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CURRICULUM VITAE: JONATHAN RICHARD HOPKIN
Nationality: British. Born 22 August 1967, Beverley, United Kingdom
Associate Professor of Comparative Politics
Department of Government
London School of Economics and Political Science
Houghton St
London WC2A 2AE
J.R.Hopkin@lse.ac.uk
Undergraduate Study
University of Bradford 1985-‐89
BA (Hons) First Class in Modern Languages (French and Spanish), 30 June 1989.
University of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, February-‐June 1987
University of Toulouse-‐Le Mirail, France, September 1987-‐February 1988
Postgraduate Study
1990-‐95: European University Institute (EUI), Florence
PhD in Social and Political Sciences, December 1995: dissertation ‘Party Development
and Party Collapse: The case of Unión de Centro Democrático in post-‐Franco Spain’.
Academic Positions
2011-‐: Associate Professor (Reader) of Comparative Politics, London School of
Economics and Political Science.
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2006-‐11: Senior Lecturer in Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and
Political Science.
2004-‐6: Lecturer in British and Comparative Politics, London School of Economics and
Political Science.
1996-‐2004: Lecturer then Senior Lecturer in Political Science, University of
Birmingham.
1994-‐95: Lecturer in Politics, University of Durham.
1993-‐4: Cañada Blanch Research Fellow, University of London (held at Instituto Juan
March, Madrid).
1990-‐93: Doctoral researcher, European University Institute, Florence.
1989-‐90: Lecturer in Spanish Studies, University of Bradford.
Visiting Positions
2013: (March): Visiting Professor, The Quality of Government Institute, University of
Gothenburg.
2009-‐13: (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor, Autonomous University of Madrid.
2010: (Autumn Semester): Visiting Professor, University of Bologna.
2007: (Autumn Semester): Visiting Researcher, Institut d’Estudis Autonòmics,
Barcelona
2006: (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor, Autonomous University of Barcelona.
2006: (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor, University of Bologna.
2006-‐12: Associate Fellow, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center, Bologna.
2004: (Spring Semester): Visiting Professor, Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento.
2003: (Spring Semester): Visiting Scholar, Johns Hopkins Bologna Center, Bologna.
2002 (Spring Quarter): Visiting Scholar, Department of Political Science, Northwestern
University, Chicago.
2000 (Spring Semester): Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Political Science,
Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.
1998 (April-‐June): Batista i Roca Fellow in the Department of Political Science, Pompeu
Fabra University, Barcelona.
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Prizes, Awards and Grants
2014: STICERD grant (£5000) for research assistance on project ‘Inequality and
Innovation in Advanced Democracies’
2007: Research grant (€9000) awarded by Generalitat of Catalunya for project on ‘Els
partits polítics d'àmbit no estatal. Una perspectiva comparada (Non-‐Statewide parties:
A Comparative Perspective)’, based at the Department of Political Science and Public
Law of the Autonomous University of Barcelona.
2002-‐5: Research grant (£105,000) awarded for three-‐year project on ‘Party Adaptation
and Decentralizing Reforms: The British Case in a Comparative Perspective’, under
ESRC ‘Devolution and Constitutional Change’ programme (lead researcher, with Ingrid
van Biezen and Catherine Fieschi).
1998: Batista i Roca Research Fellowship, Generalitat de Catalunya, Spain (£1500).
1996: Shortlisted for the Rudolf Wildenman Prize, European Consortium for Political
Research.
1994: Doctoral Completion Scholarship, European University Institute, Florence (3
mths).
1993-‐4: Junior Fellowship from the Vicente Cañada Blanch Foundation, University of
London, held at the Instituto Juan March in Madrid (one year).
1992-‐3: Doctoral Research Scholarship, European University Institute, Florence.
1990-‐2: Doctoral Research Scholarship, UK Department of Education and Science (for
studies at European University Institute, Florence).
1989 and 1990: Scholarships for doctoral study in Spain, Dirección Cultural of the
Spanish Embassy in Britain (one year) (both declined).
1989: Henderson Book Prize, Willis Interpreting Prize, Swiss Embassy Book Prize,
University of Bradford.
Publications
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Book
Hopkin, Jonathan (1999) Party Formation and Democratic Transition in Spain: The
Creation and Collapse of the Union of Democratic Centre. Basingstoke: Macmillan.
Edited Book
Baldini, Gianfranco and Jonathan Hopkin (eds.) (2012). Coalition Britain: The UK General
Election of 2010. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Journal Special Issue
Hopkin, Jonathan and Pieter van Houten (eds.) (2009). ‘Party Politics and Decentralizing
Reforms: The Role of Statewide Political Parties in Comparative Perspective’, special
issue, Party Politics: 15(2).
Refereed Journal Articles
Hopkin, Jonathan (2014). ‘The Politics of Piketty: What Political Science Can Learn
From, and Contribute To, the Debate on Capital in the Twentieth Century’, British Journal
of Sociology Sociology 65(4): 678–695.
Gualmini, Elisabetta and Jonathan Hopkin (2012). ‘Liberalization within Diversity:
Welfare and Labour Market Reforms in Italy and the UK’, Spanish Labour Law and
Employment Relations Journal 1(1-‐2): 64-‐81.
