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35
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9214
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725
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117

Overview

Paul Webb is affiliated with the University of Sussex in the United Kingdom. Their research primarily situates within the social sciences, focusing extensively on political science and international relations. Over time, Webb has contributed to topics such as social policy and reform studies, electoral systems and political participation, populism and right-wing movements, European Union policy and governance, political and economic history of the UK and US, resilience and mental health, and political influence and corporate strategies.

The scholar has published in various academic venues, with notable contributions to the Harvard Dataverse, Parliamentary Affairs, and Irish Political Studies. Other publication outlets include the European Journal of Political Research and the Journal of Elections Public Opinion and Parties.

Significant publications by Paul Webb include:

  • Intra-party decision-making in contemporary Europe: improving representation or ruling with empty shells? (2022) - Irish Political Studies
  • Competition and interaction: Party ties to interest groups in a multidimensional policy space (2020) - European Journal of Political Research
  • PPDB_Round1a_1b_consolidated_v1 (2020) - Harvard Dataverse
  • Political Party Database Round 2 v4 (first public version) (2022) - Harvard Dataverse
  • UK Parties Abroad and Expatriate Voters: The Brexit Backlash (2020) - Parliamentary Affairs

Paul Webb has collaborated frequently with several coauthors, including Tim Bale, Susan E. Scarrow, Thomas Poguntke, Susan Collard, and Sam Power. These collaborative efforts have produced multiple publications spanning across their main areas of study.

Their book publication record includes a title published by Oxford University Press in 2021, entitled The Modern British Party System, which has accumulated a notable citation count.

Best Publications

  • The presidentialization of politics : a comparative study of modern democracies

    Thomas Poguntke;Paul Webb

  • The Presidentialization of Politics

    Thomas Poguntke;Paul Webb

  • Political Parties as Campaign Organizations

    David Farrell;Paul Webb

  • Political parties in advanced industrial democracies

    Paul Webb;David M Farrell;Ian Holliday

  • From Social Integration to Electoral Contestation

    Susan E. Scarrow;Paul Webb;David M. Farrell

  • The presidentialization of politics in democratic societies: a framework for analysis

    Thomas Poguntke;Paul Webb

  • The membership of political parties in European democracies, 1960-1990

    Richard S. Katz;Peter Mair;Luciano Bardi;Lars Bille

  • The Modern British Party System

    Paul D Webb

  • Party rules, party resources and the politics of parliamentary democracies How parties organize in the 21st century

    Thomas Poguntke;Susan E Scarrow;Paul D Webb;Elin H Allern

  • Organizing political parties; representation, participation, and power

    Susan E Scarrow;Paul D Webb;Thomas Poguntke

  • Party politics in new democracies

    Paul Webb;Stephen White

  • Sex, Gender and the Conservative Party : From Iron Lady to Kitten Heels

    Sarah L Childs;Paul Webb

  • Party Organizational Change in Britain: The Iron Law of Centralization?

    Paul D. Webb

  • From Social Integration to Electoral Contestation: The Changing Distribution of Power Within Political Parties

    D M. Farrell;S. Scarrow;P. Webb;R. Dalton

  • Who is willing to participate? Dissatisfied democrats, stealth democrats and populists in the United Kingdom

    Paul Webb

  • Why Do Tories Defect to UKIP? Conservative Party Members and the Temptations of the Populist Radical Right:

    Paul Webb;Tim Bale

  • Sex, Gender and the Conservative Party

    Sarah Childs;Paul Webb

  • Footsoldiers: Political Party Membership in the 21st Century

    Tim Bale;Paul Webb;Monica Poletti

  • Professional staff in political parties

    Paul Webb;Robin Kolodny

  • Oh Jeremy Corbyn! Why did Labour Party membership soar after the 2015 general election?:

    Paul Whiteley;Monica Poletti;Paul Webb;Tim Bale

  • The Conservative Party

    Tim Bale;Paul Webb

  • The Membership of Political Parties in European Democracies

    R. Katz;J. Pierre;T. Poguntke;J. Sundberg

Frequent Co-Authors

Tim Bale
Tim Bale Queen Mary University of London
Sarah Childs
Sarah Childs University of Edinburgh
Thomas Poguntke
Thomas Poguntke Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf
David M. Farrell
David M. Farrell University College Dublin
Susan E. Scarrow
Susan E. Scarrow University of Houston
Roger Scully
Roger Scully Hong Kong Baptist University
Anne Rasmussen
Anne Rasmussen King's College London
Wolfgang C. Müller
Wolfgang C. Müller University of Vienna
Jon Pierre
Jon Pierre University of Gothenburg
Peter Mair
Peter Mair European University Institute

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