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Nationality
British
Name
John Curtice
Role
Professor
Born
10 December 1953 (age 70) (
1953-12-10
)
St Austell, Cornwall, England, UK
Occupation
Professor of Politics, Strathclyde University, UK
Books
Revolution Or Evolution?: The 2007 Scottish Elections, The Rise of New Labour: Party Policies and Voter Choices
Alma mater
Truro School, Magdalen College, Oxford
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John Kevin Curtice, FRSA, FRSE, FBA (born 10 December 1953 in St Austell, Cornwall) is a political scientist who is currently Professor of Politics at the University of Strathclyde and Senior Research Fellow at NatCen Social Research. He is particularly interested in electoral behaviour and researching political and social attitudes. He took a keen interest in the debate for Scottish independence.
Curtice was educated at Truro School and Magdalen College, Oxford where he read Politics, Philosophy and Economics, and later transferred to Nuffield College as a postgraduate. He is one of Britain's leading psephologists and is the current President of the British Polling Council. He is married with one daughter.
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Commitments and positions
Professor Curtice serves as President of the British Polling Council, vice-chair of the Economic and Social Data Service's Advisory Committee and is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Elections, the Executive Committee of the British Politics Section of the American Political Science Association, and the Policy Advisory Committee of the Institute for Public Policy Research. He was formerly a Fellow at the Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study and a member of the steering committee of the Comparative Study of Electoral Systems Project.
Professor Curtice was elected Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1992 and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh in 2004. In 2014 he was elected a Fellow of the British Academy.
Books
British Social Attitudes: the 24th report (ed. with A. Park, K. Thomson, M. Phillips, M. Johnson and E. Clery), London: Sage, 2008
British Social Attitudes: the 25th report (ed. with A. Park, K. Thomson, M. Phillips, and E. Clery), London: Sage, 2009
Has Devolution Worked? (ed. with B. Seyd), Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2009
Revolution or Evolution?: The 2007 Scottish Elections, (with D. McCrone, N. McEwen, M. Marsh and R.Ormston), Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009
British Social Attitudes: the 26th report (ed. with A. Park, K. Thomson, M Phillips, and E. Clery), London: Sage, 2010.
British Social Attitudes: the 27th report (ed. with A. Park, E. Clery and C. Bryson), London: Sage, 2010
Contributions to books
‘Where have all the readers gone? Popular newspapers and Britain’s political health’ (with A. Mair), in British Social Attitudes: the 24th report
‘How Firm are the Foundations? Public Attitudes towards the Union in 2007’ in T. Devine (ed.), Scotland and the Union 1707–2007, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2008.
‘Is there an English backlash? Reactions to devolution’, in British Social Attitudes: the 25th Report
‘Do people want choice and diversity of provision in public services?’ (with O. Heath), in British Social Attitudes: the 25th Report
‘Who represents us best? One member or many?’ (with W. Phillips Shivley), in H.-D. Klingemann (ed.), The Comparative Study of Electoral Systems, Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2009.
‘Neither Representative nor Accountable: First-Past-The-Post in Britain’, in B. Grofman, A. Blais and S. Bowler (eds), Duverger’s Law of Plurality Voting, New York: Springer, 2009.
‘Do Devolved Elections Work?’, in C. Jeffrey and J. Mitchell (eds.), The Scottish Parliament 1999–2009: The First Decade, Edinburgh: Luath Press for the Hansard Society, 2009.
‘England Awakes? Trends in National Identity in England’ (with A. Heath), in F. Bechhofer and D. McCrone (eds), National Identity, Nationalism and Constitutional Change, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009
‘Devolution, the SNP and the Electorate’, in G. Hassan (ed.), The Modern SNP: From Protest to Power, Edinburgh: Edinburgh University Press, 2009
'Individualisation and the Decline of Class Identity' (with A. Heath and G. Elgenius), in M. Wetherell (ed.), Identity in the 21st Century, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2009.
'Introduction' (with B. Seyd) in Has Devolution Worked?
'The Citizens' Response' (with B. Seyd) in Has Devolution Worked?
'At the Ballot Box' in Has Devolution Worked?
'Conclusion: Has Devolution Worked?' (with B. Seyd) in Has Devolution Worked?
'Thermostat or Weather Vane: How the Public has reacted to New Labour Government', in British Social Attitudes: 26th report
'Duty in decline: Who still feels a duty to vote?' (with S. Butt) in British Social Attitudes: 26th report
‘Resentment or Contentment: Attitudes towards the Union ten years on’ (with R. Ormston) in British Social Attitudes: 27th report
‘A tale of two crises: banks, MPs’ expenses and public opinion’ (with A. Park) in British Social Attitudes: 27th report
‘Policy Divergence: Recognising Difference or Generating Resentment?’, in G. Lodge and K. Schmuecker (eds), Devolution in Practice 2010, London: IPPR, 2010
‘Appendix 2: An Analysis of the Results (with S. Fisher and R. Ford), in D. Kavanagh and P. Cowley, The British General Election of 2010, Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.
‘Elections as Beauty Contests: Do the Rules Matter?’ (with S. Hunjan) in K. Aarts, A. Blais and H. Schmitt (eds), Political Leaders and Democratic Elections, Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2011
