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• Graciliano Ramos and the Making of Modern Brazil: Memory, Politics and Identities Research output

  The complexities of modernization in Brazil and Graciliano Ramos significance for our understanding of Brazil today.

• Political legitimacy in Chinese history : the case of the Northern Wei Dynasty (386-535) Research output

  Liu Puning defended his thesis on 25 April 2018.

• Freedom and the Fifth Commandment. Catholic priests and political violence in Ireland, 1919-21 Research output

  A new paperback edition of Brian Heffernan's book Freedom and the Fifth Commandment. Catholic priests and political violence in Ireland, 1919-21 was published by Manchester University Press in September 2016.

• Performance information and issue prioritisation by political and managerial decision-makers: A discrete choice experiment Research output

  This article explores the concept of issue prioritisation within the context of public administration research, focusing on decision-making processes.

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  Stijn Koenraads PhD candidate

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Jaroslaw Kantorowicz Assistant Professor

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

• Geriatrics and Ageing in the Soviet Union: Medical, Political and Social Contexts Research output

  This open access book brings together an eclectic cast of scholars in related disciplines to examine ageing in the Soviet Union, covering the practice of geriatrics, the science of gerontology, and the experience of growing old. Chapters in the book focus on concepts and themes that analyse Soviet ageing…

• 'Recycling the past' Tzu-chi waste recycling and the cultural politics of nostalgia in Taiwan Research output

  On the 8th of September Yun-An Olivia Dung successfully defended a doctoral thesis and graduated.

• A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe Volume I, Negotiating Modernity in the 'Long Nineteenth Century' Research output

  A History of Modern Political Thought in East Central Europe is a two-volume project, authored by an international team of researchers, and offering the first-ever synthetic overview of the history of modern political thought in East Central Europe.

• A comparative perspective on perceived legitimacy: evaluating authorities in democratic and no-democratic contexts Research project

  Does the political context (e.g., democracy vs. authoritarianism) influence what makes people perceive authorities as legitimate?

• comparative study of COVID-19 responses in South Korea and Japan: political nexus triad and policy responses Research output

  This study aims to examine how South Korea (hereafter, Korea) and Japan, two neighboring countries in Northeast Asia, have been responding to and mitigating the spread of COVID-19.

• Rationality and politics of algorithms. Will the promise of big data survive the dynamics of public decision making? Research output

  Big data promises to transform public decision-making for the better by making it more responsive to actual needs and policy effects. However, much recent work on big data in public decision-making assumes a rational view of decision-making, which has been much criticized in the public administration…

• Warnings: The Complicated Journey from Alert to Action in (Inter)national Politics (WARN) Research project

  The WARN project seeks to understand why certain warnings fail to reach and impact decision makers in time to avert crisis.

• Socio-political Changes, Confessionalization and Inter-confessional Relations in Ottoman Damascus from 1760 to 1860 Research output

  Ms. Anaïs Massot defended her thesis on 26 January 2021

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  Femke Bakker Senior assistant professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Leila Demarest Associate Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Jonah Schulhofer-Wohl Senior assistant professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Morena Skalamera Assistant professor

  Faculty of Humanities

• Face-to-face politics: why small states matter News - 2 August 2016

  Political scientist Wouter Veenendaal received an NWO Veni grant for his research on the political stability of small states. 'I find small states fascinating, they are almost always excluded from comparative research, while in fact they often challenge existing theories in political science.'

• These Oppressions won't cease: An Anthology of the Political Thought of the Cape Khoesan, 1777–1879 Research output

  The Khoesan were the first people in Africa to undergo the full rigours of European colonisation. By the early nineteenth century, they had largely been brought under colonial rule, dispossessed of their land and stock, and forced to work as labourers for farmers of European descent.

• The giant in the shadow? The Dutch security services in their political, bureaucratic, and societal context between 1912 and 1992. Research project

  Who tried to influence the mission and position of the Dutch security services between 1912 and 1992, what effect did that have on the form and contents of the security services? How to account for transformations of the security services?

