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CURRICULUM VITAE: JONATHAN RICHARD HOPKIN

Born 22 August 1967, Beverley, United Kingdom

Nationality: British

Associate Professor of Comparative Politics

Department of Government

London School of Economics and Political Science

Houghton St

London WC2A 2AE

J.R.Hopkin@lse.ac.uk

Undergraduate Study

University of Bradford 1985-89

BA (Hons) First Class in Modern Languages (French and Spanish), 30 June 1989.

University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, February-June 1987

University of Toulouse-Le Mirail, France, September 1987-February 1988

Postgraduate Study

1990-95: European University Institute (EUI), Florence

Doctorate in Social and Political Sciences, December 1995: PhD dissertation ‘Party

Development and Party Collapse: The case of Unión de Centro Democrático in post-Franco

Spain’.

Academic Positions

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2011-: Associate Professor (Reader) of Comparative Politics, London School of Economics

and Political Science.

2006-11: Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and Political

Science.

2004-6: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and

Political Science.

1996-2004: Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of Birmingham.

1994-95: Lecturer in Politics, University of Durham.

1993-4: Cañada Blanch Research Fellow, University of London (held at Instituto Juan March,

Madrid).

1990-93: Doctoral researcher, European University Institute, Florence.

1989-90: Lecturer in Spanish Studies, University of Bradford.

Visiting Positions

2013: (March): Visiting Professor, The Quality of Government Institute, University of

Gothenburg.

2009-13: (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor, Autonomous University of Madrid.

2010: (Autumn Semester): Visiting Professor, University of Bologna.

2007: (Autumn Semester): Visiting Researcher, Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics, Barcelona

2006: (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona.

2006: (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor, University of Bologna.

2006-12: Associate Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center, Bologna.

2004: (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento.

2003: (Spring Semester): Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center, Bologna.

2002 (Spring Quarter): Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Northwestern

University, Chicago.

2000 (Spring Semester): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science, Johns

Hopkins University, Baltimore.

1998 (April-June): Batista i Roca Fellow in the Department of Political Science, Pompeu

Fabra University, Barcelona.

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Prizes, Awards and Grants

2007: Research grant (€9000) awarded by Generalitat of Catalunya for project on ‘Els partits

polítics d'àmbit no estatal. Una perspectiva comparada (Non-Statewide parties: A

Comparative Perspective)’, based at the Department of Political Science and Public Law of

the Autonomous University of Barcelona.

2002-5: Research grant (£105,000) awarded for three-year project on ‘Party Adaptation and

Decentralizing Reforms: The British Case in a Comparative Perspective’, under ESRC

‘Devolution and Constitutional Change’ programme (lead researcher, with Ingrid van Biezen

and Catherine Fieschi).

1998: Batista i Roca Research Fellowship, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain (£1500).

1996: Shortlisted for the Rudolf Wildenman Prize, European Consortium for Political

Research.

1994: Doctoral Completion Scholarship, European University Institute, Florence (3 mths).

1993-4: Junior Fellowship from the Vicente Cañada Blanch Foundation, University of

London, held at the Instituto Juan March in Madrid (one year).

1992-3: Doctoral Research Scholarship, European University Institute, Florence.

1990-2: Doctoral Research Scholarship, UK Department of Education and Science (for

studies at European University Institute, Florence).

1989 and 1990: Scholarships for doctoral study in Spain, Dirección Cultural of the Spanish

Embassy in Britain (one year) (both declined).

1989: Henderson Book Prize, Willis Interpreting Prize, Swiss Embassy Book Prize,

University of Bradford.

Publications

Book

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Hopkin, J. (1999) Party Formation and Democratic Transition in Spain: The Creation and

Collapse of the Union of Democratic Centre. Basingstoke: Macmillan.

(translated as El partido de la transición. Ascenso y caída de la Unión de Centro Democrático.

Madrid: Acento Editorial, 2000).

Edited Book

Baldini, Gianfranco and Jonathan Hopkin (eds.) (2012). Coalition Britain: The UK General

Election of 2010. Manchester: Manchester University Press.

(translated as La Gran Bretagna di Cameron. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2011).

Journal Special Issue

Hopkin, J. and P. van Houten (eds.) (2009). ‘Party Politics and Decentralizing Reforms: The

Role of Statewide Political Parties in Comparative Perspective’, special issue, Party Politics:

15(2).

