Please join us for this book launch of 'Party People: Electoral Candidates and Party Evolution' (Oxford Academic) by Allan Sikk & Dr Philipp Köker.

Discussant: Dr. Zeynep Somer-Topcu

🗓️ 01 May at 5.30pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/4cRtQAA

Heute vor ziemlich genau 11 Jahren

#PotusGeeks ' series on Presidential biographies looks at the books written about (and some by) Bill Clinton, the second President to face impeachment proceedings. potus-geeks.livejournal.com/1670720.html

Thank you to Irish Independent for their wonderful words - 'With engrossing backstories unpacked via a dual timeline of the 1960s and present day, vivid characterisation and theatrical plotting, this is a fun, pleasurable read for fans of cosy crime.' ❤️💀🐦‍⬛independent.ie/entertainment/…

Very excited to see Michaela Collord Wealth, Power, and Authoritarian Institutions: Comparing Dominant Parties and Parliaments in Tanzania and Uganda: academic.oup.com/book/56203. Congrats!

We are pleased to invite you to this book launch of 'Party People: Electoral Candidates and Party Evolution' (Oxford Academic) by Allan Sikk & Dr Philipp Köker.

Discussant: Dr. Zeynep Somer-Topcu

🗓️ 01 May at 5.30pm
📍 UCL SSEES
➡️ buff.ly/4cRtQAA

Vor einem Jahr beschloss der Bundestag ein neues Wahlgesetz, das insbesondere von CDU und CSU vielfach kritisiert wurde - wie ich finde überwiegend zu Unrecht. Im neuen IParl- #Blickpunkt erkläre ich, wie das neue #Wahlrecht funktioniert und was es taugt.👇
iparl.de/de/ver%C3%B6ff…

Tune in to the latest episode of the #PeoplePowerPolitics podcast to learn more about how political parties change 👇

Featuring Allan Sikk and Dr Philipp Köker & based on their recent Oxford University Press book 'Party People' 📚

#learnwith CEDAR

Warum wissenschaftlich publizieren?
Es ist ganz zentral, genau zu wissen, warum man einen wissenschaftlichen Text veröffentlichen möchte und was man damit erreicht, sagt Verlegerin Barbara Budrich im aktuellen Beitrag auf unserem Blog:

tinyurl.com/4zfwu2uk

Dear all, since PhD applications are still almost a year away I am looking for a new research assistant/pre-doc job (ideally remote work). So if anyone has any suggestions or hints I am happy to hear them! Direct messages are open.

with the presidency secured, the next wave of state capture measures is nigh. PM Fico rhetorically opened a new front against Supreme Court judges last week to add to the outstanding proposals on public media and foreign funded NGOs. It's going swimmingly for the government rn

The result of presidential polls (round two) in Slovakia 🇸🇰 The next four/five years are going to be interesting #democratickbacksliding

In the end not nearly as close as the predictions were suggesting. #Pellegrini managed to mobilize and convert enough voters who hadn’t backed him in the first round to overtake #Korcok #VolbyPrezidenta2024 🇸🇰 Will publish an analysis in coming days after some number crunching

New publication 📚📈

What are politicians’ attitudes towards men’s engagement in the representation of gender equality?

My new paper in WEP Journal shows that gender equality is still perceived as a policy field that is primarily suited to women MPs.

doi.org/10.1080/014023…

New #PeoplePowerPolitics with Tim Haughton, Dr Philipp Köker & Allan Sikk, discussing:

🔹New party phenomenon
🔸Ways in which parties change
🔹New measurements for capturing party change
🔸Benefits of looking at evolutionary genetics to political science

➡️birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/part…

Do you have an outstanding PhD graduate in politics (broadly understood to include International Relations, Political Theory and Public Administration)? Nominate them for our Jean Blondel PhD Prize by the end of April!

ecpr.eu/Prizes/PrizeNo…

Die neuen WZB Mitteilungen sind erschienen (wzb.eu/de/publikation…), mit einem Thema, das dringender nicht sein könnte: #Demokratie . Lisa Zehnter und ich sind mit einen kleinen Beitrag zur Repräsentation von Geschlechtern in deutschen Wahlprogrammen vertreten:

One of the last polls on the Slovak presidential election #VolbyPrezidenta2024 🇸🇰 suggests Saturday’s second round could be very close indeed ….

Full episode available wherever you get your podcasts or on New Books Network 📚: newbooksnetwork.com/party-people

How useful is the 'new' party label for our understanding of party dynamics?

Listen to Dr Philipp Köker and Allan Sikk talk about their Oxford University Press book 'Party People' on the latest #PeoplePowerPolitics podcast episode to learn more.

Hosted by Tim Haughton for CEDAR👇