RESEARCH & PUBLICATIONS
Books and Edited Volumes (2)
Cross, William, Richard Katz, and Scott Pruysers (eds.). 2018. The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Cross, William, Ofer Kenig, Scott Pruysers, and Gideon Rahat. 2016. The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections: A Comparative Perspective. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press.
Special Issues (1)
Pruysers, Scott, Julie Blais, and Phillip Chen. 2021. “Political Psychology: The Role of Personality in Politics.” Special Issue for Frontiers in Political Science.
Journal Articles (33)
McGregor, Michael, and Scott Pruysers. Forthcoming. “Post-Secondary Education and Canadian Political Behaviour: How are the Level and Field of Study related to Turnout and Partisanship?” American Review of Canadian Studies.
Stefaniak, Anna, Michael Wohl, Julie Blais, and Scott Pruysers. 2021. “The I in Us: Personality Influences the Expression of Collective Nostalgia.” Personality and Individual Differences. Online First.
Pruysers, Scott. 2021. “A Psychological Predisposition Towards Populism?” Contemporary Politics 27(1):105-124.
McGregor Michael, Cameron Anderson, Éric Bélanger, Sandra Breux, Jack Lucas, Scott Matthews, Anne Mévellec, Aaron Moore, Scott Pruysers, Laura Stephenson, and Erin Tolley. 2021. “The Canadian Municipal Election Study.” Frontiers in Political Science.
Blais, Julie, Phil Chen, and Scott Pruysers. 2021. “Who Compiles and who Defies? Compliance with Public Health Guidelines.” Frontiers in Political Science.
McGregor, Michael, Cameron Anderson, and Scott Pruysers. 2021. “Partisanship, Motivated Reasoning and the Notwithstanding Clause: The Case of Provincially Imposed Redistricting in the City of Toronto.” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 59(1): 94-117.
O’Neill, Brenda, Scott Pruysers, and David Stewart. 2021. “Glass Cliffs or Partisan Pressure? Examining Gender and Party Leader Tenures and Exits. Political Studies 69(2): 257-277.
Pruysers, Scott. 2020. “Personality and Attitudes Towards Refugees: Evidence from Canada.” Journal of Public Opinion, Elections & Parties. Online First.
Cross, William, Rob Currie-Wood, and Scott Pruysers. 2020. “Money talks: Decentralized personalism and the sources of campaign funding.” Political Geography 82: 102242.
Anderson, Cameron, Michael McGregor and Scott Pruysers. 2020. “Incumbency and Competitiveness in City Council Elections: How Accurate Are Voter Perceptions?” Canadian Journal of Political Science 53(4): 853-71.
Chen, Phillip, Scott Pruysers, and Julie Blais. 2020. “The Dark Side of Politics: Participation and the Dark Triad.” Political Studies. Online First.
McGregor, Michael, Scott Pruysers, Nicole Goodman, and Zack Spicer. 2020. “Survey Recruitment Messages and Reported Turnout – An Experimental Study.” Journal of Public Opinion, Elections, & Parties. Online First.
Pruysers, Scott, Anthony Sayers, and Lucas Czarnecki. 2020. “Party and Party System Nationalization in Canada, 1867-2015.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 53(1): 151-169.
Pruysers, Scott, Melanee Thomas, and Julie Blais. 2020. “Mediated Ambition? Gender, News, and the Desire to Seek Elected Office.” European Journal of Politics and Gender 3(1): 37-59.
Pruysers, Scott, Julie Blais and Phillip Chen. 2019. “Who Makes a Good Citizen? The Role of Personality.” Personality and Individual Differences 146: 99-104.
Cross, William and Scott Pruysers. 2019. “The Local Determinants of Representation: Constituency Associations, Candidate Nomination, and Gender.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 52(3): 557-574.
Blais, Julie, Scott Pruysers, and Phillip Chen. 2019. “Why do they Run? The Psychological Underpinnings of Political Ambition.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 52(4): 761-769.
Cross, William, and Scott Pruysers. 2019. “Sore Losers? The Costs of Intra-party Democracy." Party Politics 25(4): 483-494.
Pruysers, Scott and Julie Blais. 2019. “Narcissistic Women and Cash-strapped Men: Who can be Encouraged to Consider Running for Office?” Political Research Quarterly 72(1): 229-242.
Pruysers, Scott. 2018. “Party Integration at the Grassroots: The Canadian Case.” Territory, Politics, Governance 6(1):104-117.
Pruysers, Scott and David Stewart. 2018. “Federal-Provincial Variation in Leadership Selection: Processes and Participation.” Journal of Canadian Studies 52(3):742-764.