Refereed Journal Articles

Gualmini, Elisabetta and Jonathan Hopkin (2012). ‘Liberalization within Diversity: Welfare

and Labour Market Reforms in Italy and the UK’, Spanish Labour Law and Employment

Relations Journal 1(1-2): 64-81.

Hopkin, J. and M. Blyth (2012). What Can Okun Teach Polanyi? Efficiency, Regulation and

Equality in the OECD’, Review of International Political Economy 19(1): 1-33.

Cooley, A. and J. Hopkin (2010) ‘Party Politics and Base Politics: The Rise and Decline of

the U.S. Military Bases Issue in Spain, 1975-2005’, International Political Science Review

31(4): 494-513.

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Hopkin, J. (2009). ‘Party Matters: Devolution and Party Change in the UK and Spain’, Party

Politics: 15(2): 179-99.

Hopkin, J. and P. van Houten (2009). ‘Party Politics and Decentralizing Reforms:

Introduction’, Party Politics: 15(2): 131-36.

Hopkin, J. and A. Rodríguez-Pose (2007). ‘“Grabbing Hand” or “Helping Hand”? Corruption

and the Economic Role of the State’, Governance, 20(2): 187-208.

Hopkin, J. and J. Bradbury (2006). ‘British Statewide Parties and Multilevel Politics’,

Publius: The Journal of Federalism 36(1): 135-52.

Hopkin, J. and D. Wincott (2006). ‘New Labour, Economic Reform and the European Social

Model’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 8(1): 50-68.

Hopkin, J. (2005). ‘The Berlusconi Government at Mid-Term. A Miracle Just Around the

Corner?’, Mediterranean Politics 10(1): 109-15.

Hopkin, J. (2005). ‘Towards a Chequebook Democracy? Business, Parties and the Funding of

Politics in Italy and the United States’, Journal of Modern Italian Studies 10(1): 41-56.

Blyth, M. and J. Hopkin (2004). ‘La globalizzazione e il mutamento della socialdemocrazia’,

Meridiana. Rivista di Storia e Scienze Sociali 50-51: 41-70.

Hopkin, J. (2004). ‘La democrazia di partito nei paesi industriali avanzati: Una discussione’,

Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 3: 491-502.

Hopkin, J. (2004). ‘The Problem With Party Finance: Theoretical Perspectives on Party

Funding in Western Europe’, Party Politics 10 (6): 627-51.

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Hopkin, J. (2003) ‘Political Decentralization, Electoral Change and Party Organizational

Adaptation: A Framework for Analysis’, European Urban and Regional Studies 10 (3): 227-

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Hopkin, J. (2002) ‘States, Markets and Corruption: A Review of Some Recent Literature’,

Review of International Political Economy 9 (3): 574-90.

Hopkin, J. (2002) ‘The Economics of Political Integrity: A Critique of Hudson and Jones’,

Political Studies 50 (3): 573-78.

Hopkin, J. (2001) ‘Bringing the Members Back In? Democratizing Candidate Selection in

Britain and Spain’, Party Politics 7 (3): 343-61.

Hopkin, J. (2001) ‘A “Southern Model” of Electoral Mobilization? Clientelism and Electoral

Politics in post-Franco Spain’, West European Politics 24 (1): 115-36.

Hopkin, J. (2000) ‘Primarie a confronto: USA, Spagna, Regno Unito’, Nuvole 10 (2)

(Dicembre): 42-46.

Hopkin, J. and C. Paolucci (1999) ‘New Parties and the Business Firm Model of Party

Organization: Cases from Spain and Italy’. European Journal of Political Research 35 (3):

307-339.

Hopkin, J. (1997) ‘Political Parties, Political Corruption, and the Economic Theory of

Democracy’, Crime, Law and Social Change 27: 255-74.

Hopkin, J. (1996) ‘An Incomplete Alternation: The Spanish Elections of March 1996’,

International Journal of Iberian Studies 9: 110-6.

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Hopkin, J. (1996) ‘Desarrollo y colapso de los partidos políticos: La Unión de Centro

Democrático en la España posfranquista’, Bulletin d’Histoire Contemporaine de l’Espagne,

24: 388-92.

Hopkin, J. (1993) ‘Reflections on the Disintegration of Unión de Centro Democrático’,

Journal of the Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies 6: 39-49.

