Martin Steven
Biographic Data
| ID | 5913383 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Martin Steven |
| GIVEN NAMES | Martin |
| FAMILY NAME | Steven |
| SIGNATURE | STEVEN M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Lancaster University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1968-3599 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 37 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 14 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2007 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR): ‘Eurorealism’ in the ninth European Parliament
Introduction to special issue: The European parliament in challenging times: the ninth session of the EP, 2019–2024
The right and religion in European Union politics: From ‘confessionalism’ to ‘conservatism’
The intimate relationship between religion and parties of the right in European politics has been well documented in political science, encompassing both the long-standing partnership between the church and Christian Democrats as well as the more recent adoption of Christian identity and symbolism by radical ‘right-wing’ parties. Yet in this contribution, it will be argued that in the 2019–2024 session of the European Parliament (EP), it is a thi…
Conservatism and ‘Eurorealism’ in the European Parliament: The European Conservatives and Reformists under the leadership of Poland’s Law and Justice
After the 2019 European Parliament (EP) election, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party grouping experienced a major change in its representation and leadership, with the wholescale departure of its core British Conservative MEPs. Yet the ECR remained an important and coherent transnational party federation in Strasbourg, acting as a strong voice for conservatism in Europe as distinct from Christian Democracy and the radical right…
Euro-Realism’ in the 2014 European Parliament Elections: The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Democratic Deficit
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) emerged as the third largest 'Euro-party' after the 2014 European elections, and are now well-positioned to perform a central role alongside the European People's Party and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the eighth session of the European Parliament (EP). Despite this, relatively little is known about the views that ECR politicians represent, especially their core party ideo…
Consulting and compromising: The (non-)religious policy preferences of British MEPs
The UK provides an important case study when analysing the influence of religious attitudes and values on political behaviour in the European Union. Our research shows British members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to be relatively at ease working with the different faith-based organisations (FBOs) which seek to influence the European policy process – and much more so than many of their colleagues from other member-states. This can potentially…
Framing Electoral Reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote Referendum Campaign
The 2011 British referendum on the electoral system offered voters a change within the majoritarian family from single-member plurality to the alternative vote. The alternative vote is not proportional, but the ‘yes’ campaign in the United Kingdom included small parties and ‘democracy sector’ organisations previously associated with advocating proportional representation. This anomalous behaviour can be explained by applying social movement theor…
Scottish devolution and national identity
In opening this special edition of National Identities we will introduce the papers herein, which take Scottish devolution as their starting point for reflecting on Scottish national identity. Before so doing, we contextualize these analyses by giving a background to devolution and to studies of Scottish national identity in general. We lay out some of the approaches taken thus far and, in particular, raise points for further debate, which author…
The Conservative Party and devolved national identities: Scotland and Wales compared
This article focuses on the role of national identity in the behaviour and performance of the Scottish Conservative Party – the main voice of opposition to devolution in the 1990s. In particular, it will address the apparent flat-lining of its popular vote, arguing that this is a direct consequence of the party doggedly adhering to a more traditional form of ‘unionist nationalism’. This can be contrasted with Wales, where the party has adapted we…
Mixed Messages for (Some) Parties: The Scottish Council Elections of 2012
This article draws upon the collection and analysis of the results of Scotland's council elections in May 2012. It examines a number of features of those elections including voter turnout, patterns of candidature (such as party and gender), party support and seats won and lost. It also considers the use of the single transferable vote in these elections, the second in Scotland to use that electoral system
Party over Policy? Scottish Nationalism and the Politics of Independence
The Scottish National Party (SNP) won control of Scotland's devolved government in the 2007 election yet opinion polls show no majority for its objective of independence in Europe. While the party is adept at exploiting short‐term political opportunity structures in the wider British context, as well as appealing to the ‘opinion electorate’, it appears less successful at persuading a majority of Scottish voters to agree with its core ideology. He…
Religious Lobbies in the European Union: From Dominant Church to Faith-Based Organisation
The political behaviour of national, state or dominant churches in Western Europe is being affected by European Union (EU) integration in two ways. First, supranational legislation – especially the harmonisation of fundamental citizen rights in policy areas such as education and employment – has led to the political privileges that these churches have traditionally enjoyed being challenged. While the Amsterdam Treaty protects the right of the ind…
