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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)

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

£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 CSBI for knowledge exchange with end users. Francis Fukuyama at an Edinburgh Politics IR event much of 2010, during which time he For example: in 2006 will give several lectures and seminars, ❖ Andrew Neal and Tim Hayward have including a Royal Institute for Philosophy created the ‘University of Edinburgh Community lecture and a seminar for Hull’s Institute Military Forum’ within the Just We work hard, but also have a good of Applied Ethics. For more details on the World Institute. Harnessing expertise time. One of our top priorities at conference see report page 15-16) from across the university, it fosters Edinburgh Politics and IR is to nurture dialogue and understanding between a strong sense of intellectual and social Promoting Scholarly Research soldiers and academics. The Forum community. We are determined to make The CSBI runs an MA in Civilisation, was launched in December 2008 at our students feel as if they are part of Terrorism and Dissent, as well as the JWI event, “Soldier Meets Citizen”, it. We organise student trips, receptions supervising doctoral research on the a public debate between General Sir to mark special events, and support history and contemporary relevance of Mike Jackson, former head of the our student-led Politics Society (www. British idealism. The CSBI promotes British army, and an academic panel eupolsoc.org.uk) and IR (http://www. scholarly research on British idealism on the moral and ethical challenges of ir-society.co.uk/IR_Society/Welcome%21. by providing a source of expertise and, modern war. Its next event, drawing html), which themselves organise a through its website, resources, as well on the expertise of Claire Duncanson, diverse range of activities. as producing publications and running is a workshop on the changing gender We also host a range of public conferences. In 2012 the CSBI will host dynamics of the army in altered seminars and events (most notably our a conference jointly with the UK Kant operational environments. weekly Transatlantic Seminar Series) with Society. ❖ John Peterson and Andrew Thompson, leading political and academic figures, The CSBI was created by Colin along with Hussein Kassim (University recently including Francis Fukuyama, Tyler and James Connelly to capitalise of East Anglia) have made knowledge and Anders Fogh Rasmussen, NATO on the growing interest in many exchange a priority of their project Secretary-General and former Prime countries in British idealism as both an ‘The European Commission of the Minister of Denmark (all our big events intellectual movement and an influence 21st Century: Views from the Inside’, are now available as podcasts or web on public policy. Tyler and Connelly have with over £250,000 in ESRC funding. videos at www.pol.ed.ac.uk/events). written extensively on British idealism, The project surveyed over 4000 Our Head of Subject, John Peterson, including T.H. Green, R.G. Collingwood Commission officials and produced a has set for us the objective “to establish and Michael Oakeshott, and also have large, original dataset that will be the Edinburgh as one of the world’s premier produced several editions of previously primary source for an authoritative institutions at which to study and do unpublished material from British study (with Oxford University Press) research on Politics and IR”. idealist archives. Both are editors of Department News

Collingwood and British Idealism Studies, the leading academic journal in the field, Oxford Hosts New Project on whose executive editor is David Boucher. Professor Nöel O’Sullivan (Emeritus, the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Hull), editor of one of Imprint Academics three British Idealism series, is also a project originate from countries that member of the CSBI. have experienced violent conflict or mass atrocities, and have first-hand experience International Renown in living through and addressing these This Centre has a number of associate Oxford University’s Centre for issues. members, each of whom is an International Studies (CIS) is A conference was held on 15th internationally-renowned scholar of collaborating with the New York-based January 2010 at CIS that brought British idealism or New Liberalism: Global Centre for the Responsibility together the authors and the editors Leslie Armour (Dominican University to Protect to undertake research into with scholars from diverse disciplines College, Ottawa), Michael Beaney (York), the status of the evolving norm of the — including Politics and International David Boucher (Cardiff), Michael Freeden ‘responsibility to protect’ (R2P). Relations —primarily from the University (Oxford), Peter Nicholson (formerly A major aim of the project is to of Oxford. The purpose was to provide a York), Raymond Plant (King’s, London), draw on the knowledge of Southern forum for interaction between scholars Ian Tregenza (Macquarie), Andrew scholars whose work is often highly at Oxford and the project’s authors, Vincent (Sheffield) and David Weinstein respected and well known within their and to discuss the draft papers for the (Wake Forest). home countries or regions but is often publication and the project as a whole. The CSBI continues the not known or ignored in the Politics Further details about the Department’s long association with and International Relations literature project can be found at http://cis. idealist philosophy, not least as found and in policy circles around the United politics.ox.ac.uk/research/Projects/ in the work of Raymond Plant and the Nations. All the contributors to the R2Psouthernperspectives.asp. late R.N. Berki. For further information on the Centre for the Study of British Idealism, contact either ❖ Colin Tyler [email protected] or News at the Institute for the ❖ James Connelly [email protected] or Study of the Americas ❖ visit the CSBI website at www.hull.ac.uk/pas British Library; and University of Warwick, Department of Politics and International Studies. Keynote speaker: Ambassador Nancy Soderberg, President Clinton’s NSC Staff Director (1993-97), New degree offerings US Ambassador to the United Nations ❖ MA in Caribbean and Latin American (1995-2001), and author of The Studies Superpower Myth: The Use and Misuse of ❖ MSc in Latin American Studies American Might (2005). (Development) See www.americas.sas.ac.uk/events/ Patrick Dunleavy, LSE, speaking at the The two new degrees complement programmes/women_US_FP.html for Association’s Heads of Department existing postgraduate programmes on more details meeting in December 2009 Latin American politics and US politics and foreign policy, with additional course Forthcoming publications: options focusing on history, economics, The following titles, to be published sociology and cultural studies as they by the Institute for the Study of the relate to the Americas region. Americas, are due out in spring 2010: Visit www.americas.sas.ac.uk/ ❖ Caamaño in London: the Exile of a Latin postgraduate_study.htm for more American Revolutionary, Fred Halliday information. (see www.sas.ac.uk/publication_view. html?id=726) Women and US Foreign Policy ❖ The Impact of the Great Recession on Margaret Arnott, Glasgow Caledonian conference Social Security and Welfare in Latin University, attending the Heads of Friday 21st May | Organised by the America and the Caribbean, Carmelo Department meeting in December Institute for the Study of the Americas; Mesa-Lago (see www.sas.ac.uk/ 2009 the Eccles Centre for American Studies, publication_view.html?id=727) Department News King’s College - Department of War Studies and the Defence Studies Department