Hopkin, J. (1993) ‘La desintegración de la Unión de Centro Democrático: una interpretación

organizativa’, Revista de Estudios Políticos 81: 185-210.

Book Chapters

Hopkin, J. (2013).‘The Trouble with Economic Reform. Understanding the Debt Crisis in

Spain and Italy’, in F. Panizza and G. Philip (eds.), Moments of Truth: The Politics of

Financial Crises in Comparative Perpsective. London: Routledge, pp.140-58.

Hopkin, J. and M. Viarengo (2012). ‘Inequality and the 2010 Election’, in Baldini,

Gianfranco and Jonathan Hopkin (eds.). Coalition Britain: The UK General Election of 2010.

Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp.111-30.

Hopkin, J. (2012). ‘Conclusion’, in Baldini, Gianfranco and Jonathan Hopkin (eds.).

Coalition Britain: The UK General Election of 2010. Manchester: Manchester University

Press, pp.181-90.

Hopkin, J. (2012). ‘Clientelism, Corruption and Political Cartels: Informal Governance in

Southern Europe’, in T. Christiansen and C. Neuhold (eds.), International Handbook on

Informal Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.198-215.

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Hopkin, J. (2011). ‘Great Britain: From New Labour to New Politics?’, in R. Tiersky and E.

Jones (eds.), Europe Today. A Twenty-First Century Introduction. New York: Rowman and

Littlefield, 4th Edition, pp.67-98.

Hopkin, J. and C. van Wijnbergen (2011). 'Europeanization and Welfare State Change in

Britain: Another Case of "Fog Over the channel"?' in Paolo Graziano and Bruno Palier (ed.).

Europeanization and Welfare State Change. Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp.254-79.

Hopkin, J. (2011). ‘Elections and Electoral Systems’, in Paul Heywood, Erik Jones, Martin

Rhodes, and Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds.). Developments in European Politics #2. Basingstoke:

Palgrave, pp.81-99.

Hopkin, J. (2011). ‘The London School of Economics and Political Science in the United

Kingdom’, in V. Ivo Comparato, Regina Lupi, and Giorgio Montanari (eds.). Le scienze

politiche. Modelli contemporanei. Milan: Franco Angeli, pp.46-58.

Hopkin, J. (2010). ‘The Comparative Method’, in David Marsh and Gerry Stoker (eds.).

Theory and Methods in Political Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 3rd edition, pp.285-307.

Hopkin, J. (2009). ‘Decentralization and Party Organizational Change: The Case of Italy’, in

Wilfried Swenden and Bart Maddens (eds.), Territorial Party Politics in Western Europe.

London: Palgrave, pp.86-101.

Hopkin, J. (2008). ‘Il Regno Unito’, in Sofia Ventura (ed.), Da Stato unitario a Stato

federale: Territorializzazione della politica, devoluzione e adattamento istituzionale in

Europa. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp.113-55.

Hopkin, J. and P. Ignazi (2008). ‘Newly Governing Parties In Italy: Comparing the PDS-DS,

Lega Nord and Forza Italia’, in Kris Deschouwer (ed.), New Parties in Government. London:

Routledge, pp.45-64.

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Gunther, R. and J. Hopkin (2007) ‘Una crisis de institucionalización: El colapso de UCD en

España’, en R. Gunther, J.R. Montero y J. Linz (ed.), Partidos políticos: Viejos conceptos y

nuevos retos. Madrid: Editorial Trotta, pp.165-207.

Hopkin, J. (2007). ‘'Entre el gobierno y la oposición: Los empresarios políticos y la

formación de la Unión de Centro Democrático', in Rafael Quirosa-Cheyrouze y Muñoz (ed.),

Historia de la transición. Los inicios del proceso democratizador. Madrid: Editorial

Biblioteca Nueva, pp.269-83.

Hopkin, J. (2007). ‘United Kingdom: New Labour, New Britain?’, in Ron Tiersky and Erik

Jones (eds.), Europe Today. A Twenty-First Century Introduction. New York: Rowman and

Littlefield, 3rd edition, pp.57-90.

Hopkin, J. and I. van Biezen (2007). ‘Spain and Portugal’, in Colin Hay and Anand Menon

(eds.), European Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.101-116.

Hopkin, J. (2006). ‘From Federation to Union, from Parties to Primaries: The Search for

Unity in the Centre-Left’, in Grant Amyot and Luca Verzichelli (eds.), Italian Politics 2006.