Hopkin, Jonathan and Mark Blyth (2012). What Can Okun Teach Polanyi? Efficiency,
Regulation and Equality in the OECD’, Review of International Political Economy 19(1):
1-‐33.
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Cooley, Alex and Jonathan Hopkin (2010) ‘Party Politics and Base Politics: The Rise and
Decline of the U.S. Military Bases Issue in Spain, 1975-‐2005’, International Political
Science Review 31(4): 494-‐513.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2009). ‘Party Matters: Devolution and Party Change in the UK and
Spain’, Party Politics: 15(2): 179-‐99.
Hopkin, Jonathan and Pieter van Houten (2009). ‘Party Politics and Decentralizing
Reforms: Introduction’, Party Politics: 15(2): 131-‐36.
Hopkin, Jonathan and Andrés Rodríguez-‐Pose (2007). ‘“Grabbing Hand” or “Helping
Hand”? Corruption and the Economic Role of the State’, Governance, 20(2): 187-‐208.
Hopkin, Jonathan and Jonathan Bradbury (2006). ‘British Statewide Parties and
Multilevel Politics’, Publius: The Journal of Federalism 36(1): 135-‐52.
Hopkin, Jonathan and Dan Wincott (2006). ‘New Labour, Economic Reform and the
European Social Model’, British Journal of Politics and International Relations, 8(1): 50-‐
68.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2005). ‘The Berlusconi Government at Mid-‐Term. A Miracle Just
Around the Corner?’, Mediterranean Politics 10(1): 109-‐15.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2005). ‘Towards a Chequebook Democracy? Business, Parties and the
Funding of Politics in Italy and the United States’, Journal of Modern Italian Studies
10(1): 41-‐56.
Blyth, Mark and Jonathan Hopkin (2004). ‘La globalizzazione e il mutamento della
socialdemocrazia’, Meridiana. Rivista di Storia e Scienze Sociali 50-‐51: 41-‐70.
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Hopkin, Jonathan (2004). ‘La democrazia di partito nei paesi industriali avanzati: Una
discussione’, Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica 3: 491-‐502.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2004). ‘The Problem With Party Finance: Theoretical Perspectives on
Party Funding in Western Europe’, Party Politics 10 (6): 627-‐51.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2003) ‘Political Decentralization, Electoral Change and Party
Organizational Adaptation: A Framework for Analysis’, European Urban and Regional
Studies 10 (3): 227-‐37.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2002) ‘States, Markets and Corruption: A Review of Some Recent
Literature’, Review of International Political Economy 9 (3): 574-‐90.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2002) ‘The Economics of Political Integrity: A Critique of Hudson and
Jones’, Political Studies 50 (3): 573-‐78.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2001) ‘Bringing the Members Back In? Democratizing Candidate
Selection in Britain and Spain’, Party Politics 7 (3): 343-‐61.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2001) ‘A “Southern Model” of Electoral Mobilization? Clientelism and
Electoral Politics in post-‐Franco Spain’, West European Politics 24 (1): 115-‐36.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2000) ‘Primarie a confronto: USA, Spagna, Regno Unito’, Nuvole 10
(2) (Dicembre): 42-‐46.
Hopkin, Jonathan and Caterina Paolucci (1999) ‘New Parties and the Business Firm
Model of Party Organization: Cases from Spain and Italy’. European Journal of Political
Research 35 (3): 307-‐339.
Hopkin, Jonathan (1997) ‘Political Parties, Political Corruption, and the Economic
Theory of Democracy’, Crime, Law and Social Change 27: 255-‐74.
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Hopkin, Jonathan (1996) ‘An Incomplete Alternation: The Spanish Elections of March
1996’, International Journal of Iberian Studies 9: 110-‐6.
Hopkin, Jonathan (1996) ‘Desarrollo y colapso de los partidos políticos: La Unión de
Centro Democrático en la España posfranquista’, Bulletin d’Histoire Contemporaine de
l’Espagne, 24: 388-‐92.
Hopkin, Jonathan (1993) ‘Reflections on the Disintegration of Unión de Centro
Democrático’, Journal of the Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies 6: 39-‐49.
Hopkin, Jonathan (1993) ‘La desintegración de la Unión de Centro Democrático: una
interpretación organizativa’, Revista de Estudios Políticos 81: 185-‐210.
Book Chapters
Hopkin, Jonathan (2015).‘Europe’s Troubled South’, in Matthias Matthijs and Mark Blyth
(eds.), The Future of the Euro. New York: Oxford University Press, Chapter 8, pp.161-‐86.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2013).‘The Trouble with Economic Reform. Understanding the Debt
Crisis in Spain and Italy’, in Francisco Panizza and George Philip (eds.), Moments of
Truth: The Politics of Financial Crises in Comparative Perpsective. London: Routledge,
pp.140-‐58.
Hopkin, Jonathan and M. Viarengo (2012). ‘Inequality and the 2010 Election’, in Baldini,
Gianfranco and Jonathan Hopkin (eds.). Coalition Britain: The UK General Election of
2010. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp.111-‐30.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2012). ‘Conclusion’, in Gianfranco Baldini and Jonathan Hopkin
(eds.). Coalition Britain: The UK General Election of 2010. Manchester: Manchester
University Press, pp.181-‐90.