Another high profile speaker, namely Dr John Gearson was interviewed on His Excellency Ahmet Davutoglu, Sky News about counter-terrorism as Minister of Foreign Affairs of the well as Dr Dorman, from the Defence Republic of Turkey, addressed a packed Studies Department (DSD) interviewed auditorium on the topic of ‘Converging on the Green Paper on Radio 4. Dr interests of Turkey and the UK in an Tim Bird (DSD) was interviewed on enlarged EU and beyond’ on the 12th improvised explosive devices both on January 2010. Radio 4 and Dr Huw Davies (DSD) discussed the history of Afghanistan Military Pedagogy and Britain’s role on BBC Radio The Defence Studies Department Scotland’s Newsweek Scotland. (DSD), held a successful conference from 9th-11th December entitled Only in India ‘Military Training and Education: Dr William Philpott (‘Bloody Victory’) Bob Ainsworth Group who needs what where and when?” Dr John Mackinley (‘The Insurgent co-convened by Mrs Victoria Syme- Archipelago’) and Professor Mats The new academic year began with Taylor, Chairman of The International Berdal (‘Building Peace After War’) an address by the Secretary of State Association for Military Pedagogy each celebrated the publication of of Defence, Rt Hon Bob Ainsworth and a member of the Defence Studies their respective books. Dr Harsh MP (pictured) who spoke on ‘Fitting Department and Dr David Whetham, Pant (DSD) was awarded the 2009 K. Defence for the Future: towards the (DSD) and King’s College London’s Subrahmanyam Award for “Excellence next Strategic Defence Review. Defence Ethics Network, with support in Research on Strategic and Security The event was hosted by the from Hull University’s Military Ethics Issues,” the only award of its kind in Centre for Defence Studies (CDS) Education Network. India. directed by Dr John Gearson. On ‘The Gulf and the Globe Professor Philip Sabin received the 10th November Professor Patrick Conference (II)” being convened by Dr the 2009 ‘most innovative teacher Salmon, Chief Historian, Foreign and Saul Kelly (DSD) under the auspices of the year’ King’s Award, while the Commonwealth Office gave a lecture of the Corbett Centre for Maritime academic author of the year was on ‘Mrs Thatcher & the German Policy Studies will take place on awarded to Professor Sir Lawrence Question’. 20th – 22nd July 2010 at the Joint Freedman, also currently on the The lecture, formerly the Michael Services Command and Staff College, committee of the Iraq War enquiry. Dockrill Lecture, was renamed, The Saki Shrivenham. Ruth Dockrill Memorial Lecture, in New appointments for 2010 memory of the loss of an esteemed Stellar Events War Studies: Dr Alessio Patalano, colleague and friend, Professor Saki The event programme within the has been appointed as Lecturer with Dockrill, who died on 8 August 2009 War Studies Group continues to specialism in East Asia. Dr Rudra after a long battle with leukaemia. grow from strength to strength, with Chaudhuri, Lecturer for contemporary Saki Dockrill was a wonderful an unmatchable selection of key warfare, security issues and global teacher and her dedication earned international figures coming to talk on conflict both of whom secured a PhD the affection of generations of King’s the issues surrounding warfare. from the Department this year, and Mr students. For a complete listing please go to Huw Dylan, previously at Aberystwyth, A memorial service was held in www.kcl.ac.uk/warstudies/events. has been appointed Lecturer in King’s College Chapel on 27th October Members of the Department of War Intelligence studies. and attended by over 200 of her Studies have been engaged in a wealth Defence Studies Department: Dr colleagues, friends and family. of media activity. Jonathan Fennell, a Lecturer in Air Professor Wyn Bowen, who Power Studies Division, RAF Cranwell, War and Genocide served as an IAEA consultant from based for the most part of RAF Halton, The 2010 Annual Lecture was given by 2001-2007 and was weapons inspector replaced Mr Jeff Michaels who has Professor Martin Shaw, University of in Iraq has been actively involved in accepted a two year research fellowship Sussex on the topic’ War & Genocide’ media debates surrounding Iran’s under Professor Sir Lawrence closely followed by a keynote lecture nuclear ambitions, non-proliferation Freedman. Miss Katie Drake joined the on ‘Afghanistan & its lessons for the and disarmament, including Air Power Sudies Division at Cranwell future of conflict’ by Dr John Nagl, appearances on BBC World TV News, in November to replace Dr Christian Visiting Professor of the War Studies BBC World Service, Radio 4 and Five Anrig who returned to Switzerland at Department. Live. the end of September. Department News University of Birmingham Department of Political Science and International Studies

New Appointments The Institute for German Studies at coming 2012 Olympics and to inform Dr Sevasti-Eleni Vezirgiannidou joined POLSIS the academic community through the POLSIS on January 1st as a lecturer in During the 2009-2010 academic year, publication of a Special Issue of the leading international organisations. She holds the Institute for German Studies (IGS) sport policy journal International Journal a PhD from Essex University and has at POLSIS has played host to a series of of Sport Policy. For further information recently finished a Mellon Post-Doctoral Visiting Scholars, all leading international contact Jonathan on [email protected]. Fellowship at the University of Cambridge. scholars in the field of German Studies. A one day event, organised by the Her work is in the field of international These visiting researchers have joined POLSIS IR theory group on ‘Aesthetics environmental governance and politics us from the various “sister” institutes and Global Politics’ held on the 11th of July and she has published on climate change for research on contemporary Germany, last year at the UoB. The plenary talk was politics. She is currently working on a all part of the global alliance of research given by Professor Roland Bleiker for the project on EU leadership in climate change centres which receive support from the University of Queensland. Proceedings negotiations, and another on the role of German Academic Exchange Service of the conference will be published in a emerging economies in environmental (DAAD). The Visiting Scholars programme special issue of Global Society later this governance. has allowed the IGS, Britain’s leading year. POLSIS and CREES also co-organised Dr Marco Vieira joined POLSIS centre for the study of contemporary a major two day conference, funded by in January 2010 having previously Germany to create stronger and deeper CEELBAS, POLSIS and the College in early taught international relations at LSE, connections with its partner institutions July 2009. The conference, organised by King’s College and SOAS. His research and staff working within them. This is the Caucasus and Central Asia working is currently focused on the rising particularly valuable given the imminent group at the UoB, brought together some influence of ‘South powers’, specially arrival of the new Director of the IGS in of the leading experts on the two regions. South Africa, India and Brazil, and their 2010, Professor Sarah Colvin. Sarah joins The proceedings will be published in a growing importance in reshaping global Rainer Hillebrand, Carolyn Rowe and Kerry special issue of Europe-Asia Studies. governance structures, Dr Vieira is the Longhurst, the Institute’s core academic Michelle Pace’s BISA working group author of various articles and conference members of staff. Plans for 2010 centre on in International Mediterranean Studies papers. He is also the co-author of the a cutting-edge interdisciplinary research will be supporting a forthcoming major book ‘The South in World Politics’ (with project analysing “Zeitgeist? Dimensions conference on “Rethinking the Middle Chris Alden and Sally Morphet). He is of German identities in the 21st Century”. East? Values, Interests, and Security currently working on a new research The project involves a number of scholars Concerns in Western Policies toward Iraq project about the North/South divide and from the UK and abroad. and the Wider Region, 1918-2010”, which the global governance of climate change. takes place at the British Academy in Polsis and the Treasury London this March. For more information New Journal for POLSIS On the 9th December 2009 Colin Thain please contact Lars Berger at L.Berger@ The Department is delighted to announce delivered a very successful seminar at All salford.ac.uk. Colin Thain presented a that the journal Civil Wars will be moving Souls College Oxford testing some of the paper at the British Politics Research to POLSIS in 2010. The new editorial early conclusions of his ESRC project on Group at the University of Birmingham team – Edward Newman, Asaf Siniver and the Treasury. The seminar was conducted on 13th January on ‘Was it such a good idea Stefan Wolff from POLSIS and Karl Cordell under Chatham House Rules in front of giving operational independence to the Bank from the University of Plymouth – will an invited audience of 30 current and of England?’. Details can be found at www. build upon the solid foundations that the former Treasury officials, and selected colinthain.com journal currently has in order to broaden academics, in the superb setting of the Old its appeal and extend its support base. Library at All Souls College. The highlight New Books by Polsis Staff Exciting new plans will involve raising of the day was a specially prepared paper ❖ Ces Moore and C. Farrands (eds.) the profile of the journal, strengthening by the current Permanent Secretary to the International Relations Theory and the readership amongst those interested Treasury, Sir Nick Macpherson on ‘The Philosophy: Interpretive Dialogues in security studies and international Evolution of the Modern Treasury’. Details ❖ Ronen Palan, Richard Murphy, and relations more widely, and connecting to can be found at www.treasuryproject.org. Christian Chavageux, Tax Havens: How broader debates in the field. The journal Globalization Really Works. is moving to Birmingham as a part of Conferences and seminars ❖ Adam Quinn, US Foreign Policy in the University’s plans to significantly Jonathan Grix is convening a major Context: National Ideology from the strengthen its investment in the areas conference entitled ‘Fit for London, 2012? Founders to the Bush Doctrine of armed conflict and security, and it An Assessment of UK Sport Policy in ❖ Laura J Shepherd (ed.) Gender Matters in will be run alongside a number of other Comparative Contexts’ at the University Global Politics successful journals in POLSIS including of Birmingham on 19th July 2010. The Further details about POLSIS at the British Politics, European Journal of Political intended impact is to influence the sport University of Birmingham can be found at Theory, and Ethnopolitics. policy community in the light of the up- http://www.polsis.bham.ac.uk/ Department News 90th Anniversary Celebrations at Aberystwyth meeting three aims: to mark the 90th International Security Forum Sir Emyr Jones Parry anniversary of our department; to remind Professor Colin McInnes launched the us of the vital issues of 1919 into which Report of the Research Councils’ UK this Department was born, including the (RCUK) International Security Forum at peace settlement after the Great War; a major conference in London on 13th and to highlight climate change as the January 2010 chaired by Gordon Corera, greatest challenge that confronts us 90 The Department’s 90th Anniversary years on. Global Uncertainties celebrations commenced with a keynote A videocast of Professor Clark’s Security for All, key ﬁndings, lecture by Sir Emyr Jones Parry entitled lecture is available on our website at: Report of the Interim ‘Eight Things You Need to Know about http://www.aber.ac.uk/interpol/en/ International Security Forum, Multilateral Diplomacy’. Sir Emyr is one Videocasts.htm. Professor Colin of this country’s most distinguished These three lectures – along with McInnes diplomats. He drew upon his immense a range of other events – made for a experience to deliver an insightful brilliant start to the 90th anniversary and memorable survey that not only session. The programme now continues highlighted the skills of international into 2010 with a packed schedule diplomacy but also corrected several stretching through the year. misconceptions relating to its channels the BBC’s security correspondent. The and processes. Copenhagen and Climate Change Report identifies key findings from workshops on eight security issues and Nik Gowing, areas for future research. The eight Main presenter of issues were: Food Security, Health BBC World News Security, Energy security, Resilience, Security in Cities, Poverty and Security, Water Security, and Ethics and Security. The Report is available at http://www. globaluncertainties.org.uk The second lecture in this 90th Anniversary series was delivered by Inaugural Lecture Nik Gowing - the main presenter of BBC World News, which is a flagship programme of the BBC’s 24-hour international channel. In his talk - Skyful of Lies and Black Swans – Mr Gowing gave a richly illustrated report on the impact of new lightweight communication technologies and real-time information flows on the ability of traditional power structures to manage the content and direction of news agendas. Hidemi Suganami delivered a brilliant Professorial Inaugural Lecture to Ian Clark an overflowing Main Hall in the Professor and Fellow A one-day symposium addressing the International Politics Building on 10th of the British Academy topic of climate change was organised December 2009. The title of his lecture and hosted by the David Davies Memorial was ‘Positioning’. Institute (DDMI) at Aberystwyth. Professor Suganami’s lecture Entitled “Copenhagen and Climate spanned his childhood in Japan (and the Change: The Stakes; The Politics”, the influence that these early experiences Ian Clark, our own E H Carr Professor symposium took place on 6th November have had on his work), an account of his and Fellow of the British Academy, 2009, in advance of the 15th United intellectual inspiration and orientation, ended the semester’s celebrations with Nations Climate Change Conference and his current thinking on complex a challenging and timely lecture entitled which convened questions of causation. The lecture was ‘Copenhagen: The New Versailles?’ to in December. delivered with the characteristic mixture an audience of 250 people in the Old A videocast of the event is available of insight, rigour, depth and eloquence College. In this lecture, Professor Clark for viewing on the DDMI home page at: that we have all come to associate with effortlessly brought together seemingly www.aber.ac.uk/interpol/en/research/ Professor Suganami’s work. disparate themes and succeeded in DDMI/DavidDavies.htm. Department News

