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James moved to Coventry University in 2018 from King’s College London, where he had lectured in Politics and International Relations since 2015. He holds a PhD in Political Science from UCL, where he also served as Director of MSc Democracy and Comparative Politics from 2013-15.
His research has focussed on the challenges of democratization in Central and Eastern Europe with a particular emphasis on the clash of liberal and progressive norms on the one hand and ethnic nationalist and pro-authoritarian ideas on the other. His recent work has been published in the Journal of Common Market Studies, Journal of Democracy, East European Politics and Nationalities Papers and he is the author of one monograph – Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria: How Ideas Shape Publics (2014; paperback 2016), which was awarded the BASEES George Blazyca Prize. Consistent with his analytical focus on the spread of ideas, he uses methodologies such as sociological surveys, ethnography and discursive institutionalism. He has also written numerous journalistic articles for Foreign Policy magazine, Open Democracy, Balkan Insight and others.
Keywords
- JA Political science (General)
- H Social Sciences (General)
- JF Political institutions (General)
- JC Political theory
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Research Output 2012 2019
Foreground liberalism, background nationalism: A discursive-institutionalist account of EU leverage and ‘democratic backsliding’ in East-Central Europe
Dawson, J. & Hanley, S., 1 Jul 2019, In : Journal of Common Market Studies. 57, 4, p. 710-728 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
East Central Europe
institutionalism
liberalism
nationalism
liberal party
6
Citations
(Scopus)
Rethinking “democratic backsliding” in Central and Eastern Europe: Looking Beyond Hungary and Poland
Cianetti, L., Dawson, J. & Hanley, S., 2018, In : East European Politics. 34, 3, p. 243-256 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
economic structure
Central Europe
Hungary
Eastern Europe
democracy
1
Citation
(Scopus)
“Everyday Democracy”: an ethnographic methodology for the evaluation of (de-) democratisation
Dawson, J., 2018, In : East European Politics. 34, 3, p. 297-316 20 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
democratization
democracy
methodology
evaluation
Serbia
37
Citations
(Scopus)
122
Downloads
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The fading mirage of the “liberal consensus”: What's Wrong With East-Central Europe?
Dawson, J. & Hanley, S., 27 Jan 2016, In : Journal of Democracy. 27, 1, p. 20-34 15 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Open Access
File
East Central Europe
populism
authoritarianism
cultural change
conservatism
Cultures of Democracy in Serbia and Bulgaria: How Ideas Shape Publics
Dawson, J., 3 Dec 2014, 1 ed. London: Routledge. 224 p.Research output: Book/Report › Book
Serbia
Bulgaria
democracy
citizen
political movement