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Hopkin, Jonathan (2012). ‘Clientelism, Corruption and Political Cartels: Informal
Governance in Southern Europe’, in Thomas Christiansen and Christine Neuhold (eds.),
International Handbook on Informal Governance. Cheltenham: Edward Elgar, pp.198-‐
215.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2011). ‘Great Britain: From New Labour to New Politics?’, in Ron
Tiersky and Erik Jones (eds.), Europe Today. A Twenty-‐First Century Introduction. New
York: Rowman and Littlefield, 4th Edition, pp.67-‐98.
Hopkin, Jonathan and C. van Wijnbergen (2011). 'Europeanization and Welfare State
Change in Britain: Another Case of "Fog Over the channel"?' in Paolo Graziano and
Bruno Palier (ed.). Europeanization and Welfare State Change. Basingstoke: Palgrave,
pp.254-‐79.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2011). ‘Elections and Electoral Systems’, in Paul Heywood, Erik Jones,
Martin Rhodes, and Ulrich Sedelmeier (eds.). Developments in European Politics #2.
Basingstoke: Palgrave, pp.81-‐99.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2011). ‘The London School of Economics and Political Science in the
United Kingdom’, in V. Ivo Comparato, Regina Lupi, and Giorgio Montanari (eds.). Le
scienze politiche. Modelli contemporanei. Milan: Franco Angeli, pp.46-‐58.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2010). ‘The Comparative Method’, in David Marsh and Gerry Stoker
(eds.). Theory and Methods in Political Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 3rd edition,
pp.285-‐307.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2009). ‘Decentralization and Party Organizational Change: The Case
of Italy’, in Wilfried Swenden and Bart Maddens (eds.), Territorial Party Politics in
Western Europe. London: Palgrave, pp.86-‐101.
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Hopkin, Jonathan (2008). ‘Il Regno Unito’, in Sofia Ventura (ed.), Da Stato unitario a
Stato federale: Territorializzazione della politica, devoluzione e adattamento istituzionale
in Europa. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp.113-‐55.
Hopkin, Jonathan and P. Ignazi (2008). ‘Newly Governing Parties In Italy: Comparing the
PDS-‐DS, Lega Nord and Forza Italia’, in Kris Deschouwer (ed.), New Parties in
Government. London: Routledge, pp.45-‐64.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2007). ‘'Entre el gobierno y la oposición: Los empresarios políticos y
la formación de la Unión de Centro Democrático', in Rafael Quirosa-‐Cheyrouze y Muñoz
(ed.), Historia de la transición. Los inicios del proceso democratizador. Madrid: Editorial
Biblioteca Nueva, pp.269-‐83.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2007). ‘United Kingdom: New Labour, New Britain?’, in Ron Tiersky
and Erik Jones (eds.), Europe Today. A Twenty-‐First Century Introduction. New York:
Rowman and Littlefield, 3rd edition, pp.57-‐90.
Hopkin, Jonathan and Ingrid van Biezen (2007). ‘Spain and Portugal’, in Colin Hay and
Anand Menon (eds.), European Politics. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.101-‐116.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2006). ‘From Federation to Union, from Parties to Primaries: The
Search for Unity in the Centre-‐Left’, in Grant Amyot and Luca Verzichelli (eds.), Italian
Politics 2006. Oxford: Berghahn, pp.67-‐84.
Van Biezen, Ingrid and Jonathan Hopkin (2006). ‘Party Organization in Multi-‐level
Contexts’, in Dan Hough and Charlie Jeffery (eds.), Devolution and Electoral Politics: A
Comparative Exploration. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp.14-‐36.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2006). ‘Clientelism and Party Politics’, in William Crotty and Richard
Katz (eds.), Handbook of Party Politics. London: Sage, Ch.34, pp.406-‐12.
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Hopkin, Jonathan (2005). ‘Il Regno Unito’, in Salvatore Vassallo (ed.), Sistemi politici
comparati. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp.127-‐54.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2005). ‘Forza Italia Ten Years On’, in Carlo Guarnieri and James
Newell (eds.), Italian Politics 2005. Oxford: Berghahn, pp.102-‐27.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2005). ‘Spain: Proportional Representation with Majoritarian
Outcomes’, in Michael Gallagher and Paul Mitchell (eds.), The Politics of Electoral
Systems. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.375-‐94.
Van Biezen, Ingrid and Jonathan Hopkin (2005) ‘The Presidentialization of Spanish
Democracy: Sources of Prime Ministerial Power in Post-‐Franco Spain’, in Thomas
Poguntke and Paul Webb (eds.), The Presidentialization of Politics in Democratic
Societies?, Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.105-‐25.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2004). ‘From Consensus to Competition: The Changing Nature of
Democracy in the Spanish Transition’, in Sebastian Balfour (ed.), The Politics of
Contemporary Spain. London: Routledge, pp.6-‐26.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2004). ‘Paying for Party Response: Parties of the Centre-‐Right in
Post-‐War Italy’, in Kay Lawson and Thomas Poguntke (eds.), How Political Parties
Respond to Voters. Interest Aggregation Revisited. London: Routledge, pp.176-‐97.
