Roderick Pace
Biographic Data
| ID | 4382306 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Roderick Pace |
| GIVEN NAMES | Roderick |
| FAMILY NAME | Pace |
| SIGNATURE | PACE R |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Malta |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-4786-3017 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 26 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Still second order? The 2024 European Parliament election in Malta
This article examines the fifth European Parliament election since Malta joined the European Union through the lens of second-order election (SOE) theory. Drawing on party manifestoes, media, citizens’ priorities, electoral results, and preference transfers under single transferable vote system, we assess the extent to which the campaign and outcomes were shaped by domestic rather than European political dynamics. Campaign debates and media cover…
Winning Against the Trend
The re-election of the Labour Party with an increased majority in the 2017 Maltese national election bucks the trends of incumbent punishment experienced in most South European countries during the ‘Great Recession’ and of the decline of social democratic parties in Europe in the past 50 years. This Maltese ‘exceptionalism’ is explained by the Labour Party’s centrist shift, the country’s pure two-party system, and the economic prosperity which en…
Europeanisation of health systems
Overall domestic stakeholders have a positive outlook regarding their health system Europeanisation experience. Whilst welcoming further policy developments at the EU level, they believe that improved consideration must be given to the specificities of small health systems
Changing Capitalism in the Arab and Muslim World
As the ‘Arab Spring’ turns into winter, the literature on the causes of the revolts and \ntheir aftermath has grown steadily. The general thrust of most books is that the 2011 \nArab uprisings exposed the corrupt relations between state and economic elites and \nother underlying social dislocations in many of the affected states. After the initial \nhopes that these uprisings would generate a fourth wave of democratization, analysts \nsuch as Ade…
The Anatomy of a Misfit
The 2014 European election in Malta did not put the party system under stress, and in many ways resembled past elections. The two parties that have dominated Maltese politics since independence shared the seats equally between them. Once again, the ‘third’, green party failed to obtain parliamentary representation, as did the far-right party despite doubling its votes. The good fit with the second-order election model marked Malta as Southern Eur…
Growing Secularisation in a Catholic Society
The divorce referendum held in Malta on 28 May 2011 was another watershed in Maltese \npolitics, particularly because it confirmed the secularising trends in Maltese society and \nexposed the complicated cleavages within the Maltese electorate. The result was a major \npolitical embarrassment for the ultra-conservative Prime Minister and leader of the \nNationalist Party, particularly after he doggedly voted against the divorce bill in \nparliame…
Small States in Europe
Malta
From the candidate country in the EU’s 2004 Enlargement with the lowest levels of \nsupport for EU membership, the situation in Malta has changed since accession so that all \nmainstream political parties now support membership. After presenting factors \ninfluencing attitudes to Europe, the article analyses party euroscepticism from Maltese \nindependence in 1964 to the present, focusing on the Malta Labour Party. \nThe examination of public opi…
Malta's 2008 Election
The 2008 Malta election confirmed the Nationalist Party in power for a third consecutive \nterm, but with a much reduced majority. It also instigated a change of leadership in the \nopposition Malta Labour Party and the subsequent election of a new leader from amongst \nthe ranks of its MEPs. Unlike national elections in most other EU member states, EU \nmembership featured very strongly in this election but in a peculiarly different way than it …
Malta and EU Membership
Malta, a very small state, a micro–state, has never resigned itself to smallness. The nature of such states’ vulnerability is seen as both inherent and contingent. Micro states can by following prudent domestic policies and by strategically positioning themselves in the regional and global system, strengthen their resilience to both these types of vulnerability. This article outlines how the EU may ‘enlarge’ such states in both economic and secur…
South European Integration Watch
Malta's first European Parliament election was as hotly contested as the national elections. \nTurnout was third highest in the EU. The traditionally pro-EU Nationalist Party in \ngovernment secured only two of the five seats contested, while the Opposition MLP, which \nup to last year opposed membership, took the other three. Since November 2003, the MLP \nhas changed course on Europe and has joined the Party of European Socialists. Voter \npart…
Malta's EU membership
In May 2004 Malta joins the European Union. In the attainment of this goal Malta has experienced the most dramatic passage to membership. In July 1990 it applied for membership; in 1996 it suspended the application, only to revive it in 1998. It caught up with the other candidate countries to be the first to hold a referendum on membership, obtaining a positive result despite the extreme polarization of Maltese society over the issue. Indeed it w…
A Small State and the European Union
