The inaugural JEPOP prize for the best article published in EPOP’s journal in the preceding year goes to Christopher Carman of the University of Strathclyde for his article ‘Assessing Preferences for Political Representation in the US’ (2007, vol 17, issue 1, pp. 1-20).
The latest edition of JEPOP (18, 1) has now been sent to members. Anyone who has not received a copy, or thinks they have other problems with their membership status, should contact Tom Pater at Taylor and Francis, who now handle all the group’s membership details: Tom.Pater@tandf.co.uk.
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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