Education: BA, University of York; PhD, University of Kent

Career: Stephen Padgett is Professor of Government at the University of Strathclyde. He came to Strathclyde in 2000 from the University of Liverpool, having previously been at the Universities of Essex and Loughborough. His main interests include political parties and party systems, democratization in post-communist society, and European Union policy. He was Chair of the Association for the Study of German Politics from 1993–96 and remains a member of the Executive Committee. Stephen Padgett was a founding co-editor of the journal German Politics (see url below) and is currently its Managing Editor. He has co-edited three successive editions of Developments in German Politics.

Publications include: Social Democracy in Postwar Europe (co-author) 1991, Parties and Party Systems in the New Germany (editor) 1993, Adenauer to Kohl: The Development of the German Chancellorship 1994, Bundestagswahl 98: End of an Era? 2000, Organizing Democracy in Eastern Germany: Interest Groups in Post-Communist Society 2000, Continuity and Change in German Politics: Beyond the Politics of Centrality? (co-editor) 2002, Developments in German Politics (co-editor) 2003, The Politics of Economic Reform in Germany: Global, Rhineland or Hybrid Capitalism? (co-editor) 2006, Policy Transfer in European Union Governance: Regulating the Utilities (co-author) 2007; numerous articles in professional journals

Contact details: Address: Department of Government, University of Strathclyde, McCance Building, 16 Richmond Street, Glasgow, G1 1XQ, Scotland; Tel: +44 (0)141 548-2917 (ext. 2917); Fax: +44 (0)141 552-5677; Email: stephen.padgett@strath.ac.uk ; Website: http://www.strath.ac.uk/government/ ; Website: http://www.tandf.co.uk/journals/titles/09644008.asp/ .