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March 2010, ISSN 0955-6281, Vol. 21 No. 1 Governance Review heralds Constitutional Change for Association the regulatory framework have altered substantially. As a result, during 2009, the Executive Committee agreed to establish a small Working Group on Governance, Chaired by Professor Terrell Carver. The Working Group was Vicky Randall being admitted to AcSS December 2009 tasked with investigating further the implications of the legal changes for the continued work of the Association including any requirement to amend its Constitution. The Working Group sought Fit for Purpose legal advice to inform its deliberations Paul Carmichael, and to advise on whether there were Honorary Secretary any changes that the Association was Paul Carmichael, compelled to introduce to continue to Over the past ten years, the Association Honorary Secretary comply with the law. In addition, advice has grown considerably, measured not was sought on areas where, for reasons least in a rise in membership to over Following the Charities Act, 2006, the of good practice in the sector and general 1,800 members, a near ten-fold rise in law governing the work of charities in tidying up of any areas of uncertainty, the annual turnover to nearly £900,000, the UK has changed. Some aspects of (continued on page 10) and the development of successful new high-profile events and activities such as the annual Awards Ceremony. The burden of work on the National Conference 2010 - Celebrating Office in Newcastle has grown, as has the burden on the Trustees, especially Association’s 60th Anniversary the Officers of the Association. The This year’s Political Studies Association lectures and a range of social activities. Political Studies Association is no longer Annual Conference, running from 30th As ever, politics publishers will be there a small organisation run by volunteers March-1st April in Edinburgh, will be the in force at the Conference Publishers’ aided by a part-time secretary – its staff biggest ever. Marking the Association’s Exhibition. The main part of the base has needed to expand to reflect its 60th Anniversary there will be around conference, with those 280 panels, increased activities. 280 panel sessions, a number of set-piece (continued on back cover page) (continued on page 10) Department Profile | 2 Association News | 10 Anarchist Studies in 2009 | 15 A Time to Confer | 19 Edinburgh PIR - a Profile | 2 The Pink Tide | 10 British Idealism Specialist Group | 15 Interdisciplinary and International New Centre for the Study of British Governance Review | 10 Contemporary Aristotelian Conference | 19 Idealism at Hull | 3 Fit for Purpose | 10 Studies | 16 Challenges for Global Health AcSS President’s Lunch | 11 The Caribbean – EU EPA: Governance | 19 Department News | 4 Gordon Smith 1927-2009 | 11 A Model Agreement? | 16 News from King’s College | 4 Jon Tonge Appointed Principal In Full View | 20 Latest from the University of Investigator | 12 Links to other Associations | 18 New Open University Course: Oxford | 5 Liverpool’s Finest in Print | 12 Political Scientists from Egypt | 18 ‘Living Political Ideas’ | 20 News at the Institute for the Positive Response to Youth Southern Political Science Rhetoric and Politics Society of the Study of the Americas | 5 Citizenship Commission | 12 Association | 18 UK | 21 Latest from the University of Workshop on political trust | 13 Summer School on Cultural Workshop on political trust | 22 Birmingham | 5 SPSA Conference 2010 Atlanta | 13 Dimensions of Politics | 18 Special Issue of the Journal of 90th Anniversary Celebrations at Meeting of European Confederation Japanese PSA a Success | 24 Political Marketing | 23 Aberystwyth’ | 7 of Political Science Association | 14 Temporalities, Public Latest from Nottingham’s Centre Administration and Public Policy | 18 Political Studies Association Annual for British Politics | 8 Specialist Group News | 15 International Conference 2010 | 24 2 Department Profile Profiling Edinburgh PIR Edinburgh’s John Peterson meets with Commission President José Manuel Barroso Overview a central, strategic position in both peterson_john.) MERCURY brings Edinburgh Politics and International national and international networks of together scholars from the University of Relations (PIR) is a busy, buzzy place. scholars working on the EU. The unique Köln, Cambridge University, the Institute During the last RAE period, post- environment of Scotland’s capital city of International Affairs (Rome), Sciences graduate and staff numbers both tripled. allows us to engage extensively with the Po (Paris), SIPRI (Stockholm), Charles Research funding increased 8-fold. By Scottish policy community. University (Prague), the University many measures, Edinburgh PIR had the of Pretoria, and Fudan University most improved RAE