Gunther, Richard and Jonathan Hopkin (2002) ‘A Crisis of Institutionalization: The
Collapse of the UCD in Spain’, in R. Gunther, J.R. Montero & J. Linz (eds.), Political Parties:
Old Concepts and New Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University Press, pp.191-‐230.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2002) ‘Comparative Methods’, in David Marsh and Gerry Stoker
(eds), Theory and Methods in Political Science. Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2nd edition,
pp.249-‐67.
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Hopkin, Jonathan and Alfio Mastropaolo (2001) ‘From ‘Old’ to ‘New’ Clientelism:
Comparing the Italian and Spanish Experiences’, in Simona Piattoni (ed.), Clientelism,
Interests, and Democratic Representation. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press,
pp.152-‐71.
Hopkin, Jonathan (1999) ‘Spain: Political Parties in a Young Democracy’, in David
Broughton & Mark Donovan (eds.), Changing Party Systems in Western Europe. London:
Pinter, pp.207-‐31.
Other Publications
Dunleavy, Patrick, Jonathan Hopkin and Sean Kippin (2014). ‘Why All Our Top Parties
Are Doing Voters a Disservice By Cramming the European Parliament Ballot Papers
With the Names of ‘No Hope’candidates’, Democratic Audit Blog, 24 April.
Dunleavy, Patrick, Jonathan Hopkin and Sean Kippin (2014). ‘Euro Elections: Who Are
Your New MEPs in the North East, the North West, Scotland and Northern Ireland?’
Democratic Audit Blog, 30 May.
Dunleavy, Patrick, Jonathan Hopkin and Sean Kippin (2014). ‘Euro Elections: Who Are
Your New MEPs in the East and West Midlands, Yorkshire and the Humber, and Wales?’
Democratic Audit Blog, 29 May.
Dunleavy, Patrick, Jonathan Hopkin and Sean Kippin (2014). ‘Euro Elections: Who Are
Your New MEPs in the East of England, London, the South East, and the South West?’
Democratic Audit Blog, 28 May.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2012). ‘A Slow Fuse: Italy and the EU Debt Crisis’, The International
Spectator 47(4): 35-‐48
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Hopkin, Jonathan (2012). ‘European Social Democracy’. Oxford Bibliographies Online.
Oxford University Press.
http://oxfordbibliographiesonline.com/
Hopkin, Jonathan and Mark Blyth (2008) ‘Equality Versus Efficiency? Liberalization and
Inequality in Western Europe’, SIS Working Paper 02/2008, School of International
Studies, University of Trento,
https://portale.unitn.it/drsis/hp_event.do?HP_Request=HP_News&newsId=249417&ro
otchannelId=-‐8322.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2008) ‘Devolution and Party Change in the UK and Spain’, Institut de
Ciències Polìtiques i Socials Working Papers. Barcelona: ICPS, forthcoming.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2002) ‘Political Decentralization and Party Organizational
Adaptation: A Framework for Analysis’, ESRC Devolution Programme Discussion
Papers.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2002) ‘Business and Politics: The Italian Case’. On-‐line seminar,
Association Française de Science Politique (http://www.afsp.msh-‐paris.fr/).
Hopkin, Jonathan (2002) Entries in B. Jordan (ed.), Spanish Culture and Society: A
Glossary. London: Arnold.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2000) ‘Ideological Change in European Social Democracy’, ESRC ‘One
Europe or Several?’ Programme Discussion Papers.
Hopkin, Jonathan (1999). Entries in E. Rodgers (ed.), Encyclopedia of Contemporary
Spanish Culture. London: Routledge.
Hopkin, Jonathan (1999) ‘Social Democracy’, ECPR News 11, (1), Autumn.
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Comment/Opinion Pieces
Hopkin, Jonathan and Mark Blyth (2015). ‘Austerity Bites: Fiscal Lessons from the
British General Election’, Foreign Affairs, 18 May.
https://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/united-‐kingdom/2015-‐05-‐18/austerity-‐bites
Blyth, Mark and Jonathan Hopkin (2014). Londongrad Calling: The United Kingdom's
Dangerous Dependence on Russian Money’, Foreign Affairs, 21 April.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/141350/jonathan-‐hopkin-‐and-‐mark-‐
blyth/londongrad-‐calling
Alexander Shaw, Kate and Jonathan Hopkin (2013). ‘Breaking Away from the Austerity
State’, Policy Network, 12 September.
http://www.policy-‐
network.net/pno_detail.aspx?ID=4456&title=Breaking+away+from+‘the+austerity+stat
e’
Hopkin, Jonathan (2013). ‘Italy Didn’t Just Send in the Clowns’, Foreign Affairs, 11
March.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/139051/jonathan-‐hopkin/italy-‐did-‐not-‐just-‐
send-‐in-‐the-‐clowns
Hopkin, Jonathan (2012). ‘New Year, New Italy? Rome After Monti.’ Foreign Affairs, 31
December.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/138732/jonathan-‐hopkin/new-‐year-‐new-‐italy
Hopkin, Jonathan (2012). ‘Can Italy’s Monti Save the Euro?’, Current History 111(743):
94-‐100.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2011). ‘How Italy’s Democracy leads to Financial Crisis’. Foreign
Affairs. November 21.