Electoral Reform and Democratic Engagement
No abstract available
The Place of Religion in Devolved Scottish Politics: An Interest Group Analysis of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Catholic Church
On the 6 September 2005, Jack McConnell unveiled the Scottish Executive's new nineteen month long legislative programme. A wide-ranging agenda, it promised, amongst other things, a cut in business tax rates, the introduction of a greater range of sentencing options for courts as part of a general crackdown on public order, and the abolition of school boards. Similar policy themes were evident in the 2004 programme, when Mr McConnell labelled the …
Conservatism and ‘Eurorealism’ in the European Parliament: The European Conservatives and Reformists under the leadership of Poland’s Law and Justice
After the 2019 European Parliament (EP) election, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party grouping experienced a major change in its representation and leadership, with the wholescale departure of its core British Conservative MEPs. Yet the ECR remained an important and coherent transnational party federation in Strasbourg, acting as a strong voice for conservatism in Europe as distinct from Christian Democracy and the radical right…
Religious Lobbies in the European Union: From Dominant Church to Faith-Based Organisation
The political behaviour of national, state or dominant churches in Western Europe is being affected by European Union (EU) integration in two ways. First, supranational legislation – especially the harmonisation of fundamental citizen rights in policy areas such as education and employment – has led to the political privileges that these churches have traditionally enjoyed being challenged. While the Amsterdam Treaty protects the right of the ind…
Party over Policy? Scottish Nationalism and the Politics of Independence
The Scottish National Party (SNP) won control of Scotland's devolved government in the 2007 election yet opinion polls show no majority for its objective of independence in Europe. While the party is adept at exploiting short‐term political opportunity structures in the wider British context, as well as appealing to the ‘opinion electorate’, it appears less successful at persuading a majority of Scottish voters to agree with its core ideology. He…
The right and religion in European Union politics: From ‘confessionalism’ to ‘conservatism’
The intimate relationship between religion and parties of the right in European politics has been well documented in political science, encompassing both the long-standing partnership between the church and Christian Democrats as well as the more recent adoption of Christian identity and symbolism by radical ‘right-wing’ parties. Yet in this contribution, it will be argued that in the 2019–2024 session of the European Parliament (EP), it is a thi…
Scottish devolution and national identity
In opening this special edition of National Identities we will introduce the papers herein, which take Scottish devolution as their starting point for reflecting on Scottish national identity. Before so doing, we contextualize these analyses by giving a background to devolution and to studies of Scottish national identity in general. We lay out some of the approaches taken thus far and, in particular, raise points for further debate, which author…
Euro-Realism’ in the 2014 European Parliament Elections: The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Democratic Deficit
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) emerged as the third largest 'Euro-party' after the 2014 European elections, and are now well-positioned to perform a central role alongside the European People's Party and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the eighth session of the European Parliament (EP). Despite this, relatively little is known about the views that ECR politicians represent, especially their core party ideo…
Consulting and compromising: The (non-)religious policy preferences of British MEPs
The UK provides an important case study when analysing the influence of religious attitudes and values on political behaviour in the European Union. Our research shows British members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to be relatively at ease working with the different faith-based organisations (FBOs) which seek to influence the European policy process – and much more so than many of their colleagues from other member-states. This can potentially…
Framing Electoral Reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote Referendum Campaign
The 2011 British referendum on the electoral system offered voters a change within the majoritarian family from single-member plurality to the alternative vote. The alternative vote is not proportional, but the ‘yes’ campaign in the United Kingdom included small parties and ‘democracy sector’ organisations previously associated with advocating proportional representation. This anomalous behaviour can be explained by applying social movement theor…
The Conservative Party and devolved national identities: Scotland and Wales compared
This article focuses on the role of national identity in the behaviour and performance of the Scottish Conservative Party – the main voice of opposition to devolution in the 1990s. In particular, it will address the apparent flat-lining of its popular vote, arguing that this is a direct consequence of the party doggedly adhering to a more traditional form of ‘unionist nationalism’. This can be contrasted with Wales, where the party has adapted we…
Electoral Reform and Democratic Engagement
No abstract available
The Place of Religion in Devolved Scottish Politics: An Interest Group Analysis of the Church of Scotland and Scottish Catholic Church