• to ordinary citizens: The conversion of the Baduy, ethnicity, and politics of religion in Indonesia (1977 - 2019) Research output

  Mr. Ade Jaya Suryani defended his thesis on 28 January 2021

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  Henk te Velde Professor of Dutch History

  Faculty of Humanities

• Van Ham, Thomassen, Aarts & Andeweg (eds), Myth and Reality of the Legitimacy Crisis Research output

  This book systematically evaluates the empirical evidence for legitimacy decline in established democracies, the explanatory power of theories of legitimacy decline, and promises new routes in investigating and assessing political legitimacy.

• Nicholas Vrousalis, 'Exploitation: A Primer' Research output

  Political scientist Nicholas Vrousalis (Leiden University) reviews the recent literature on exploitation. He istinguishes between three main species of exploitation theory: (a) teleology-based (including harm and mutual benefit) accounts, (b) respect-based (including mere means, force, rights, and fairness)…

• Are civil servants allowed to freely voice their political woes? News - 10 January 2024

  In October, the Provincial Executive in Friesland reprimanded four civil servants who had signed an incendiary letter asking the government to adopt a more active climate policy. Wim Voermans, Professor of Constitutional and Administrative Law, feels that the Executive made a mistake.

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  Nisida Gjoksi Guest

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

• Politics and economics central in new Philosophy specialisation News - 4 February 2015

  Philosophy has an important contribution to make to society, says Professor of Practical Philosophy Glen Newey. You need people who can think clearly, certainly in positions of power and authority. Newey stresses that “there will always be a place for philosophy”. An introduction to the practically…

• Negotiating Islamisation and resistance : a study of religions, politics and social change in West Java from the early 20th Century to the present Research output

  Chaider Bamualim defended his thesis on 9 September 2015

• Roman Political Culture. Seven Studies of the Senate and City Councils of Italy from the First to the Sixth Century AD Research output

  This volume offers an innovative analysis of Roman political culture in Italy from the first to the sixth century AD on the basis of seven case studies.

• Enclosing Executive Secrecy, Arguments & Practices in the German Bundestag Research output

  Parliaments in democratic systems serve as the people’s representatives, legislators and overseers of the executive. They have the power to define the framework in which the executive can act and must report about its action. For parliaments to fulfil their roles, though, they depend on access to information.…

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  Gina van Ling Skills lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  André Gerrits Professor of International Studies and Global Politics

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Corinna Jentzsch Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Eamon Aloyo Assistant Professor

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

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  Jelena Belic Lecturer

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Sarthak Bagchi PhD candidate

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Bart van der Boom University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Jonathan London Associate professor Global Political Economy

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Matthew di Giuseppe Director of Studies / Associate Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Ivan Bakalov Lecturer

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Florian Schneider Professor Modern China

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Dario Fazzi Professor by special appointment Transatlantic Environmental History

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Joost Augusteijn Senior University Lecturer

  Faculty of Humanities

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  Manuel Cabal Lopez Assistant professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Bert Koenders Professor Peace, Justice and Security

  Faculty Governance and Global Affairs

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  Nicolas Blarel Associate Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

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  Hans Oversloot Senior Assistant Professor

  Faculteit der Sociale Wetenschappen

• The dual role of state capacity in opening socio-political orders: assessment of state capacity in Belarus and Ukraine Research output

  Antoaneta Dimitrova, Professor Comparative Governance at Leiden University, Honorata Mazepus, Assistant professor at Leiden University and Dimiter Toshkov, Associate Professor at Leiden University, together with three other authors researched which aspects of state capacity might contribute to opening…

• MPs’ behaviour Research Dossier: From Data to insight

  Some MPs are very active, while others are not. The number of proposals and questions that MPs in the Netherlands put forward is determined in part by the level of activity of their fellow committee members rather than by electoral incentive, which is the case in other countries.