An increasing number of countries are adopting open government reforms, driven, in part, by
the Open Government Partnership (OGP), a global effort dedicated to advancing such …

Regulation of rapidly developing changing policy areas is a well-known challenge for any
government. It can involve balancing factors from elite factional politics to development …

Despite a wealth of studies examining Muslim religiosity and democracy, uncertainty
regarding Islam and attitudes toward democracy remains. Although the claims concerning …

There is growing evidence that personality traits are spatially clustered across geographic
regions and that regionally aggregated personality scores are related to political, economic …

ABSTRACT The Arab Spring and its aftermath reignited the debate over the relationship
between Islamism and democracy. This analysis improves upon previous research by …

Egalitarian preferences and benevolence are significant elements of Islamic social justice,
which is one of the main pillars of Islam's ethico-political system. Surprisingly, empirical …

One popular and very common hypothesis nowadays is that the Roman Catholic Second
Vatican Council (October 11, 1962–December 8, 1965) with its commitment to interreligious …

This article brings the integrative mixed-methods approach into the discussion on
measurement, description, and conceptualization. Specifically, it examines one fruitful …

Support for democracy in the population is considered critical for the emergence and
stability of democracy. Macro-determinants and retrospective experiences have been shown …

The role of the EU in the promotion of Europeanization and the EU political identity in
potential member states of Eastern Europe prior to the 2004 enlargement was important for …