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Pippa Norris

Pippa Norris (born 10 July 1953) is a British American political scientist specializing in comparative politics. She is the McGuire Lecturer in Comparative Politics at the Harvard Kennedy School at Harvard University, and she has served as the Australian Laureate Fellow and Professor of Government and International Relations at the University of Sydney, and Director of the Electoral Integrity Project.

Pippa Norris

(1953-07-10) 10 July 1953

London, England
  • British
  • American

Electoral Integrity Project

Ronald F. Inglehart

Political science

University of Edinburgh
Harvard University

Awards and recognition[edit]

Norris has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences for her achievements in the field of political science.[1]


Norris and Joni Lovenduski's book on Political Recruitment: Gender, Race and Class (Cambridge University Press, 1995) was awarded the 2018 George H. Hallett prize by APSA "for a book published at least ten years ago which has made a lasting contribution to the literature on representation and electoral systems".[2] She has also received the Doris Graber book award for A Virtuous Circle, honored as the best book in political communications.


She was honored by award of the Sir Isaiah Berlin Lifetime Achievement award by the Political Studies Association of the UK "for the significant contribution she has made as a major political thinker and in helping to shape academic research on democracy, electoral integrity, and populism–all issues that are relevant now more than ever."[3]


She has also received the Karl Deutsch Award for her contribution to interdisciplinary research from the International Political Science Association.[4]


In 2011 Norris and Ronald Inglehart were awarded the Johan Skytte Prize in Political Science for "contributing innovative ideas about the relevance and roots of political culture in a global context, transcending previous mainstream approaches of research".[5]


Norris was awarded the inaugural Kathleen Fitzpatrick Australian Laureate Fellowship in 2011.[6]

Pippa Norris. 1986. Politics and Sexual Equality. Lynne Reinner.

Pippa Norris. 1990. British By-elections. Blackwell.

Pippa Norris and . 1995. Gender, Race, and Class in the British Parliament. Cambridge University Press.

Joni Lovenduski

Pippa Norris. 1997. Electoral Change Since 1945. Sage.

Pippa Norris, , David Sanders, Margaret Scammell and Holli A. Semetko. 1999. On Message. Sage.

John Curtice

Pippa Norris. 2000 A Virtuous Circle? Political Communications in Post-Industrial Democracies. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 398.

Pippa Norris. 2001 Digital Divide? Civic Engagement, Information Poverty and the Internet Worldwide. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. Pp. 303.

Pippa Norris. 2002. Democratic Phoenix: Reinventing Political Activism. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Ronald Inglehart and Pippa Norris. 2003. Rising Tide: Gender Equality & Cultural Change around the World. Coauthored with Ronald Inglehart. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pippa Norris. 2004 Electoral Engineering: Voting Rules and Political Behavior. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. 2004. Sacred and Secular: Politics and Religion Worldwide. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pippa Norris. 2005. Radical Right: Voters and Parties in the Electoral Market. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pippa Norris. 2008. Driving Democracy: Do Power-Sharing Institutions Work? New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pippa Norris and . 2009. Cosmopolitan Communications: Cultural Diversity in a Globalized World. New York: Cambridge University Press

Ronald Inglehart

Pippa Norris. 2011. Democratic Deficit: Critical Citizens Revisited. New York: Cambridge University Press.

Pippa Norris. 2012. Making Democratic Governance Work: The Impact of Regimes on Prosperity, Welfare and Peace. New York: .

Cambridge University Press

Pippa Norris. 2014. Why Electoral Integrity Matters. New York: .

Cambridge University Press

Pippa Norris. 2015. Why Elections Fail. New York: .

Cambridge University Press

Pippa Norris. 2017. Strengthening Electoral Integrity New York: .

Cambridge University Press

Pippa Norris and Ronald Inglehart. 2019. Cultural Backlash.New York: .

Cambridge University Press

Pippa Norris. 2022. In Praise of Skepticism: Trust but Verify, Oxford:

Oxford University Press

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