This article sets out the case that democracies are now entering a fourth phase of “data-
driven” political campaigning. Building on the existing campaigns literature, we identify …

Britain has become increasingly diverse over the last fifty years and she has been fortunate
to attract relatively highly educated immigrants with democratic values and positive …

Using an innovative framework for the study of voting behavior in parliamentary
democracies, this book sheds new light on the ongoing personalization of politics. The …

Over the past two decades, populist parties have become a well-established part of many
European party systems. Their rise has provoked extensive scholarly discussion aiming both …

Affluence, Austerity and Electoral Change in Britain investigates the political economy of
party support for British political parties since Tony Blair led New Labour to power in 1997 …

Political representation in European democracies is widely considered partisan and
collectivist. This article, however, stresses that there is more to the representative process in …

Almost all the prolific work done on economic voting has been based on the classic reward–
punishment model, which treats the economy as a valence issue. The economy is a valence …

In many European democracies, political punditry has highlighted the attempts of political
parties on the left to court the 'lavender vote'of lesbian, gay and bisexual individuals. This …

Recent years have seen an intensification of discussion on the issue of Britain's political
class. The question of who our politicians are is front and centre. Do they represent us? Are …

The Global Financial Crisis (GFC) is the most serious economic crisis since the Great
Depression. Many books have explored its causes, but this book systematically explores its …