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Professor Jonathan  White

Professor Jonathan White

Deputy Head of the European Institute and Professor in Politics

European Institute

Telephone
+44 (0)20 7107 5403
Room No
CBG.7.09
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Languages
English, French, German, Italian
Key Expertise
Democracy, Crisis, Technocracy, Populism

About me

Jonathan White is Professor of Politics and Deputy Head of the European Institute, where he researches and teaches on democracy, political thought and political theory. He joined ÐÓ°ÉÂÛ̳ as Lecturer in September 2008, after completing his PhD at the European University Institute in Florence.  He has held visiting positions at Harvard, Stanford, the Wissenschaftskolleg zu Berlin, Humboldt University, Hertie School, Sciences Po in Paris and the Australian National University. Before his PhD he was a research fellow at the Czech Institute of International Relations in Prague, and a lecturer at universities in the Czech Republic and Albania. Books include In the Long Run: the Future as a Political Idea (Profile, 2024), Politics of Last Resort: Governing by Emergency in the European Union (Oxford University Press, 2019), The Meaning of Partisanship (with Lea Ypi, Oxford University Press, 2016) and Political Allegiance after European Integration (Palgrave Macmillan, 2011). He was the recipient of the 2017 British Academy Brian Barry Prize for excellence in political science, and has received best-article prizes from the European Journal of International Relations (2023) and Political Studies (2015).  He has also written for The Guardian, New Statesman and Boston Review.   

Teaching

Democracy, Ideology and the European State () 

The Future: Political Responses to a Challenge () 

Research Interests

Jonathan White's research interests lie in the fields of political sociology and political theory, with a focus on European democracy. Areas of interest include political engagement, partisanship, ideology, ideas of the future, the politics of emergency, and the relation between social and political ties. His work draws on democratic theory, social theory, and qualitative research methods.

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Expertise Details

Democracy; Emergency Politics; Technocracy; Populism; Politics of Left and Right; Political Theory

Selected publications

Books

White, Jonathan (Feb. 2024), In the Long Run: the Future as a Political Idea (London: Profile Books).

White, Jonathan (2019) .  Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. ISBN: 9780198791720

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2016)  Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9780199684175

White, Jonathan (2011)  Studies in European Union Politics. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. ISBN 9780230279780

 

Articles

White, Jonathan (forthcoming), , Perspectives on Politics.

White, Jonathan (2024), , Journal of Politics 86 (3), pp.1031-44.

White, Jonathan (2024), , European Journal of Social Theory 27 (2), pp.260-278. 

White, Jonathan (2023), ‘’ (2023), Journal of Common Market Studies 61 (3), pp.781-96 

White, Jonathan (2022), ‘’, Journal of Political Philosophy 30 (4), pp.487-511.

White, Jonathan (2022), , European Journal of International Relations 28 (1), pp.187-208.

Heupel, Monika, Mathias Koenig-Archibugi, Christian Kreuder-Sonnen, Markus Patberg, Astrid Séville, Jens Steffek and Jonathan White (2021), , International Studies Review.

White, Jonathan (2021), , with Christian Kreuder-Sonnen, Journal of European Public Policy.

White, Jonathan (2021), , Representation 57 (3), pp.329-345.

White, Jonathan (2020), , Journal of European Public Policy 27 (9), pp.1287-1306.

Bellamy, Richard and Bonotti, Matteo and Castiglione, Dario and Lacey, Joseph and Näsström, Sofia and Owen, David and White, Jonathan (2018)  Contemporary Political Theory. ISSN 1470-8914

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2018)  Perspectives on Politics, 16 (1). p. 182. ISSN 1537-5927

Bonotti, Matteo and White, Jonathan and Leman Ypi, Lea and Calder, Gideon and Donovan, Mark and Roberts, Peri and Vincent, Andrew and Williams, Howard (2018)  Political Studies Review, 16 (4). pp. 289-305. ISSN 1478-9299

White, Jonathan (2018)  British Journal of Political Science, 48 (3). pp. 593-609. ISSN 0007-1234

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2018)  Political Theory. ISSN 0090-5917

White, Jonathan (2017)  European Law Journal, 23 (5). pp. 406-416. ISSN 1351-5993

White, Jonathan (2017)  British Journal of Political Science, 47 (4). pp. 851-868. ISSN 0007-1234

White, Jonathan (2017)  Constellations. ISSN 1351-0487 (In Press)

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2017)  Political Theory, 45 (4). pp. 439-465. ISSN 0090-5917

White, Jonathan (2017)  German Life and Letters, 70 (3). pp. 383-393. ISSN 0016-8777

White, Jonathan (2017)  Sociological Review. ISSN 0038-0261

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2016)  Renewal: a Journal of Social Democracy, 24 (2). pp. 27-35. ISSN 0968-252X

White, Jonathan (2015)  Boston Review.

