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5526
World Ranking
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Research.com Recognitions

  • 2012 - Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh

Overview

Iain McLean is affiliated with the University of Oxford in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily spans the social sciences, with a focus on political science and international relations, economics and econometrics, history, and artificial intelligence.

Their scholarly work explores several interconnected fields and topics, including:

  • Social Sciences
  • Political Science and International Relations
  • Economics and Econometrics
  • History
  • Artificial Intelligence

Main research topics covered by Iain McLean include:

  • American Constitutional Law and Politics
  • Scottish History and National Identity
  • Political Systems and Governance
  • Historical Economic and Social Studies
  • Game Theory and Voting Systems
  • Electoral Systems and Political Participation
  • Internet Traffic Analysis and Secure E-voting

Iain McLean has multiple publications across various academic venues, including:

  • Public Choice
  • The Political Quarterly
  • Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
  • Lexington Books

The following recent papers reflect their research activity:

  • Hybrid choice systems in small-n elections with sophisticated electorates, 2025, Public Choice
  • Of Crises, Constitutionalism and Irresponsible Advisers, 2021, The Political Quarterly
  • Successes and Failures of Benjamin Disraeli's Rhetoric and Heresthetics: Corn Laws, Franchise, and Empire, 2025, Cahiers victoriens et édouardiens
  • Index, 2024, Lexington Books

In addition to articles, McLean has contributed book publications. One known book is Thomas Jefferson's Enlightenment, published by Lexington Books in 2024.

Iain McLean's frequent coauthor is Scot Peterson, with whom they have collaborated on at least one publication.

The academic recognition includes their election as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2012.

Best Publications

  • State of the Union

    Iain McLean;Alistair McMillan

  • Classics of social choice

    Iain McLean;Arnold B. Urken;Fiona Hewitt

  • Between first and second order: a comparison of voting behaviour in european and local elections in britain

    Anthony Heath;Iain McLEAN;Bridget Taylor;John Curtice

  • Deliberation, single-peakedness, and the possibility of meaningful democracy: evidence from deliberative polls

    Christian List;Robert C. Luskin;James S. Fishkin;Iain McLean

  • The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Politics

    Iain McLean;Alistair McMillan

  • Condorcet: Foundations of Social Choice and Political Theory

    Condorcet, Jean-Antoine-Nicolas de Caritat, marquis de;Iain McLean;Fiona Hewitt

  • UK OC OK? Interpreting Optimal Classification Scores for the U.K. House of Commons

    Arthur Spirling;Iain McLean

  • Public Choice: An Introduction

    Iain McLean

  • The borda and condorcet principles: Three medieval applications

    I. McLean

  • New Labour Triumphs: Britain at the Polls

    Anthony King;Iain McLean;David Denver

  • The Distribution of Public Expenditure across the UK Regions

    Iain McLean;Alistair McMillan

  • Rational choice and British politics : an analysis of rhetoric and manipulation from Peel to Blair

    Iain McLean

  • William H. Riker and the Invention of Heresthetic(s)

    Iain McLEAN

  • Democracy and new technology

    Iain McLean

  • Did Jefferson or Madison understand Condorcet's theory of social choice?

    Iain McLean;Arnold B. Urken

  • Rational choice and British politics

    Iain McLean

  • Getting and Spending

    Iain McLean

  • The Perils and Pitfalls of Performance Measurement: The CPA Regime for Local Authorities in England

    Iain McLean;Dirk Haubrich;Roxana Gutiérrez-Romero

  • Electing Popes: Approval Balloting and Qualified-Majority Rule

    Josep M. Colomer;Iain McLean

  • Choosing an electoral system

    Simon Hix;RJ Johnston;Iain McLean

  • Fiscal Federalism in Australia

    Iain McLean

  • What's Wrong with the British Constitution?

    Iain McLean

Frequent Co-Authors

Ron Johnston
Ron Johnston University of Bristol
Jeremy Smith
Jeremy Smith University of Warwick
Arthur Spirling
Arthur Spirling Princeton University
André Blais
André Blais University of Montreal
James C. Garand
James C. Garand Louisiana State University
Simon Hix
Simon Hix European University Institute
Christian List
Christian List London School of Economics and Political Science
Anthony Heath
Anthony Heath University of Oxford
Geoffrey Garrett
Geoffrey Garrett University of Southern California
Christopher Wlezien
Christopher Wlezien The University of Texas at Austin

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