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Jan Aart Scholte

Jan Aart Scholte

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Political Science

D-Index
37
Citations
15169
World Ranking
609
National Ranking
20

Overview

Jan Aart Scholte is affiliated with the University of Duisburg-Essen in Germany and specializes in social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations. Their research incorporates elements of development, strategy and management, communication, and the intersection of sociology and political science.

Scholte's recent scholarly contributions include papers published between 2020 and 2021, covering topics related to global governance and legitimacy. Notable paper titles and publication venues include:

  • "The Elite-Citizen Gap in International Organization Legitimacy" (2021), American Political Science Review
  • "Explaining elite perceptions of legitimacy in global governance" (2021), European Journal of International Relations
  • "It's Ordered Chaos: What Really Makes Polycentrism Work" (2021), International Studies Review
  • "Beyond institutionalism: toward a transformed global governance theory" (2020), International Theory
  • "Elite attitudes and the future of global governance" (2021), International Affairs

Their frequent co-authors include Jonas Tallberg, Soetkin Verhaegen, Lisa Dellmuth, Hortense Jongen, and Maria Koinova. Collaboration with these scholars reflects a network engaging in comparative analyses and theoretical developments within global governance and international relations.

Scholte's work is published in a variety of academic venues, with higher representation in:

  • Harvard Dataverse
  • European Journal of International Relations
  • American Political Science Review
  • International Studies Review
  • International Theory

The main areas of study encompass social sciences, particularly political science and international relations, supplemented by subfields including development, strategy and management, communication, and sociology and political science.

Topics frequently addressed in Scholte's research include:

  • International Development and Aid
  • Political Influence and Corporate Strategies
  • European Union Policy and Governance
  • Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • International Relations and Foreign Policy
  • Political Philosophy and Ethics
  • Social Media and Politics

Best Publications

  • Globalization: A Critical Introduction

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Contesting global governance : multilateral economic institutions and global social movements

    Robert O'Brien;Anne Marie Goetz;Jan Aart Scholte;Marc Williams

  • Civil Society and Democracy in Global Governance

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Global capitalism and the state

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Civil Society and Democratically Accountable Global Governance

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Building global democracy?: civil society and accountable global governance

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • What is globalization? The definitional issue - again

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Global civil society: changing the world?

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • International Relations of Social Change

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Reinventing global democracy

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • The geography of collective identities in a globalizing world

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Civil Society and Global Finance

    Jan Aart Scholte;Albrecht Schnabel

  • Civil society and legitimation of global governance

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • New Directions in Globalization Indices

    Pim Martens;Marco Caselli;Philippe De Lombaerde;Lukas Figge

  • Encyclopedia of Globalization

    R. Robertson;J.A. Scholte;F. Cheru;C. Chinkin

  • Institutional sources of legitimacy for international organisations : Beyond procedure versus performance

    Lisa Maria Dellmuth;Jan Aart Scholte;Jonas Tallberg

  • Citizens, Elites, and the Legitimacy of Global Governance

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  • Towards greater legitimacy in global governance

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Global governance, accountability and civil society

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Theorizing the Institutional Sources of Global Governance Legitimacy

    Jan Aart Scholte;Jonas Tallberg

  • The elite–citizen gap in international organization legitimacy

    Lisa Dellmuth;Jan Aart Scholte;Jonas Tallberg;Soetkin Verhaegen

  • The WTO and Civil Society

    Jan Aart Scholte;Jan Aart Scholte;Robert O'Brien;Marc Williams

  • Globalization and world society

    Jan Aart Scholte

  • Governance Processes in the Global Arena@@@The Capacity to Govern: A Report to the Club of Rome@@@Governance in a Globalizing World@@@Contesting Global Governance: Multilateral Economic Institutions and Global Social Movements

    Rodney E. Stanley;Yehezkel Dror;Joseph S. Nye;John D. Donahue

Frequent Co-Authors

Anne Marie Goetz
Anne Marie Goetz New York University
Jonas Tallberg
Jonas Tallberg Stockholm University
Pim Martens
Pim Martens Maastricht University
Joseph S. Nye
Joseph S. Nye Harvard University
Diane Stone
Diane Stone European University Institute
Fredrik Söderbaum
Fredrik Söderbaum University of Gothenburg
Richard Higgott
Richard Higgott Vrije Universiteit Brussel

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