Adam Price MP gives IWP Annual Lecture Conference report from Nottingham’s Centre for British Politics

Indeed, during the closing roundtable Lawrence Marks, co-creator of Alan B’Stard, revealed that this character – who epitomized the Tory ‘sleaze’ of the 1990s - grew out of his experience as a journalist researching the Thorpe case. The difficulty of getting The Institute of Welsh Politics was very works deemed ‘political’ through the pleased to welcome Adam Price MP to television commissioning process deliver its 11th Annual Lecture entitled was also something of a common Cymru: Y Coloni Cyntaf ac Olaf Un experience. (Wales: the first and last colony), and in it, he hoped to convince the audience of Fiction and Politics “three propositions no less revolutionary The academics present explored some for all their simplicity; that the longue of the more theoretical issues posed durée of English imperialism began here by looking at fictions about politics, in Wales; that the deepest legacy it has drawing together the concerns of left is psychological. political thought, history, literature And that national liberation, if and film studies as well cultural it is to mean anything, has to be a studies. They also looked at specific liberation of the mind. Otherwise we examples of fictions about politics will be condemning ourselves to be not from Henry VI, the Sherlock Holmes just the first but also the final colony”. stories, the interwar novels of Bilingual copies of the lectures will soon Winifred Holtby and the Labour MP be available from the Institute of Welsh Ellen Wilkinson, through to the more Politics at [email protected]. recent examples such as The Amazing On 11th December 2009, Nottingham Mrs Pritchard. Book shelf University’s Centre for British Politics While the likes of Yes Minister held a conference at the British and The Thick of It were inevitably Academy that drew together politicians, discussed at length during the day, Strategy and Ethnocentrism Beijing: writers and academics to explore the it became clear that there are many Central Compilation interaction of British politics and fictions about politics - such as the & Translation Press, 2009. fiction. obscure Old Mother Riley MP (1939) Author: Ken Booth Labour politicians Joe Ashton that remain to be properly analysed. (Grass Roots) and Chris Mullin (A Given the increasing stress on how Very British Coup) explained why they political ideas are constructed the had felt it worth their while to write possible role played by such fictions novels about politics, both of which in shaping how we see politics is coincidentally depicted the defeat of something that clearly requires further their principled socialist protagonists. exploration. New Staff and Promotions If money was a consideration, The conference generated The Department is pleased to welcome so was the desire to explore political considerable media interest: two new members of staff working in the issues through fiction and for new organiser Professor Steven Fielding area of Intelligence studies; Dr Daniel kinds of audiences. was interviewed on The Week at Hucker, Lecturer in Intelligence Studies, Alistair Beaton (The Trial of Westminster while PM and Politics UK and Dr Kristian Stoddart, Postdoctoral Tony Blair), Maurice Gran (The New on the World Service talked to some of Researcher in Intelligence Studies. Statesman), James Graham (Toryboyz) those who spoke on the day. The Department is also delighted to and Tony Saint (Margaret Thatcher - For those who missed it, the congratulate Toni Erskine who was The Long Walk to Finchley) discussed conference website contains video recently awarded a Personal Chair. their motives for writing about politics, interviews with some of the speakers Professor Erskine works in the area of indicating that even those working in to give a flavour of the day, and a ethics in international relations. comedy have their own perspectives special edition of Parliamentary Affairs and concerns they want to express. will be published in 2011. Department News

‘Public Services in the 2010s: Prosperity, Austerity and Recovery’ Report on the ESRC Public Services Programme Conference on December 11th 2009

Martin Weale, NIESR, and Sir Gus O’Donnell, Cabinet Secretary and Head of Home Civil Service Ian Diamond, Chief Executive of the ESRC