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http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/136688/jonathan-‐hopkin/how-‐italys-‐
democracy-‐leads-‐to-‐financial-‐crisis
Hopkin, Jonathan (2011). ‘David Cameron and the London Riots’. Foreign Affairs. August
18th. http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/68199/jonathan-‐hopkin/david-‐cameron-‐
and-‐the-‐london-‐riots
Hopkin, Jonathan and Mark Blyth (2010). ‘How Flexible Labour Markets Failed Europe’,
Guardian. Comment is Free. May 20th.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2010/may/20/italy-‐spain-‐debt-‐crisis-‐
markets
Hopkin, Jonathan and Mark Blyth (2010). ‘Labour Pains’. Foreign Affairs. May 4th.
http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/66402/mark-‐blyth-‐and-‐jonathan-‐
hopkin/labour-‐pains
Hopkin, Jonathan (2009). ‘Dalla crescita alla crisi: La recessione in Gran Bretagna’, Il
Mulino, 2009/6: 950-‐9.
Translated Work
Baldini, Gianfranco and Jonathan Hopkin (eds.) (2011). La Gran Bretagna di Cameron.
Bologna: Il Mulino.
Translation of Gianfranco Baldini and Jonathan Hopkin (eds.) (2012). Coalition Britain:
The UK General Election of 2010. Manchester: Manchester University Press.
Gunther, R. and Jonathan Hopkin (2007) ‘Una crisis de institucionalización: El colapso
de UCD en España’, en Richard Gunther, José Ramón Montero y Juan Linz (ed.), Partidos
políticos: Viejos conceptos y nuevos retos. Madrid: Editorial Trotta, pp.165-‐207.
Translation of Richard Gunther and Jonathan Hopkin (2002) ‘A Crisis of
Institutionalization: The Collapse of the UCD in Spain’, in R. Gunther, J.R. Montero & J.
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Linz (eds.), Political Parties: Old Concepts and New Challenges. Oxford: Oxford University
Press, pp.191-‐230.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2006). ‘Dalla Federazione all’Unione, alle primarie. Il cammino del
centro-‐sinistra’, in Grant Amyot and Luca Verzichelli (a cura di), Politica in Italia 2006. I
fatti e le interpretazioni 2006. Bologna: Il Mulino, pp.87-‐108.
Translation of Jonathan Hopkin (2006). ‘From Federation to Union, from Parties to
Primaries: The Search for Unity in the Centre-‐Left’, in Grant Amyot and Luca Verzichelli
(eds.), Italian Politics 2006. Oxford: Berghahn, pp.67-‐84.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2005). ‘Forza Italia a dieci anni dalla fondazione’, in Carlo Guarnieri e
James Newell (a cura di), Politica in Italia 2005. I fatti e le interpretazioni. Bologna: Il
Mulino, 2005, pp.101-‐20.
Translation of Jonathan Hopkin (2005). ‘Forza Italia Ten Years On’, in Carlo Guarnieri
and James Newell (eds.), Italian Politics 2005. Oxford: Berghahn, pp.102-‐27.
Hopkin, Jonathan (2000). El partido de la transición. Ascenso y caída de la Unión de Centro
Democrático. Madrid: Acento Editorial.
Translation of Jonathan Hopkin (1999) Party Formation and Democratic Transition in
Spain: The Creation and Collapse of the Union of Democratic Centre. Basingstoke:
Macmillan.
Conference Papers
14th biennial EUSA conference, Boston, 5-‐7 March 2015
Policy Making under Hard Times: Southern European Countries in a Comparative
Perspective, Madrid 20-‐21 November 2014.
Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 28-‐30
August 2014.
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Annual meeting of Society for the Advancement of Socio-‐Economics, Chicago 10-‐13 July
2014.
20th Conference of Europeanists, Washington DC, 14-‐16 March 2014.
Annual meeting of Italian Political Science Association (SISP), Florence, 10-‐13
September 2013.
Annual meeting of Society for the Advancement of Socio-‐Economics, Milan 27-‐29 June
2013.
19th Conference of Europeanists, Amsterdam, 25-‐27 June 2013.
Workshop on ‘Political Change in the GIIPS, European University Institute, Florence, 11-‐
12 June 2013.
Conference on Italian Politics, Palazzo Malvezzi, Bologna, 14 January 2013.
Conference on Financialization and the Welfare State, Radboud University Nijmegen, 16
December 2012.
Conference on The Future of the Euro, SAIS Washington, 7 December.
Conference on The Politics of Financial Crises, London School of Economics, 29
November 2012.
189h Conference of Europeanists, Boston, 22-‐24 March, 2012.
Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Seattle, 1-‐5 September 2011.
European Union Studies Association, Conference, Boston, 2-‐6 March 2011.
Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 1-‐5
September 2010.
17th Conference of Europeanists, Montreal, 15-‐17 April 2010.
Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Toronto, 3-‐6 September
2009.
ECPR General Conference, Potsdam, 12-‐14 September 2009.
ECPR Joint Sessions, Lisbon, 14-‐18 April 2009.
ESPAnet annual conference, Helsinki, 18-‐20 September 2008.
RECWOWE network integration conference, Oslo, 10-‐14 June 2008.
Conference on ‘Managing Regional Inequalities’, Paul Nitze School of Advanced
International Studies, Washington DC, 31 January 2008.
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Annual conference of Spanish Political Science Association (AECPS), University of Valencia,
18-‐20 September 2007.
