nexus among online political advertising, micro‐targeting, and data‐driven electoral campaigning has revealed its disruptive potential for democracies.
Enea Fiore, Antonella Seddone, Daniela R. Piccio   +2 more
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The Contemporary Debate on Secularization and Its Cross‐National Variation: A Systematization Through Topic Modeling

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 65, Issue 2, Page 293-306, June 2026.
ABSTRACT Secularization is a key concept in the social scientific study of religion, yet its meaning remains ambiguous due to varied definitions produced in the literature. This article aims to provide a data‐driven systematization of the debate on religious change by analyzing 1638 academic articles published between 2001 and 2022 using structural ...
Valeria Rainero, Ruud Luijkx
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Reimagining the (Supra)nation, Remaking the State: The Yugoslav Idea and Ante Marković's Party

Nations and Nationalism, Volume 32, Issue 2, Page 402-413, April 2026.
ABSTRACT This article investigates the reimagining and representation of the Yugoslav idea by the Alliance of Reformist Forces (SRSJ), a party established by federal Prime Minister Ante Marković in 1990. The SRSJ sought to reshape the structure of the federal state and revive the narratives of shared history and culture foundational to the Yugoslav ...
Alfredo Sasso
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Penal Modernization in the Western Balkans: Continuities and Changes since the Nineteenth Century

History, Volume 111, Issue 394, Page 66-89, January 2026.
Abstract Influential sociologists of social control, including Émile Durkheim, Max Weber and others, conceived of the modern state as progressively moving towards the humanization of its penal programme. This article highlights developments that do not easily fit this progressivist model, drawing attention to the region that today is often referred to ...
Olga Kantokoski
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Badiou and the Reconstruction of the Concept of God

Modern Theology, Volume 42, Issue 1, Page 187-209, January 2026.
Abstract In this article I first summarize Badiou’s and Žižek’s critique of the concept of God, which I and other interpreters conceive as a radicalization of the theology of the death of God. I then pose the question of how to formulate a positive conception of God after the death of God that would overcome the limits of negative or apophatic theology.
Michael Hauser
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On the natural border: A bio‐geo‐political reading

Transactions of the Institute of British Geographers, Volume 50, Issue 4, December 2025.
Abstract This article engages in a critical analysis of the concept of the natural border. It highlights its inherently biopolitical nature by exploring how it intersects with biology, history and geography. In the last decades, critical border studies have deeply questioned the naturality of borders.
Matteo Proto, Francesco Buscemi
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Public Administration Education in the Czech Republic: Facing Marginalization

Public Administration Review, Volume 85, Issue 6, Page 1901-1915, November/December 2025.
ABSTRACT This article maps and discusses the state of public administration education in the Czech Republic. The main method is the multiple case study, covering three topics. The first case enhances information about the scope and scale of public administration in the country. The data suggest that, especially at public schools, the number of students
Michal Plaček, Juraj Nemec, David Špaček, Peter Pisár   +3 more
wiley   +1 more source

Unveiling transparency in data protection enforcement across the EU: Assessing the level and quality of disclosure of GDPR fines by data protection authorities

European Law Journal, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 177-202, October 2025.
Abstract Despite the increasing recognition of data protection rights across the European Union (EU), evidence suggests they are often underenforced, thereby undermining the effectiveness of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This article shows that an often neglected aspect in GDPR enforcement is the variability in transparency exhibited ...
Pablo Marcello Baquero, Aluna Wang, David Restrepo Amariles   +2 more
wiley   +1 more source

Whistling in the void: The Whistleblowing Directive as a case study on why the direct effects doctrine and infringement proceedings fail to enforce Union law and how to fix it

European Law Journal, Volume 31, Issue 3, Page 134-152, October 2025.
Abstract The European Whistleblowing Directive is one of the most consequential acts of Union law in the last decade and has created lasting effects across the European Union. After almost all Member States have failed to meet the transposition deadline of 17 December 2021, the limits of a Directive's direct effects as a means to enforce Union law have
Simon Gerdemann
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Learning From the Past? EU Industrial Policy Challenges

Governance, Volume 38, Issue 4, October 2025.
ABSTRACT The European Union's current pursuit of strategic autonomy and technological sovereignty through industrial policy initiatives occurs amid intensifying US‐China competition, prompting new policy instruments and rhetoric that many scholars interpret as fundamental transformation in EU economic governance.
Dimitri Zurstrassen
wiley   +1 more source