The Political Science Department
cordially invites you to attend the next lecture in the series
Hungary in the Spotlight
"The Hungarian Electoral Reform in Comparative Perspective"
delivered by
Dr Alan Renwick, Reader in Comparative Politics and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies in Politics, University of Reading;
Discussant: Robert Laszlo, Election Specialist, Political Capital Institute;
Chair: Gabor Toka, Professor of Political Science, CEU;
Time and Venue: March 27, 2012 at 5:30 p.m. in Popper Room.
RSVP by March 26, 2012; 12:00 to hungaryinthespotlight@ceu.hu.
Reception to follow
Dr Alan Renwick is a Reader in Comparative Politics and Director of Postgraduate Research Studies in Politics at the University of Reading. His work lies in the area of comparative politics and Applied Political Theory. His current research focuses on political and electoral reform in the UK and around the world. He is interested in understanding how changing popular attitudes towards democracy and representation influence institutional choices, how values as well as self-interest influence the ways in which both politicians and mass publics approach issues of institutional reform, and how choices in new democracies differ from those in established democracies. His first book, The Politics of Electoral Reform: Changing the Rules of Democracy, was published by Cambridge University Press in 2010. His second book, A Citizen's Guide to Electoral Reform was published by Biteback in 2011.
Robert Laszlo is an election specialist, political scientist and economist. He obtained his degrees from the Budapest University of Economic Sciences and Public Administration (2004) and the Corvinus University of Budapest (2009) where he has been teaching the specialization of election experts since 2009-2010. His main research interest is the Hungarian electoral system, and he also manages the topic-related initiatives of the Political Capital Institute. He works as an analyst at the Political Capital Institute since 2005.
Gabor Toka is a Professor of Political Science and his research interest is primarily in voting behaviour and democratic institutions, and particularly the impact of the former on the latter. He is also interested in public opinion, survey methodology, and East European politics. He is co-author of Post-Communist Party Systems: Competition, Representation, and Inter-Party Cooperation (Cambridge University Press, 1999), author or co-author of over five dozen articles on electoral behaviour, public opinion, political parties and democratic consolidation in edited volumes, political science and sociology journals.
