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Profiles
Dr David Brockington
Lecturer in Politics (Education)
School of Society and Culture (Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business)
- American politics
- Politics
- Elections
- Voting turnout
- Electoral behaviour
- Electoral systems
- Beer and brewing
Email publicrelations@plymouth.ac.uk to enquire.
Biography
Biography
Lecturer in Politics & Social Science Methods
Associate Head of School, External Relations & Communications
Qualifications
Ph.D. 2000. Political Science.
University of Washington, USA.
M.A. 1995. Political Science.
Western Washington University, USA
B.A. 1992, Political Science,
University of Washington.
Previous Appointment:
2000-2003:
Post-Doctoral Research Fellow,
Department of Political Science,
University of Twente,
Enschede, The Netherlands
Professional membership
Professional Memberships:
1. American Political Science Association:
1a.Elections, Public Opinion, and Voting Behavior
1b.Representation and Electoral Systems
1c.Comparative Politics
1d.Political Methodology
2. Political Studies Association (UK)
3. Midwest Political Science Association (US)
4. Pacific Northwest Political Science Association (US)
Lapsed Memberships:
American Association of Public Opinion Research
World Association of Public Opinion Research
Southwest Political Science Association (US)
Western Political Science Association (US)
Teaching
Teaching
Teaching interests
introduction to comparative politics
introduction to American politics
comparative electoral systems
reform in American politics
elections campaigns and voting
state and local politics
politics of Western Europe
philosophy of social sciences
research design
social science methodology
Research
Research
Research interests
comparative political behaviour
electoral behaviour
comparative electoral systems
political participation
low-information voting behaviour
local elections
Creative practice & artistic projects
PEER REVIEWED, NON POLITICAL SCIENCE:
Brockington, David. 1996.
The Evolution and Contemporary Brewing of American IPA
Brewing Techniques 4:38-51.
Brockington, David. 1995.
West Coast Amber Ale
Brewing Techniques 3:36-44.
Publications
Publications
PEER REVIEWED JOURNAL ARTICLES:
Brockington, David. nd.
"It's About The Benefits: Choice Environments, Ideological Proximity, and Individual Participation in 28 Democracies."
Party Politics, Forthcoming.
Brockington, David and Jeffery Karp. 2005.
"Social Desirability and Response Validity: A Comparative Analysis in Over-reporting Voter Turnout in Five Countries."
Journal of Politics.67:825-840.
(Equal Authorship)
Brockington, David. 2004.
"The Paradox of Proportional Representation: The Effect of Party Systems and Coalitions on Individuals' Electoral Participation."
Political Studies 52:3:469-490.
Brockington, David. 2003.
"A Low Information Theory of Ballot Position Effect"
Political Behavior 25:1-27.
Bowler, Shaun, David Brockington, and Todd Donovan. 2001.
"Electoral Systems and Voter Turnout: Experiments in the United States"
Journal of Politics 63:902-915.
(Equal Authorship)
Brockington, David, Todd Donovan, Shaun Bowler, and Robert Brischetto. 1998.
"Minority Representation Under Cumulative and Limited Voting in Local Elections"
Journal of Politics 60:1108-1125.
Bowler, Shaun, Todd Donovan and David Brockington. 2003.
"Beyond Representation: Local Experiments With Alternative Electoral Systems"
Ohio State University Press.
Bowler, Shaun, David Brockington, and Todd Donovan. 2008. “Electoral Systems and Voter Turnout: Experiments in the United States”
in Baker, J. Robert, ed. The Lanahan Readings in State and Local Government: Diversity, Innovation,
and Rejuvenation, 2nd Edition. Baltimore, Md: Lanahan Publishers. (Estimated publication date is June 2008).
Brockington, David. 2006. “Covariance”.
Entry in The Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods.
Ed. Victor Jupp. London: Sage.
Brockington, David. 2006. “Type I & Type II Errors”.
Entry in The Sage Dictionary of Social Research Methods.
Ed. Victor Jupp. London: Sage.
Brockington, David, Todd Donovan, Shaun Bowler, and Robert Brischetto. 2001.
"Minority Representation Under Cumulative and Limited Voting"
in K. Hoover and T. Donovan The Elements of Social Scientific Thinking.
7th Edition. St. Martins Press.
CONFERENCE PARTICIPATION (PRESENTED PAPERS ONLY)
I have presented 30 conference papers since 1994 at the following meetings:American Political Science Association (2007, 2005, 03, 02[2], 01, 1998, 1997[2], 1996, 1995)
Midwestern Political Science Association (2003, 02)
International Political Science Assocation (2003)
World Association for Public Opinion Research (2001)
American Association for Public Opinion Research (2002)
Western Political Science Association (2003, 01, 1997)
Southwestern Political Science Association (2002)
Pacific Northwest Political Science Association (2007, 2004, 03, 01, 00, 1999, 97, 95, 94)
Personal
Personal
Reports & invited lectures
June 2008: University of Manchester, Department of Politics
April 2008: Trinity College Dublin, Department of Political Science
April 2004: Bowling Green State University, Department of American Cultural Studies.
Other academic activities
Selection of Service as Manuscript Referee for Peer-reviewed Journal Submissions
American Political Science Review, 2006.
Journal of Politics, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007(3)
Comparative Political Studies, 2007, 2008.
British Journal of Political Science, 2007(2).
Political Studies, 2005, 2006 (2).
Acta Politica, 2001, 2004, 2006 (2).
Global Review of Ethnopolitics, 2005 (3), 2006, 2008.
Australian Journal of Political Science 2006.
Political Research Quarterly, 2005.
Politics and Policy, 2006.
Politics and Policy Quarterly, 2008.
State Politics and Policy, 2008.
Economic and Social Research Council -- grant application referee for the ESRC (UK), 2008 (2).