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Toby S. James

Toby Samuel James, is a professor of political science and public policy at the University of East Anglia in the… more

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New contributing authors include: Victoria Honeyman, Anand Menon, Alan Wager Dr Andrew S. Roe-Crines-Crines, Timothy Heppell, Ben Worthy, Mark Bennister, Anthony Seldon, Peter Dorey and Patrick Diamond.
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The books also include an interview with Boris Johnston himself with some candid reflections on his own time as leader.....
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The books now include new chapters on Jeremy Corbyn, Kier Starmer, Theresa May, Boris Johnston and Rishi Sunak.

We also have new chapters on Brexit and political leadership, updated conceptual frameworks and leadership league tables.

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📣 Out now!

Second editions of the British Labour Leaders and British Conservative Leaders books

Edited alongside Charles Clarke, @timbale.bsky.social and Patrick Diamond for @bitebackpublishing.bsky.social
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New! Just out in Democratization

@HollyAnnGarnett and I on electoral integrity resilience

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Open access and free to read...

Reposted by: Toby S. James

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💡 Introducing...

The Oxford Handbook on Electoral Integrity

Edited by Holly Ann Garnett and @tobysjames.bsky.social

Chapters are now being published online ahead of the print version out next year....

📖 electoralintegrityproject.com/oxford-handb...

Reposted by: Toby S. James

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In case you’re interested, here’s the report by @tobysjames.bsky.social and myself on Automatic Voter Registration - something that the government has now said it’s working towards. www.jrrt.org.uk/wp-content/u...
www.jrrt.org.uk
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Automatic voter registration is coming to the UK...

www.gov.uk/government/p...

Here's why this is great news for democracy...

www.jrrt.org.uk/wp-content/u...

Reposted by: Toby S. James

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🌍 Upcoming Round Table!

"Model Commitments for Advancing Genuine and Credible Elections"

📅 Thu, July 10 — 11:00 AM EDT / 15:00 UTC

🔗 Register to attend: electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025

#iEIP2025 #Elections #Democracy

Reposted by: Toby S. James

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Introducing... The World of Electoral Integrity!

We have a new data visualisation tool to allow the quality of elections to be tracked around the world

www.electoralintegrityproject.com/the-world-of...
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The 2025 Global Electoral Integrity Report is now out!

This year we focus in on those countries which saw rises and declines in electoral integrity.

Read here: static1.squarespace.com/static/58533...

Join the discussions at our free conference next week: electoralintegrityproject.com/ieip2025
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📢New!

What is the relationship between democracy, public administration and democratic backsliding?

In this new article, I argue that the answer depends on the concept of democracy that is used...

📖Read free:
www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🌎Special issue page:
tobysjames.com/democratic-b...
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🎉Delighted to announce that @policy-studies.bsky.social is now listed for Political Science in the Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

Not only that, it is straight in as a Q1 journal.

Thank you to all the authors, reviewers and editorial board who have contributed to making this possible!
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📣 New in Policy and Politics

Poll workers provide an essential role in a democracy - working on the 'coalface' to issue ballot papers and interact with the voter.

What if we listened directly to their experience, when devising electoral policy?

bristoluniversitypressdigital.com/view/journal...
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2024 may have been the 'year of elections' but was it the year for electoral integrity?

There is a new Electoral Integrity Project-IDEA report out today, calling for urgent electoral integrity reforms worldwide to strengthen democracy:

www.idea.int/publications...

🗳️Please spread the word!
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Last week we launched a new report in Parliament on the UK electoral franchise.

The report estimated that there are 4.4 million resident adults in the UK who are unenfranchised at Parliamentary elections – and 1.2 million at local elections.

Find out more: tobysjames.com/2025/05/08/w...
What if everyone could vote?
Last week we launched a new report in Parliament on the UK electoral franchise. The report estimated that there are 4.4 million resident adults in the UK who are unenfranchised at Parliamentary ele…
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The Australian election (in London) #overseasvoting

Reposted by: Toby S. James

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Making elections more transparent? Lessons from the implementation of digital imprints at the 2024 UK General Election

www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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I’m so angry & heart broken. My NSF CAREER grant was stolen today; dream project supporting science teachers/students as climate justice action researchers, tackling urban heat. Truly transformative, the culmination of my life’s work, we won’t stop, not in this climate crisis. Gonna fight like hell!
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Just heard from the VP research that my grant with @dgrand.bsky.social, "Promoting Accurate Information on Social Media" was terminated as well
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Can confirm that my NSF grant "How False Beliefs Form & How to Correct Them" was cancelled today because it is "not in alignment with current NSF priorities" Shocking that understanding how people are misled by false information is now a forbidden topic. Our work will continue but at a smaller scale
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NSF has posted an “update on priorities.”

They’re canceling all “DEI and misinformation/disinformation” grants.

And the guidance on how to fulfill the longstanding, legally mandated Broadening Participation requirement is utterly incoherent.

www.nsf.gov/updates-on-p...

Reposted by: Toby S. James

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💥New! Low voter turnout is increasingly a problem in UK elections. Automatic Voter Registration and Assisted Voter Registration could lead to millions more voting, argue
@tobysjames.bsky.social, Paul Bernal and Ellen Berry.

blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandp...

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