Oxford: Berghahn, pp.67-84.

(translated as ‘Dalla Federazione all’Unione, alle primarie. Il cammino del centro-sinistra’, in

Grant Amyot and Luca Verzichelli (a cura di), Politica in Italia 2006. I fatti e le

interpretazioni 2006. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp.87-108.

Van Biezen, I and J. Hopkin (2006). ‘Party Organization in Multi-level Contexts’, in Dan

Hough and Charlie Jeffery (eds.), Devolution and Electoral Politics: A Comparative

Exploration. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp.14-36.

Hopkin, J. (2006). ‘Clientelism and Party Politics’, in William Crotty and Richard Katz

(eds.), Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage, Ch.34, pp.406-12.

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Hopkin, J. (2005). ‘Il Regno Unito’, in Salvatore Vassallo (ed.), Sistemi politici comparati.

Bologna: Il Mulino, pp.127-54.

Hopkin, J. (2005). ‘Forza Italia Ten Years On’, in Carlo Guarnieri and James Newell (eds.),

Italian Politics 2005. Oxford: Berghahn, pp.102-27.

(translated as ‘Forza Italia a dieci anni dalla fondazione’, in Carlo Guarnieri e James Newell

(a cura di), Politica in Italia 2005. I fatti e le interpretazioni. Bologna: Il Mulino, 2005,

pp.101-20).

Hopkin, J. (2005). ‘Spain: Proportional Representation with Majoritarian Outcomes’, in M.

Gallagher and P. Mitchell (eds.), The Politics of Electoral Systems. Oxford: Oxford

University Press, pp.375-94.

Van Biezen, I. and J. Hopkin (2005) ‘The Presidentialization of Spanish Democracy: Sources

of Prime Ministerial Power in Post-Franco Spain’, in T. Poguntke and P. Webb (eds.), The

Presidentialization of Politics in Democratic Societies?, Oxford: Oxford University Press,

pp.105-25.

Hopkin, J. (2004). ‘From Consensus to Competition: The Changing Nature of Democracy in

the Spanish Transition’, in Sebastian Balfour (ed.), The Politics of Contemporary Spain.

London: Routledge, pp.6-26.

Hopkin, J. (2004). ‘Paying for Party Response: Parties of the Centre-Right in Post-War Italy’,

in K. Lawson and T. Poguntke (eds.), How Political Parties Respond to Voters. Interest

Aggregation Revisited. London: Routledge, pp.176-97.

Gunther, R. and J. Hopkin (2002) ‘A Crisis of Institutionalization: The Collapse of the UCD

in Spain’, in R. Gunther, J.R. Montero & J. Linz (eds.), Political Parties: Old Concepts and

New Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.191-230.

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Hopkin, J. (2002) ‘Comparative Methods’, in D. Marsh and G. Stoker (eds), Theory and

Methods in Political Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2nd edition, pp.249-67.

Hopkin, J. and A. Mastropaolo (2001) ‘From ‘Old’ to ‘New’ Clientelism: Comparing the

Italian and Spanish Experiences’, in S. Piattoni (ed.), Clientelism, Interests, and Democratic

Representation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, pp.152-71.

Hopkin, J. (1999) ‘Spain: Political Parties in a Young Democracy’, in D. Broughton & M.

Donovan (eds.), Changing Party Systems in Western Europe. London: Pinter, pp.207-31.

Other Publications

Hopkin, Jonathan (2012). ‘A Slow Fuse: Italy and the EU Debt Crisis’, The International

Spectator 47(4): 35-48

Hopkin, J. (2012). ‘European Social Democracy’. Oxford Bibliographies Online. Oxford

University Press.

http://oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/

Hopkin, J. and M. Blyth (2008) ‘Equality Versus Efficiency? Liberalization and Inequality in

Western Europe’, SIS Working Paper 02/2008, School of International Studies, University of

Trento,

https://portale.unitn.it/drsis/hp_event.do?HP_Request=HP_News&newsId=249417&rootchan

nelId=-8322.

Hopkin, J. (2008) ‘Devolution and Party Change in the UK and Spain’, Institut de Ciències

Polìtiques i Socials Working Papers. Barcelona: ICPS, forthcoming.

Hopkin, J. (2002) ‘Political Decentralization and Party Organizational Adaptation: A

Framework for Analysis’, ESRC Devolution Programme Discussion Papers.

