2008 Conference
The 2008 EPOP Conference will be held at the University of Manchester, 12-14 September 2008. The call for papers, and all booking details, are available from http://www.epop08.com.
The 2008 EPOP Conference will be held at the University of Manchester, 12-14 September 2008. The call for papers, and all booking details, are available from http://www.epop08.com.
Here is an accessible pre-print chapter written by Adrian Balu on the prospects for electoral reform, and the possible effects on the party system. It argues that significant electoral reform remains unlikely in the UK. Even if a hung parliament arises, electoral reform may not be initiated; even if electoral reform is initiated, it may not be enacted; even […]
May 20, 2008Amid all the hoo-ha about British MPs expenses - fridges, sofas, and food allowances - what about the electoral advantage of being able to spend over a 100 grand a year digging into your constituency? Yet as Ron Johnston and Charles Pattie show in this paper, there appears to be no relationship at all between parliamentary […]
March 19, 2008
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