The Public Services Programme (PSP), funded this magnificent programme’ and brought out some positive answers to directed by Professor Christopher Hood, added that the PSP had done everything that question. For example, the PSP’s Oxford, staged a major conference in the ESRC had hoped for, managing research had shown the effectiveness London to present the results of its to combine academic excellence and of some non-financial incentives for research and apply what it has learnt to practical impact. service improvement, the panel session the prospects and options for the 2010s. on devolution and the public services Rubbing shoulders with the Iraq War Full Agenda (which included Professor Iain McLean Inquiry, the conference took up a whole The full conference agenda can be found and Professor Vernon Bogdanor from floor of the QE II Conference Centre at http://www.publicservices.ac.uk/wp- Oxford) pointed to the need for reshaping with a poster display showcasing each of content/uploads/conference-agenda.pdf formula-funding spending systems to the 47 research projects involved in the and the panel sessions focused on the give more incentives to local authorities PSP (you can see the posters by going to question of what could be learnt from the and devolved governments to balance www.publicservices.ac.uk/library). PSP’s research by those aiming to spending against revenue; and a session Also featured was a display of get the best out of public services in on regulation showed some ways in current and forthcoming publications a period of severe fiscal pressure for which simple and low-cost measures can and a DVD interview with Christopher the UK. The scale of that challenge protect quality. Hood and Deputy Director Deborah was emphasized by (among others) Wilson, who talked about what has been Sir Nicholas Macpherson, Permanent More Innovation learnt from the PSP’s research, what the Secretary of the Treasury, Frances In a final speech to the conference, Sir significance and impact of its findings Cairncross (Rector of Exeter College, Gus O’Donnell (Cabinet Secretary and have been, and what the PSP will be University of Oxford) who pointed to ‘a Head of the Civil Service), thought the leaving behind it. You can also see the level of pressure on public services in answer would have to lie in increased DVD by going to www.publicservices. the coming decade that none of us have productivity, improved departmental ac.uk/library. seen in our lifetimes’, and Martin Weale capability, more innovation, better In his opening speech, Ian Diamond of NIESR who produced some sobering leadership and the extension of digital- (Chief Executive of the ESRC) said, ‘It numbers for the fiscal outlook. age government. has been a huge privilege ... to have However, the panel sessions also

‘British foreign policy in the 21st Century’ Working Group report by the British Academy. A range of shape decision-making. The BISA British Foreign Policy speakers discussed UK foreign policy, If anyone would like further Working Group and the FCO’s Research looking at everything from devolution information about the Working Group’s Analysts held a conference in London in and national identities to the UK’s aid activities, please email jamie.gaskarth@ January on ‘British foreign policy in the and trade policies, its security strategies, plymouth.ac.uk 21st Century’. The event was sponsored patterns of alliances, and the values that 10 Association News Governance Review heralds Constitutional Change for Association (continued from cover page) its proposals for an amended constitution it might be timely to introduce a number to reflect both the changes necessary of other changes in its Constitution. For to comply with the law as well as those example, these include the size of the discretionary changes the Executive Dr David Law, Pro-Vice Chancellor for Executive Committee, the balance of recommends. The exercise will be Students and External Relations,Edge elected and non-elected members and conducted as part of the notification of Hill University, A speaker at the Heads of terms of office. and preparations for the Annual General Department meeting in December 2009 The work of the Working Group Meeting of the Association during the has now concluded. Following the Edinburgh Conference. Details of the recommendations of our legal advisers, changes together with an accompanying the Executive will be circulating details of letter will be sent out shortly.

Fit for Purpose (continued from cover page) For some time now, the Executive establishment as well as to be near Kim Hackett, Higher Education Committee has believed that two the headquarters of the many other Policy Adviser, HEFCE - speaker at the additional steps are needed to ensure that organisations with which the Association Association’s Heads of Department the Association continues to thrive. First, has come increasingly to work. meeting in December 2009 in terms of administrative and strategic In coming to these conclusions, oversight, the Association requires a the Executive wishes to ensure that the Chief Executive to consolidate its record small team of outstanding dedicated of achievement. A new Chief Executive, staff at the current National Office - working with the Trustees, can work to without which our Association simply develop and implement a new vision for could not function – continue to be the Association. supported. Hence, for the foreseeable future, our base in North East England London Base would remain. Professor Ian Diamond, Chief Executive, Second, the Executive believes that the However, pending the appointment ESRC and Association Chair, Vicky Randall new Chief Executive should be based in of a new Chief Executive over the next at the Heads of Department meeting in London to facilitate where they can be few weeks, it is our intention to open a December 2009 close to the heart of the British political new small office in London.

The Pink Tide: Reconfiguring Politics, Power and Political Economy in the Americas Held at the University of Nottingham, January 2010

This conference brought together including performance art, round tables, Americas and Europe. Therefore fee academics, community scholars, activists workshops and panel discussions and waivers were granted to community and popular educators to create a unique who came from 13 countries. scholars from the Americas as well space of dialogue and discussion about The conference sought to creatively as representatives of community the Pink Tide in the Americas – the shift overcome the geographical, disciplinary organisations from Nottingham. to the left in governments and social and spatial boundaries that often Among the key note speakers were movements across North, Central and separate North from South, university Noam Chomsky (via live Video Link), South America. from community and department from John Holloway and William Robinson. This was a major international event department, as a means of forging The conference was organised by a local with over 60 contributors who presented innovative and strategic theory and team, coordinated by Dr Sara Motta. using a diverse range of formats practice about social justice in the Association News 11 Political Studies Association at the AcSS President’s Lunch

The key speaker at the lunch was David Willetts, MP, Shadow Secretary of State for Universities and Skills. His reflections on the outlook for social science research were amusing, informed and generally much appreciated by his audience. Professor Ian Diamond, Chief Executive of the ESRC and Vice-Chancellor Elect at Aberdeen University also addressed the gathering.

Vicky Randall and Fiona Booth, Chief Executive, Vicky Randall and James Chiriyankandath, New Academicians Hansard Society London MET at the President’s Lunch meeting in The event closed with Howard Newby December 2009. presenting newly conferred academicians The Academy of Social Sciences’ annual (Chair), Jacqui Briggs, Neil Collins and (including our Association’s Chair) with President’s Lunch was held on December James Newell. In addition, Fiona Booth their framed certificates. It was altogether 18th in the splendid surroundings of the (Hansard Society), James Chiriyankandath an enjoyable event but also a valuable Institute of Directors. It was hosted by (Diversity Working Group), Professor Paul opportunity to cultivate contacts with the AcSS President Professor Sir Howard Kelly (LSE), Melanie Newman (THES) and colleagues and policy-framers hopefully Newby. Representing the Political Neil McNaughton attended as guests of sharing our commitment to the social Studies Association were Vicky Randall the Association. sciences.

Liverpool’s Finest in Print Positive Response understand the nature of political ideas to Youth Citizenship in contemporary British politics and has already received significant press Commission attention. The government has launched a very The University of Liverpool is positive official response, ‘An Agenda well represented in the book with for Youth Engagement’ to the Youth contributions from Professor Jon Tonge, Citizenship Commission, on which Emeritus Professor Dennis Kavanagh three Political Studies Association and former Chancellor Lord Owen, thus members sat. The Commission was showing the strength of the Politics chaired and deputy chaired by Professors Department in the field of British Jon Tonge (Liverpool) and Phil Cowley Simon Griffiths, Lord Plant, David Willetts MP, Kevin Politics. (Nottingham) respectively, whilst Dr Hickson and Robin Jackson The book itself is based on a series Andy Mycock (Huddersfield) provided of three high profile conferences held vital input, particularly in the areas of Dr Kevin Hickson from the Department at the University of Liverpool on British citizenship and civic service. of Politics at the University of Liverpool political ideologies. The overwhelming majority of attended the launch of his important proposals have been endorsed by the new book British Party Politics and Lord Plant government and the Cabinet Office Ideology after New Labour, edited with The launch, held at the British Academy, minister, Dawn Butler, has begun the Simon Griffiths from Goldsmiths and included speeches by Lord Plant and programme of implementation. This published by Palgrave. The book begins the Shadow Universities Minister David will include registration of young voters with an assessment of Blair’s legacy and Willetts MP (who both contributed to via schools, statutory local authority then goes on to discuss the major issues the book) and they are photographed consultations with young people and within the ideologies of the three main with the editors and the Chief Executive Westminster funding for the UK Youth political parties together with a number of the British Academy, Robin Jackson. Parliament. of cross-cutting issues. Further details of the book and The full government response With a General Election now related research projects are available can be found at http://www. only months away, this book will be from Dr Kevin Hickson k.hickson@liv. cabinetoffice.gov.uk/media/333826/ essential reading for anyone wishing to ac.uk. youthengagement.pdf. 12 Association News Jon Tonge Appointed Principal Investigator for Northern Ireland Election Survey Professor Jon Tonge (Liverpool) has the £100,000 project. It will measure amid over 100 bombings and shootings been appointed by the ESRC as Principal whether the electoral chasm on which in the last twelve months, will explore Investigator for the 2010 Northern Northern Ireland’s power sharing the electorate’s perception of any threat Ireland General Election Survey. executive rests is narrowing or remains posed by ‘dissident’ republicans. Professor Tonge will lead a team also static; assess the electoral priorities of Suggestions in respect of the questions to comprising Dr Paul Mitchell (LSE) and the electorate; analyse the perceptions be asked in the survey are very welcome Professor Bernie Hayes (Aberdeen) on of the Executive and Assembly and, and can be emailed to [email protected]