Pruysers, Scott and Julie Blais. 2018. “A Little Encouragement Goes a (not so) Long Way: An Experiment to Increase Political Ambition Among Young Women.” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 39(3):384-395.
Blais, Julie and Scott Pruysers. 2017. “The Power of the Dark Side: Personality, the Dark Triad, and Political Ambition.” Personality and Individual Differences 113:167-172.
Pruysers, Scott and Julie Blais. 2017. “Why Won’t Lola Run? An Experiment Examining Stereotype Threat and Political Ambition.” Politics & Gender 13(2): 232-252.
Pruysers, Scott and William Cross. 2016. “Negative Personalization: Party Leaders and Party Strategy.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 49(3): 539-558.
Pruysers, Scott and William Cross. 2016. “Candidate Selection in Canada: Local Autonomy, Centralization, and Competing Democratic Norms.” American Behavioral Scientist 60(7): 781-798.
Pruysers, Scott. 2016. “Vertical Party Integration: Informal and Human Linkages Between Elections in a Canadian Province.” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 54(3): 312-330.
Kenig, Ofer, William Cross, Scott Pruysers, and Gideon Rahat. 2015. “Party Primaries: Towards a Definition and Typology.” Representation 51(2): 147-160.
Pruysers, Scott. 2015. “Two Political Worlds? Multi-level Campaign Integration in Canadian Constituencies.” Regional and Federal Studies 25(2): 165-182.
Pruysers, Scott. 2014. “Reconsidering Vertical Integration: An Examination of National Political Parties and their Counterparts in Ontario.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 47(2): 237-258.
Pruysers, Scott. 2014. “Canadian Party Politics in the 2000s: A Re-examination of the Regionalization Thesis.” Canadian Political Science Review 8(1): 27-42.
Pruysers, Scott and Julie Blais. 2014. “Anything Women Can Do Men Can Do Better: An Experiment Examining the Effects of Stereotype Threat on Political Knowledge and Efficacy.” The Social Science Journal 51(3): 341-349.
Pruysers, Scott. 2011. “Ministerial Responsibility: Myths and Realities in the Canadian Experience.” The Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 4(3): 341-360.
Book Chapters (9)
Pruysers, Scott. Forthcoming. “Gender Affinity Voting and the 2017 Municipal Elections in Québec City and Montréal.” In Éric Bélanger, Cameron Anderson, and Michael McGregor (eds.), A Tale of Two Cities: Voting Behaviour in Local Elections in Montreal and Quebec City. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
McGregor, Michael and Scott Pruysers. 2021. “Stability and Instability in Mayoral Elections: Toronto 2018.” In Michael McGregor and Jack Lucas (eds.), Big City Elections in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Goodman, Nicole, and Scott Pruysers. 2019. “Political Parties and Online Voting in Canada.” In Jordi Baratt and Miguel Moneo (eds), The Digitalization of Political Parties and the Use of Electronic Voting (263-294). Thomson Reuters.
Pruysers, Scott and Anthony Sayers. 2018. “Party Primaries in Canada.” In Rob Boatright (ed.), The Handbook of Primary Elections (384-399). New York: Routledge.
Kenig, Ofer, and Scott Pruysers. 2018. “The Challenges of Inclusive Intra-Party Selection Methods.” In Xavier Coller and Guillermo Cordero (eds.), Democratizing Candidate Selection: New Methods, Old Receipts? (18-34). Palgrave.
Pruysers, Scott and William Cross. 2018. “Personalism and Election Campaigning: National and Local Dynamics.” In William Cross, Richard Katz, and Scott Pruysers (eds.) The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties (1-23). Rowman and Littlefield.
Pruysers, Scott, William Cross, and Richard Katz. 2018. “Personalism, Personalization, and Party Politics.” In William Cross, Richard Katz, and Scott Pruysers (eds.) The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties (62-87). Rowman and Littlefield.
Pruysers, Scott, William Cross, Anika Gauja, and Gideon Rahat. 2017. “Candidate Selection Rules and Democratic Outcomes: The Impact of Parties on Women’s Representation.” In Susan E. Scarrow, Paul D. Webb, and Thomas Poguntke (eds.), Organizing Political Parties: Representation, Participation, and Power (208-233). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gruber, Oliver, William Cross, Scott Pruysers, and Tim Bale. 2015. “The end of the Affair: A Comparative Study of How Party Leadership Terms End.” In William Cross and Jean Benoit Pilet (eds.), The Politics of Party Leadership: A Cross-national Perspective (128-148). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Cross, William, Richard Katz, and Scott Pruysers (eds.). 2018. The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties. Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield.
