Recent opinion
pieces and papers delivered
Recent opinion
pieces
ÒWhy vote at elections with no apparent purpose? Voter turnout at elections to the European ParliamentÓ Swedish Institute for European Policy Studies European Policy Analysis 2014:4. View pdf.
ÒThe European malaise and the failure of leadershipÓ (Recon
Newsletter 4:2, June 2010). View pdf.
ÒThe state of
democracy in Europe: a commentÓ 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
ÒModes of
representation and satisfaction with democracy" with
Pedro Riera, presentation at the University of
British Columbia, Vancouver, September 2014. View
pdf.
ÒDeaf
leading the blind: the paradoxical mismatch between
dynamic representation and thermostatic responsiveness in
the EU.Ó
Paper presented at the Canadian Political Science
Association annual meeting, Victoria BC, June 2013. View
pdf.
"The hollowing out of democracy in Europe? Towards a test of the Peter Mair thesis" paper prepared for presentation at the conference in honor of Peter Mair, European University Institute, October 2012. 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. Revised for presentation at
the University of Twenty, November 2012. View
pdf.