performance of any (Shanghai). Politics and IR subject area in the UK. Charlie Jeffery and Ailsa The University itself placed in the top 20 Henderson are leading an ESF European in the 2009 University World Rankings. Collaborative Research Fund grant on ‘Citizenship after the Nation-State Research at Edinburgh (CANS)’. The project team includes Our core research themes are territorial collaborators in Austria, France, politics, the European Union, and Germany, Spain and the UK. It will international relations. Our Institutes produce a 14-region multi-national study (Europa Institute, Institute of of public attitudes towards “regional Governance, Just World Institute) and citizenship” to determine whether Research Groups offer homes to all regions may be now considered primary staff and postgraduates. Much of our sites of citizenship. Nominees for Edinburgh student union teaching work focuses on challenges posed by awards at Edinburgh PIR new institutional settings: devolution, Policy Change European integration, multilateral Major Grants Edinburgh PIR is also home to a cooperation, and the new international Edinburgh PIR has been successful £970,000 EU Excellence Grant security threats. Edinburgh also has a in securing a number of major grants ‘Expanding the Knowledge Base of strong political theory strand, analyzing (see http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/). Mark European Labour Migration Policies issues of justice, rights and legitimacy. Aspinwall and John Peterson lead the (KNOWMIG)’ led by Christina Boswell. Edinburgh’s Europa Institute (www. £2 million project ‘Multilateralism This project explores the impact of policy law.ed.ac.uk/europa) is the longest- and the EU in the Contemporary change on East-West migration, focusing established centre of advanced study Global Order (MERCURY)’, which on migration from Poland and Romania on European integration in the UK. It examines the EU’s contribution to to Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. It brings together world-class scholars “effective multilateralism”. (John’s also examines how knowledge feeds into with specialties in EU politics, policy MERCURY-linked lecture on ‘Obama European policy-making. and law. Co-led by PIR’s own Chad and Multilateralism’ is available at Elizabeth Bomberg and Nicola Damro, the Europa Institute occupies http://www.pol.ed.ac.uk/staff_profiles/ McEwen have recently been awarded Department Profile 3 £90,000 from the UK Energy Research of one of the world’s most powerful Council to study ‘Grassroots Action international administrations. The and the Politics of Energy Governance President of the Commission, José New Centre for in Scotland’. One of its key aims is to Manuel Barroso, commended the integrate political science perspectives project, saying that the results would the Study of (such as multi-level governance) into help the administration become “more energy research - a field still dominated efficient and effective and better able to British Idealism by natural science approaches. serve European citizens”. The research team will be briefing top officials at Hull Recent works on their findings in March and hold We are committed to publishing the knowledge exchange sessions open to The Department of Politics and results of our work in top-quality outlets. all Commission officials later in the International Studies at the University Recent examples include: spring. of Hull has opened a new Centre for ❖ Iain Hardie and David Howarth’s “Die ❖ Pontus Odmalm’s ESRC-funded ‘Old the Study of British Idealism (CSBI). Krise but not La Crise? The Financial Politics, New Issues and Institutional The launch event, hosted by the Centre Crisis and the Transformation of Constraints’ project involves extensive Directors Colin Tyler and James German and French Banking Systems”, exchanges with parliamentarians in the Connelly, was a conference at Tickton Journal of Common Market Studies, UK, Sweden and the Netherlands to Grange Hotel, outside Hull, held 15th 2009, 47, 5: 1017-39 gauge what determines party positions - 17th December 2009. This very ❖ Cécile Fabre’s Justice in a Changing on immigration and EU membership. successful event, which was funded World (Polity Press, 2007) jointly by the Association’s British ❖ Dominic Johnson’s Failing to Win Idealism Specialist Group and the (Harvard University Press, 2006), with Department of Politics and International Dominic Tierney, which won the ISA Studies at the University of Hull, brought best book award. together scholars from the UK, USA, Canada, Europe, Australia and elsewhere. Knowledge Exchange Professor David Weinstein, whose latest As part of our work, we have a special book was a key focus of the conference, interest in communication and will be a Visiting Scholar at the
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