This paper appraises the study of globalisation within International Political Economy (IPE). It also examines existing analysis, more specifically, on the ideational dimension of globalisation, generally situated within IPE but also found in other branches of political science. As a discipline, IPE is largely founded on the study of globalisation; intra-disciplinary disputes often coalesce con...

This article investigates whether vote-buying and the instigation of violence in the disputed 2007 Kenyan elections were strategically motivated, and whether those affected by electoral violence changed their views towards ethno-politics and the use of violence. To answer these questions, a panel survey conducted before and after the elections is combined with external indicators of electoral v...

Studies of signaling in international relations reveal how punishing bluffing ex post through domestic audience costs or opposition groups facilitates credible ex ante communication among states and reduces the impetus toward war. Global integration of economic markets may also reduce uncertainty by making talk costly ex ante. Autonomous global capital can respond dramatically to political cris...

Unrecognized states are characterized by stagnant or crumbling economies and political instability, often serve as havens for illicit trade, and challenge the territorial sovereignty of recognized states. Their persistence is both intellectually puzzling and normatively problematic, but unrecognized statehood can be a remarkably stable outcome, persisting for decades. Our dynamic four-player mo...

This article examines the evolution of Islamic elements in twentieth-century Indonesian literature. The study employs historical analysis and methods to assess continuity change expression themes literary works. By examining verses works criticism that surrounds them, shows literature has transformed significantly over last decade. argues among Muslim writers goes beyond critique encompass an a...

relations between the third world countries in different parts of asia and africa during the 19th and 20th centuries, to a great extent, were influenced by the presence and policies of colonial powers. thus, for a better understanding of roots of disputes and issues existing between these countries concerning frontiers, disputed islands, political and prejudicial tensions, we need to study past...

The relationship between biology and politics is manifold, ranging from politics within biology and implications of politics for biological research to intrinsic political dimensions of biological insights. Politics within biology plays out in the everyday practice of academic and applied science and has recently reached a new dimension in the context of priority and patent disputes, whereas po...

A nimosity towards lawyers, perennial in our social history long before Watergate, parallels a contradictory and equally persistent belief in judges as problem-solvers for a variety of personal, economic, educational and political ills. An increasing number of litigants are bringing to the courts not only the class of disputes that has been the traditional fare of judicial decision-making, but ...

Abstract Despite extensive criticisms of mass surveillance and mobilization by civil liberties digital rights activists, has paradoxically been extended legalized in the name security. How do some democratic claims against appear to be normal common-sense, whereas others are deemed unacceptable, even outlandish? Instead starting from particular “logics” either security or democracy, this paper ...