Tag: Electoral Systems
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The Impact of Electoral Systems on Economic Democracy in Developed Democracies

This essay was written for the quantitative methods component of my comparative politics module. A PDF of the essay is available here, R code is available here, and replication data is available here. With the challenges of climate change, globalisation and a backlash against established political and economic institutions, many political commentators have pointed to…
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Greens for a Better Europe – Twenty Years of UK Green Influence in the European Union

You can download Greens for Europe, the book which I contributed to, here: PDF eBook Physical copies are available in the shops listed here.
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Greens for a Better Europe – Book

I’m really excited to see the launch of Greens for a Better Europe – Twenty Years of UK Green Influence in the European Parliament, a book which I contributed a chapter to, co-authored by Klina Jordan. The book will be available from early March. Until then, here is the abstract of mine and Klina’s chapter.…
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Why Trade Unions Need to Make Votes Matter

The trade union case for Proportional Representation.
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Labour4PR: Invite a speaker and call for electoral reform!

It’s a new year, and we are renewing our efforts for Labour to adopt Proportional Representation as party policy. You can see my case for doing so, in LabourList, here. So far, an unprecedented fifty-three (53) Constituency Labour Parties have passed motions calling on Labour to support PR for Westminster. Make Votes Matter has now added…
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Oxford Climate Review: Out of Proportion

How electoral systems can transform climate policy