Articles by Timothy Hellwig

August 24, 2022

Failures in constitutional design are at the heart of the crisis in western democracies

Timothy Hellwig
Timothy Hellwig explores the political crises in three European democracies (France, Italy and the UK) to argue that failures in constitutional design are at the root of their problems. These failures, moreover, are not dissimilar to those experienced in the United States, suggesting this is a current affliction of western democracies
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Timothy Hellwig
Professor of Political Science, Indiana University

Timothy has been a researcher at the International Foundation for Election Systems, on the faculty at the University of Houston, and a visiting researcher at the Australian National University, Gothenburg University, and the University of Essex.

His research interests are in comparative political economy, political behaviour, European politics, public policy, and research methods.

He is a member of the Executive Approval Project, a cross-national effort at compiling and analysing aggregate public opinion data.

Democracy Under Siege? Parties, Voters, and Elections After the Great Recession Timothy Hellwig, Yesola Kweon, and Jack Vowles

Democracy Under Siege? Parties, Voters, and Elections after the Great Recession
Oxford University Press, 2020

 Globalization and Mass Politics Retaining the Room to Maneuver

Globalization and Mass Politics: Retaining the Room to Maneuver
Cambridge University Press, 2016

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