In times of crisis, humans have a tendency to turn to religion for comfort and explanation.
The COVID-19 pandemic is no exception. Using daily and weekly data on Google searches …

The Digital Society Survey, designed by the Digital Society Project, contains questions
pertaining to the political environment of the internet and social media. The data collected …

Accountability—constraints on a government's use of political power—is one of the
cornerstones of good governance. However, conceptual stretching and a lack of reliable …

How do radical right populist parties influence government policies in their core issue of
immigration? This article provides a systematic analysis of the direct and indirect effects of …

The administrative ability of the state to deliver effective policy is essential for economic
development. While sociologists have long devoted attention to domestic forces …

This study scrutinises the role of institutional quality in the linkage of financial development
and economic growth in 21 Middle East and North African (MENA) countries. Using the …

Wealthy countries spend increasing amounts of aid to support adaptation to climate change
in develo** countries and have committed under the UN Framework Convention on …

In past decades, a relevant strand of literature has found corruption to be an important
determinant of income inequality. In this paper, it is argued that a reverse causal relationship …

Research suggests that nonviolent resistance (NVR) campaigns are more successful in
deposing dictators than armed rebellions. However, ousting dictators is only the first step in …

Trust and trustworthiness reinforce each other, while perceptions of fairness are closely
linked to trust. Corruption in the form of untrustworthy behavior, a betrayal of entrusted …