• The Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga: military reform and nation-building in a divided polity 

  Aziz, Sardar; Cottey, Andrew (Routledge - Taylor & Francis Group, 2021-02-15)

  During the war against Islamic State from 2014 to 2017 the Iraqi Kurdish Peshmerga became important local allies of the United States and its international partners, playing a significant role in the eventual defeat of ...
• (Gender) balancing the books: how did Irish political parties respond to the first 'gender quota' election in 2016? 

  Mariani, Mack; Buckley, Fiona; McGing, Claire; Wright, Austin (Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-11-06)

  This study examines how Ireland's political parties responded to the implementation of legislative gender quotas for the first time at the 2016 Dáil election. Using a dataset that includes biographical and electoral ...
• Campaigning by human branding: Associating with American Presidents 

  Collins, Neil (2020-09-08)

  Human branding has become an essential issue in political marketing. It is exemplified in the election of American Presidents. This paper examines the American experience to suggest a typology of human branding that may ...
• When mini-publics and maxi-publics coincide: Ireland's national debate on abortion 

  Farrell, David M.; Suiter, Jane; Cunningham, Kevin; Harris, Clodagh (Taylor & Francis Group, 2020-08-06)

  Ireland's Citizens' Assembly (CA) of 2016-18 was tasked with making recommendations on abortion. This paper shows that from the outset its members were in large part in favour of the liberalisation of abortion (though a ...
• Publishing in political science journals 

  Blair, Alasdair; Buckley, Fiona; Rashkova, Ekaterina; Stockemer, Daniel (Springer Nature Switzerland AG, 2020-06-29)

  Publication in academic journals is a critical part of the academic career. However, writing academic papers and getting them published is not a straightforward task. This article seeks to provide editors' insights into ...

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