On the 6 September 2005, Jack McConnell unveiled the Scottish Executive's new nineteen month long legislative programme. A wide-ranging agenda, it promised, amongst other things, a cut in business tax rates, the introduction of a greater range of sentencing options for courts as part of a general crackdown on public order, and the abolition of school boards. Similar policy themes were evident in the 2004 programme, when Mr McConnell labelled the …
Electoral Reform and Democratic Engagement
No abstract available
Religious Lobbies in the European Union: From Dominant Church to Faith-Based Organisation
The political behaviour of national, state or dominant churches in Western Europe is being affected by European Union (EU) integration in two ways. First, supranational legislation – especially the harmonisation of fundamental citizen rights in policy areas such as education and employment – has led to the political privileges that these churches have traditionally enjoyed being challenged. While the Amsterdam Treaty protects the right of the ind…
Party over Policy? Scottish Nationalism and the Politics of Independence
The Scottish National Party (SNP) won control of Scotland's devolved government in the 2007 election yet opinion polls show no majority for its objective of independence in Europe. While the party is adept at exploiting short‐term political opportunity structures in the wider British context, as well as appealing to the ‘opinion electorate’, it appears less successful at persuading a majority of Scottish voters to agree with its core ideology. He…
Scottish devolution and national identity
In opening this special edition of National Identities we will introduce the papers herein, which take Scottish devolution as their starting point for reflecting on Scottish national identity. Before so doing, we contextualize these analyses by giving a background to devolution and to studies of Scottish national identity in general. We lay out some of the approaches taken thus far and, in particular, raise points for further debate, which author…
The Conservative Party and devolved national identities: Scotland and Wales compared
This article focuses on the role of national identity in the behaviour and performance of the Scottish Conservative Party – the main voice of opposition to devolution in the 1990s. In particular, it will address the apparent flat-lining of its popular vote, arguing that this is a direct consequence of the party doggedly adhering to a more traditional form of ‘unionist nationalism’. This can be contrasted with Wales, where the party has adapted we…
Mixed Messages for (Some) Parties: The Scottish Council Elections of 2012
This article draws upon the collection and analysis of the results of Scotland's council elections in May 2012. It examines a number of features of those elections including voter turnout, patterns of candidature (such as party and gender), party support and seats won and lost. It also considers the use of the single transferable vote in these elections, the second in Scotland to use that electoral system
Framing Electoral Reform in the 2011 UK Alternative Vote Referendum Campaign
The 2011 British referendum on the electoral system offered voters a change within the majoritarian family from single-member plurality to the alternative vote. The alternative vote is not proportional, but the ‘yes’ campaign in the United Kingdom included small parties and ‘democracy sector’ organisations previously associated with advocating proportional representation. This anomalous behaviour can be explained by applying social movement theor…
Consulting and compromising: The (non-)religious policy preferences of British MEPs
The UK provides an important case study when analysing the influence of religious attitudes and values on political behaviour in the European Union. Our research shows British members of the European Parliament (MEPs) to be relatively at ease working with the different faith-based organisations (FBOs) which seek to influence the European policy process – and much more so than many of their colleagues from other member-states. This can potentially…
Euro-Realism’ in the 2014 European Parliament Elections: The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) and the Democratic Deficit
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) emerged as the third largest 'Euro-party' after the 2014 European elections, and are now well-positioned to perform a central role alongside the European People's Party and the Progressive Alliance of Socialists and Democrats in the eighth session of the European Parliament (EP). Despite this, relatively little is known about the views that ECR politicians represent, especially their core party ideo…
Conservatism and ‘Eurorealism’ in the European Parliament: The European Conservatives and Reformists under the leadership of Poland’s Law and Justice
After the 2019 European Parliament (EP) election, the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR) party grouping experienced a major change in its representation and leadership, with the wholescale departure of its core British Conservative MEPs. Yet the ECR remained an important and coherent transnational party federation in Strasbourg, acting as a strong voice for conservatism in Europe as distinct from Christian Democracy and the radical right…
The right and religion in European Union politics: From ‘confessionalism’ to ‘conservatism’
The intimate relationship between religion and parties of the right in European politics has been well documented in political science, encompassing both the long-standing partnership between the church and Christian Democrats as well as the more recent adoption of Christian identity and symbolism by radical ‘right-wing’ parties. Yet in this contribution, it will be argued that in the 2019–2024 session of the European Parliament (EP), it is a thi…
The European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR): ‘Eurorealism’ in the ninth European Parliament
Introduction to special issue: The European parliament in challenging times: the ninth session of the EP, 2019–2024
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