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@tobysjames.bsky.social 🔸 Prof of Politics & Policy @Politics_UEA🔸Democracy, elections, policy🔸Co-Director @ElectIntegrity🔸Eds @PolicyStudiesTF🔸(he/him)

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📢New article & theory. !. In an age of 'democratic backsliding' it is worth re-asking. 'what is democracy?.' . This new piece in @NPS_Journal draws from a tradition in British philosophy to propose an alternative to traditional minimalist and deliberative approaches to
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One year after the UK General Election #GE2024, action is needed to strengthen UK elections.
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RT @ElectIntegrity: The 2025 Global Electoral Integrity Report is out!. Read and find out more:. Join our conferenc….
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New!. The latest data on election quality around the world is out today from @ElectIntegrity. With low turnout and an unfair voting system, UK elections are now ranked in the bottom half of countries in Europe. A new Elections Bill is needed.
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RT @ElectIntegrity: The 2025 Global Electoral Integrity Report is now out! . This year we focus in on those countries which saw rises and d….
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📢What is the relationship between democracy, public administration and democratic backsliding?. In this new article, I argue that the answer depends on the concept of democracy that is used. 📖Read free:. 🌎Special issue page:.
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Find out more about the journal and do consider submitting here: We have some great special issues coming up!.
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🎉Delighted to announce that @PolicyStudiesTF is now listed for Political Science in the Clarivate Journal Citation Reports. Not only that, it is straight in as a Q1 journal. Thank you to all the authors, reviewers and editorial board who have made this possible!.
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The author's accepted version is here:
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📣 New in Policy and Politics. Poll workers provide an essential role in a democracy - working on the 'coalface' to issue ballot papers and interact with the voter. What if we listened directly to their experience, when devising electoral policy?.
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RT @ElectIntegrity: A new report from Electoral Integrity Project and @Int_IDEA out this week, calling for reforms to strengthen elections….
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RT @PolStudiesAssoc: *PSA ANNOUNCEMENT* - Open Letter to the UK Government @educationgovuk @Jacqui_Smith1 on the future of #Politicalstudie….
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What is direct enrolment, automatic and assisted voter registration? How can it help register the millions missing from the register? . Find out here: .
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Photos from our event last week, where we launched a report in Parliament on voting rights in the UK. 4.4 million resident adults are unable to vote in Parliamentary elections. 1.2 million resident adults are unable to vote in local elections.
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RT @CSchlaufer: Check out our new article (with @tchalaya) on the influence of expert knowledge on policy in authoritarian contexts and in….
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Coming soon with @BitebackPub .
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RT @LSEblogs: Low #VoterTurnout is increasingly a problem in #UK elections. Is it time the #UK followed the lead of countries like Finland….
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RT @LSEpoliticsblog: 💥New! Low voter turnout is increasingly a problem in UK elections. Automatic Voter Registration and Assisted Voter Reg….
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