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Rob Johns, BA Oxford, MA PhD Essex
(Lecturer)
Political (specifically electoral) behaviour;
public opinion and political psychology,
especially the nature, structure and impact
of attitudes; research methods and survey
methodology
Rob Kemp, BA MA PhD Essex (Lecturer)
British politics and democracy
Anthony King, BA Queens, Canada,
MA DPhil Oxford (Professor)
The British prime ministership; the British
Constitution; American politics and
government; history of democracy
Emil Kirchner, BA MA PhD Cape
Western Reserve (Professor)
European security policy; European
integration; German politics
Todd Landman, BA Pennsylvania, MA
Georgetown, MA Colorado, PhD Essex
(Professor)
Development, democracy and human
rights; comparative politics; quantitative
and qualitative political methodology
René Lindstädt, MA PhD St Louis
(Senior Lecturer)
Political economy; political institutions;
formal theory; political methodology;
policy diffusion; social learning; political
accountability; strategic communication
and cooperation; legislative, bureaucratic
and judicial politics
Aletta Norval, MA Johannesburg,
MA PhD Essex (Reader)
Political ideology; the relation between
post-structuralism and contemporary
political theory; feminist political thought;
democratic theory
Avia Pasternak, BA MA Jerusalem,
PhD Oxford (Lecturer)
Analytical political theory; collective
responsibility and the distribution of
collective responsibility in democracies;
collective sanctions and punishment;
the global justice duties of liberal
democracies; the relation between
accounts of global justice and
democratic theory
Thomas Plümper, Dr rer pol FU Berlin
(Professor)
Comparative and international political
economy; international relations; research
methods; international economic policy
spillovers; international unions; panel data
analysis; multiparty competition
Tom Quinn, MSc PhD LSE (Lecturer)
British politics and political institutions;
rational choice; electoral systems
David Sanders, BSc Loughborough,
MA PhD Essex (Professor)
Electoral behaviour and election
forecasting; experimental methods in
political research; non-electoral political
participation; measuring and assessing
European citizenship
Thomas J Scotto, BA SUNY at
Binghamton, MA PhD Duke (Lecturer)
American and Canadian electoral
behaviour and public opinion
Hugh Ward, BA PhD Essex (Professor)
Political and social impacts of technology;
interface between Marxian and
neo-classical political economy; game
theory; environmental politics
Paul Whiteley, BA Sheffield, MA PhD
Essex (Professor and Head of Department)
Modern political economy; public policy
making; comparative politics; US politics;
British politics; comparative analysis
of citizenship
Kevin Wright, BA MA PhD Essex
(Lecturer)
Evolution of EU defence forces; Cold
War intelligence gathering; air power
operations; peace-keeping doctrine; arms
control, confidence and security building
measures (CSBMs) in Europe
international conflict resolution, exploring
methods like mediation, negotiation,
arbitration, collaborative problem solving,
peacekeeping operations, and other
applications. Our approach is
interdisciplinary, combining traditional
approaches in conflict management
with contemporary theory and practices
of non-violent methods.
We developed this stimulating course
following the launch of our flagship Institute
for Democracy and Conflict Resolution
(IDCR). An exciting element of our
MA/MSc Conflict Resolution is the
possibility for you to undertake an
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internship with our new IDCR and work
alongside our academics, who are world
leaders in this field. Our course will open
the door for internationally oriented careers
in the public and private sector, as well
as preparing you for a PhD.
MA/MSc European Integration and
European Politics•
Do different models of Europe, as
supranational, intergovernmental,
transnational, or multileveled, suggest
different forms of democratic governance?
Are states, as the most important
proliferators of modern liberal,
representative democracy, the sole
actors in the international sphere?
MA/MSc European Integration and
European Politics gives you the opportunity
to deepen your understanding of the study
of European politics and social scientific
research. It is designed for good graduates
in politics, economics, law, sociology,
European studies or related disciplines.
MA/MSc Global and Comparative
Politics•
To what extent is human behaviour
conditioned by political, social, or economic
context? What are the consequences of
political institutions for regime stability,
economic development, political
representation, and the dynamics
of electoral politics?