Dr Raul Gomez
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Job title: Lecturer in Sociology
Email: r.gomez@derby.ac.uk
Room: E214
Recent publications
Articles in peer-reviewed journals
Gomez, R. 2013. "All that you can(not) leave behind. Habituation and vote loyalty in the Netherlands." Journal of Elections, Public Opinion and Parties (Published online first).
Verge, T. and Gomez, R. 2012. "Factionalism in multi-level contexts: When party organisation becomes a device". Party Politics 18 (5): 667-685. (equal co-authorship with Tania Verge).
Gomez, R. and S. Perez-Nievas. 2009. "Faccionalismo e Integracion Vertical en Contextos Multinivel. El caso del Partido Nacionalista Vasco (PNV) (Factionalism and Vertical Integration in Multilevel Contexts. The case of the Basque Nationalist Party (PNV))". PAPERS: Revista de Sociologia, 920. Pp. 97-117.
Chapters in edited books
Gomez, R. and T. Verge 2012. "Party Patronage in Spain: Appointments for Party Government" in Mair, Peter, Pter Kopecky and Maria Spirova (eds.) Party Government and Party Patronage: Public Appointments and Political Control in European Democracies. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Reports
Barbera, P., R. Gomez, JA Mayoral, JR Montero, and P. Riera. 2011. "The electoral behaviour of Spanish people in local elections. A multi-level approach." Commissioned by the Spanish Centre for Sociological Research.
Faculty: Education, Health and Sciences
School: School of Education
Subject Area: Social Science
Lecturer in Sociology, specialized in Quantitative Methods and Political Sociology. Students are encouraged to contact me for an appointment to discuss their applied research projects and/or methodological questions.
Teaching responsibilities
Researching The Social World; Sociological Research Methods 1: Qualitative and Quantitative Techniques; Sociological Research Methods 2: Methods in Practice.
Research interests
My interests lie in (Comparative) Political Behaviour; Public Opinion and Political Attitudes. In particular, I am interested in the following areas:
- Generational differences in political behaviour and attitudes;
- Vote-switching and electoral change;
- Gender differences in political knowledge, interest and participation;
- Attitudes to the EU;
- Nationalist parties and identities;
- Political parties and membership.
In addition, I am currently a co-investigator on the following research projects:
"The determinants of radical left parties' electoral support in Western Europe"
"A Study of the Persistent Gender Gap in Politics in Spain (GENPOL)" (provisional website: http://www.ipp.csic.es/en/node/287667)
"Do traditional 'get out the vote' campaign methods work in Spain? A pilot experiment on non-partisan mobilisation of immigrant and native voters"
Recent Conferences
Barbera, P, R. Gomez, JA. Mayoral, JR. Montero, and P. Riera "The Electoral Consequences of Political Scandals in Spain". 22nd World Congress of Political Science, Madrid. 11 July 2012
Gomez, R. "Is the island moving, or is it us? The dynamics of vote-switching in six Western European countries". 11th Conference of the Dutch-Flemish Political Science Association. Amsterdam, Netherlands. 31 May - 1 June 2012.
Gomez, R."Dancing Apart, Together: How Individuals Move When We See Electoral Change". Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association. Dublin, Ireland. 16-20 June 2011.
Beaudonnet, L., and R. Gomez "Is the Grass Always Greener on the Other Side? Explaining citizens' trust in European institutions". Annual General Conference of the European Political Science Association. Dublin, Ireland. 16-20 June 2011.
Postgraduate qualifications
- MA in Social Sciences, CEACS - Juan March Institute
- MRes in Political Theory and Democratic Theory, Autonomous University of Madrid
- MRes in Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute
Research qualifications
- PhD in Social and Political Sciences, European University Institute