Gordon Smith 1927-2009 usually edited by Martin Kolinsky or very first published article, ‘What Gordon Smith 1927 - 2009 Willie Paterson or Vincent Wright, is a Party System?’, which appeared and usually comprising nine or in Parliamentary Affairs in 1966, 10 country case-studies; almost remains a landmark contribution. always, however, these volumes Gordon was sometimes cantankerous were rounded off with a comparative and querulous, but he was also ‘think-piece’ by Gordon. exceptionally good-natured, and he Peter Mair, This was his great forte: he was a wonderful mentor to young European University dealt extremely well with concepts, students and young colleagues. I unpacking them and specifying their personally learned a great deal from Institute boundaries and parameters; he had him, both from his understanding a very sharp analytic mind, strong of themes in which we shared a Gordon Smith, who died recently on logic and argument rather than common interest, but especially from aged 82, was former Professor of empirical proof; and he knew the his approach and style of political Government at the LSE and was the west European countries remarkably analysis. We once directed an ECPR co-founder and long-term co-editor of well – Germany best of all, of course, workshop together, in Rimini, which West European Politics. He was a great for this was his thesis country and led to special issues of both WEP and comparativist, and was widely liked the theme of his great Democracy in the Journal of Theoretical Politics, and and admired by generations of scholars West Germany (1979), which went which was one of the most valuable working in the fields of European through many editions – but also experiences in my professional politics and German politics. most of the others. career. For me, he was an inspiration. Earlier, in 1972, he had For those special issues, Gordon The first time I saw him in action published the first edition of a wrote two wonderful papers that was during the ECPR Joint Sessions hugely ambitious and eventually can still be counted among the key in Berlin in 1977, where he was highly successful textbook, Politics in pieces in the literature on parties and participating in a workshop on Social Western Europe, which eschewed case- party systems. When, together with and Political Movements in Western by-case analyses and instead took Klaus Goetz, I became a co-editor Europe, directed by Martin Kolinsky. a systematic comparative approach of his journal following the passing While most of the papers dealt with to each of the key themes. This was of Vincent Wright, I was constantly empirical cases and often thick a book far ahead of its time, and it impressed with the way in which, descriptions of social and/or political remained unrivalled in the field for until close to the end, he remained movements in particular countries, close to twenty years. The 5th edition in command of both the field and its Gordon floated on another level with was published in 1989. priorities. At the time of his death, a paper entitled – typically Gordon – Gordon was a late starter in he had just completed finalising ‘Some Problems in the Study of Social academic life, and was first appointed editorial work on the manuscripts for Movements’. to the LSE in 1972, at the age of 45. volume 33, no. 2. Gordon was a great Later, as I got to know more of the There, despite the single-country bias scholar and a wonderful colleague. literature on western European politics, then prevailing in European politics He will be sadly missed. and also got to know Gordon himself, I in general, and in the LSE version Gordon’s first wife, Dorothea, realised that this was one of many such of European politics in particular, died suddenly in 1994, and he papers, almost all hugely insightful. At he established one of the main focal remarried Anna soon after that. He the time there seemed to be a standard points for comparative research and leaves a son, Thomas, from that comparative volume, usually published teaching, particularly in the field marriage, as well as a daughter, by Croom Helm or Macmillan, of parties and party systems. His Charlotte, from his first marriage. Association News 13 Workshop on political trust

Alix Kelso (C2G2 and Hansard Society Visiting Fellow) and Vicki Randall, Chair of Gerry Stoker (C2G2), Dr Ruth Fox and Alix Kelso (Hansard Society) the Political Studies Association and Gerry Stoker (C2G2), Alexandra Kelso, perceptions of parliament and politicians, living memory: a key question discussed and questioned the extent to which was whether this is good or bad news University of Southampton parliament really is in ‘decline’ and what for parliament as it seeks to develop this ‘declinism’ might mean for popular its institutional capacities in terms of The Political Studies Association co- perceptions about parliament and its engagement and scrutiny. organised a workshop in London on 27th role in the political system. Mark D’Arcy, January 2010, along with the Hansard BBC Radio 4 journalist, discussed the Political Trust Society and the Centre for Citizenship, media’s coverage of parliament and The Political Studies Association is Globalisation and Governance (C2G2) politicians, the fall-out from the expenses proud to be involved in this project with at the University of Southampton, crisis, and how parliament generally and the Hansard Society, an established entitled Public Expectations of and Trust MPs specifically approach the media as think tank in the area of parliamentary in Parliament and Politicians. The event a tool for political engagement. Finally, democracy, and C2G2, an emerging brought together a small working Professor Philip Cowley of Nottingham centre with a particular focus on issues of group of key academics, journalists University, talked about the role and political trust and engagement. Dr Ruth and politicians to discuss how much work of MPs, the notion that MPs now Fox, Director of the Hansard Society’s we should be worried about declining are much better at their jobs than many Parliament and Government Programme, levels of political trust and engagement, previous generations of politicians, and will shortly produce a pamphlet arguably depressed further following the that, despite the MPs expenses scandal, summarising the workshop discussions MPs expenses scandal of spring 2009. MPs are not all as ‘bad’ as we might at and debates, which will be available Three key papers were presented first assume. Discussion also focused from the Society in due course. This to the workshop, each of which tapped on what parliament might look like workshop marks the Political Studies into a different aspect of this complex following the 2010 general election, Association’s continued engagement with debate. C2G2 member, Dr Alix Kelso, when the House of Commons will see a range of issues of crucial significance to presented a paper focused on public perhaps the biggest influx of new MPs in contemporary politics.

SPSA Conference 2010 Atlanta Nord in the current ruling coalition led John Reuter (Emory) who were very well Duncan McDonnell, University of Turin by Silvio Berlusconi. This was based informed about populist movements. on an ongoing project examining The discussion afterwards was extremely populist success in power in Italy and useful, ranging from comments about Switzerland which I am conducting with the similarities between Berlusconi Daniele Albertazzi at the University of and Hugo Chavez to questions about Thanks to a Political Studies Association Birmingham. Italy’s rather particular media structure. Overseas Conference Grant and an As for the rest of the conference, most Artinian Travel Award from the Southern Featured Papers of the panels naturally concerned US Political Science Association (SPSA), The panel featured papers by Marc politics, but again I found much food for I was able to attend the 81st Annual Pufong (Valdosta State) on the thought in these, both in terms of the SPSA Conference in Atlanta from 6th Portuguese extreme Left and by Joel topics (from Sarah Palin to the role of – 9th January 2010 amidst one of the Campbell (Kansai Gandai) on the Liberal religion in electoral competition) and the worst cold snaps to hit the South in Democratic Party in Japan, both of methodologies used. recent decades. I presented a paper which provided interesting parallels with Overall, therefore, the SPSA entitled ‘Populism in Power in Italy’ the Italian case. I was also fortunate in conference was a very interesting looking at the governing experiences of having a chair, Fragano Ledgister (Clark experience and one which I would highly the Popolo delle Libertà and the Lega Atlanta University), and a discussant Ora recommend to all. 14 Association News Association Hosts Meeting of European Confederation of Political Sciences Associations 21st January 2010

