Fieldwork in Ecuador
Research at the library of the Ecuadorian Parliament (Asamblea Nacional) in Quito.
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11, 2015
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11, 2015
Presentation in Ecuador
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
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11, 2015
Revisiting critical elections: Turkey’s return to single-party rule
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 [...]
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11, 2015
PhD. Thesis Committee (Spain)
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 [...]
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11, 2015
A Big Surprise! Return to a Single Party Government in Turkey
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 [...]
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11, 2015
Book presentation (Spain)
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
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11, 2015
Book presentation (Spain)
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
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10, 2015
Article in “The Conversation”
A brief analysis (with Simona Guerra) of the last parliamentary elections in Poland View LINK
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10, 2015
CIVILNET interview
Interview on the 2015 Armenian Constitutional reforms, published by CIVILNET. View link Armenian version
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10, 2015
Switzerland: A landslide election, which only shifts 4% of the votes
By Daniel Bochsler (University of Zurich), Marlène Gerber (University of Bern) and David Zumbach (University of Bern) Switzerland has just experienced one of the most stable elections, even by Swiss standards, with net volatility of just over 4% of the votes. The authors explain, why it is still perceived as a landslide victory of the [...]