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Ostracism as a threat to modern democracies: Evidence from 11 European countries
Political Psychology, Volume 47, Issue 1, February 2026.Abstract Ostracism—being ignored and excluded—has been shown to fuel threats to democracies, including increased willingness to engage in violent actions, endorsement of partisan falsehoods, and belief in political conspiracy theories. Recently, low social belonging has been linked with lower voter turnout and increased populist party support, thus ...
Natalia Bogatyreva +2 more
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Regulatory Talk About Climate Policies: National Plans or Commission Streamlining
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 125-151, January 2026.Abstract National energy and climate plans (NECPs) are a cornerstone of European Union (EU) climate policy. As ‘hard’ soft governance instruments, NECPs allow comparison of member state policies and monitoring of whether they reach EU aims. My argument is that NECPs can be analysed as regulatory talk, with both member states and the Commission using ...
Simon Fink
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JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies, Volume 64, Issue 1, Page 75-99, January 2026.Abstract This article examines the agency of national executives in shaping the reform agendas within the National Recovery and Resilience Plans (NRRPs) under the EU's Recovery and Resilience Facility (RRF). Through a comparative analysis of NRRPs drafting in Germany, France, Italy and Spain, and an in‐depth longitudinal study of Italy, we argue that ...
Enrico Borghetto +2 more
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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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Journal of Agrarian Change, Volume 25, Issue 4, October 2025.ABSTRACT This article explores the specific features of collectivization in socialist Yugoslavia, focusing on Slovenia as one of its constituent republics. Through a bottom‐up approach, it examines selected cases from the countryside surrounding the Slovenian capital, Ljubljana, between 1949 and 1953.
Lev Centrih
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Regulation &Governance, Volume 19, Issue 3, Page 933-956, July 2025.Abstract The decline in democratic quality and the increasing electoral popularity of illiberal populist parties are among the most notable global phenomena in the past 20 years. This article builds a bridge between the growing body of political science literature addressing how democratic backsliding impacts linkages between governments and organized ...
Michael Dobbins, Rafael Labanino
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Policy process theories in Europe: A survey of who uses them, where, and why
European Policy Analysis, Volume 11, Issue 2, Page 168-190, Spring 2025.Abstract Many US policy process theories have been applied as much in Europe as in the US. We assess this journey in three ways. First, we use published reviews of the field to identify the high quantity of applications and their concentration in Western European liberal democracies.
Paul Cairney +3 more
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Posted work in the European Union: Towards a highly competitive social market economy?
European Law Journal, Volume 31, Issue 1-2, Page 98-113, February-June 2025.Abstract This paper examines the EU's legal framework on the posting of workers—most notably Directive 2018/957—in light of the broader structural tension within European integration between economic freedoms and social protection. It argues that, although the revision marks a shift towards a more worker‐oriented approach, the underlying legal and ...
Marta Lasek‐Markey
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Contextualizing and generalizing drivers and barriers of urban living labs for climate resilience
Environmental Policy and Governance, Volume 34, Issue 5, Page 490-523, October 2024.Abstract Urban Living Labs are open innovation ecosystems that integrate research and innovation activities within urban communities. However, while solutions co‐created and tested in the Urban Living Labs must be contextualized and tailored to each city's uniqueness, broader impact requires generalization and systematic replication across geographical,
Laura Quadros Aniche +8 more
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International Biological Flora: Trapa natans†
Journal of Ecology, Volume 112, Issue 10, Page 2386-2420, October 2024.The water caltrop (Trapa natans L.) was once widely distributed in its native range, but is in some part (i.e. Europe) nowadays very rare, highly threatened and of conservation concern for still unknown reasons. It has been introduced beyond its native range (e.g.
Natalie Palm +2 more
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