Professor Geoffrey Pridham
Senior Research Fellow in Sociology, Politics and International Studies
Emeritus Professor
Research Associate at the Department of the Foreign Office, 1965-67; Research Associate at the Institute of Contemporary History, 1967-69. Lecturer at Bristol from 1969, Reader from 1982, Professor from 1993. Former Reviews Editor of West European Politics; Associate Editor of South European Society and Politics 1995-2003. Director of the Centre for Mediterranean Studies 1987-2002. University Research Fellowship 2000-2001. Leverhulme Research Grant 2002-2004. ESRC Research Fellowship 2004-2007.  Since 2007 I have been Emeritus Professor and Senior Research Fellow at Bristol University.

Publications:

  • Environmental policy in Greece: evolution, structures and process Environmental Politics Pridham Verney Konstadakopulos 1995
  • Environmental policies and problems of European legislation in southern Europe South European Society and Politics Pridham Geoffrey 1996
  • Environmental administration in six European states: Secular convergence or national distinctiveness? Public Administration Pridham Geoffrey Porter Martin Weale Albert Williams Andrea 1996
  • Towards sustainable tourism in the Mediterranean? Policy and practice in Italy, Spain and Greece Environmental Politics Pridham Geoffrey 1999
  • Complying with the European union's democratic conditionality: Transnational party linkages and regime change in Slovakia, 1993-1998 Europe - Asia Studies Pridham Pridham Geoffrey 1999
  • Complying with the European union's democratic conditionality: Transnational party linkages and regime change in Slovakia, 1993-1998 Europe - Asia Studies Pridham Pridham Geoffrey 1999
  • Confining conditions and breaking with the past: Historical legacies and political learning in transitions to democracy Democratization Pridham Geoffrey 2000
  • Uneasy democratizations - Pariah regimes, political conditionality and reborn transitions in Central and Eastern Europe Democratization Pridham 2001
  • Coalition behaviour in new democracies of Central and Eastern Europe: The case of Slovakia Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics Pridham Geoffrey 2002
  • The European union's democratic conditionality and domestic politics in Slovakia: The Mečiar and Dzurinda governments compared Europe - Asia Studies Pridham Geoffrey 2002
  • EU enlargement and consolidating democracy in post-communist states - Formality and reality Journal of Common Market Studies Pridham Geoffrey 2002
  • The Slovak parliamentary election of September 2002: Its systemic importance Government and Opposition Pridham Geoffrey 2003
  • Not so much a programme-more a way of life: European perspectives on the British SDP/liberal alliance Parliamentary Affairs Pridham Geoffrey 1983
  • Clinching the 'return to Europe': The referendums on EU accession in Estonia and Latvia West European Politics Mikkel Evald Pridham Geoffrey 2004
  • International actors and democracy promotion in Central and Eastern Europe: The integration model and its limits Democratization Dimitrova Antoaneta Pridham Geoffrey 2004
  • European union accession dynamics and democratization in central and Eastern Europe: Past and future perspectives Government and Opposition Pridham Geoffrey 2006
  • Assessing democratic consolidation in central and eastern Europe: The European dimension Acta Politica Pridham Geoffrey 2006
  • The effects of the European Union's democratic conditionality: The case of Romania during accession Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics Pridham Geoffrey 2007
  • Romania and EU membership in comparative perspective: A post-accession compliance problem? - The case of political conditionality Perspectives on European Politics and Society Pridham Geoffrey 2007
  • Legitimating European Union Accession?: Political elites and public opinion in Latvia, 2003-2004 Party Politics Pridham Geoffrey 2007
  • Political elites, domestic politics and democratic convergence with the European Union: The case of Romania during accession Journal of Communist Studies and Transition Politics Pridham Geoffrey 2007
  • Change and continuity in the European Union's political conditionality: Aims, approach, and priorities Democratization Pridham Geoffrey 2007
  • The EU's political conditionality and post-accession tendencies: Comparisons from Slovakia and Latvia Journal of Common Market Studies Pridham Geoffrey 2008
  • Status Quo Bias or institutionalisation for reversibility?: The EU's political conditionality, post-accession tendencies and democratic consolidation in Slovakia Europe - Asia Studies Pridham Geoffrey 2008
  • Securing the only game in town: The EU's political conditionality and democratic consolidation in post-Soviet Latvia Europe - Asia Studies Pridham Geoffrey 2009
  • Post-Soviet Latvia - A consolidated or defective democracy? The interaction between domestic and European trajectories Journal of Baltic Studies Pridham Geoffrey 2009
  • Ukraine, the European Union and the democracy question Romanian Journal of European Affairs Pridham Geoffrey 2011
  • Comparative perspectives on transnational party-building in new democracies: The case of central and eastern Europe Acta Politica Pridham Geoffrey 2014
  • European union enlargement to the Western Balkans: Political conditionality and problems of democratic consolidation The European Union Neighbourhood: Challenges and Opportunities Pridham Geoffrey 2013