Malta's application to join the European Union has faced a number of difficulties. Despite numerous hurdles, the negotiations are now bearing fruit and Malta is likely to be able to join the EU in 2004. However, there is nothing inevitable about this process, given opposition from the Maltese Labour Party and uncertainty surrounding the outcome of a referendum likely to take place in 2003. In this article, Malta's EU membership application is con…
European security in the 1990s and beyond
For the last decade, the dramatic events in eastern and central Europe have (rightly) dominated the security debate in Europe and, indeed, the wider world. One of the consequences of this has been that the traditional neglect of the Mediterranean region has been compounded. However, there are now signs-notably the recent Barcelona conference at which the European Union's Mediterranean policy was relaunched and extended (to incorporate the grand d…
A Small State and the European Union
Malta's application to join the European Union has faced a number of difficulties. Despite numerous hurdles, the negotiations are now bearing fruit and Malta is likely to be able to join the EU in 2004. However, there is nothing inevitable about this process, given opposition from the Maltese Labour Party and uncertainty surrounding the outcome of a referendum likely to take place in 2003. In this article, Malta's EU membership application is con…
Growing Secularisation in a Catholic Society
The divorce referendum held in Malta on 28 May 2011 was another watershed in Maltese \npolitics, particularly because it confirmed the secularising trends in Maltese society and \nexposed the complicated cleavages within the Maltese electorate. The result was a major \npolitical embarrassment for the ultra-conservative Prime Minister and leader of the \nNationalist Party, particularly after he doggedly voted against the divorce bill in \nparliame…
Malta
From the candidate country in the EU’s 2004 Enlargement with the lowest levels of \nsupport for EU membership, the situation in Malta has changed since accession so that all \nmainstream political parties now support membership. After presenting factors \ninfluencing attitudes to Europe, the article analyses party euroscepticism from Maltese \nindependence in 1964 to the present, focusing on the Malta Labour Party. \nThe examination of public opi…
South European Integration Watch
Malta's first European Parliament election was as hotly contested as the national elections. \nTurnout was third highest in the EU. The traditionally pro-EU Nationalist Party in \ngovernment secured only two of the five seats contested, while the Opposition MLP, which \nup to last year opposed membership, took the other three. Since November 2003, the MLP \nhas changed course on Europe and has joined the Party of European Socialists. Voter \npart…
Malta's 2008 Election
The 2008 Malta election confirmed the Nationalist Party in power for a third consecutive \nterm, but with a much reduced majority. It also instigated a change of leadership in the \nopposition Malta Labour Party and the subsequent election of a new leader from amongst \nthe ranks of its MEPs. Unlike national elections in most other EU member states, EU \nmembership featured very strongly in this election but in a peculiarly different way than it …
Malta and EU Membership
Malta, a very small state, a micro–state, has never resigned itself to smallness. The nature of such states’ vulnerability is seen as both inherent and contingent. Micro states can by following prudent domestic policies and by strategically positioning themselves in the regional and global system, strengthen their resilience to both these types of vulnerability. This article outlines how the EU may ‘enlarge’ such states in both economic and secur…
European security in the 1990s and beyond
For the last decade, the dramatic events in eastern and central Europe have (rightly) dominated the security debate in Europe and, indeed, the wider world. One of the consequences of this has been that the traditional neglect of the Mediterranean region has been compounded. However, there are now signs-notably the recent Barcelona conference at which the European Union's Mediterranean policy was relaunched and extended (to incorporate the grand d…
Winning Against the Trend
The re-election of the Labour Party with an increased majority in the 2017 Maltese national election bucks the trends of incumbent punishment experienced in most South European countries during the ‘Great Recession’ and of the decline of social democratic parties in Europe in the past 50 years. This Maltese ‘exceptionalism’ is explained by the Labour Party’s centrist shift, the country’s pure two-party system, and the economic prosperity which en…
European security in the 1990s and beyond
For the last decade, the dramatic events in eastern and central Europe have (rightly) dominated the security debate in Europe and, indeed, the wider world. One of the consequences of this has been that the traditional neglect of the Mediterranean region has been compounded. However, there are now signs-notably the recent Barcelona conference at which the European Union's Mediterranean policy was relaunched and extended (to incorporate the grand d…
A Small State and the European Union
Malta's application to join the European Union has faced a number of difficulties. Despite numerous hurdles, the negotiations are now bearing fruit and Malta is likely to be able to join the EU in 2004. However, there is nothing inevitable about this process, given opposition from the Maltese Labour Party and uncertainty surrounding the outcome of a referendum likely to take place in 2003. In this article, Malta's EU membership application is con…
