Recent opinion pieces and papers
delivered
Recent opinion pieces
ÒThe European malaise and the
failure of leadershipÓ (Recon Newsletter 4:2, June 2010). View
pdf.
ÒUnderstanding low turnout at the
2009 European Parliament ElectionsÓ (European Voice June 2009) View html.
"The state of democracy in Europe: a
comment" in Changing Party Systems in a Deepening and
Widening Europe (electronic
publication at http://www.fes.de/ipg/INDEXE.HTM) View pdf.
Recent scholarly
papers
ÒThe evolution of party support over the course of an
election campaign: Investigating vote propensities during the 2010 British
election campaignÓ with Christopher Carman. Paper presented at the Annual
Meeting of the Elections Public Opinion and Parties Group of the British
Political Studies Association, September 2010. View
pdf.
ÒThe impact of public opinion on
european union legislative decision-makingÓ with Christine Arnold and Christopher Wlezien. Paper presented at
the Annual Meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association, April 2011. View pdf.
ÒThe Structuring Effect of First
Order ElectionsÓ with Till Weber. Paper presented at the Annual Meeting of the
Midwest Political Science Association, April 2011. Revised for presentation at
the Australian National University, September 2011. View pdf.
ÒStimulus, response and turnout
variations at a European Parliament electionÓ with Bernhard Wessels. Paper
presented at the annual meeting of the Midwest Political Science Association,
April 2011. View
pdf.
ÒResearching electoral change: how
circumstance and path dependency affected theorizing on this topic.Ó Paper
presented at that Juan March Institute, Madrid, November 2009 and revised for
presentation at Temple University, Philadelphia PA, April 2011. View
pdf.