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Overview

David Denver is affiliated with Lancaster University in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, sociology and political science, finance, law, and education. The subfields of their work reflect a multidisciplinary approach combining social and economic perspectives.

Denver's main research topics include social policy and reform studies, political and economic history of the UK and US, housing, finance, and neoliberalism, Irish and British studies, healthcare innovation and challenges, employment and welfare studies, and migration, refugees, and integration.

Recent publications by Denver include:

  • Committees and Witnesses in the Scottish Parliament: Beyond the 'usual suspects'? (2021), published in Scottish Affairs
  • Parliamentary committee witnesses: representation and diversity (2020), published in Journal of Legislative Studies
  • House of Commons Public Bill Committees and Oral Evidence: A Half-Step Forward? (2022), published in Parliamentary Affairs

The venues for Denver's publications are consistent with their primary academic interests, focusing on legislative studies and parliamentary affairs with contributions in journals such as the Journal of Legislative Studies, Scottish Affairs, and Parliamentary Affairs.

Denver has collaborated frequently with several researchers in related fields. Their frequent co-authors include:

  • Catherine Bochel
  • Martine B. Powell
  • Guy Daly
  • Martin Powell
  • Anouk Berthier

This collaboration network supports Denver's work in social sciences and political research, broadening the scope and impact of studies undertaken.

Best Publications

  • Constituency campaigning in Britain 1992-2001: Centralization and Modernization.

    David Denver;Gordon Hands;Justin Fisher;Iain MacAllister

  • Modern Constituency Electioneering: Local Campaigning in the 1992 General Election

    David Denver;Gordon Hands

  • Canvassing, Turnout and Party Support: An Experiment

    J. M. Bochel;D. T. Denver

  • The Electoral Impact of Constituency Campaigning in Britain, 1992–2001

    David Denver;Gordon Hands;Iain MacAllister

  • Valence Politics in Scotland: Towards an Explanation of the 2007 Election

    Robert Johns;James Mitchell;David Denver;Charles Pattie

  • Marginality and Turnout in British General Elections

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  • Scotland Decides: The Devolution Issue and the 1997 Referendum

    Hugh Bochel;David Denver;James Mitchell;Charles Pattie

  • Does Studying Politics Make a Difference? The Political Knowledge, Attitudes and Perceptions of School Students

    David Denver;Gordon Hands

  • British elections and parties review.

    Justin Fisher;Philip Cowley;David Denver;Andrew. Russell

  • Evaluating the Electoral Effects of Traditional and Modern Modes of Constituency Campaigning in Britain 1992–2005

    Justin Fisher;David Denver

  • From foot-slogging to call centres and direct mail: A framework for analysing the development of district-level campaigning

    Justin Fisher;David Denver

  • Candidate Selection in the Labour Party: What the Selectors Seek

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  • Marginality and Turnout in General Elections in the 1970s

    David Denver;Gordon Hands

  • The impact of constituency campaigning in the 2001 general election.

    David Denver;Gordon Hands;Justin Fisher;Iain MacAllister

  • The relative electoral impact of central party co-ordination and size of party membership at constituency level

    Justin Fisher;David T. Denver;H. T. Gordon Hands

  • Elections and voting behaviour in Britain

    David Denver

  • The Results: How Britain Voted

    David T. Denver

  • Voting in the 1997 Scottish and Welsh devolution referendums: Information, interests and opinions.

    David T. Denver

  • The Impact of the Campaign on the Results of Local Government Elections

    J. M. Bochel;D. T. Denver

  • Challengers, incumbents and the impact of constituency campaigning in Britain

    David Denver;Gordon Hands

  • RELIGION AND VOTING: A CRITICAL REVIEW AND A NEW ANALYSIS*

    J. M. Bochel;D. T. Denver

  • British Elections and Parties Review 10

    P Cowley;D Denver;Andrew Russell;L Harrison

  • ELECTIONS, PUBLIC OPINION AND PARTIES

    David Denver

Frequent Co-Authors

James K. Mitchell
James K. Mitchell Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey
Charles Pattie
Charles Pattie University of Sheffield
Philip Cowley
Philip Cowley Queen Mary University of London
Edward Fieldhouse
Edward Fieldhouse University of Manchester
David Cutts
David Cutts Brown University
David M. Farrell
David M. Farrell University College Dublin
Anthony King
Anthony King University of Essex
Iain McLean
Iain McLean University of Oxford

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