Malta's EU membership
In May 2004 Malta joins the European Union. In the attainment of this goal Malta has experienced the most dramatic passage to membership. In July 1990 it applied for membership; in 1996 it suspended the application, only to revive it in 1998. It caught up with the other candidate countries to be the first to hold a referendum on membership, obtaining a positive result despite the extreme polarization of Maltese society over the issue. Indeed it w…
South European Integration Watch
Malta's first European Parliament election was as hotly contested as the national elections. \nTurnout was third highest in the EU. The traditionally pro-EU Nationalist Party in \ngovernment secured only two of the five seats contested, while the Opposition MLP, which \nup to last year opposed membership, took the other three. Since November 2003, the MLP \nhas changed course on Europe and has joined the Party of European Socialists. Voter \npart…
Malta and EU Membership
Malta, a very small state, a micro–state, has never resigned itself to smallness. The nature of such states’ vulnerability is seen as both inherent and contingent. Micro states can by following prudent domestic policies and by strategically positioning themselves in the regional and global system, strengthen their resilience to both these types of vulnerability. This article outlines how the EU may ‘enlarge’ such states in both economic and secur…
Malta's 2008 Election
The 2008 Malta election confirmed the Nationalist Party in power for a third consecutive \nterm, but with a much reduced majority. It also instigated a change of leadership in the \nopposition Malta Labour Party and the subsequent election of a new leader from amongst \nthe ranks of its MEPs. Unlike national elections in most other EU member states, EU \nmembership featured very strongly in this election but in a peculiarly different way than it …
Malta
From the candidate country in the EU’s 2004 Enlargement with the lowest levels of \nsupport for EU membership, the situation in Malta has changed since accession so that all \nmainstream political parties now support membership. After presenting factors \ninfluencing attitudes to Europe, the article analyses party euroscepticism from Maltese \nindependence in 1964 to the present, focusing on the Malta Labour Party. \nThe examination of public opi…
Small States in Europe
Growing Secularisation in a Catholic Society
The divorce referendum held in Malta on 28 May 2011 was another watershed in Maltese \npolitics, particularly because it confirmed the secularising trends in Maltese society and \nexposed the complicated cleavages within the Maltese electorate. The result was a major \npolitical embarrassment for the ultra-conservative Prime Minister and leader of the \nNationalist Party, particularly after he doggedly voted against the divorce bill in \nparliame…
Changing Capitalism in the Arab and Muslim World
As the ‘Arab Spring’ turns into winter, the literature on the causes of the revolts and \ntheir aftermath has grown steadily. The general thrust of most books is that the 2011 \nArab uprisings exposed the corrupt relations between state and economic elites and \nother underlying social dislocations in many of the affected states. After the initial \nhopes that these uprisings would generate a fourth wave of democratization, analysts \nsuch as Ade…
The Anatomy of a Misfit
The 2014 European election in Malta did not put the party system under stress, and in many ways resembled past elections. The two parties that have dominated Maltese politics since independence shared the seats equally between them. Once again, the ‘third’, green party failed to obtain parliamentary representation, as did the far-right party despite doubling its votes. The good fit with the second-order election model marked Malta as Southern Eur…
Europeanisation of health systems
Overall domestic stakeholders have a positive outlook regarding their health system Europeanisation experience. Whilst welcoming further policy developments at the EU level, they believe that improved consideration must be given to the specificities of small health systems
Winning Against the Trend
The re-election of the Labour Party with an increased majority in the 2017 Maltese national election bucks the trends of incumbent punishment experienced in most South European countries during the ‘Great Recession’ and of the decline of social democratic parties in Europe in the past 50 years. This Maltese ‘exceptionalism’ is explained by the Labour Party’s centrist shift, the country’s pure two-party system, and the economic prosperity which en…
Still second order? The 2024 European Parliament election in Malta
This article examines the fifth European Parliament election since Malta joined the European Union through the lens of second-order election (SOE) theory. Drawing on party manifestoes, media, citizens’ priorities, electoral results, and preference transfers under single transferable vote system, we assess the extent to which the campaign and outcomes were shaped by domestic rather than European political dynamics. Campaign debates and media cover…
Political science (13 works) · Economics (10 works) · Island Studies and Pacific Affairs (10 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Politics (9 works) · Political economy (8 works) · European union (6 works) · Maltese (6 works) · Sociology (6 works)