Policy Press

Democracy, power and governance

In these politically turbulent times, questions about democracy, power and society are frequently raised. How does power work in society? Can we ever achieve equal rights when the power dynamics in society are so skewed?

Our publishing in this area addresses questions like these from multiple angles, from extensive research into democratic governance and the concept of political power, to the role of power between different nations in foreign policy negotiations.

Bristol University Press and Policy Press are signed up to the UN SDG Publishers Compact. In democracy, power and governance, we aim to address the following goal:

SDG Publishers compact logoSDG 16: Peace, justice and strong institutions


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Policy & Politics

Can the governance paradigm survive the rise of populism?
Gerry Stoker

Citizen participation and changing governance: cases of devolution in England
Brenton Prosser

The Use and Abuse of Participatory Governance by Populist Governments [Free]
Agnes Batory and Sara Svensson

Beyond radicalism and resignation: the competing logics for public participation in policy decisions
Rikki John Dean

Elite capture of local participatory governance
Wahed Waheduzzaman, Sharif As-Saber and Mohotaj Binte Hamid

The Effects of Economic Crises on Participatory Democracy
Pau Alarcón et al

European Journal of Politics and Gender

Special issue: Contemporary Crises in European Politics: Gender Equality+ Under Threat

Themed Section on: Women, Media and Politics

Special issue: Politics and gender: rocking political science and creating new horizons featuring:
Taking implementation seriously in assessing success: the politics of gender equality policy
Power, knowledge and the politics of gender in the Global South [Open Access]
Feminist international relations: some research agendas for a world in transition

Global Discourse

Themed issue on: The Politics of Negative Emotions

Themed issue on: Cultivating New Post-secular Political Space

Themed issue on: The Limits of EUrope: Identities, Spaces, Values

Themed issue on: Reflections on post-Marxism: Laclau and Mouffe's project of radical democracy in the 21st century

Themed issue on: Militancy and the working class: The case of Northern Ireland

Journal of Public Finance and Public Choice

Imperfect democracy and economic freedom
Ryan H. Murphy

Do Democratic governors lower economic freedom? A regression discontinuity approach
William B Hankins and Gary A. Hoover

The European Union building from Public Choice to Ordo, Röpke’s and Einaudi’s ideas of Europe [Free]
Francesco Forte

The Political Red Queen
Giampaolo Garzarelli and Emma Galli

The political economy of state building
Ilia Murtazashvili and Jennifer Murtazashvili