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Hopkin, J. (2002) ‘Business and Politics: The Italian Case’. On-line seminar, Association

Française de Science Politique (http://www.afsp.msh-paris.fr/).

Hopkin, J. (2002) Entries in B. Jordan (ed.), Spanish Culture and Society: A Glossary.

London: Arnold.

Hopkin, J. (2000) ‘Ideological Change in European Social Democracy’, ESRC ‘One Europe

or Several?’ Programme Discussion Papers.

Hopkin, J. (1999). Entries in E. Rodgers (ed.), Encyclopedia of Contemporary Spanish

Culture. London: Routledge.

Hopkin, J. (1999) ‘Social Democracy’, ECPR News 11, (1), Autumn.

Comment/Opinion Pieces

Alexander, K. and J. Hopkin (2013). ‘Breaking Away from the Austerity State’, Policy

Network, 12 September.

http://www.policy-

network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4456&title=Breaking+away+from+‘the+austerity+state’

Hopkin, J. (2013). ‘Italy Didn’t Just Send in the Clowns’, Foreign Affairs, 11 March.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139051/jonathan-hopkin/italy-did-not-just-send-in-

the-clowns

Hopkin, J. (2012). ‘New Year, New Italy? Rome After Monti.’ Foreign Affairs, 31

December.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138732/jonathan-hopkin/new-year-new-italy

Hopkin, J. (2012). ‘Can Italy’s Monti Save the Euro?’, Current History 111(743): 94-100.

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Hopkin, J. (2011). ‘How Italy’s Democracy leads to Financial Crisis’. Foreign Affairs.

November 21.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136688/jonathan-hopkin/how-italys-democracy-leads-

to-financial-crisis

Hopkin, J. (2011). ‘David Cameron and the London Riots’. Foreign Affairs. August 18th.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68199/jonathan-hopkin/david-cameron-and-the-

london-riots

Hopkin, J. and M. Blyth (2010). ‘How Flexible Labour Markets Failed Europe’, Guardian.

Comment is Free. May 20th. http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/20/italy-

spain-debt-crisis-markets

Hopkin, J. and M. Blyth (2010). ‘Labour Pains’. Foreign Affairs. May 4th.

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66402/mark-blyth-and-jonathan-hopkin/labour-pains

Hopkin, J. (2009). ‘Dalla crescita alla crisi: La recessione in Gran Bretagna’, Il Mulino,

2009/6: 950-9.

Conference Papers

Annual meeting of Italian Political Science Association (SISP), Florence, 10-13 September

2013.

Annual meeting of Society for the Advancement of Socio-Economics, Milan 27-29 June

2013.

19th Conference of Europeanists, Amsterdam, 25-27 June 2013.

Workshop on ‘Political Change in the GIIPS, European University Institute, Florence, 11-12

June 2013.

Conference on Italian Politics, Palazzo Malvezzi, Bologna, 14 January 2013.

Conference on Financialization and the Welfare State, Radboud University Nijmegen, 16

December 2012.

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Conference on The Future of the Euro, SAIS Washington, 7 December.

Conference on The Politics of Financial Crises, London School of Economics, 29 November

2012.

189h Conference of Europeanists, Boston, 22-24 March, 2012.

Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, 1-5 September 2011.

Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 1-5 September

2010.

17th Conference of Europeanists, Montreal, 15-17 April 2010.

Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, 3-6 September 2009.

ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, 12-14 September 2009.

ECPR Joint Sessions, Lisbon, 14-18 April 2009.

ESPAnet annual conference, Helsinki, 18-20 September 2008.

RECWOWE network integration conference, Oslo, 10-14 June 2008.

Conference on ‘Managing Regional Inequalities’, Paul Nitze School of Advanced International

Studies, Washington DC, 31 January 2008.

Annual conference of Spanish Political Science Association (AECPS), University of Valencia,

18-20 September 2007.

4th ECPR General Conference, Pisa, 6-8 September 2007.

Workshop on Work, Ethics and Poverty, University of Salzburg, 20-25 May 2007.

Workshop on Territorial Party Politics, Catholic University of Leuven, 8-9 February 2007.

Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 31 August-4

September 2006.

PSA Italian Specialist Group conference on the 2006 Italian elections, University of Pisa, 16-17

June 2006.

15th Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 29 March-1 April 2006.

