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According to Wikipedia, Simon Hix is a British political scientist, holder of the Stein Rokkan chair in comparative politics at the European University Institute in Florence. He was also Harold Laski Professor of Political Science and pro-director for research at the London School of Economics and Political Science. Hix is an expert in European Union politics, and the author of several books, including What's Wrong with the European Union and How to Fix It, Democratic Politics in the European Parliament with Abdul Noury and Gérard Roland, and The Political System of the European Union. He is also associate editor of the international peer-reviewed European Union Politics, and founder and chairman of VoteWatch Europe, an influential online EU affairs think-tank founded in London in 2009 that combines big data with political insight. After a first degree and a master's from the London School of Economics and Political Science, Simon Hix obtained a PhD in Political and Social Science at the European University Institute in Florence in 1995, and lectured in European Politics at Brunel University 1996–97, before joining the LSE in 1997. In this university he was promoted to professor in 2004, and served also as head of its department of government , academic director of its school of public policy , and pro-director for research from 2019. He finally was appointed Stein Rokkan chair of comparative politics at the European University Institute in Florence in 2021. His main areas of research are voting in parliaments, democratic institutions, and EU politics.

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Simon Hix's Published Works

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The Political System of the European Union (1999) (1509)
Why is There a Democratic Deficit in the EU? A Response to Majone and Moravcsik (2006) (1299)
Political Parties In The European Union (1997) (664)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament (2007) (650)
Dimensions and alignments in European Union politics: Cognitive constraints and partisan responses (1999) (458)
The study of the European Union II: the ‘new governance’ agenda and its rival (1998) (425)
Dimensions of politics in the European Parliament (2006) (416)
The study of the European community: The challenge to comparative politics (1994) (415)
Power to the Parties: Cohesion and Competition in the European Parliament, 1979–2001 (2005) (394)
What's wrong with the European Union and how to fix it (2008) (389)
Parliamentary behaviour with two principals: preferences, parties, and voting in the European parliament (2002) (381)
Punishment or Protest? Understanding European Parliament Elections (2007) (360)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Index (2007) (329)
The Electoral Sweet Spot: Low‐Magnitude Proportional Electoral Systems (2011) (316)
Electoral Institutions and Legislative Behavior: Explaining Voting Defection in the European Parliament (2004) (311)
Introduction: European integration and national political systems (2000) (288)
Second-order effects plus pan-European political swings: An analysis of European Parliament elections across time (2011) (280)
Europeanised Politics?: European Integration and National Political Systems (2000) (253)
Legislative Behaviour and Party Competition in the European Parliament: An Application of Nominate to the EU (2001) (252)
Constitutional Agenda-Setting Through Discretion in Rule Interpretation: Why the European Parliament Won at Amsterdam (2002) (240)
Backbenchers learn to fight back: European integration and parliamentary government (2000) (211)
Defining the Eu Political Space (2002) (198)
Empowerment of the European Parliament (2013) (196)
After enlargement: voting patterns in the sixth European Parliament (2009) (178)
A Global Ranking of Political Science Departments (2004) (172)
The Party System in the European Parliament: Collusive or Competitive? (2003) (159)
The Rejected, the Ejected, and the Dejected: Explaining Government Rebels in the 2001-2005 British House of Commons (2007) (128)
Government-Opposition or Left-Right? The Institutional Determinants of Voting in Legislatures* (2015) (103)