Carmen Navarro, Spanish Political Studies Association Marjukka Weide, Finnish PSA at the ECPSA meeting Simon Hug, Swiss Political Studies Association at at the meeting of the European Confederation hosted by the Political Studies Association in January ECPSA meeting

The Meeting of European Confederation of Political Science Associations hosted by Richard Topf for the Political Oxana Gaman-Golutvina, Russian Political Studies Studies Association on 21st Jan 2010 at London Met Association and Suzanne Schuttemeyer, ECPSA

Contemporary Aristotelian Studies A new Association specialist group Group and Journal participate. If you would like to be in Contemporary Aristotelian Studies is The aim of both group and journal involved in this initiative, please e-mail proposed. will be to explore the relevance of any or all of the following: The proposers intend to establish a Aristotelianism for our understanding of new academic journal, also to be called the problems of contemporary politics. ❖ Tony Burns, University of Nottingham Contemporary Aristotelian Studies, Questions of politics will be related to ([email protected]) which will be edited from the Centre those of philosophy, and questions of ❖ Kelvin Knight, London Metropolitan for Contemporary Aristotelian Studies theory to those of practice. University in Ethics and Politics (CASEP), based As a part of the application process, the ([email protected])Keith in the Department of Law, Governance Political Studies Association requires ❖ Breen, Queens University, Belfast and International Relations at London the convenors of proposed groups to ([email protected]) Metropolitan University (see www. provide a list of names (and membership londonmet.ac.uk/casep). numbers) of members who wish to Specialist Group News 15 Anarchist Studies in 2009 The Anarchist Studies Network has had and through contemporary resistance Joint Anarchist and Marxist another busy year. In the aftermath of movements. A less traditional type Conference attracts 42 Papers our first major conference in 2008, a of event was held in October 2009. In September 2009 the ASN and great deal of effort went into publishing “Imperceptible Strategies, Unidentified Marxism specialist group convened a the proceedings. Autonomous Organizations”, joint conference entitled Is Black and These include Alex supported by the ASN, attracted over Red Dead? Christoyannopoulos’ edited volume twenty participants who gathered The event was generously Religious Anarchism: New Perspectives to explore already-existing forms of supported by a PSA specialist (Cambridge Scholars Publishing in autonomous organisation and politics, activities award and was held at 2009) and Anarchism, Syndicalism and as well as the potential for radically the Centre for the Study of Social Labour, (Berry and Bantman eds.) also different forms. and Global Justice at the University drawn from papers given at the 2008 By way of realising horizontal of Nottingham. Perhaps the first conference. and polycentric organisation this event conference on the intersections Another selection of conference drifted between a number of different between Marxism and Anarchism in papers will be published by Palgrave as locations across east London during living memory, its primary aim was Anarchism and Moral Philosophy later the course of the day. to reach out to Marxist scholars and in the year (Franks and Wilson eds.). begin a new dialogue between the two Other forthcoming publications include Projects for 2010 traditions of thought. The secondary the proceedings of the September 2009 Planning for a number of projects aim was to provide a space for people conference entitled ‘Is Black and Red for 2010 are under way, including who felt they crossed the boundaries Dead?’ held at Nottingham University a conference on Postanarchism between Marxism and anarchism to (more below). A further indication of the (Goldsmith, June), and two ASN present their work and discuss their success of the group is a 30% increase panels to be held at the annual PSA ideas in a supportive and convivial in our membership in the past year conference in Edinburgh in at the end environment. It drew 42 papers – now up to 201 members! of March. and a further 20 attendees, with ASN initiatives continue to merge An ESRC-sponsored conference participants from the US, Canada, academic and more experimental on Anarchism and International Australia, France, Italy, Greece, ventures. An example of the former was Relations will be hosted by the Ireland, Finland, and the UK. Some the two-day interdisciplinary workshop Department of Politics at the of the papers presented are available at the University of Bristol in September University of Bristol in June 2010, and on the ASN’s website (http://www. 2009 entitled ‘Disciplining Dissent’. a workshop on anarchism will also be anarchist-studies-network.org.uk/ This conference explored the organised for the 2010 Manchester IsBlackAndRedDead), and an edited different forms of discipline and Workshops in Political Theory. volume drawn from the proceedings power that operate towards, within Another full year for anarchist studies! is in preparation.

British Idealism Specialist Group The Political Studies Association British Jules Townshend and Joe Femia, has Isaiah Berlin’; and Rex Martin (Kansas Idealism Specialist Group was formally established itself as one of the highlights University) ‘Re-enactment and the Essay established on 2nd October 1999. of the political theory calendar. The on Metaphysics.’ The group is one of the most active British Idealism Specialist Group has Collingwood confirmed his place of the specialist groups organising at now become a fixture at this event and among the most popular of British least three meetings a year, involving is able to stage 4 panels annually with Idealists with six papers devoted to his extensive collaboration with international speakers coming from all over the world thought (Martin, Kasuga, Boucher, Leach, specialists from American, Canada, to talk about Idealist problems and Murphy and D’Oro). Colin Tyler rounded Italy and Australia to mention only a issues. off our proceedings with a broad ranging few. The group has been very successful This year was no exception with paper on ‘Cherry-Picking? Eclecticism in in its applications for funds to bring the United States very well represented British Idealist Thought’. speakers to the annual conference, and in by Susan Daniel (Western Oregon staging specialist conferences under the University) speaking on ‘Collingwood’s The Recognition Theory of Rights: Report Specialist Activities Funding Competition Conception of Duty’; Jim Allard (State on Conference for Specialist Groups 2010. University of Montana) on ‘Concrete The conference attracted a wide variety of Universals’; Robert A. Kocis (The participants ranging from distinguished Manchester Workshop University of Scranton, Pennsylvania) visiting professors to postgraduate The annual Manchester Workshops ‘British Idealism and British Empiricism: students and provided both a valuable in Political Theory, organised by The Cases of F. H. Bradley and Sir opportunity to meet and develop 16 Specialist Group News

contacts, and to become intellectually Annual Conference 2009 and Tyler, Hull); the insights engaged with a particular theory of The 2009 annual conference of the into the movement for female rights which arises out of the British Group took place in December 2009. emancipation in Turkey provided Idealist tradition. Attendees came The Political Studies Association by Colllingwood’s ‘question and from as far afield as America, Taiwan, contributed £750 to the costs of the answer’ method (Dr Eylem Atakav, Japan, Bulgaria and all over Britain, conference. UEA); the relationship between the including the universities of Hull, The conference was also the Italian liberal Croce and the fascist Nottingham, Durham, Newcastle and launch event for the Centre for the Gentile, focusing particularly on Swansea. The Temple of Peace, Cardiff Study of British Idealism at the censorship of Croce’s correspondence was represented by Dr. Peter Sutch. University of Hull. Both Centre in the 1920s and 1930s (Prof. George Professors Rex Martin and Directors are Political Studies Talbot, Hull); Pringle-Pattison’s Derrick Derby, two of the most Association members (Professor reading of Nietszche’s aesthetics distinguished exponents of the Rights James Connelly and Dr Colin Tyler). of power (Roden Bow, Hull); Recognition Theory, flew in from the The event was entitled ‘Rediscovering Green’s intellectual debts to Hegel’s University of Kansas. The programme Collingwood and the British Idealists’. philosophy; and the insights into was balanced by the inclusion of 12 papers were given in 7 panels, Collingwood’s politics that can be speakers who are doubtful as to the with a further closing roundtable offered by his unpublished archive efficacy of the theory. The focused discussing the biography and materials (Prof. David Boucher, nature of the conference lent itself to Autobiography of R.G. Collingwood. Cardiff). tightly prescribed parameters which One afternoon was given over to Other papers were presented by provided the opportunity to discuss a symposium on David Weinstein’s Junichi Kasuga (Cardiff), Dr William the issues in depth and with rigour. new book, Utilitarianism and the New J. Mander (Oxford), and Prof Michael The exchange of ideas gave Liberalism. Professor Weinstein (Wake Beaney (York). all the participants new ideas to Forest, USA) responded personally to The conference organisers engage with and to develop. Derrick his critics as part of this symposium. were very pleased with the event, as Darby is editing a special issue of a A number of political topics were it seems were the delegates. We are philosophical journal which will bring covered in the conference, including grateful for the continuing support together a number of papers on the the symposium on Weinstein’s book provided by the Association. recognition theory of rights. (Weinstein, Wake Forest; Connelly