2nd International Conference on the Spanish Transition, University of Almería, 28 November-

2 December 2005.

Workshop on Territorial Party Politics, University of Edinburgh, 28-9 October 2005.

3rd ECPR General Conference, Budapest, 8-10 September 2005.

Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 1-5 September

2005.

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Seminar on ‘Britain and Europe’, Demos, London 21 June 2005.

Seminar on ‘Devolution in the United Kingdom: State and Citizenship in Transition’, University

of Edinburgh, 20-21 May 2005.

Annual conference of Association for the Study of Modern Italy, 26-27 November 2004.

ESRC seminar ‘Implementing the Lisbon Strategy: Policy Coordination Through “Open”

Methods’, University of Birmingham, 26 November 2004.

Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, 1-5 September 2004.

Second ECPR Pan-European Conference on EU Politics, Bologna, 24-26 June 2004.

Workshop on ‘New Parties in Government’, ECPR Joint Sessions, Uppsala, 13-18 April

2004.

14th Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 11-13 March 2004.

PSA Territorial Politics Conference on ‘UK Devolution in Comparative Perspective’,

University of Strathclyde, 7-9 January 2004.

Annual meeting of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, University of Trento, 14-16

September 2003.

Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 28-31 August

2003.

Annual meeting of Italian Political Science Association (SISP), Genoa, 18-20 September

2002.

4th European Urban and Regional Studies conference, Autonomous University of Barcelona,

4-7 July 2002.

Workshop on ‘Globalization and Labour Movements’, ECPR Joint Sessions, Turin, 22-27

March 2002.

13th Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 14-16 March 2002.

Conference on ‘Multilevel Electoral Competition: Devolution in Comparative Context’,

European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, 21-22 September 2001.

Workshop on ‘Party Organizational Innovation in European Political Parties’, ECPR Joint

Sessions, Grenoble, 6-11 April 2001.

Annual conference of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, Naples, 28-30 September 2000.

Workshop on ‘The Third Way, the Neue Mitte and the New Alliance: Competing Models of

European Social Democracy’, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, 26 May 2000.

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Workshop on ‘Competing Conceptions of Democracy in the Practice of Politics’, ECPR Joint

Sessions, Copenhagen, 14-19 April 2000.

Meeting of ECPR Political Parties Standing Group on ‘Parties in Individualistic Society’,

Institute of Political Science, Copenhagen, 14 April 2000.

12th Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 30 March-2 April 2000.

Political Studies Association Annual Conference, London School of Economics, 10-13 April

2000.

Workshop on ‘Changing Dimensions of the West European Left’, Keele University, 17 April

1999.

Workshop ‘Candidate Selection in Comparative Perspective’ at the Joint Sessions of the

European Consortium for Political Research, University of Mannheim, 26-31 March 1999.

Workshop on ‘The Future of European Social Democracy’, University of Birmingham, 31

October-1 November 1998.

Workshop on ‘Clientelism in Transition’, University of Tromso, 12-14 June 1998.

Workshop ‘Italy: Changes, Constraints and Choices’ at the Joint Sessions of the European

Consortium for Political Research, University of Warwick, 23-28 March 1998.

Political Studies Association conference, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, 8-10 April

1997.

Workshop ‘Clientelism and Interest Intermediation in Southern Europe’ at the Joint Sessions

of the European Consortium for Political Research, Bern, 27 February-4 March 1997.

Conference on ‘Corruption in Contemporary Politics’, University of Salford, 14-16

November 1996.

Annual conference of the Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies, University of Keele,

10-12 September 1996.

Political Studies Association conference, University of Glasgow, 10-12 April 1996.

Workshop ‘New Parties and the Party System’ at the Joint Sessions of the European

Consortium for Political Research, Oslo, 29 March-3 April 1996.

Conference ‘Political Parties: Changing Roles in Contemporary Democracies’, Instituto Juan

March, Madrid, December 1994.

Workshop ‘Factionalism and Regime Democratization’ at the Joint Sessions of the European

Consortium for Political Research, Madrid, 17-22 April 1994.

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1st Congreso de Historia Contemporánea de España, Salamanca, April 1992.

Invited Lectures and Seminars

October 2013: seminar to Department of Politics and European Studies, University of Sussex.

May 2013: seminar to Department of Politics, University of Sheffield.

March 2013: seminar in Institute for the Study of the Quality of Government, University of

Gothenburg.