From "Grand Coalition" To Left-Right Confrontation (2003) (100)
Politics, Not Economic Interests: Determinants of Migration Policies in the European Union 1 (2007) (96)
Fifty Years on: Research on the European Parliament (2003) (81)
Voting patterns and alliance formation in the European Parliament (2009) (80)
"Elections, parties and institutional design: A comparative perspective on European Union democracy" (1998) (75)
Parties at the European Level and the Legitimacy of EU Socio-Economic Policy (1995) (73)
National or European Parliamentarians? Evidence from a New Survey of the Members of the European Parliament (2012) (71)
Could Changing the Electoral Rules Fix European Parliament Elections (2009) (64)
Towards a partisan theory of EU politics (2008) (62)
The Making of a President: The European Parliament and the Confirmation of Jacques Santer as President of the Commission (1996) (58)
Choosing an electoral system (2010) (56)
Legislative Activity and Gridlock in the European Union (2012) (54)
Understanding Public Support for British Membership of the Single Currency (2005) (53)
The Rise and Fall of Social Democracy, 1918–2017 (2020) (52)
Electoral Systems, Political Career Paths and Legislative Behavior: Evidence from South Korea's Mixed-Member System1 (2010) (50)
The party political make-up of EU legislative bodies1 (2008) (48)
The transnational party federations (2002) (48)
Forum Section (2009) (45)
Explaining the Treaty of Amsterdam : Interests , Influence , Institutions * (1999) (45)
From Doves to Hawks: A Spatial Analysis of Voting in the Monetary Policy Committee of the Bank of England, 1997-2007 (2007) (44)
Brexit: Where is the EU-UK Relationship Heading? (2018) (40)
Euroscepticism as Anti-Centralization (2007) (39)
Executive Selection in the European Union: Does the Commission President Investiture Procedure Reduce the Democratic Deficit? (2002) (38)
European Integration and Political Conflict: Defining the EU political space: an empirical study of the European election manifestos, 1979–1999 (2004) (37)
The European Union as a Polity (I) (2006) (36)
Party Behaviour in the Parliamentary Arena (2009) (35)
Treaty reform and the Commission’s appointment and policy-making role in the European Union (2011) (34)
Open/Closed List and Party Choice: Experimental Evidence from the UK (2016) (33)
Career Ambitions and Legislative Participation: The Moderating Effect of Electoral Institutions (2017) (31)
For and Against Brexit: A Survey Experiment of the Impact of Campaign Effects on Public Attitudes toward EU Membership (2018) (30)
Parties at the European level (2002) (30)
District magnitude and representation of the majority’s preferences: a comment and reinterpretation (2013) (30)
CP, IR and the EU! A rejoinder to Hurrell and Menon (1996) (26)
The Party of European Socialists (1999) (25)
Democratizing a macroeconomic Union in Europe (2014) (25)
european universities in a global ranking of political science departments (2004) (24)
Democracy in the European Parliament (2005) (24)
Extracting Ideal Point Estimates from Actors’ Preferences in the EU Constitutional Negotiations (2005) (22)
Parliamentary oversight of executive power: what role for the European parliament in comitology? (2000) (22)
Who is Afraid of Comulative Research?: Improving Data on EU Politics (2002) (21)
Would Brexit matter? The UK’s voting record in the Council and the European Parliament (2016) (20)
2 Institutional Design of Regional Integration: Balancing Delegation and Representation (2010) (20)
Political parties in the European Union system : a 'comparative politics approach' to the development of the party federations (1995) (20)
Explaining the European Parliament’s gains in the EU Constitution (2007) (19)
European Union Politics (2000) (19)
The Effects of District Magnitude on Voting Behavior (2017) (19)
Is there a selection bias in roll call votes? Evidence from the European Parliament (2018) (19)
Linking national politics to Europe (2002) (17)
The EU as a new political system (2007) (17)
Understanding Members of the European Parliament: Four waves of the European Parliament Research Group MEP survey (2017) (17)
When Optimism Fails: Liberal Intergovernmentalism and Citizen Representation (2018) (16)
