Professor of Politics & Policy, @UEA, Visiting Prof. @LSE
Electoral Integrity Project co-Director
Policy Studies Editor: @policy-studies.bsky.social
Researching and teaching on: democracy, electoral integrity, political science.
https://tobysjames.com ..
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Professor of Politics & Policy, @UEA, Visiting Prof. @LSE
Electoral Integrity Project co-Director
Policy Studies Editor: @policy-studies.bsky.social
Researching and teaching on: democracy, electoral integrity, political science.
https://tobysjames.com
Toby Samuel James, is a professor of political science and public policy at the University of East Anglia in the United Kingdom. James is known for his work on the fairness and integrity of elections, but also on political leadership and the policy process. He is the editor-in-chief of the journal Policy Studies. .. more
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...
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🌎Special issue page:
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Roundtable with Charles Clarke, Tim Bale, Emmanuelle Avril and Patrick Diamond
Tuesday 25th November 1pm-2.30pm
The registration link is: forms.office.com/e/dnX1qZ4pVR. We will send a join link 24 hours before the event
📖 In this new chapter for the Oxford Handbook of Electoral Integrity, I profile three rival approaches
Recognition of different pathways would greatly benefit research and policy
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In this new piece, we map the arguments for enfranchising all residents and the number of unenfranchised adults in the UK.
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We also have new chapters on Brexit and political leadership, updated conceptual frameworks and leadership league tables.
Reposted by Tim Bale
Second editions of the British Labour Leaders and British Conservative Leaders books
Edited alongside Charles Clarke, @timbale.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond for @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
Reposted by Toby S. James
✨⬇️New research on the blog from @tobysjames.bsky.social and Alistair Clark! Thank you both!
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Reposted by Ismael Peña‐López
@HollyAnnGarnett and I on electoral integrity resilience
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Open access and free to read...
Reposted by Jonathan Portes, Simon Hix, Ben H. Ansell , and 59 more Jonathan Portes, Simon Hix, Ben H. Ansell, Jesper Strömbäck, John Drury, Will Jennings, Sara B. Hobolt, Brendan Nyhan, Gijs Schumacher, Scott L. Greer, Steve Peers, Ruth Dassonneville, Tim Bale, Dave O’Brien, Kai Arzheimer, Catherine E. De Vries, Ian Hall, Alexander Wuttke, Vincent Tiberj, Justin H. Kirkland, Lesley A. Hall, Efrén O. Pérez, Chris Hanretty, Fabián Muniesa, Jacob Montgomery, Paul E. Johnson, Alan Lester, Mary Corcoran, Erika Franklin Fowler, Michelle Everson, Ben Worthy, Meri Koivusalo, Aaron Sojourner, Toby S. James, Holger Nehring, Nazita Lajevardi, Simon Glendinning, Tom Griffin, Alessandro Nai, Markus Klein, Marina Costa Lobo, Jonathan Birch, Matthijs Rooduijn, Ben Rosamond, Glen O’Hara, David Murakami Wood, Christian Fisch, Paul Nightingale, Stuart White, Werner Krause, Simon Usherwood, Toni Haastrup, Greg Linden, Federica Genovese, Tom Louwerse, Daphne Halikiopoulou, Samuel Coavoux, Ewan McGaughey, Nick Clarke, Björn Bremer, Southern Africa, David Darmofal
New paper out with this exceptionally talented team
@katharinalawall.bsky.social @robjohns75.bsky.social @drjennings.bsky.social @sarahobolt.bsky.social @zachdickson.bsky.social @danjdevine.bsky.social & @jack-bailey.co.uk
doi.org/10.31235/osf...
Reposted by Toby S. James
The Oxford Handbook on Electoral Integrity
Edited by Holly Ann Garnett and @tobysjames.bsky.social
Chapters are now being published online ahead of the print version out next year....
📖 electoralintegrityproject.com/oxford-handb...
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Reposted by Toby S. James
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Here's why this is great news for democracy...
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Reposted by Toby S. James
"Model Commitments for Advancing Genuine and Credible Elections"
📅 Thu, July 10 — 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 UTC
🔗 Register to attend: electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025
#iEIP2025 #Elections #Democracy
Reposted by Toby S. James
We have a new data visualisation tool to allow the quality of elections to be tracked around the world
www.electoralintegrityproject.com/the-world-of...
Reposted by David M. Farrell, Toby S. James
This year we focus in on those countries which saw rises and declines in electoral integrity.
Read here: static1.squarespace.com/static/58533...
Join the discussions at our free conference next week: electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025
Not only that, it is straight in as a Q1 journal.
Thank you to all the authors, reviewers and editorial board who have contributed to making this possible!
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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There is a new Electoral Integrity Project-IDEA report out today, calling for urgent electoral integrity reforms worldwide to strengthen democracy:
www.idea.int/publications...
🗳️Please spread the word!
The report estimated that there are 4.4 million resident adults in the UK who are unenfranchised at Parliamentary elections – and 1.2 million at local elections.
Find out more: tobysjames.com/2025/05/08/w...
