https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/13169 Fri, 17 Apr 2026 04:43:19 GMT 2026-04-17T04:43:19Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/13791 Pathways to politics Jungkunz, Sebastian; Marx, Paul Understanding inequality in political involvement is a core goal of political science. Previous research has examined specific life-course influences, but there is limited knowledge about the diverse trajectories young citizens follow to become politically engaged or apathetic. This study employs sequence analysis to identify prevailing trajectories of political involvement from adolescence to young adulthood in Germany and the United Kingdom. For a surprisingly large share, their political future of either apathy or involvement is already determined by age 17, or even as early as age 11. Only about 19% develop involvement between age 17 and 25 and only 24% between age 11 and 15. Studying predictors of individual trajectories points to strong parental influences, while personal experiences can foster later involvement for a sizeable sub-group. These results show an under-appreciated diversity of political socialisation trajectories and point to an urgent need to study the interaction of parental and personal factors shaping them. Thu, 21 Aug 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/13791 2025-08-21T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/13681 Global China Mayer, Maximilian; Kavalski, Emilian; Rudyak, Marina; Zhang, Xin The contributions to The Routledge Handbook on Global China highlight the diverse and dynamic relations between Global China and multiple actors, contexts and agencies. The relationship between China's international outreach and the effects of Global China is not straightforward, and understanding the nature and implications of China's rise requires acknowledging the multiple sites, voices and faces of Global China. The Handbook reveals epistemic traps that hinder the understanding of Global China, such as othering and strategic narcissism. It argues for a more nuanced approach that embraces alternative perspectives and challenges existing binaries. The Handbook also emphasizes the importance of accounting for positionality and recognizing different perceptions of China as a global actor. It suggests analytical registers of relationality, global capitalist processes, language and discourse power, and planetary scale modernization to guide future research on Global China. By adopting these registers, researchers can better understand the multifaceted factors shaping Global China within the broader global context of competition and crisis. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/13681 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/13680 Global China Mayer, Maximilian; Kavalski, Emilian; Rudyak, Marina; Zhang, Xin The Routledge Handbook on Global China provides in-depth research that examines the multifaceted phenomenon of Global China, presenting a comprehensive view to understand China's engagement on the global stage. The introduction to this volume contextualizes the chapters that follow, exploring the complex interplay between politics, economy and society, focusing on China's emergence as a global economic power and the impact of its economic strategies and initiatives on international relations. In recent decades, China's increasing involvement in trade, investment and global supply chains has shifted global attention from economic efficiency to geopolitical concerns and normative issues, positioning China as a systemic rival to the Western collective. The Handbook, however, suggests different theoretical and analytical lenses to make sense of the emergence of Global China. It encourages a reassessment of norms, practices and knowledge production, embodying a transformative process that challenges established paradigms and promotes epistemic decolonization and postcolonial reorientations. These shifts are dynamic and subject to interactions with hegemonic discourses and political agendas, illustrating the challenges and opportunities associated with this phenomenon. Three epistemic commitments are proposed for the study of Global China: The promotion of diverse viewpoints and non-binary frameworks, the adoption of nuanced modes of analysis to analyze China's transnational relations, and the promotion of alternative methodological approaches and research designs to envision different future trajectories for China in international affairs. The chapters in this handbook aim to illuminate the multidirectional and transformative nature of Global China, fostering theoretical innovation, methodological reflection and analytical transformation, offering new ways to critically engage with China's global involvements and prompting a reassessment of existing theories about the complexity of global dynamics. Wed, 01 Jan 2025 00:00:00 GMT https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11811/13680 2025-01-01T00:00:00Z