Josep Colomer

Josep Maria Colomer Calsina is a political scientist and economist. His research focuses on the strategies for the design, establishment, and change of political institutions. Topics include the processes of democratization, the origins of parliamentary and separation of powers regimes, the invention of electoral systems and voting rules, the development of nations and empires such as the United States and the European Union, and the increasing role of global institutions.

Josep Colomer is currently a Research Associate at the School of Foreign Service of Georgetown University and at the Institute of Political and Social Sciences of the Autonomous University of Barcelona. He is a member by election of the Academia Europaea, was a founding member of the Spanish Political Science Association (AECPA), and has been awarded life membership to the American Political Science Association and the Mexican Association of Political Sciences.

Some publications

  • Democracy and Globalization: Anger, Fear, and Hope. Routledge.[1]
  • The Spanish Frustration: How a ruinous empire thwarted the nation-state. Anthem Press.[2]
  • The Science of Politics: An Introduction. Oxford University Press.[3]
  • How Global Institutions Rule the World. Palgrave-Macmillan.[4]
  • Personal Representation: The neglected dimension of electoral systems. ECPR Press.[5]
  • Comparative European Politics. 3rd edition. Routledge.[6]
  • Great Empires, Small Nations. The uncertain future of the sovereign state. Routledge.[7]
  • Political Institutions. Democracy and' Social Choice Oxford University Press.[8]
  • Handbook of Electoral System Choice. Palgrave Macmillan.[9]
  • Strategic Transitions. Game Theory and Democratization Johns Hopkins University Press.[10]
  • Game Theory and the Transition to Democracy: The Spanish model. Edward Elgar.[11]

References

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