Summer School Cultural Dimensions of Politics in Europe 2010 Prague, Czech Republic, 3rd – 10th July 2010

The Prague’s Centre for Public sociology, media studies, Policy (Centrum pro verejnou anthropology and cultural studies, politiku - CPVP), has teamed up behavioural sciences, gender with professors from Poland and studies) from all parts of the world UK to launch a Summer School on to enjoy their summer holidays in Cultural Dimensions of Politics in the unique academic and cultural Europe 2010. environment. The Summer School “Cultural The Final Deadline is 15th Dimensions of Politics in Europe” May 2010. Should you have any is a week - long academic program questions regarding the Summer bringing together 30 undergraduate School or application process, and graduate students of various please do not hesitate to contact us: nationalities and academic www: http://www.cdpe.cpvp.cz E- backgrounds (political science, mail: [email protected] Nina Fuentes, Post-graduate Network of the Association - a speaker at the Heads of Department in December 2009 Specialist Group News 17 The Caribbean – EU EPA: A Model Agreement? Regional Negotiating Mechanism Wider Implications (CRNM), pointed out the EPA was a Panel three, chaired by Dr Amanda Sives free trade agreement plus and the plus of the University of Liverpool, focused was development related. A number on the implications of the EPA for other of positive aspects of the agreement regions in the ACP. Dr Chris Stevens, were highlighted: it would give a boost of the Overseas Development Institute, to regional integration, it includes an argued: the interim agreements are extensive list of ‘excluded’ products, mixed with only some countries likely to John Rapley, Ambassador Richard Bernal, Peter the period allowed for liberalisation is benefit, it is the implementation of trade Clegg, David Jessop, Milton Lawrence extensive and the Caribbean will be able rules rather than tariffs which are likely to tap into EU innovation assistance to be challenging, inter-regional trade and funding. The second presenter is likely to be more problematic than Dr Amanda Sives, was Jamaican High Commissioner trade with the EU and mechanisms for Convenor of the Caribbean to Britain, the Honourable Burchell implementation continue to be a problem. Whiteman, who spoke about the need Dr Paul Goodison, former Director of the Politics Group to educate people in the region about European Research Office in Brussels, the wider benefits of the EPA. cautioned against the wholesale transfer On Wednesday 22nd April 2009, of the Caribbean EPA to Africa due to the the Caribbean Politics Group, the Institutional Frameworks differences in levels of development, the Royal Commonwealth Society and the Panel two, chaired by Dr Peter Clegg nature of trade relations with the EU and Caribbean Council organised a half- of the University of the West of market size. His main area of concern day workshop at the Commonwealth England, focused on implementation. was the lack of institutional support Club in London. The event focused on Ambassador Richard Bernal, former for the process. Roy Rodriguez and the Economic Partnership Agreement Director General of the CRNM, spoke Elroy Turner, from the Commonwealth (EPA) which was recently signed by about the fundamental need to organise Secretariat, spoke about the work being the EU and the Cariforum (CARICOM institutional frameworks both at undertaken by the Secretariat to train and countries and the Dominican Republic). regional and national level to ensure assist ACP country negotiators. Rodriguez Funding was provided by: the Political the advantage gained by being the first explained whilst the Secretariat does not Studies Association, the University of region to sign an EPA was not lost. have extensive financial resources, it is the West of England, Jamaica National The second speaker, David seen as a trusted partner by developing Bank and the venue was provided free Jessop of the Caribbean Council, countries. Mr Turner spoke about the of charge by the Royal Commonwealth began by discussing the difficulties of Hubs and Spokes project which has Society. implementing the EPA in the current provided £20m to assist trade negotiators The afternoon began with a financial crisis. He expressed concern in ACP countries. Currently, over 4,000 keynote address from David O’Sullivan, that national governments might people have been trained and the project the Director General for Trade at the become more protectionist and the has provided briefings for Ministers European Commission. He began by private sector is not sufficiently aware and developed strong networks between stating the EPA had been designed of how to engage with the EPA. Dr John negotiators. around three major principles: Rapley, of the Caribbean Policy and The workshop attracted over reciprocity, a regional approach Research Institute (CaPRI) reported on one hundred people and provided an to trade, and the development of modelling he had undertaken regarding invaluable forum for discussing both regional integration. Criticisms of the the possible impact of the EPA. Using trade negotiation processes as well as the Commission which had been made the Jamaican case, he noted areas challenges facing the Caribbean in terms by NGOs were unfounded as the EU likely to be negatively affected were of implementation of the EPA and those sought to work with the Caribbean prepared food and garments and there confronting African and Pacific regions to ensure the protection of ‘sensitive would be a reduction of 0.4% in fiscal which have yet to conclude the final products’. In that regard, only 80% revenue. On the positive side, there agreements. The EPA process is a unique of the Caribbean market had been would be a small increase in trade, an one in which reciprocal, regional trade liberalised, ensuring Caribbean estimated 2.7% increase in GDP and agreements between a developed region economies could protect their most tourism, financial, business services and developing ones seeks to deepen vulnerable products. and communications were likely to trade in order to promote development. improve. The final speaker on the What was clear from the discussions at Wide Benefits panel was Milton Lawrence, of ECIC the workshop was that the conclusion Panel one, chaired by Patsy Robertson Holdings Limited. He called for greater of negotiations was only the very first of the Commonwealth Secretariat, communication between the private step in the process and the success or presented an overview of the EPA. The sector and the institutions within the otherwise of the EPA would be in the first speaker, Ambassador Henry Gill, region to ensure the success of the implementation. Director General of the Caribbean agreement. 18 Links to other Associations Political Studies Association Sponsors Political Scientists from Egypt

in Cairo, Egypt, to promote the work of Conference, Rabab will be featured on a Auchome fountain political scientists from the region at the panel on ‘Democratisation in Comparative Annual Conference. On 14th January Perspective’, and El Arab and Waked on a 2010, he visited the Department of panel on ‘The Politics of Development in Political Science at AUC’s new campus Africa and the Middle East’. Conference- to meet with professors Rabab Al-Mahdi goers are urged to make these Egyptian Terrell Carver, the Association’s Sub- and Abdelaziz Ezzel Arab, together colleagues welcome, along with 30 other committee Chair for International with Mohammed Waked, who is writing international participants on sponsorships Relations, has been working with up his PhD dissertation. At the Political and exchange programmes organised by colleagues at the American University Studies Association’s 60th Anniversary the Association.