Cross, William, Ofer Kenig, Scott Pruysers, and Gideon Rahat. 2016. The Promise and Challenge of Party Primary Elections: A Comparative Perspective. Montreal: McGill-Queens University Press.
Special Issues (1)
Pruysers, Scott, Julie Blais, and Phillip Chen. 2021. “Political Psychology: The Role of Personality in Politics.” Special Issue for Frontiers in Political Science.
Journal Articles (33)
McGregor, Michael, and Scott Pruysers. Forthcoming. “Post-Secondary Education and Canadian Political Behaviour: How are the Level and Field of Study related to Turnout and Partisanship?” American Review of Canadian Studies.
Stefaniak, Anna, Michael Wohl, Julie Blais, and Scott Pruysers. 2021. “The I in Us: Personality Influences the Expression of Collective Nostalgia.” Personality and Individual Differences. Online First.
Pruysers, Scott. 2021. “A Psychological Predisposition Towards Populism?” Contemporary Politics 27(1):105-124.
McGregor Michael, Cameron Anderson, Éric Bélanger, Sandra Breux, Jack Lucas, Scott Matthews, Anne Mévellec, Aaron Moore, Scott Pruysers, Laura Stephenson, and Erin Tolley. 2021. “The Canadian Municipal Election Study.” Frontiers in Political Science.
Blais, Julie, Phil Chen, and Scott Pruysers. 2021. “Who Compiles and who Defies? Compliance with Public Health Guidelines.” Frontiers in Political Science.
McGregor, Michael, Cameron Anderson, and Scott Pruysers. 2021. “Partisanship, Motivated Reasoning and the Notwithstanding Clause: The Case of Provincially Imposed Redistricting in the City of Toronto.” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 59(1): 94-117.
O’Neill, Brenda, Scott Pruysers, and David Stewart. 2021. “Glass Cliffs or Partisan Pressure? Examining Gender and Party Leader Tenures and Exits. Political Studies 69(2): 257-277.
Pruysers, Scott. 2020. “Personality and Attitudes Towards Refugees: Evidence from Canada.” Journal of Public Opinion, Elections & Parties. Online First.
Cross, William, Rob Currie-Wood, and Scott Pruysers. 2020. “Money talks: Decentralized personalism and the sources of campaign funding.” Political Geography 82: 102242.
Anderson, Cameron, Michael McGregor and Scott Pruysers. 2020. “Incumbency and Competitiveness in City Council Elections: How Accurate Are Voter Perceptions?” Canadian Journal of Political Science 53(4): 853-71.
Chen, Phillip, Scott Pruysers, and Julie Blais. 2020. “The Dark Side of Politics: Participation and the Dark Triad.” Political Studies. Online First.
McGregor, Michael, Scott Pruysers, Nicole Goodman, and Zack Spicer. 2020. “Survey Recruitment Messages and Reported Turnout – An Experimental Study.” Journal of Public Opinion, Elections, & Parties. Online First.
Pruysers, Scott, Anthony Sayers, and Lucas Czarnecki. 2020. “Party and Party System Nationalization in Canada, 1867-2015.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 53(1): 151-169.
Pruysers, Scott, Melanee Thomas, and Julie Blais. 2020. “Mediated Ambition? Gender, News, and the Desire to Seek Elected Office.” European Journal of Politics and Gender 3(1): 37-59.
Pruysers, Scott, Julie Blais and Phillip Chen. 2019. “Who Makes a Good Citizen? The Role of Personality.” Personality and Individual Differences 146: 99-104.
Cross, William and Scott Pruysers. 2019. “The Local Determinants of Representation: Constituency Associations, Candidate Nomination, and Gender.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 52(3): 557-574.
Blais, Julie, Scott Pruysers, and Phillip Chen. 2019. “Why do they Run? The Psychological Underpinnings of Political Ambition.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 52(4): 761-769.
Cross, William, and Scott Pruysers. 2019. “Sore Losers? The Costs of Intra-party Democracy." Party Politics 25(4): 483-494.
Pruysers, Scott and Julie Blais. 2019. “Narcissistic Women and Cash-strapped Men: Who can be Encouraged to Consider Running for Office?” Political Research Quarterly 72(1): 229-242.
Pruysers, Scott. 2018. “Party Integration at the Grassroots: The Canadian Case.” Territory, Politics, Governance 6(1):104-117.
Pruysers, Scott and David Stewart. 2018. “Federal-Provincial Variation in Leadership Selection: Processes and Participation.” Journal of Canadian Studies 52(3):742-764.
Pruysers, Scott and Julie Blais. 2018. “A Little Encouragement Goes a (not so) Long Way: An Experiment to Increase Political Ambition Among Young Women.” Journal of Women, Politics & Policy 39(3):384-395.
