By Dimitris Sourvanos (London School of Economics) and Kyriaki Nanou (University of Nottingham) Last week Euclid Tsakalotos gave a talk at the LSE discussing from his own experiences – as (the current) finance minister in Greece and as a lifelong Marxist – the difficulties that left-wing parties are faced with when governing under severe constraints. [...]
Presentation at the Latin American Faculty of Social Sciences (FLACSO, Quito) of "The Essential Work of Peter Mair" with the participation of Dr. Simón Pachano (FLACSO). View LINK
Research at the library of the Ecuadorian Parliament (Asamblea Nacional) in Quito.
Presentation at the Seminar on "International Experiences for Political Organisations" organised by the Democratic Agora (IDEA-NIMD) and the Institute of Democracy in Quito View LINK 1 View LINK 2
By Ilke Toygur (Autonomous University of Madrid) The November elections were a huge gamble for Turkey: A gamble wagered and won. President Erdoğan and his Justice and Development Party (AKP) put all their cards on the table and in turn got what they wanted: a single party rule. After failing to form a coalition in [...]
Member of a PhD. Thesis Committee, together with Prof. Joan Botella Corral (UAB) and Prof. Pablo Oñate Rubalcaba (UAV), at the Autonomous University of Barcelona. The PhD. Thesis, titled "Las dinámicas entre niveles de un partido de ámbito estatal en un sistema multinivel. El caso del Partido Popular en 1989-2015", was successfully defended by Patricia [...]
By Ömer Faruk Gençkaya (Marmara University) The Justice and Development Party (AKP) won a landslide victory at the “renewed” elections of November 1st. This is a big surprise for the AKP itself. All scenarios predicted a coalition or minority government options. Therefore, the AKP announced that another election was also possible. However, shortly before the [...]
Presentation at the Institute for Political and Social Sciences (IPCS, Barcelona) of "The Essential Work of Peter Mair" with the participation of Emeritus Prof. Isidre Molas (Autonomous University of Barcelona), Dr. Ignacio Lago (Pompeu Fabra University) and Dr. Astrid Barrio (University of Valencia). View LINK
Presentation at the Centre for Political and Constitutional Studies (CEPC, Madrid) of "The Essential Work of Peter Mair" with the participation of Prof. Jose Ramon Montero (Autonomous University of Madrid), Dr. Juan Rodriguez Teruel (University of Valencia) and Dr. Pablo Simón (University Carlos III) View LINK
A brief analysis (with Simona Guerra) of the last parliamentary elections in Poland View LINK