White, Jonathan (2015)  Political Studies, 63 (2). pp. 300-318. ISSN 0032-3217

White, Jonathan (2015)  Modern Law Review, 78 (4). pp. 585-610. ISSN 0026-7961

White, Jonathan (2015)  Global Policy, 6. pp. 106-114. ISSN 1758-5880

White, Jonathan (2014)  Critical Review of International Social and Political Philosophy, 17 (3). pp. 377-400. ISSN 1369-8230

White, Jonathan (2013)  Journal of Political Ideologies, 18 (2). pp. 150-170. ISSN 1356-9317

White, Jonathan (2013)  British Journal of Sociology, 64 (2). pp. 216-247. ISSN 0007-1315

White, Jonathan (2012)  European Journal of Social Theory, 15 (2). pp. 197-219. ISSN 1368-4310

White, Jonathan (2011)  Journal of Political Ideologies, 16 (2). pp. 123-144. ISSN 1356-9317

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2011)  American Political Science Review, 105 (2). pp. 381-396. ISSN 1537-5943

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2010)  Political Studies, 58 (4). pp. 809-828. ISSN 0032-3217

White, Jonathan (2010)  Journal of Common Market Studies, 48 (4). pp. 1015-1038. ISSN 1468-5965

White, Jonathan (2010)  Citizenship Studies, 14 (4). pp. 411-427. ISSN 1362-1025

White, Jonathan (2010)  Comparative European Politics, 8 (1). pp. 55-73. ISSN 1472-4790

White, Jonathan (2010)  Political Studies, 58 (1). pp. 104-122. ISSN 0032-3217

White, Jonathan (2010)  Comparative Sociology, 9 (5). pp. 611-630. ISSN 1569-1322

White, Jonathan (2009)  Journal of Politics, 71 (1). pp. 96-112. ISSN 0022-3816

White, Jonathan (2009)  British Journal of Political Science, 39 (4). pp. 699-709. ISSN 0007-1234

White, Jonathan (2003)  Perspectives: The Review of International Affairs, 20. pp. 40-57. ISSN 1210-762X

White, Jonathan (2003)  Journal of European Integration History, 9 (1). pp. 111-131. ISSN 0947-9511

 

Edited Volume

Carlo Invernizzi Accetti and Jonathan White (eds.) (2021), Ideologies and the European Union (London: Routledge).

Innerarity, Daniel and White, Jonathan and Astier, Cristina and Errasti, Ander (2018) A New Narrative for a New Europe.  Rowman & Littlefield, Lanham MD.

 

Book Chapters

White, Jonathan and Lea Ypi (2025), , in Richard Bellamy and Jeff King (eds.) Cambridge Handbook of Constitutional Theory (Cambridge: CUP).

White, Jonathan (2024), ‘What makes climate change a populist issue?’, in Michael Bernhard, Amie Kreppel and Carlos de la Torre (eds.) Still the Age of Populism? Re-examining theories and concepts (London: Routledge).

White, Jonathan (2022), , in Thomas Biebricher, Peter Nedergaard and Werner Bonefeld (eds.) Oxford Handbook of Ordoliberalism (Oxford: OUP), pp.291-305.

White, Jonathan (2022),  , in Jonathan Leader Maynard and Mark Haas (eds.) Routledge Handbook of Ideology and International Relations (London: Routledge), pp.421-33.

White, Jonathan (2021), , in Gerard Delanty (ed.), Pandemic, Politics, and Society: Critical Perspectives on the Covid-19 Crisis (De Gruyter: Berlin), pp.75-92.

White, Jonathan (2020), , in Thinking in a Pandemic: the Crisis of Science and Policy in the Age of COVID-19 (ed.) Boston Review (London: Verso).

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2020) . In: Welp, Y. and Whitehead, L., (eds.) The Politics of Recall Elections. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK. 

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2020) . In: Battini, Michele and Urbinati, Nadia, (eds.) The Future of Democracy. Feltrinelli editore, Milan, Italy.

White, Jonathan (2018)  In: Hien, Josef and Joerges, Christian, (eds.) Ordoliberalism, Law and the Rule of Economics. Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK. ISBN 9781509919048

White, Jonathan and Ypi, Lea (2016)  In: The meaning of partisanship. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK, pp. 8-37. ISBN 9780199684175

White, Jonathan (2016)  In: Gosseries, Axel and González-Ricoy, Iñigo, (eds.) Institutions for Future Generations. Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

White, Jonathan (2016)  In: Zimmermann, Hubert and Dür, Andreas, (eds.) Key Controversies in European Integration. The European Union Series (2). Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK.

White, Jonathan (2014)  In: Hobolt, Sara and Olaf Cramme, (eds.) Democratic Politics in a European Union under Stress.  Oxford University Press, Oxford, UK.

White, Jonathan (2012)  In: Kauppi, Niilo (ed.) A Political Sociology of Transnational Europe.  ECPR Press, Colchester, UK.

White, Jonathan (2012)  In: Zimmermann, Hubert and Dür, Andreas, (eds.) Key Controversies in European Integration. The European Union Series. Palgrave Macmillan, Basingstoke, UK, pp. 103-111. ISBN 9781137006158