Why the 2014 European elections matter: ten key votes in the 2009–2013 European Parliament (2013) (16)
Ballot structure, list flexibility and policy representation (2018) (15)
Comprar What's Wrong with the Europe Union and How to Fix it | Simon Hix | 9780745642048 | Wiley (2008) (14)
Who Is Afraid of Cumulative Research (2006) (13)
The Emerging Ec Party System? The European Party Federations in the Intergovernmental Conferences (1993) (13)
Legislative Behaviour and Party Competition in the EU: An Application of NOMINATE to the Post-1999 European Parliament (2000) (13)
Brahmin Left versus Merchant Right? Education, class, multiparty competition, and redistribution in Western Europe. (2021) (12)
An Institutional Theory of Behavior in the European Parliament (1999) (12)
After Enlargement: Voting Behaviour in the Sixth European Parliament (2007) (12)
Power versus Ideology:: Political Group Switching in the European Parliament (2018) (11)
A supranational party system and the legitimacy of the European Union (2002) (11)
23 The EU as a new political system (2007) (11)
UK voters, including Leavers, care more about reducing non-EU than EU migration (2017) (11)
How to choose the European executive? A counterfactual analysis, 1979-2001 (2003) (10)
Between Science and Engineering: Reflections on the APSA Presidential Task Force on Political Science, Electoral Rules, and Democratic Governance (2013) (9)
Understanding European Parliament Elections: Punishment or Protest? (2005) (9)
Choosing an electoral system: a report by the British Academy Policy Centre, prepared by professor Simon Hix, professor Ron Johnston FBA and professor Iain McLean FBA with research assistance from Angela Cummine (2010) (9)
Britain, the EU and the euro (2000) (9)
Neither a Preference-Outlier nor a Unitary Actor: Institutional Reform Preferences of the European Parliament (2005) (9)
Brits know less about the EU than anyone else (2015) (8)
Does the UK Have Influence in the EU Legislative Process (2016) (8)
What to Expect in the 2009-14 European Parliament: Return of the Grand Coalition? (2009) (8)
Scaling the Commons: Using MPs’ Left-Right Self-Placement and Voting Divisions to Map the British Parliament, 1997-2005 (2010) (7)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Trends in party cohesion (2007) (7)
Political Behaviour in the European Parliament (2014) (7)
After Enlargement: Voting Patterns in the (2009) (7)
Decentralised federalism:: A new model for the EU (2018) (6)
Can ‘Global Britain’ forge a better trade deal with South Korea? This is why it’s unlikely (2017) (6)
Prediction is very difficult, especially if it’s about the future (2014) (6)
Parties and elections in the European Union (1998) (6)
Regulation of the Single Market (1999) (5)
Integrating Left and Right: Studying EU Politics (1998) (5)
Small districts with open ballots: a new electoral system for the European Parliament (2008) (5)
Dimensions of politics (2007) (5)
Where is the EU going? Collapse, fiscal union, a supersized Switzerland or a new democratic politics (2011) (4)
Mid-Term Evaluation of the 2009-14 European Parliament: Legislative Activity and Decision-Making Dynamics (2012) (4)
The European Parliament and executive politics in the EU: voting behaviour and the Commission President investiture procedure (2012) (4)
Between Science and Engineering: Reflections on the APSA Presidential Task Force on Political Science, Electoral Rules, and Democratic Governance (2013) (4)
Politics Like Any Other: Dimensions of Conflict in the European Parliament (2003) (4)
european universities in a global ranking of political science departments: a reply to bull and espíndola (2005) (4)
A Spatial Analysis of Voting in the Korean National Assembly (2006) (3)
Where is the EU–UK relationship heading? A conjoint survey experiment of Brexit trade-offs (2022) (3)
Voting patterns and alliance formation in the (2009) (3)
Media coverage in Germany and the UK shows why both countries have radically different views over who should be the next Commission President (2014) (3)
Does the UK win or lose in the Council of Ministers (2015) (3)
Predicting the June 2009 European Parliament elections (2009) (3)
Replication Data for: For and Against Brexit: A Survey Experiment of the Impact of Campaign Effects on Public Attitudes toward EU Membership (2017) (3)
