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Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: Evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal (2012)
Journal Article
Vivyan, N., Wagner, M., & Tarlov, J. (2012). Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: Evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal. Electoral Studies, 31(4), 750-763. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.electstud.2012.06.010

This paper examines electoral accountability after the 2009–10 UK expenses scandal. Existing research shows that Members of Parliament (MPs) implicated in the scandal fared only marginally worse in the election than non-implicated colleagues. This la... Read More about Representative misconduct, voter perceptions and accountability: Evidence from the 2009 House of Commons expenses scandal.

Divergent Transformation and Centrifugal Peacebuilding: The EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina. (2012)
Journal Article
Kappler, S. (2012). Divergent Transformation and Centrifugal Peacebuilding: The EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina. International Peacekeeping, 19(5), 612-627. https://doi.org/10.1080/13533312.2012.722001

This article problematizes the EU's approach to conflict transformation in its neighbouring countries, with specific reference to Bosnia and Herzegovina. It claims that the way in which the EU engages with domestic elites differs considerably from it... Read More about Divergent Transformation and Centrifugal Peacebuilding: The EU in Bosnia and Herzegovina..

The Tunisian elections of October 2011: a democratic consensus. (2012)
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Murphy, E. (2013). The Tunisian elections of October 2011: a democratic consensus. The Journal of North African Studies, 18(2), 231-247. https://doi.org/10.1080/13629387.2012.739299

In October 2011, Tunisia held its first free and fair elections since independence was gained in 1956. In January the authoritarian ruler, Zine el-Abidine Ben Ali had fled the country, following a month of sustained and widespread popular protest. Th... Read More about The Tunisian elections of October 2011: a democratic consensus..

Chinese citizenship ‘after orientalism’: academic narratives on internal migrants in China (2012)
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Jakimów, M. (2012). Chinese citizenship ‘after orientalism’: academic narratives on internal migrants in China. Citizenship Studies, 16(5-6), 657-671. https://doi.org/10.1080/13621025.2012.698488

In this article I enquire into the possibility of citizenship ‘after orientalism’ by examining the writing of Chinese academics on internal migrants in China. The popular narratives on migrants represent them as ‘peasant workers in need of becoming u... Read More about Chinese citizenship ‘after orientalism’: academic narratives on internal migrants in China.

Routine peace: Technocracy and peacebuilding (2012)
Journal Article
Ginty, R. M. (2012). Routine peace: Technocracy and peacebuilding. Cooperation and Conflict, 47(3), 287-308. https://doi.org/10.1177/0010836712444825

This article seeks to unpack the implications of technocracy for contemporary peace-building. It aims to illustrate how the bureaucratic imperative explains much about the ascendancy of certain actors to positions of prominence on the peace-building... Read More about Routine peace: Technocracy and peacebuilding.

Capture-Recapture Methods and Party Activism in Britain (2012)
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Cohen, G., Mates, L., & Flinn, A. (2012). Capture-Recapture Methods and Party Activism in Britain. The Journal of Interdisciplinary History, 43(2), 247-274. https://doi.org/10.1162/jinh_a_00381

Capture-recapture methods are of general interest because they can be applied to conventional historical sources to address otherwise intractable questions about the size and dynamics of historical populations. When employed to assess alternative exp... Read More about Capture-Recapture Methods and Party Activism in Britain.