Christopher Kirkland
Biographic Data
| ID | 4379547 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christopher Kirkland |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christopher |
| FAMILY NAME | Kirkland |
| SIGNATURE | KIRKLAND C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Sheffield |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0759-3104 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 7 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2015 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Weakness not crisis
Legitimacy and Legitimization in Low Turnout Ballots
Declining voter turnout has been highlighted as problematic for a number of western democracies. However, in this article we argue that whether an election is seen as ‘legitimate’ or not depends crucially upon interpretations of the levels of turnout by elite actors. Through comparing two recent democratic ballots in the UK we demonstrate how elections with lower turnouts can come to be seen as holding more legitimacy than those with higher turno…
Thatcherism and the origins of the 2007 crisis
PCC Elections as a ‘Failed Experiment’
The low turnout of the 2012 police and crime commissioner ( PCC ) elections have led to questions surrounding their legitimacy and have even led to the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg describing the elections—elections his party helped to introduce—as a ‘failed experiment’. Despite this, the election of a majority Conservative government in May 2015 appears to offer some longevity to the role of police and crime commissioners and cements …
Legitimacy and Legitimization in Low Turnout Ballots
Declining voter turnout has been highlighted as problematic for a number of western democracies. However, in this article we argue that whether an election is seen as ‘legitimate’ or not depends crucially upon interpretations of the levels of turnout by elite actors. Through comparing two recent democratic ballots in the UK we demonstrate how elections with lower turnouts can come to be seen as holding more legitimacy than those with higher turno…
Thatcherism and the origins of the 2007 crisis
PCC Elections as a ‘Failed Experiment’
The low turnout of the 2012 police and crime commissioner ( PCC ) elections have led to questions surrounding their legitimacy and have even led to the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg describing the elections—elections his party helped to introduce—as a ‘failed experiment’. Despite this, the election of a majority Conservative government in May 2015 appears to offer some longevity to the role of police and crime commissioners and cements …
Thatcherism and the origins of the 2007 crisis
PCC Elections as a ‘Failed Experiment’
The low turnout of the 2012 police and crime commissioner ( PCC ) elections have led to questions surrounding their legitimacy and have even led to the former Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg describing the elections—elections his party helped to introduce—as a ‘failed experiment’. Despite this, the election of a majority Conservative government in May 2015 appears to offer some longevity to the role of police and crime commissioners and cements …
Legitimacy and Legitimization in Low Turnout Ballots
Declining voter turnout has been highlighted as problematic for a number of western democracies. However, in this article we argue that whether an election is seen as ‘legitimate’ or not depends crucially upon interpretations of the levels of turnout by elite actors. Through comparing two recent democratic ballots in the UK we demonstrate how elections with lower turnouts can come to be seen as holding more legitimacy than those with higher turno…
Weakness not crisis
Law (4 works) · Law (4 works) · Political economy (4 works) · Political science (4 works) · Politics (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Public Administration (4 works) · Sociology (4 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (3 works) · Economics (2 works)