Paul Warwick

Education

Hons.B.A. (McMaster), M.A., Ph.D. (Chicago)

Areas of Specialization

Voting, Political Parties, and Coalition Governments in West European democracies

Research and Teaching

The investigation of factors affecting the party composition, policy outputs, and survival records of coalition governments in parliamentary democracies.
The investigation of the nature of voter preferences and their connection to the policies of political parties and governments in liberal democracies.
Teaching in the areas of quantitative methods and democratic governance with a focus on Western Europe

Selected Publications

Culture, Structure, or Choice? Essays in the Interpretation of  the British Experience.  New York: Agathon, 1990.

Government Survival in Parliamentary Democracies.  Cambridge and New York: Cambridge University Press, 1994.

Policy Horizons and Parliamentary Government.  Houndmills, UK and New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006.

Grants and Awards

2000-2004 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Research Grant ($54,000)
2006 Dean’s Medal for Academic Excellence, Simon Fraser University
2008-2011 Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Research Grant ($69,425)

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