December 2012: seminar in Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management, Bocconi

University, Milan.

April 2012: seminar on State and Capitalism since 1800, Centre for European Studies,

Harvard University.

April 2012: panel on ‘The Failure of the Euro?’ Brown University, RI.

December 2011: paper to workshop on ‘Economic Crisis and Labour Market Reform’,

Universidad Carlos III, Madrid.

December 2011: roundtable on Italian Politics in Crisis, SOAS, London.

June 2010: lecture on political corruption, Gresham College, London.

April 2008: paper to workshop on ‘Territorial Politics, Elections and Public Opinion’,

European University Institute, Florence.

April 2008: lecture in series ‘Incontri di Storia e Politica Comparata’, University of Bologna.

April 2008: lecture to conference on ‘Models of Political Science’, University of Perugia.

February 2008: seminar to International Studies Doctoral Programme, University of Trento.

November 2007: seminar to Institut de Ciències Polìtiques i Socials, Barcelona.

November 2007: seminar to Institute for the Quality of Government, University of

Gothenburg.

February 2007: presentation on UK Labour party for conference on European left parties,

Università Libera Alexis de Tocqueville, Bologna

March 2006: research seminar, Department of Politics, University of Sussex

April 2006: research seminar, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, University of Bologna

February 2006: Jean Monnet lecture, University of Essex.

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February 2006: European Institute research seminar, London School of Economics.

February 2005: Jean Monnet European Forum lecture, University of East Anglia.

February 2005: seminar to Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge.

June 2004: presentation on ‘Devolution and UK Party Democracy’, ESRC Devolution

meeting, Cardiff.

May 2004: seminar at Faculty of Political Science, University of Siena, Italy.

May 2004: public lecture on ‘Britain and Europe’, Carpi City Council, Italy.

April 2004: guest lecture at University of Bologna-Forlì, Italy.

November 2003: guest lecture at University of Reggio Emilia, Italy.

June 2003: presentation at British Council seminar on devolution, Barcelona.

April 2003: seminar at Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy.

February 2003: participant in briefing session for Stephen Wright, Ambassador to Spain, UK

Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

February 2003: seminar in Cañada Blanch Seminar Series, European Institute, London

School of Economics and Political Science.

Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003: Masters Seminars on ‘Spain and Europe’, Cañada

Blanch Centre. European Institute, London School of Economics and Political Science.

July 2001: presentation at Demos seminar on ‘The Right in Europe’, London.

May 2000: seminar to Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University

April 1999: seminars and lectures to Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Universidad El

Salvador and Universidad di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina

April 1999: seminars and lectures to Universidad Iberoamericana, the Instituto Tecnológico

Autónomo de México (ITAM) and the Colegio de México, Mexico City.

June 1998: Masters Seminar, Department of Political Science at the Universidad Autónoma

de Barcelona.

January 1998: seminar to Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of Birmingham.

November 1996: seminar to Department of European Studies at the University of Cardiff.

April 1993: seminar to Fundación Primero de Mayo in Madrid.

May 1992: seminar to Department of Political Science of the University of Santiago de

Compostela.

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Professional Activities

Co-Editor, Environment and Planning C (Government and Policy), 2012-

Editor, Italian Politics and Society (review of the APSA conference group on Italian politics

[CONGRIPS]), member of CONGRIPS executive (2005-8).

Editorial board, Meridiana. Rivista di Storia e Scienze Sociali, Rome.

Editorial board, Annuario Politica in Italia, Istituto Cattaneo, Bologna.

Member of American Political Science Association, Political Studies Association of the UK,

Italian Political Science Association (SISP), Party Politics Specialist Group of European

Consortium of Political Research, Elections, Parties, and Public Opinion Specialist Group of

Political Studies Association.

Workshop Director, 2001 ECPR Joint Sessions, Grenoble, panels organized at APSA annual

meeting 2002, Council of Europeanists 2004.

Workshop organizer, ‘Devolution and Party Politics’, European Research Institute,

University of Birmingham, July 2004.

Workshop organizer, ‘Devolution and Redistribution’, London School of Economics,

December 2005.

External referee, University of Turin doctoral programme in Political Science.

External examiner, MA in Comparative Politics, University of York.

External examiner, PhD: University of Manchester, Autonomous University of Barcelona,

University of Oslo

External examiner MPhil: University of Hull.