4th ECPR General Conference, Pisa, 6-‐8 September 2007.
Workshop on Work, Ethics and Poverty, University of Salzburg, 20-‐25 May 2007.
Workshop on Territorial Party Politics, Catholic University of Leuven, 8-‐9 February
2007.
Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 31 August-‐4
September 2006.
PSA Italian Specialist Group conference on the 2006 Italian elections, University of Pisa,
16-‐17 June 2006.
15th Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 29 March-‐1 April 2006.
2nd International Conference on the Spanish Transition, University of Almería, 28
November-‐2 December 2005.
Workshop on Territorial Party Politics, University of Edinburgh, 28-‐9 October 2005.
3rd ECPR General Conference, Budapest, 8-‐10 September 2005.
Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Washington DC, 1-‐5
September 2005.
Seminar on ‘Britain and Europe’, Demos, London 21 June 2005.
Seminar on ‘Devolution in the United Kingdom: State and Citizenship in Transition’,
University of Edinburgh, 20-‐21 May 2005.
Annual conference of Association for the Study of Modern Italy, 26-‐27 November 2004.
ESRC seminar ‘Implementing the Lisbon Strategy: Policy Coordination Through “Open”
Methods’, University of Birmingham, 26 November 2004.
Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Chicago, 1-‐5 September
2004.
Second ECPR Pan-‐European Conference on EU Politics, Bologna, 24-‐26 June 2004.
Workshop on ‘New Parties in Government’, ECPR Joint Sessions, Uppsala, 13-‐18 April
2004.
14th Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 11-‐13 March 2004.
PSA Territorial Politics Conference on ‘UK Devolution in Comparative Perspective’,
University of Strathclyde, 7-‐9 January 2004.
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Annual meeting of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, University of Trento, 14-‐16
September 2003.
Annual meeting of the American Political Science Association, Philadelphia, 28-‐31 August
2003.
Annual meeting of Italian Political Science Association (SISP), Genoa, 18-‐20 September
2002.
4th European Urban and Regional Studies conference, Autonomous University of
Barcelona, 4-‐7 July 2002.
Workshop on ‘Globalization and Labour Movements’, ECPR Joint Sessions, Turin, 22-‐27
March 2002.
13th Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 14-‐16 March 2002.
Conference on ‘Multilevel Electoral Competition: Devolution in Comparative Context’,
European Research Institute, University of Birmingham, 21-‐22 September 2001.
Workshop on ‘Party Organizational Innovation in European Political Parties’, ECPR Joint
Sessions, Grenoble, 6-‐11 April 2001.
Annual conference of the Società Italiana di Scienza Politica, Naples, 28-‐30 September
2000.
Workshop on ‘The Third Way, the Neue Mitte and the New Alliance: Competing Models
of European Social Democracy’, Sussex European Institute, University of Sussex, 26 May
2000.
Workshop on ‘Competing Conceptions of Democracy in the Practice of Politics’, ECPR
Joint Sessions, Copenhagen, 14-‐19 April 2000.
Meeting of ECPR Political Parties Standing Group on ‘Parties in Individualistic Society’,
Institute of Political Science, Copenhagen, 14 April 2000.
12th Conference of Europeanists, Chicago, 30 March-‐2 April 2000.
Political Studies Association Annual Conference, London School of Economics, 10-‐13
April 2000.
Workshop on ‘Changing Dimensions of the West European Left’, Keele University, 17 April
1999.
Workshop ‘Candidate Selection in Comparative Perspective’ at the Joint Sessions of the
European Consortium for Political Research, University of Mannheim, 26-‐31 March 1999.
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Workshop on ‘The Future of European Social Democracy’, University of Birmingham, 31
October-‐1 November 1998.
Workshop on ‘Clientelism in Transition’, University of Tromso, 12-‐14 June 1998.
Workshop ‘Italy: Changes, Constraints and Choices’ at the Joint Sessions of the European
Consortium for Political Research, University of Warwick, 23-‐28 March 1998.
Political Studies Association conference, University of Ulster at Jordanstown, 8-‐10 April
1997.
Workshop ‘Clientelism and Interest Intermediation in Southern Europe’ at the Joint
Sessions of the European Consortium for Political Research, Bern, 27 February-‐4 March
1997.
Conference on ‘Corruption in Contemporary Politics’, University of Salford, 14-‐16
November 1996.
Annual conference of the Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies, University of
Keele, 10-‐12 September 1996.
Political Studies Association conference, University of Glasgow, 10-‐12 April 1996.
Workshop ‘New Parties and the Party System’ at the Joint Sessions of the European
Consortium for Political Research, Oslo, 29 March-‐3 April 1996.
Conference ‘Political Parties: Changing Roles in Contemporary Democracies’, Instituto
Juan March, Madrid, December 1994.
Workshop ‘Factionalism and Regime Democratization’ at the Joint Sessions of the
European Consortium for Political Research, Madrid, 17-‐22 April 1994.
1st Congreso de Historia Contemporánea de España, Salamanca, April 1992.
Invited Lectures and Seminars
February 2015: debate on ‘Inequality: A Cause for Concern?’, King’s College London.
January 2015: public lecture in Keele World Affairs Series, Keele University.
January 2015: seminar to Department of Political Economy, King’s College London.
