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Torun Dewan

Professor of Political Science · Department of Government, London School of Economics

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Formal political theoryParties & coalitions Cabinets & ministersLeadershipElections Political economy

1,402 citations · h-index 20 · source: Semantic Scholar, September 2026

Articles

• A Political Economy of Social Discrimination

  with Stephane Wolton · Journal of the European Economic Association, 24(4), 1368–1403 · Cited by 5
  2026
• Victorian Voting: Party Orientation and Class Alignment Revisited

  with Jaakko Meriläinen & Janne Tukiainen · American Journal of Political Science, 64(4) · Cited by 12
  2020
• Electoral Competition, Control and Learning

  with Rafael Hortala-Vallve · British Journal of Political Science, 49(3) · Cited by 36
  2019
• Leadership with Trustworthy Associates

  with Francesco Squintani · American Political Science Review, 112(4) · Cited by 8
  2018
• In Defence of Factions

  with Francesco Squintani · American Journal of Political Science, 60(4) · Cited by 52
  2016
• Information Aggregation and Optimal Structure of the Executive

  with Andrea Galeotti, Christian Ghiglino & Francesco Squintani · American Journal of Political Science, 59(2) · Cited by 25
  2015
• Elements of Political Persuasion: Content, Contact, Cue

  with Macartan Humphreys & Daniel Rubenson · Economic Journal, 124 · Cited by 35
  2014
• Franchise Extension and the British Aristocracy

  with Samuel Berlinski & Brenda Van Coppenolle · Legislative Studies Quarterly, 39(4) · Cited by 32
  2014
• Dynamic Government Performance

  with David P. Myatt · American Political Science Review, 106(1) · Cited by 17
  2012
• The Rhetorical Strategies of Leaders: Standing Back, Stepping Down, and Speaking Clearly

  with David P. Myatt · Journal of Theoretical Politics, 24(4) · Cited by 55
  2012
• The 3 A's of Government Formation: Appointment, Allocation, and Assignment

  with Rafael Hortala-Vallve · American Journal of Political Science, 55(4) · Cited by 56
  2011
• Strategic Opposition and Government Cohesion in Westminster Democracies

  with Arthur Spirling · American Political Science Review, 105(2) · Cited by 98
  2011
• The Political Effects of Franchise Extension: Evidence From the Second Reform Act

  with Samuel Berlinski · Quarterly Journal of Political Science, 6(4) · Cited by 63
  2011
• The Declining Talent Pool of Government

  with David P. Myatt · American Journal of Political Science, 54(2) · Cited by 79
  2010
• Individual and Collective Ministerial Performance and the Tenure of Ministers in the UK 1945–1997

  with Samuel Berlinski & Keith Dowding · Journal of Politics, 72 · Cited by 67
  2010
• Political Economy Models of Elections

  with Kenneth A. Shepsle · Annual Review of Political Science, 12 · Cited by 49
  2009
• The Qualities of Leadership: Direction, Communication and Obfuscation

  with David P. Myatt · American Political Science Review, 102(3) · Cited by 231
  2008
• Recent Economic Perspectives on Political Economy, Part I

  with Kenneth A. Shepsle · British Journal of Political Science, 38(1) · Cited by 12
  2008
• Recent Economic Perspectives on Political Economy, Part II

  with Kenneth A. Shepsle · British Journal of Political Science, 38(2) · Cited by 13
  2008
• Leading the Party: Coordination, Direction and Communication

  with David P. Myatt · American Political Science Review, 101(4) · Cited by 97
  2007
• The Length of Ministerial Tenure in the UK 1945–1997

  with Samuel Berlinski & Keith Dowding · British Journal of Political Science, 37(2) · Cited by 59
  2007
• Scandal, Protection and Recovery in the Cabinet

  with David P. Myatt · American Political Science Review, 101(1) · Cited by 62
  2007
• Why States Don't Defect: Refugee Protection and Implicit Burden Sharing

  with Eiko Thielemann · West European Politics, 29(2) · Cited by 67
  2006
• The Corrective Effect of Ministerial Resignations on Government Popularity

  with Keith Dowding · American Journal of Political Science, 49(1) · Cited by 32
  2005

Books

• Accounting for Ministers: Scandal and Survival in British Government 1945–2007

  with Samuel Berlinski & Keith Dowding · Cambridge University Press · Cited by 41
  2012
• Rational Choice Politics, Volumes I–IV

  co-edited with Keith Dowding & Kenneth A. Shepsle · Sage · Cited by 1
  2009

Book chapters

• Rational Choice Classics in Political Science

  with Keith Dowding & Kenneth A. Shepsle, in Rational Choice Politics, Vols I–IV, Sage · Cited by 0
  2008
• Choosing, Moving and Resigning at Westminster

  with Samuel Berlinski, Keith Dowding & Gita Subrahmanyam, in The Selection of Ministers in Europe: Hiring and Firing (K. Dowding & P. Dumont, eds), Routledge · Cited by 7
  2008

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