Svexit or Huxit? How another country could follow the UK out of the EU (2018) (2)
Pricing Immigration (2020) (2)
Why the 2014 European Parliament elections will be about more than protest votes (2013) (2)
David Cameron’s speech was about as pro-European as canbe expected of a British Conservative Prime Minister in thecurrent context. (2013) (2)
The 2009 European Parliament elections: a disaster for Social Democrats (2009) (2)
Public Opinion and Political Cleavages (1999) (2)
Red card, red herring: introducing Cameron’s EU ‘red card procedure’ will have limited impact (2016) (2)
Electoral Reform and Strategic Coordination (2020) (2)
How MEPs vote: a study of the EU legislative process (2003) (2)
An East Asian single market? : lessons from the European Union (2005) (2)
Is the UK marginalised in the EU (2015) (2)
Party politics in the European Union (2010) (2)
A constitution for the EU?: a comparative political science perspective (2002) (2)
UK influence series: do British MEPs win key positions of power in the European Parliament? (2016) (2)
Democracy, Parties, and Elections (2011) (2)
Two years after the vote, there is little certainty where the UK-EU relationship is heading (2018) (2)
How to choose an electoral system (2010) (1)
A truly European vote (2009) (1)
"Parties at the European Level? A 'Comparative Politics Theory' of the Development of the European Party Federations" (1995) (1)
Remaking democracy: Ireland as a role-model the 2019 Peter Mair lecture (2020) (1)
Dimensions of Politics in the European Parliament - eScholarship (2005) (1)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Conclusion (2007) (1)
What would the election look like under PR (2015) (1)
Round table discussion on the European Constitution (2005) (1)
Why the European Parliament should not be abolished (2012) (1)
Party Groups in the European Parliament: Election and Formation (1997) (1)
David Cameron’s EU treaty veto is a disaster for Britain (2011) (1)
Britain’s evolving multi-party system(s) (2015) (1)
Shape of the EU Party System (1997) (1)
Conclusion: Rethinking the European Union (1999) (1)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Competition and coalition formation (2007) (1)
Book Review: Keith Poole, Spatial Models of Parliamentary Voting. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2005. £45.00. ISBN 1 39780 5218 5194 7 (2008) (1)
Economic and Monetary Union (1999) (1)
Higher Efficiency , Lower Sound , and Lower Cost Air Conditioning Compressors : Part 1 – Efficiency (2014) (1)
Designing a new UK-EU relationship and how it could be achieved (2013) (1)
A Constitution for the European Union (2003) (1)
The E ↵ ects of District Magnitude on Voting Behaviour (2013) (1)
How the European media drives different views of the European Union (2014) (1)
Introduction: Explaining the EU Political System (1999) (1)
Institutional Design of Regional Integration (2013) (0)
No more denial: let’s accept the inevitable and fight for the best Brexit we can (2016) (0)
Dimensions and ideal point estimates in the EU constitutional negotiations (2004) (0)
Organisation of Parties in the EU (1997) (0)
Parties, Elections and EU Democracy (1999) (0)
Higher Efficiency , Lower Sound , and Lower Cost Air Conditioning Compressors : Part 1 – Efficiency (2018) (0)
Parties Beyond the Parliament (1997) (0)
Estimating Party Effects on Legislative Behavior: Bayesian Estimates Based on European Parliament Data (2008) (0)
Legislators in Korea: Politicians Without a Policy Preference? (2006) (0)
UK influence in Europe series: British MEPs lose most often in the European Parliament (2015) (0)
Book Reviews (1999) (0)
The European parliament elections in 2014 are about more than protest votes (2013) (0)
23. The EU as a New Political System (2020) (0)
Can the Chancellor still influence voting patterns in the Monetary Policy Committee at the Bank of England (2010) (0)
What’s Germany really thinking? Vince Cable, Simon Hix and Jeromin Zettelmeyer discuss Brexit (2016) (0)
and Simon Hix the European Union Treaty reform and the Commission ' s appointment and policy-making role in (2011) (0)
EUP Referees 1 February 2016-31 October 2017 (2018) (0)