Lead lecturer, London School of Economics Summer School, 2008-

Guest lecturer, Doctoral Programme, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2005-7.

Guest lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna, 2005-6.

Course leader, ESU Summer School, Grenoble, July 2005.

LSE Coordinator, Allianz Summer School, 2005-6.

Chief Examiner, Unit 114 ‘Democratic Politics and the State’, University of London External

Programme, 2004-6.

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Refereeing

American Journal of Political Science, Austrian Journal for Political Sciences, British Journal

of Political Science, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Comparative

European Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies, Electoral Studies,

Environment and Planning C, European Journal of Political Research, European Urban and

Regional Studies, Government and Opposition, the Historical Journal, International Political

Science Review, Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of Politics, Journal of Public

Policy, Media History, Modern Italy, Party Politics, Political Studies, Polis, Politics, Politics

and Policy, Publius: A Journal of Federalism, Regional and Federal Studies, Review of

International Political Economy, Revista Española de Ciencia Política, Rivista Italiana di

Scienza Politica, South European Society and Politics, Studies in Comparative International

Development, Swiss Political Science Review, West European Politics.

Monographs reviewed for Frank Cass, Macmillan/Palgrave, Manchester University Press,

Oxford University Press, Routledge, Sage. Research projects reviewed for UK Arts and

Humanities Research Board, Economic and Social Research Council of the UK.

Book Reviews

Book reviews published in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Contemporary Security Policy,

Democratization, European History Quarterly, German Politics, Journal of the Association

for Contemporary Iberian Studies, Journal of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Modern

Italy, Polis, Political Studies, South European Society and Politics.

Teaching Experience

(London School of Economics)

Undergraduate courses:

Introduction to Politics

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Politics and Policy in the European Union

Graduate courses:

Politics and Policy in Britain

Comparative Politics of Redistribution

Capitalism and Democracy

Qualitative Research Methods

(Other institutions)

Undergraduate courses:

Comparative West European Politics

State and Subversion in Southern Europe

Introduction to British Politics

Qualitative Research Methods

Graduate courses:

Comparative Analysis of European Welfare States

The Politics of Corruption

Democratization

European Political Economy

Languages

English (native)

Spanish, Italian, French (fluent written and spoken)

Portuguese, Catalan (working knowledge)

Administrative Duties

(London School of Economics)

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Member, departmental Undergraduate Teaching Committee (2004-)

Assistant, departmental admissions (2004-6)

Exam sub-board chair, Department of Government (2006-9)

Joint Convener, MSc in Comparative Politics (Politics and Markets)

Departmental Tutor, Department of Government (2010-12)

Advisor to Male Students (2009-)

(University of Birmingham)

First year coordinator, 1996-8.

Departmental Socrates/Erasmus coordinator, 1998-2003.

Member of the departmental Teaching and Learning Committee, 1998-2001.

Member of the board of School of Social Sciences, 2000-2.

Departmental representative, BA in European Studies, 2000-3

University representative for the European Consortium of Political Research, 2000-3.

PhD Supervision

Completed

Stephen Kingston ‘The British and Italian Feminist Movements’ (PhD awarded November

2002, University of Birmingham).

Yannis Tzortzis ‘Regime-Initiated Transitions in Southern Europe’ (PhD awarded July 2005,

University of Birmingham)

Sarah Harrison ‘Extreme-right Parties in Western Europe’ (PhD awarded June 2010, LSE),

now post-doctoral fellow at London School of Economics

Sofia Vasilopoulou ‘Euroskepticism and Right-wing Populism’ (PhD awarded February

2011, LSE), now Lecturer at University of York

Jan-Emmanuel de Neve ‘Essays in Political Economy’ (PhD awarded September 2011, LSE),

now Lecturer at University College London

José Olivas ‘Governments and the Military: Policy Instruments from Authoritarian to

Democratic Portugal and Spain’ (PhD awarded July 2012, LSE)

Sonia Bussu ‘Decentralization and Local Participation: An Italian Case Study’ (PhD awarded

April 2013, LSE)

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Current

Jens Flanding ‘Europeanization and Labour Market Reform’

Kathleen Henahan ‘Explaining Child-Care Policy in Liberal Welfare States’

Clara Darabont ‘Clientelism and Party Development in Rumania’

Kate Alexander ‘Constructing the Great Moderation: The Rhetoric of New Labour Economic

Policy’