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August 27, 2019December 18, 2019 by Robert Benson

Lawyers, Guns and Money: Illiberal Societies and the Rise of Crony Capitalism

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There is an old rock station back in Boston which had a special knack for playing those lesser-known B side tracks. I am reminded of one, a late 70s pop song by Warren Zevon with the quirky title: Lawyers, Guns and Money. It chronicles the exploits of an English expat who finds himself ensnared by a Russian Mafioso after a late night gambling. Half way through the second stanza he sings ‘send lawyers, guns, and money!’ Partially for its whimsy refrain and partially because I happen to like obscure 70s pop, the track strikes me as the perfect namesake for a piece on the rise of crony capitalism.

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May 15, 2018January 7, 2019 by Janne Mende

A New Responsibility in the Making: Business Companies and Human Rights

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There is a global struggle going on, and it is not going to end soon. This struggle concerns the question, to what extent transnational companies are or should be responsible for human rights. In plenty of countries worldwide, lawsuits, civil society campaigns, political and legislative initiatives address companies’ involvement in human rights violations. Rana Plaza, Shell, Nestlé, Daimler or KiK represent just a few out of numerous examples.

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Cupać, Jelena (2020): “The Anxiety Dilemma: Locating the Western Balkans in the Age of Anxiety”. In: Journal of Regional Security, 15 (1): 7–38.

Ebetürk, Irem (2021): “Global diffusion of laws: The case of minimum age of marriage legislation, 1965–2015“. In: European Journal of Cultural and Political Sociology, 1-35 (published online Feb. 26, 2021).

Gerschewski, Johannes (2020): “Erosion or Decay? Conceptualizing Causes and Mechanisms of Democratic Regression”. In: Democratization, 28(1): 43-62.

Neundorf, Anja/Gerschewski, Johannes/Olar, Roman-Gabriel (2020): “How Do Inclusionary and Exclusionary Autocracies Affect Ordinary People?”. In: Comparative Political Studies, 53(12):1890–1925.

Parízek, Michal/Stephen, Matthew D. (2020): “The Long March through the Institutions Emerging Powers and the Staffing of International Organizations”. In: Cooperation and Conflict/ Journal of the Nordic International Studies Association (published online Oct. 19, 2020).

Parízek, Michal/Stephen, Matthew D. (2021): “The Increasing Representativeness of International Organizations’ Secretariats: Evidence from the United Nations System, 1997–2015”. In: International Studies Quarterly, 65 (1): 197–209.

Rauh, Christian (2021): “One Agenda or Too Many? The Varying Success of Policy Initiatives by individual Directorate-Generals of the European Commission 1994-2006”. In: European Union Politics, 22(1): 3-24.

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Zürn, Michael (2021): “On the Role of Contestations, the Power of Reflexive Authority, and Legitimation Problems in the Global Political System”. In: International Theory, 13(1): 192-204.