Higher Efficiency , Lower Sound , and Lower Cost Air Conditioning Compressors : Part 2-Sound / Discharge Pulse (2018) (0)
One day to go: Hix-Vivyan prediction up to 3 May (2010) (0)
Electoral Reform and Voter Coordination (2018) (0)
Electoral Reform: A Vote for Change? (2010) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Development of the European Parliament (2007) (0)
External Differentiation in the EU (2022) (0)
Higher Efficiency, Lower Sound, and Lower Cost Air Conditioning Compressors: Part 2 - Sound/Discharge Pulse (1998) (0)
Hix-Vivyan election prediction, from polls up to 2 March (2010) (0)
If the European Parliament voting system were changed to an open-list system, many voters would switch their support from UKIP to the Conservative party (2013) (0)
UK influence in Europe series: the policy successes (and failures) of British MEPs (2016) (0)
The Emergence and Evolution of Social Pacts : A Provisional Framework for Comparative Analysis © 2005 (2006) (0)
Practitioners Report on External Differentiation (2022) (0)
EUROPEAN GOVERNANCE PAPERS (2005) (0)
Still a hung parliament: Hix-Vivyan prediction up to 23 March (2010) (0)
JPS volume 45 issue 4 Cover and Back matter (2015) (0)
The UK: close to the centre of European Council decision-making (2015) (0)
UK influence in Europe series: is the UK at the top table in EU negotiations? (2015) (0)
The UK’s Relationship with the EU After Brexit (2022) (0)
Watch: Simon Hix on what Brexit means for the EU27 and the European project (2018) (0)
The way to pick Europe's leader (2002) (0)
Party Groups in the European Parliament: An Evaluation of Their Performance (1997) (0)
Con-Lib coalitions are now the norm in Europe (2010) (0)
The rights and wrongs of AV (2011) (0)
Is there a selection bias in roll call votes? Evidence from the European Parliament (2018) (0)
The political space in the european parliament: Measuring MEPs' preferences amid the rise of euroscepticism (2023) (0)
EU is flawed, but it can be fixed (2010) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Participation (2007) (0)
The Meaning of Conflict in the Korean National Assembly (2006) (0)
Investiture and censure of the Santer Commission (2007) (0)
Higher Efficiency , Lower Sound , and Lower Cost Air Conditioning Compressors : Part 2-Sound / Discharge Pulse (2014) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Ideological not territorial politics (2007) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Bibliography (2007) (0)
District magnitude and representation of the majority’s preferences: a comment and reinterpretation (2012) (0)
Is the EU really run by unelected bureaucrats (2016) (0)
Party politics in the EU (2010) (0)
Citizen Freedom and Security Policies (1999) (0)
JPS volume 44 issue 4 Cover and Back matter (2014) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Who controls the MEPs? (2007) (0)
The European Parliament; Taking Stock after the June 2004 Elections (2004) (0)
Choose freedom: 28 countries, 500m people and one of the most successful liberalising projects in history (2016) (0)
Conclusion: Towards a Europe of Parties (1997) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Introduction (2007) (0)
Labour and tories neck and neck? Hix-Vivyan prediction up to 19 April (2010) (0)
New electoral registration rules mean students are likely to be under-represented in the 2015 election (2015) (0)
Party Groups in the European Parliament: Institutional Environment and Inner Workings (1997) (0)
What would a pro-European hard Brexit look like? (2017) (0)
Book Reviews (1997) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Agenda-setting and cohesion (2007) (0)
When MEPs vote, the UK’s delegation is increasingly marginalised (2015) (0)
Tories still short of a majority: Hix-Vivyan prediction up to 26 April (2010) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: The Takeover Directive (2007) (0)
Higher Efficiency, Lower Sound, and Lower Cost Air Conditioning Compressors: Part 1 – Efficiency (1998) (0)
Democratic Politics in the European Parliament: Democracy, transaction costs and political parties (2007) (0)
Do MEPs want to keep ‘schlepping’ to Strasbourg? How travel time influences views on the location of the European Parliament (2016) (0)

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