BJPIR announces the John Peterson Prize for Best Article in 2019

The BJPIR is delighted to announce the winner of its Best Article Prize for 2019. The BJPIR are also pleased to announce that the annual prize will now be named the John Peterson Prize in memory of their late Editor-in-Chief.

The winner of the 2019 John Peterson Prize for Best Article is:

All in this together? Austerity and the gender-age gap in the 2015 and 2017 British general elections by Anna Sanders (University of Manchester) and Rosalind Shorrocks (University of Manchester).

The three other shortlisted articles were:

Brexit, CANZUK, and the legacy of empire'

Written by Duncan Bell (University of Cambridge)  and Srdjan Vucetic (University of Ottawa

Kings, jesters, or kingmakers? European populist parties as a microcosm for celebrity politics

Written by Matteo Giglioli (University of Bologna) and Gianfranco Baldini (University of Bologna)

Oh Jeremy Corbyn! Why did Labour Party membership soar after the 2015 general election?

Written by Paul Whiteley (University of Essex), Monica Poletti (Queen Mary University), Paul Webb (University of Sussex) and Tim Bale (Queen Mary University)

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