About the Cambridge Elements Series in European Politics
The Cambridge Elements Series in European Politics will provide a platform for cutting-edge comparative research on Europe at a time of rapid change for the disciplines of political science and international relations. The series is broadly defined, both in terms of subject and academic discipline. The thrust of the series will be thematic rather than ideographic. It will focus on studies that engage key elements of politics — e.g. how institutions work, how parties compete, how citizens participate in politics, how laws get made.
Each Element is approximately 25,000 words, allowing for more extensive development of theory and evidence. The best research draws on both theory and empirics, and we feel the time is ripe for the introduction of a format that allows greater depth than is possible in a journal article, yet is more compact than a full-length book. The purpose of the series is to present cutting-edge research on Europe in a pithy and accessible medium.
Each Element is rigorously peer-reviewed and published quickly in order to reach its audience in a timely fashion. Elements are updatable and will be published on the Cambridge Core platform. A low-priced print-on-demand option is also available.
We encourage submissions on a wide range of topics including the following:
· Voting, populism, and partisanship
· Political parties and elections
· Technocracy and democratic politics
· Multilevel governance
· Legislative and executive politics
Your proposal for Cambridge Elements in European Politics should comprise a brief description of:
· A brief outline of the argument of your Element and its place in the literature
· the intended readership for the Element, in terms of fields and level of reader
· the structure of the Element, and any online functionality it will require
· a brief CV
The outline of the Element will be considered for the series by the Editors, and if it is accepted, it will be contracted subject to peer review of the final typescript.
Elements in this series
About the Editors
Catherine De Vries is a Dean of Diversity & Inclusion and Professor of Political Science at Bocconi University. Her research revolves around some of the key challenges facing the European continent today, such as Euroscepticism, political fragmentation, migration and corruption. Catherine has published three books. Her first book Euroscepticism and the Future of European integration (Oxford University Press) received the European Union Studies Association Best Book in EU Studies Award, and was listed in the Financial Times top-5 books to read about Europe’s future. Her second book Political Entrepreneurs: The Rise of Challenger Parties in Europe, co-authored with Sara Hobolt, was published with Princeton University Press in 2020. Her third book Foundations of European Politics: A Comparative Approach, co-authored with Sara Hobolt, Sven-Oliver Proksch and Jonathan Slapin, is a unique textbook presenting students with a coherent analytic approach that can be used to understand both national and EU-level policy-making in Europe. Next to books, Catherine has also published numerous articles on topics spanning the fields of political behaviour, comparative European politics and political economy in journals including the American Political Science Review, Annual Review of Political Science, the Journal of Politics and International Organization.
Contact the editor: catherine.devries@unibocconi.it
Gary Marks is Burton Craige Distinguished Professor of Political Science at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, and is Professor in the Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies at the European University Institute, Florence. His research is chiefly in the fields of European and comparative politics, elections and political parties, multilevel governance and international organization. In 2010 he received the Humboldt Forschungspreis (Humboldt Research Prize) for contribution to political science and in 2017 he received the Daniel Elazar Distinguished Federalism Scholar Award from the Federalism and Intergovernmental Relations section of the American Political Science Association. Marks was awarded an Advanced European Research Council grant (2010-2015) and is currently senior researcher on a second Advanced European Research Council grant (2021-2026). His research has been published widely in leading political science journals, including the American Political Science Review and the American Journal of Political Science. Marks’ recent publications include A Theory of International Organization (OUP 2019); Measuring International Authority (OUP 2017); Community, Scale and Regional Governance (OUP 2016); and Measuring Regional Authority (OUP 2016).
Contact the editor: marks@unc.edu
Advisory Board
Sara Hobolt, London School of Economics
Sven-Oliver Proksch, University of Cologne
Jan Rovny, Sciences Po, Paris
Stefanie Walter, University of Zurich
Rahsaan Maxwell, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
Kathleen R. McNamara, Georgetown University
R. Daniel Kelemen, Rutgers University
Carlo Altomonte - Bocconi University