Dr Martin Steven
MA (Hons), PhD (Glasgow)
Part-time Lecturer, University of Glasgow and Course Director, Duke University Public Policy Exchange Programme
Phone: +44 (0)141 330 4680
Location: S508, Adam Smith Building
Email: m.steven@lbss.gla.ac.uk
Biography
Martin holds both a first class honours degree and PhD (university anniversary scholarship) from the Department, also spending time as a visiting research scholar in the Department of Political Science at McGill University, Montreal. In addition to the publications listed below, he is editor of a forthcoming special issue of the journal National Identities, Vol. 13 (1) and has a chapter in a forthcoming ECPR / Routledge edited volume on religion and politics in Europe. He is in charge of the British data set for the European research project: "The religious preferences of Members of the European Parliament" (RPMEP), involving members of RECON (Reconstituting Democracy in Europe), a European network funded by the European Commission. He has also recently been appointed a Hansard Society visiting fellow for 2009 / 2010, and been consulted by the Scottish Government in relation to the role of ballot order in preferential voting systems. His article on religious conservative politics was recently awarded the Political Studies Association prize for the best article from the 2008 volume of the journal Politics.
Research Interests
- Political participation; social capital
- Parties and electoral systems
- Religion and politics
- UK and US politics
Publications
Leith, M and M. Steven (2010) 'Party over policy? Scottish nationalism and the politics of independence', The Political Quarterly, 81(2). ISSN 0032-3179
Steven, M. (2010) Working with the Single Transferable Vote, London: Electoral Reform Society. ISBN: 0 903291 44 4
Steven, M. (2010) Christianity and Party Politics: Keeping the Faith, London: Routledge. ISBN: 978-0-415-5660-6
Steven, M. (2009) 'Religious lobbies in the European Union: from dominant church to faith-based organisation?', Religion, State and Society, Vol. 37, No.2, pp. 183-193. ISSN 0963-7494
Steven, M. (2009) 'Religious lobbies in the European Union: from dominant church to faith-based organisation?' in L. Leustean and J. Madeley (eds), Religion, Politics and Law in the European Union, London: Routledge, ch. 13. ISBN 978-0-415-46627-1
Steven, M. (2008) 'Electoral reform and democratic engagement', Representation, Vol. 44, No. 4, pp. 277-284. ISSN: 0034-4893
Steven, M. (2008) 'Secessionist politics and religious conservatism: the Scottish National Party and faith-based interests', Politics, Vol. 28, No.3, pp. 188-196. ISSN 0263-3957
Steven, M. (2007) The 2007 Scottish Parliament Election, London: Electoral Reform Society. ISBN: 0900329138X
Steven, M. (2007) ‘The place of religion in devolved Scottish politics: an interest group analysis of the Scottish churches’, Scottish Affairs, No.58, Winter, pp.96-110. ISSN: 0966-0356