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2023

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  • 2023 - Research.com Political Science in United Kingdom Leader Award

Overview

Paul Whiteley is affiliated with the University of Essex in the United Kingdom. Their research spans multiple dimensions within social sciences, with a specialized focus on political science and international relations, cognitive neuroscience, genetics, psychiatry and mental health, and clinical psychology.

Their scholarly work predominantly addresses topics such as Autism Spectrum Disorder research, genetics and neurodevelopmental disorders, electoral systems and political participation, child nutrition and feeding issues, family and disability support research, social policy and reform studies, and the political and economic history of the UK and US.

Recent papers authored or co-authored by Paul Whiteley include:

  • Research, Clinical, and Sociological Aspects of Autism (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Autoimmune Encephalitis and Autism Spectrum Disorder (2021) published in Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Has age replaced class in British Elections? A hierarchical age-period-cohort analysis (2023) published in Electoral Studies

Other notable papers connected to their field of study are:

  • Bridging the Gap Between Physical Health and Autism Spectrum Disorder (2020) in Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  • Vitamin/mineral/micronutrient supplement for autism spectrum disorders: a research survey (2022) in BMC Pediatrics

Paul Whiteley has frequently collaborated with several co-authors, including Harold D. Clarke, Matthew Goodwin, Marianne C. Stewart, Regina Sala, and Natasa Blagojevic-Stokic.

Their research outputs have appeared mainly in these journals and publication venues:

  • Frontiers in Psychiatry
  • Electoral Studies
  • Neuropsychiatric Disease and Treatment
  • BMC Pediatrics
  • Party Politics

In addition to articles, Paul Whiteley has contributed to book publishing. One example is a publication with Cambridge University Press titled Brexit Britain (2023).

Best Publications

  • Political Choice in Britain

    Harold D. Clarke;David Sanders;Marianne C. Stewart;Paul Whiteley

  • Austerity and Political Choice in Britain

    Harold D. Clarke;Peter Kellner;Marianne C. Stewart;Joe Twyman

  • Economic growth and social capital

    Paul F. Whiteley

  • Citizenship in Britain: Values, Participation and Democracy

    Charles Pattie;Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • Labour's Grass Roots: The Politics of Party Membership

    Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • Is the party over? The decline of party activism and membership across the democratic world:

    Paul F. Whiteley

  • Performance Politics and the British Voter

    Harold D. Clarke;David Sanders;Marianne C. Stewart;Paul F. Whiteley

  • Citizenship and Civic Engagement: Attitudes and Behaviour in Britain:

    Charles Pattie;Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • High-Intensity Participation: The Dynamics of Party Activism in Britain

    Paul F Whiteley;Patrick Seyd

  • Brexit

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  • Labour’s Grass Roots

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  • Does Mode Matter For Modeling Political Choice? Evidence From the 2005 British Election Study

    David Sanders;Harold D. Clarke;Marianne C. Stewart;Paul Whiteley

  • Leadership perceptions as a function of race-occupation fit: the case of Asian Americans.

    Thomas Sy;Lynn M. Shore;Judy Strauss;Ted H. Shore

  • Social Capital and European Democracy

    Jan W. van Deth;Marco Maraffi;Kenneth Newton;Paul Whiteley

  • New Labour's Grassroots: The Transformation of the Labour Party Membership

    Patrick Seyd;Paul F. Whiteley

  • Why Britain voted For brexit: An individual-level analysis of the 2016 referendum vote

    Harold D Clarke;Matthew Goodwin;Paul F Whiteley

  • True Blues: The Politics of Conservative Party Membership

    Paul Whiteley;Patrick Seyd;J. J. Richardson

  • British Party Members: An Overview

    Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

  • Rational Choice and Political Participation — Evaluating the Debate:

    Paul F. Whiteley

  • The Labour Party in crisis

    Paul Whiteley

  • True Blues

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  • Affluence, Austerity and Electoral Change in Britain

    Paul Whiteley;Harold D. Clarke;David Sanders;Marianne C. Stewart

  • Brexit: Why Britain Voted to Leave the European Union

    Harold D Clarke;Matthew Goodwin;Paul F Whiteley

  • Making Political Choices

    Paul Whiteley;Harold D. Clarke;David Sanders;Marianne C. Stewart

  • Local Party Campaigning and Electoral Mobilization in Britain

    Paul F. Whiteley;Patrick Seyd

  • Citizenship in Britain: Modelling Citizenship

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  • High-Intensity Participation

    Patrick Seyd;Paul Whiteley

Frequent Co-Authors

Harold D. Clarke
Harold D. Clarke The University of Texas at Dallas
Marianne C. Stewart
Marianne C. Stewart The University of Texas at Dallas
David Sanders
David Sanders University of the Western Cape
Patrick Seyd
Patrick Seyd University of Sheffield
Charles Pattie
Charles Pattie University of Sheffield
Matthew J. Goodwin
Matthew J. Goodwin University of Kent
Jason Reifler
Jason Reifler University of Southampton
Tim Bale
Tim Bale Queen Mary University of London
Paul Bissell
Paul Bissell University of Huddersfield
William Mishler
William Mishler University of Arizona

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