September 2014: keynote lecture, Sussex Conference on Corruption, Clifford Chance,
London.
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June 2014: debate on ‘Austerity: Economic, Political, and Social Perspectives’, University
of Limerick.
June 2014: seminar to Department of Political Science, Pompeu Fabra University,
Barcelona.
October 2013: seminar to Department of Politics and European Studies, University of
Sussex.
May 2013: seminar to Department of Politics, University of Sheffield.
March 2013: seminar in Institute for the Study of the Quality of Government, University
of Gothenburg.
December 2012: seminar in Department of Policy Analysis and Public Management,
Bocconi University, Milan.
April 2012: seminar on State and Capitalism since 1800, Centre for European Studies,
Harvard University.
April 2012: panel on ‘The Failure of the Euro?’ Brown University, RI.
December 2011: paper to workshop on ‘Economic Crisis and Labour Market Reform’,
Universidad Carlos III, Madrid.
December 2011: roundtable on Italian Politics in Crisis, SOAS, London.
June 2010: lecture on political corruption, Gresham College, London.
April 2008: paper to workshop on ‘Territorial Politics, Elections and Public Opinion’,
European University Institute, Florence.
April 2008: lecture in series ‘Incontri di Storia e Politica Comparata’, University of
Bologna.
April 2008: lecture to conference on ‘Models of Political Science’, University of Perugia.
February 2008: seminar to International Studies Doctoral Programme, University of
Trento.
November 2007: seminar to Institut de Ciències Polìtiques i Socials, Barcelona.
November 2007: seminar to Institute for the Quality of Government, University of
Gothenburg.
February 2007: presentation on UK Labour party for conference on European left
parties, Università Libera Alexis de Tocqueville, Bologna
March 2006: research seminar, Department of Politics, University of Sussex
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April 2006: research seminar, Facoltà di Scienze Politiche, University of Bologna
February 2006: Jean Monnet lecture, University of Essex.
February 2006: European Institute research seminar, London School of Economics.
February 2005: Jean Monnet European Forum lecture, University of East Anglia.
February 2005: seminar to Centre for International Studies, University of Cambridge.
June 2004: presentation on ‘Devolution and UK Party Democracy’, ESRC Devolution
meeting, Cardiff.
May 2004: seminar at Faculty of Political Science, University of Siena, Italy.
May 2004: public lecture on ‘Britain and Europe’, Carpi City Council, Italy.
April 2004: guest lecture at University of Bologna-‐Forlì, Italy.
November 2003: guest lecture at University of Reggio Emilia, Italy.
June 2003: presentation at British Council seminar on devolution, Barcelona.
April 2003: seminar at Faculty of Sociology, University of Trento, Italy.
February 2003: participant in briefing session for Stephen Wright, Ambassador to
Spain, UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office.
February 2003: seminar in Cañada Blanch Seminar Series, European Institute, London
School of Economics and Political Science.
Spring 2001, Spring 2002, Spring 2003: Masters Seminars on ‘Spain and Europe’,
Cañada Blanch Centre. European Institute, London School of Economics and Political
Science.
July 2001: presentation at Demos seminar on ‘The Right in Europe’, London.
May 2000: seminar to Department of Political Science, Johns Hopkins University
April 1999: seminars and lectures to Universidad de Buenos Aires (UBA), Universidad El
Salvador and Universidad di Tella in Buenos Aires, Argentina
April 1999: seminars and lectures to Universidad Iberoamericana, the Instituto
Tecnológico Autónomo de México (ITAM) and the Colegio de México, Mexico City.
June 1998: Masters Seminar, Department of Political Science at the Universidad
Autónoma de Barcelona.
January 1998: seminar to Department of Hispanic Studies at the University of
Birmingham.
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November 1996: seminar to Department of European Studies at the University of
Cardiff.
April 1993: seminar to Fundación Primero de Mayo in Madrid.
May 1992: seminar to Department of Political Science of the University of Santiago de
Compostela.
Professional Activities
Co-‐Editor, Environment and Planning C (Government and Policy), 2012-‐
Editor, Italian Politics and Society (review of the APSA conference group on Italian
politics [CONGRIPS]), member of CONGRIPS executive (2005-‐8).
Editorial board, Meridiana. Rivista di Storia e Scienze Sociali, Rome.
Editorial board, Annuario Politica in Italia, Istituto Cattaneo, Bologna.
Member of American Political Science Association, Political Studies Association of the
UK, Italian Political Science Association (SISP), Party Politics Specialist Group of
European Consortium of Political Research, Elections, Parties, and Public Opinion
Specialist Group of Political Studies Association.
Workshop Director, 2001 ECPR Joint Sessions, Grenoble, panels organized at APSA
annual meeting 2002, Council of Europeanists 2004.
Workshop organizer, ‘Devolution and Party Politics’, European Research Institute,
University of Birmingham, July 2004.
Workshop organizer, ‘Devolution and Redistribution’, London School of Economics,
December 2005.
Workshop organizer, ‘Partisan Politics in the Crisis’, London School of Economics, June
2013.
External referee, University of Turin doctoral programme in Political Science.
External examiner, MA in Comparative Politics, University of York.
External examiner, MA in Corruption Studies, University of Sussex.
