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Professor Philip Cowley

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Philip Cowley is professor of politics at Queen Mary University of London

The Professor Will See You Now: The joy of data
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: The joy of data
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: the joy of data
The Professor Will See You Now
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House readers.
Here: the graduate voter. Illustration by Tracy Worrall
The professor will see you now - leadership elections
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - leadership elections
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: leadership elections.
The Professor Will See You Now
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: inbetweener politicians
The Professor Will See You Now: political parties doing what they promise
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now: political parties doing what they promise
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: political parties doing what they promise
The professor will see you now - who gets their way?
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - who gets their way?
The American political scientist Harold Lasswell famously defined politics as “who gets what, when, how”. Recently, various pieces of research from the United States have demonstrated that the answer to the first part of Lasswell’s question is that policies supported by the rich get implemented more often than those supported by the poor. And a fascinating piece of research just published in the British Journal of Political Science has revealed that the same sort of policy congruence applies in Europe.
The professor will see you now - voting and campaigning
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - voting and campaigning
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: changes in voting and campaigning
The professor will see you now - local elections
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - local elections
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: local elections
The professor will see you now - female politicians
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now - female politicians
What if I were to tell you about recently published research which demonstrated that voters judged female politicians negatively compared to their male counterparts?
The professor will see you now – how often do politicians fight?
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
The professor will see you now – how often do politicians fight?
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: how often do politicians fight?
The Professor Will See You Now
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
The Professor Will See You Now
In an occasional series, Professor Philip Cowley offers a political science lesson for The House’s readers. Here: can individual MPs do much to buck wider electoral trends?
What’s in a constituency name?
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
What’s in a constituency name?
Constituency names proposed for the next election would be the longest and most cumbersome since Britain first began with single-member one-person one-vote constituencies in 1950. Philip Cowley explores why
Keeping it local: are home-grown MPs best?
Political parties
By Professor Philip Cowley
Keeping it local: are home-grown MPs best?
As recent by-elections have shown, constituency parties – and voters – prize a local candidate. Professor Philip Cowley examines whether a home-grown MP is always best
Yes, Prime Minister: How many PPSs does a premier need?
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
Yes, Prime Minister: How many PPSs does a premier need?
Influencer or ‘bag-carrier’? Philip Cowley unpicks the unpaid job of the prime minister’s parliamentary private secretary
Too Much, Too Young: Are MPs getting younger?
Parliament
By Professor Philip Cowley
Too Much, Too Young: Are MPs getting younger?
Not old enough; too inexperienced - that’s the frequent complaint about the current House of Commons. But are MPs actually getting younger? Professor Philip Cowley reports.