Latest Research in Political Conflict and Governance

32 research papers · 2026 median publication year

Top Research Topics in Political Conflict and Governance

Highest-Cited Papers

  1. Epistocracy and the Commitment Problem
  2. Measuring Judicial Legitimacy: Public Support for the Mexican Supreme Court, 1998–2024
  3. The winner–loser gap in democratic attitudes among politicians: Individual and collective outcomes
  4. A rainbow in the dark? The electoral impact of elite divisions within the ruling party in dictatorships
  5. Losing elections, losing trust? A quasi-experimental investigation of the winner-loser gap on political trust
  6. Preferences or principles? The ‘noncompliance penalty’ and the limits of public support for the rule of law
  7. Are Citizens in Municipalities With Uncontested Elections More Satisfied With Their Local Democracy Than Those in Municipalities With Contested Elections?
  8. Mind the gap: turnout gap of local and national elections in Germany from 2000–2019
  9. Voting Decision-Making Revisited from a Consumer Behavior Perspective: The Effect of Usage and the Empty Pot Factor in Turkey
  10. Shaping sustainable peace: Citizen perspectives on settlement design
  11. Pandemic politics: electoral outcomes for incumbents during COVID-19
  12. Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrants
  13. How bonding, bridging, and linking social capital shape voter behavior in underdeveloped regions of Indonesia
  14. Climate change, ICT Diffusion and Internal Migration in Tunisia
  15. Ideology or Identity? CEO Political Party Affiliation and Conformity in Competitive Strategy
  16. Brokered democracy at the margins: political communication among fisher communities in Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential Election
  17. Reframing the Pursuit of Peaceful Coexistence after North Korea’s “Two Hostile States Theory”: Security, Norms, and Public Discourse
  18. “Don’t Know, Don’t Care?” How information and institutional reform affect voting in supranational elections: experimental evidence from the 2024 European Parliamentary elections
  19. For Everything There is a Season: Seasonality and Retrospective Voting in African Elections
  20. Perceptions of Coercion and Vote Buying in Remote Voting Across Four Countries
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Political Conflict and Governance

32 papers

Top Topics (10)

Electoral Systems and Political Participation8
Political Conflict and Governance3
Populism, Right-Wing Movements3
Politics and Society in Latin America3
Judicial and Constitutional Studies2
Political Philosophy and Ethics1
Public Policy and Administration Research1
Decision-Making and Behavioral Economics1
Peacebuilding and International Security1
Crime Patterns and Interventions1

Top Publications (20)

1.Epistocracy and the Commitment Problem2.Measuring Judicial Legitimacy: Public Support for the Mexican Supreme Court, 1998–20243.The winner–loser gap in democratic attitudes among politicians: Individual and collective outcomes4.A rainbow in the dark? The electoral impact of elite divisions within the ruling party in dictatorships5.Losing elections, losing trust? A quasi-experimental investigation of the winner-loser gap on political trust6.Preferences or principles? The ‘noncompliance penalty’ and the limits of public support for the rule of law7.Are Citizens in Municipalities With Uncontested Elections More Satisfied With Their Local Democracy Than Those in Municipalities With Contested Elections?8.Mind the gap: turnout gap of local and national elections in Germany from 2000–20199.Voting Decision-Making Revisited from a Consumer Behavior Perspective: The Effect of Usage and the Empty Pot Factor in Turkey10.Shaping sustainable peace: Citizen perspectives on settlement design11.Pandemic politics: electoral outcomes for incumbents during COVID-1912.Community Engagement and Public Safety: Evidence from Crime Enforcement Targeting Immigrants13.How bonding, bridging, and linking social capital shape voter behavior in underdeveloped regions of Indonesia14.Climate change, ICT Diffusion and Internal Migration in Tunisia15.Ideology or Identity? CEO Political Party Affiliation and Conformity in Competitive Strategy16.Brokered democracy at the margins: political communication among fisher communities in Indonesia’s 2024 Presidential Election17.Reframing the Pursuit of Peaceful Coexistence after North Korea’s “Two Hostile States Theory”: Security, Norms, and Public Discourse18.“Don’t Know, Don’t Care?” How information and institutional reform affect voting in supranational elections: experimental evidence from the 2024 European Parliamentary elections19.For Everything There is a Season: Seasonality and Retrospective Voting in African Elections20.Perceptions of Coercion and Vote Buying in Remote Voting Across Four Countries
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