External examiner, PhD: University of Manchester, Autonomous University of
Barcelona, University of Oslo, Trinity College Dublin, European University Institute
External examiner MPhil: University of Hull.
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Lead lecturer, London School of Economics Summer School, 2008-‐
Guest lecturer, Doctoral Programme, Autonomous University of Barcelona, 2005-‐7.
Guest lecturer, Faculty of Political Science, University of Bologna, 2005-‐6.
Course leader, ESU Summer School, Grenoble, July 2005.
LSE Coordinator, Allianz Summer School, 2005-‐6.
Chief Examiner, Unit 114 ‘Democratic Politics and the State’, University of London
External Programme, 2004-‐6.
Refereeing
American Journal of Political Science, Austrian Journal for Political Sciences, British
Journal of Political Science, British Journal of Politics and International Relations,
Comparative European Politics, Comparative Politics, Comparative Political Studies,
Electoral Studies, Environment and Planning C, European Journal of Political Research,
European Urban and Regional Studies, Government and Opposition, the Historical
Journal, International Political Science Review, Journal of Development Studies, Journal
of European Public Policy, Journal of Institutional Economics, Journal of Politics, Journal
of Public Policy, Media History, Modern Italy, Party Politics, Political Studies, Polis,
Politics, Politics and Policy, Publius: A Journal of Federalism, Regional and Federal
Studies, Review of International Political Economy, Revista Española de Ciencia Política,
Rivista Italiana di Scienza Politica, South European Society and Politics, Studies in
Comparative International Development, Swiss Political Science Review, West European
Politics.
Monographs reviewed for Frank Cass, Macmillan/Palgrave, Manchester University
Press, Oxford University Press, Routledge, Sage. Research projects reviewed for UK Arts
and Humanities Research Board, Economic and Social Research Council of the UK.
Consultancy and Expert Testimony
Testimony to Charbonneau Commission on Corruption in Public Contracts, Quebec
Province, Canada, October 2014.
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Reports for Oxford Analytica, Macro Advisory Partners
Book Reviews
Book reviews published in Bulletin of Hispanic Studies, Contemporary Security Policy,
Democratization, European History Quarterly, German Politics, Journal of the
Association for Contemporary Iberian Studies, Journal of Southern Europe and the
Balkans, Modern Italy, Polis, Political Studies, South European Society and Politics.
Teaching Experience
(London School of Economics)
Undergraduate courses:
Introduction to Politics
Politics and Policy in the European Union
Graduate courses:
Politics and Policy in Britain
Politics of Inequality and Redistribution
Capitalism and Democracy
Qualitative Research Methods
(Other institutions)
Undergraduate courses:
Comparative West European Politics
State and Subversion in Southern Europe
Introduction to British Politics
Qualitative Research Methods
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Graduate courses:
Comparative Analysis of European Welfare States
The Politics of Corruption
Democratization
European Political Economy
Languages
English (native)
Spanish, Italian, French (fluent written and spoken)
Portuguese, Catalan (working knowledge)
Administrative Duties
(London School of Economics)
Member, departmental Undergraduate Teaching Committee (2004-‐)
Assistant, departmental admissions (2004-‐6)
Exam sub-‐board chair, Department of Government (2006-‐9)
Joint Convenor, MSc in Comparative Politics (Politics and Markets)
Departmental Tutor, Department of Government (2010-‐12)
Advisor to Male Students (2009-‐15)
(University of Birmingham)
First year coordinator, 1996-‐8.
Departmental Socrates/Erasmus coordinator, 1998-‐2003.
Member of the departmental Teaching and Learning Committee, 1998-‐2001.
Member of the board of School of Social Sciences, 2000-‐2.
Departmental representative, BA in European Studies, 2000-‐3
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PhD Supervision
Completed
Stephen Kingston ‘The British and Italian Feminist Movements’ (PhD awarded
November 2002, University of Birmingham).
Yannis Tzortzis ‘Regime-‐Initiated Transitions in Southern Europe’ (PhD awarded July
2005, University of Birmingham)
Sarah Harrison ‘Extreme-‐right Parties in Western Europe’ (PhD awarded June 2010,
LSE), now post-‐doctoral fellow at London School of Economics
Sofia Vasilopoulou ‘Euroskepticism and Right-‐wing Populism’ (PhD awarded February
2011, LSE), now Lecturer at University of York
Jan-‐Emmanuel de Neve ‘Essays in Political Economy’ (PhD awarded September 2011,
LSE), now Lecturer at University College London
José Olivas ‘Governments and the Military: Policy Instruments from Authoritarian to
Democratic Portugal and Spain’ (PhD awarded July 2012, LSE)
Sonia Bussu ‘Decentralization and Local Participation: An Italian Case Study’ (PhD
awarded April 2013, LSE)
Kathleen Henehan ‘Explaining Child-‐Care Policy in Liberal Welfare States’ (PhD
awarded December 2014, LSE)
Current
Jens Flanding ‘Europeanization and Labour Market Reform’
Clara Darabont ‘Clientelism and Party Development in Rumania’
Kate Alexander ‘Constructing the Great Moderation: The Rhetoric of New Labour
Economic Policy’
Oyvind Skorge ‘Explaining Gender Occupational Segregation in Western Europe’
Carol Thanki ‘The Politics of Inequality in British Elections’