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Overview

Richard Bellamy is affiliated with University College London in the United Kingdom and works primarily within the social sciences. Their academic focus centers on political science and international relations, with significant contributions also touching on law, sociology and political science, artificial intelligence, and philosophy.

Their research portfolio spans various themes, notably in European Union policy and governance, political philosophy and ethics, judicial and constitutional studies, political systems and governance, social policy and reform studies, political theory and influence, and populism alongside right-wing movements.

Recent notable papers authored by Richard Bellamy include:

  • Countering Democratic Backsliding by EU Member States: Constitutional Pluralism and 'Value' Differentiated Integration (2021) published in Swiss Political Science Review
  • Political constitutionalism and populism (2023) published in Journal of Law and Society
  • Differentiated integration as a fair scheme of cooperation (2021) published in Review of Social Economy
  • Party Views on Democratic Backsliding and Differentiated Integration (2022) published in East European Politics and Societies and Cultures

Frequent collaborators in their research include Marta Lorimer, Sandra Kröger, Jeff King, and Elena Ziliotti. Collaboration with Sandra Kröger appears prominently across multiple publications and affiliations.

Their work has appeared predominantly in venues such as:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Bristol University Press eBooks
  • Swiss Political Science Review
  • Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy
  • Journal of Law and Society

In terms of academic publishing, Richard Bellamy has contributed multiple books, mainly published by Bristol University Press eBooks and one by Policy Press. A recurring title in these book publications is titled Flexible Europe, released in 2022 under various editions.

Best Publications

  • Managing the health effects of climate change

    Anthony Costello;Mustafa Abbas;Adriana Allen;Sarah Ball

  • Political Constitutionalism: A Republican Defence of the Constitutionality of Democracy

    Richard Bellamy

  • Citizenship : a very short introduction

    Richard Bellamy

  • Liberalism and Pluralism : Towards a Politics of Compromise

    Richard Bellamy

  • Liberalism and modern society

    RP Bellamy

  • On crimes and punishments and other writings

    Beccaria, Cesare, marchese di;Richard Bellamy;Richard Davies;Virginia Cox

  • The future of democracy : a defence of the rules of the game

    Norberto Bobbio;Roger Griffin;Richard Bellamy

  • Evaluating Union citizenship: belonging, rights and participation within the EU

    Richard Bellamy

  • Legitimizing the Euro-`polity' and its `Regime' The Normative Turn in EU Studies

    Richard Bellamy;Dario Castiglione

  • From an Ethics of Integration to an Ethics of Participation: Citizenship and the Future of the European Union

    Richard Bellamy;Alex Warleigh

  • Democracy without democracy? Can the EU's democratic 'outputs' be separated from the democratic 'inputs' provided by competitive parties and majority rule?

    Richard Bellamy

  • The uses of democracy : Reflections on the European democratic deficit

    Richard Bellamy;Dario Castiglione

  • Building the Union: The Nature of Sovereignty in the Political Architecture of Europe

    Richard Bellamy;Dario Castiglione

  • Citizenship and governance in the European Union

    Richard Bellamy;Alex Warleigh

  • ‘An Ever Closer Union Among the Peoples of Europe’: Republican Intergovernmentalism and Demoicratic Representation within the EU

    Richard Bellamy

  • Political legitimacy and European Monetary Union : contracts, constitutionalism and the normative logic of two-level games

    Richard Bellamy;Albert Weale

  • Making European Citizens

    Jo Shaw;Richard Bellamy;Dario Castiglione

  • Lineages of European Citizenship

    Richard Bellamy;Dario Castiglione;Emilio Santoro

  • Domesticating the Democratic Deficit? The Role of National Parliaments and Parties in the EU's System of Governance

    Richard Bellamy;Sandra Kröger

  • Liberalism and Pluralism

    Richard Bellamy.

  • Pre-prison writings

    Antonio Gramsci;Richard Bellamy;Virginia Cox

  • A European Republic of Sovereign States: Sovereignty, republicanism and the European Union:

    Richard Bellamy

  • Lineages of European Citizenship: Rights, Belonging and Participation in Eleven Nation-States

    Richard Bellamy;Dario Castiglione;Emilio Santoro

  • The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century Political Thought

    Terence Ball;Richard Bellamy

  • A Republican Europe of States: Cosmopolitanism, Intergovernmentalism and Democracy in the EU

    Richard Bellamy

  • Constitutionalism in transformation : European and theoretical perspectives

    Richard Bellamy;Dario Castiglione

  • Evaluating Union Citizenship: Belonging, Rights and ParticipationWithin the EU

    Richard Bellamy

  • Victorian Liberalism: Nineteenth Century Political Thought and Practice

    Richard Bellamy

  • From an Ethics of Integration to an Ethics of Participation: Citizenship and the Future of the European Union

    Richard Bellamy;Alex Warleigh-Lack

  • Republicanism: Non Domination and the Free State

    Richard Bellamy

  • A republican Europe of states : sovereignty, republicanism, and democracy in the European Union

    Richard Bellamy

  • The morality of freedom

    Richard Bellamy

Frequent Co-Authors

Albert Weale
Albert Weale University College London
Mark A. Maslin
Mark A. Maslin University College London
Nora Groce
Nora Groce University College London
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira
Jose A. Puppim de Oliveira Fundação Getulio Vargas
Sharon Friel
Sharon Friel Australian National University
Gerard Delanty
Gerard Delanty University of Sussex
Colin Hay
Colin Hay Sciences Po
Desmond King
Desmond King University of Oxford
Graham Smith
Graham Smith University of Westminster
Gary Marks
Gary Marks University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

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