Blais, Julie and Scott Pruysers. 2017. “The Power of the Dark Side: Personality, the Dark Triad, and Political Ambition.” Personality and Individual Differences 113:167-172.
Pruysers, Scott and Julie Blais. 2017. “Why Won’t Lola Run? An Experiment Examining Stereotype Threat and Political Ambition.” Politics & Gender 13(2): 232-252.
Pruysers, Scott and William Cross. 2016. “Negative Personalization: Party Leaders and Party Strategy.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 49(3): 539-558.
Pruysers, Scott and William Cross. 2016. “Candidate Selection in Canada: Local Autonomy, Centralization, and Competing Democratic Norms.” American Behavioral Scientist 60(7): 781-798.
Pruysers, Scott. 2016. “Vertical Party Integration: Informal and Human Linkages Between Elections in a Canadian Province.” Commonwealth & Comparative Politics 54(3): 312-330.
Kenig, Ofer, William Cross, Scott Pruysers, and Gideon Rahat. 2015. “Party Primaries: Towards a Definition and Typology.” Representation 51(2): 147-160.
Pruysers, Scott. 2015. “Two Political Worlds? Multi-level Campaign Integration in Canadian Constituencies.” Regional and Federal Studies 25(2): 165-182.
Pruysers, Scott. 2014. “Reconsidering Vertical Integration: An Examination of National Political Parties and their Counterparts in Ontario.” Canadian Journal of Political Science 47(2): 237-258.
Pruysers, Scott. 2014. “Canadian Party Politics in the 2000s: A Re-examination of the Regionalization Thesis.” Canadian Political Science Review 8(1): 27-42.
Pruysers, Scott and Julie Blais. 2014. “Anything Women Can Do Men Can Do Better: An Experiment Examining the Effects of Stereotype Threat on Political Knowledge and Efficacy.” The Social Science Journal 51(3): 341-349.
Pruysers, Scott. 2011. “Ministerial Responsibility: Myths and Realities in the Canadian Experience.” The Journal of Parliamentary and Political Law 4(3): 341-360.
Book Chapters (9)
Pruysers, Scott. Forthcoming. “Gender Affinity Voting and the 2017 Municipal Elections in Québec City and Montréal.” In Éric Bélanger, Cameron Anderson, and Michael McGregor (eds.), A Tale of Two Cities: Voting Behaviour in Local Elections in Montreal and Quebec City. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
McGregor, Michael and Scott Pruysers. 2021. “Stability and Instability in Mayoral Elections: Toronto 2018.” In Michael McGregor and Jack Lucas (eds.), Big City Elections in Canada. Toronto: University of Toronto Press.
Goodman, Nicole, and Scott Pruysers. 2019. “Political Parties and Online Voting in Canada.” In Jordi Baratt and Miguel Moneo (eds), The Digitalization of Political Parties and the Use of Electronic Voting (263-294). Thomson Reuters.
Pruysers, Scott and Anthony Sayers. 2018. “Party Primaries in Canada.” In Rob Boatright (ed.), The Handbook of Primary Elections (384-399). New York: Routledge.
Kenig, Ofer, and Scott Pruysers. 2018. “The Challenges of Inclusive Intra-Party Selection Methods.” In Xavier Coller and Guillermo Cordero (eds.), Democratizing Candidate Selection: New Methods, Old Receipts? (18-34). Palgrave.
Pruysers, Scott and William Cross. 2018. “Personalism and Election Campaigning: National and Local Dynamics.” In William Cross, Richard Katz, and Scott Pruysers (eds.) The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties (1-23). Rowman and Littlefield.
Pruysers, Scott, William Cross, and Richard Katz. 2018. “Personalism, Personalization, and Party Politics.” In William Cross, Richard Katz, and Scott Pruysers (eds.) The Personalization of Democratic Politics and the Challenge for Political Parties (62-87). Rowman and Littlefield.
Pruysers, Scott, William Cross, Anika Gauja, and Gideon Rahat. 2017. “Candidate Selection Rules and Democratic Outcomes: The Impact of Parties on Women’s Representation.” In Susan E. Scarrow, Paul D. Webb, and Thomas Poguntke (eds.), Organizing Political Parties: Representation, Participation, and Power (208-233). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
Gruber, Oliver, William Cross, Scott Pruysers, and Tim Bale. 2015. “The end of the Affair: A Comparative Study of How Party Leadership Terms End.” In William Cross and Jean Benoit Pilet (eds.), The Politics of Party Leadership: A Cross-national Perspective (128-148). Oxford: Oxford University Press.