Political Science

Essential Reading List

Essential Reading List


Find out what your colleagues are reading in Political Science and Policy. Our essential reading list pulls together the most read articles from 2015, with free access until the end of May 2016.
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The Politics of Foreign Direct Investment into Developing Countries: Increasing FDI through International Trade Agreements?
American Journal of Political Science

Food Security in India: The Imperative and Its Challenges
Asia & the Pacific Policy Studies

MH370 and MH17 on The Conversation.com
Asian Politics & Policy

The “Middle Power” Concept in Australian Foreign Policy
Australian Journal of Politics and History

From New Public Management to Public Value: Paradigmatic Change and Managerial Implications
Australian Journal of Public Administration

Book Reviews Comptes rendus
Canadian Public Administration

Religion and Freedom of Speech: Portraits of Muhammad
Constellations

Images of Muslims in Western Scholarship and Media after 9/11
Digest of Middle East Studies
The theory of human development: A cross-cultural analysis
European Journal of Political Research

Greece
European Journal of Political Research Political Data Yearbook

International Climate Policy after Copenhagen: Towards a ‘Building Blocks’ Approach
Global Policy

What is Governance?
Governance


Human Capital Investment: The Returns from Education and Training to the Individual, the Firm and the Economy
Fiscal Studies


The costs and consequences of drone warfare
International Affairs

Normative Power Europe: A Contradiction in Terms?
JCMS: Journal of Common Market Studies

The Legalization of Recreational Marijuana: How Likely Is the Worst-Case Scenario?
Journal of Policy Analysis and Management

Reviews
Juncture
The Denationalization of Pemex: Implications and Scope for Mexico
Latin American Policy

Rethinking the Political Economy of Import Substitution Industrialization in Brazil: A Clientelist Model of Development Policymaking
Latin American Politics and Society

Scaling Policy Preferences from Coded Political Texts
Legislative Studies Quarterly

The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy
Middle East Policy

Religion and nationalism: four approaches
Nations and Nationalism

You Can't Understand ISIS If You Don't Know the History of Wahhabism in Saudi Arabia
New Perspectives Quarterly

The “Century of Humiliation,” Then and Now: Chinese Perceptions of the International Order
Pacific Focus

Humor as a Serious Strategy of Nonviolent Resistance to Oppression
Peace & Change

Connected and concerned: Variation in parents' online safety concerns
Policy & Internet

The Implementation of Public Policy: A Framework of Analysis
Policy Studies Journal

Pakistani Opposition to American Drone Strikes
Political Science Quarterly

The Wrong Solution at the Right Time: The Failure of the Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change
Politics & Policy

Placing Poverty in Context: A Case Study
Poverty & Public Policy

The Wartime President: Insights, Lessons, and Opportunities for Continued Investigation
Presidential Studies Quarterly

The Management of Change in Public Organizations: A Literature Review
Public Administration
The Impact of Public Officials’ Corruption on the Size and Allocation of U.S. State Spending
Public Administration Review

An Analysis of the Purposes of Cost Accounting in Large U.S. Cities
Public Budgeting and Finance

Can non-state global governance be legitimate? An analytical framework
Regulation & Governance

The Politics of “Fracking”: Regulating Natural Gas Drilling Practices in Colorado and Texas
Review of Policy Research

Social Capital, Community Resilience, and Faith-Based Organizations in Disaster Recovery: A Case Study of Mary Queen of Vietnam Catholic Church
Risk, Hazards & Crisis in Public Policy

E Pluribus Unum: Diversity and Community in the Twenty-first Century The 2006 Johan Skytte Prize Lecture
Scandinavian Political Studies

Social Vulnerability to Environmental Hazards
Social Science Quarterly

Britishness and the Failure of Australian Republicanism
Studies In Ethnicity and Nationalism
A Theoretical Note on the Differences Between Attitudes, Opinions, and Values
Swiss Political Science Review

Understanding UKIP: Identity, Social Change and the Left Behind
The Political Quarterly
Volunteered Geographic Information and Crowdsourcing Disaster Relief: A Case Study of the Haitian Earthquake
World Medical & Health Policy

Climate Change and Agriculture
EuroChoices

Debate: To Nudge or Not to Nudge
Journal of Political Philosophy

Framing Persuasive Appeals: Episodic and Thematic Framing, Emotional Response, and Policy Opinion
Political Psychology

 

Educational Inequality and the Expansion of UK Higher Education
Scottish Journal of Political Economy

Globalization and supply chain networks: the auto industry in Brazil and India
Global Networks

  Twenty-First Century Socialism? The Elusive Search for a Post-Neoliberal Development Model in Bolivia and Ecuador
Bulletin of Latin American Research
Ethiopa: New Ministers
Africa Research Bulletin: Political, Social and Cultural Series
  The Impact of Transparency and Accountability Initiatives
Development Policy Review

Who is Affected by the Minimum Wage?
Industrial Relations: A Journal of Economy and Society

  The Governance Challenges of Social Enterprises: Evidence from a UK Empirical Study
Annals of Public and Cooperative Economics
Educational Inequality and the Expansion of UK Higher Education
Scottish Journal of Political Economy