Warm Reception from the Southern Political Science Association

from the Political Studies Association. measures that I had not previously Jonathan Mellon, St. Cross College, As a new graduate student, I wasn’t considered. Most importantly I gained University of sure what to expect from an academic new contacts in the field of judicial Oxford conference, but there were many people politics as well as invaluable advice about there who were happy to show me the publishing work. Besides presenting ropes. The conference was very wide my own research I was able to listen to By Jonathan Mellon, ranging and touched on topics from all fascinating talks by many scholars. areas of political science. In addition I found several papers on judicial politics Oxford University to the sessions there were a variety of and the shifting voting patterns in the luncheons and receptions where I had 2008 US elections to be particularly In January I was given the fantastic the chance to meet many interesting interesting. opportunity to speak at the 2010 people within the discipline. The conference was an outstanding Southern Political Science Association opportunity to meet other political in Atlanta, Georgia, which is a ‘regional’ Positive Feedback scientists and discuss my research meeting within the American Political I received positive feedback to my paper interests. After this experience I have Science Association. This was thanks Stare Decisis: Precedent Resurrected? really been able to move forward. to a generous conference travel grant as well as comments about different

“Temporalities, Public Administration and Public Policy” Toulouse, France, 7th – 10th September 2010

Call for Papers study are the establishment, and international government The EGPA Study Group on change (and dissolution) of these organisations, regulators, other Governance of Public Sector organisations, different characteristics agencies, interest groups, courts and Organisations studies aspects of of different forms of organisations, civil society. The quality, frequency public sector organisations. Our focus their design, governance, and type of interactions can be is on public sector organisations of management and control, and their studied, as well as the consequences different forms, ranging from semi- performance. Furthermore, these for all parties involved. The deadline independent governmental units to organisations interact with a complex for the abstracts is 1st May 2010. For different types of ‘agencies’, state- (multi-level) network of actors, more information on the EGPA owned companies and government including parliament, ministers 2010 conference, please go to: www. foundations. Central issues under and ministries, sub-national egpa2010.com A Time to Confer 19 Conference on “Conflict of Interest” Basel, Switzerland, 7th – 8th May 2010

Peter Knowles, Controller BBC Conflict of interest is an important from a range of disciplines (such as law, Parliamentary Channel, who spoke at issue at all levels of governance, ranging political science, economy, sociology or the Heads of Department meeting in from local to global, and both in the philosophy) who have already published December 2009 public and the corporate sphere. Such in the field will be presenting their work. conflict can influence decision making All papers will be discussed, reviewed in the management of corporations, and edited so as to complement and town councils, parliaments, national, respond to each other. international courts and tribunals, For further information on this and in international conferences and conference, please visit the homepage organisations. http://www.baselgovernance.org/big/ Davina Miller, Bradford, attending The papers presented have news-single-view/article/interdisciplinary- the Department Heads meeting in been selected from submissions conference-on-conflict-of-interest/?tx_ttne December 2009. to an international call for papers. ws[backPid]=295&cHash=0f99ac7dca Furthermore, various keynote speakers

Risk, Perceptions of Risk and Transborder Infectious Diseases: Challenges for Global Health Governance PSA 60th Anniversary / Political Studies Workshop, University of Sheffield, 24th September 2010

According to the World Health within the current structure of global Topics for discussion will include: Organization (WHO), as of 29th January health governance. Furthermore, as other ❖ What normative approaches must drive 2010 there have been 14,711 confirmed historical and ongoing cases highlight, GHG: What should we do, for whom deaths from pandemic influenza H1N1 current systems of global health and why? ‘swine flu’ worldwide. Although the governance have had a rather poor track ❖ Human security and pandemic death rates associated with H1N1 are record when responding to often more preparedness. relatively low in comparison to more deadly, or potentially deadly, transborder ❖ Outbreak communication and political destructive transborder infectious infectious diseases, such as cholera, decisiveness in GHG. diseases, the concern for health officials, SARS, avian influenza, tuberculosis and ❖ Wealth and power: issues concerning politicians and ordinary citizens is the HIV/AIDS. Although innovations have access to pandemic vaccines and speed with which the virus spread around been made, renewed co-ordination and treatment. the globe, as well as the number of political commitments at the global level ❖ The relationship between new and countries on which it impacted. Due to are necessary if we are to respond more old processes and structures of global the potential threat posed by new strains effectively to these transborder diseases. health governance. of H1N1, many state governments and ❖ The relationship between increased regional and global organisations have Workshop globalisation and pandemic threats. initiated pandemic alert and monitoring This workshop on Global Health ❖ The relationship between medical programs, as well as increasing their Governance (GHG) in Sheffield will practitioners, regional health co-ordination with other public health examine the current state of global organisations, national health bodies. We can see that in the case of health governance in relation to disease organisations and global health H1N1, an emphasis on collective action monitoring and control, and propose initiatives. has emerged between many affected, policy-relevant analysis of how we might Space at the workshop is limited, so if predominantly western, states. better govern these health priorities at the you are interested in participating, please global level. The workshop will involve contact Rene Bailey (r.bailey@sheffield. Trans-border Disease leading academics and policy makers ac.uk) at the Political Studies office as However, the recent outbreak of H1N1 from diverse disciplines such as politics, soon as possible to reserve a place. is only one highly publicised incident medicine, political economy, political Further information is also available from of transborder disease. The H1N1 virus philosophy, sociology, international the workshop convenors, Garrett Wallace demonstrates two things. First, that relations and development, including Brown ([email protected]) and these types of diseases create unique input from health practitioners as much Sophie Harman (sophie.harman.1@city. and difficult co-ordination problems as from specialists in the social sciences. ac.uk). 20 In Full View New Open University Course: ‘Living Political Ideas’ animals’, students engage with a Studies colleagues across the country. long text by Bruno Latour, a French The ‘Representing the people’ Room political philosopher at the cutting contains readings from Artistotle, edge of thinking about politics and the Machiavelli, Gramsci and others. In environment. Students are required to the second week of study in this Room, read extracts from Latour’s recent book. students examine questions about the This isn’t an easy task and we wanted idea of representation, for instance with to provide various levels of help. Luckily reference to ‘Aid to Africa’. Students for us Latour agreed to be interviewed are shown a set of video clips from so we could ask him directly about some different interested parties. There isn’t of the issues and ideas the students any connecting narrative or commentary. had been studying in the Room so far The students are required to do the work Raia Prokhovnik, Open University and how they relate to his ideas. Before that a narrative commentary might do as reading the extracts, the students watch to what competing claims to represent Raia Prokhovnik, the first interview that one of the course the people might mean, and they are academics made with Latour. Then guided in this by the use of questions Open University students go on to read the text. We do not to answer. What we are developing here summarise the text for them but rather is the use of video in a pro-active as My colleague, Jef Huysmans, and I very break the reading down into three steps opposed to simply didactic format. much enjoyed having the opportunity to with various activities and audio inserts The ‘Political animals’ Room give a presentation at the recent Political to help them grasp the meaning. In that explores the human/animal boundary Studies Association Heads of Department way students build up an understanding with respect to politics. In this Room conference in London on 11th December, of the main ideas of the text but are also, we use Aristotle’s theory to make the on our new 60 point course, ‘Living almost implicitly, taught a method of point that the boundary between who is Political Ideas’. The presentation reading difficult political theory texts. a political being and what/who is not, is demonstrated some of the innovative Once they have read the full extracts a central political question. This issue is features of the course, both in terms of and done the activities there is a further very much alive in debates about animal teaching materials and delivery. This is interview with Latour. In this way rights but also about rights for nature the first course to be presented entirely primary texts are accompanied by video more generally. This also means that we on a set of DVD-ROMS, one DVD-ROM and audio discussions to also encourage are keen to stimulate students to be open for each of the five parts or ‘Rooms’ of students to reflect on the richness of the to competing ideas and interpretations, to the course. The DVD-ROMS are easy texts. see ideas as alive in debates, and to learn and intuitive to navigate, and in each We had two reasons for wanting how to formulate a strong argument by Room the learning progresses easily from to make a presentation of the course at drawing on classic and contemporary topic to topic. For each Room, as well as the Heads of Department conference. texts. the DVD for that Room, there are extra The first reason was that we thought DVDs of the video elements, to watch colleagues from the Association might Religion in Politics alternatively on the TV if students wish, be interested in getting a taste of The ‘Religion in politics’ Room has key and extra CDs of the audio elements, to this innovative course. We think that readings from Rawls, Taylor and Fraser listen to in the car, as an alternative. delivering political theory and political and three terrific case studies, on the ideas in this way really makes them come French Riots, the US abortion debate, and Direct Engagement alive for students. The second reason was politics in Iran. Besides developing active One of the main aims of using DVD- that we wanted to let colleagues know learning and teaching through primary ROM is that it helps us encourage about partnership opportunities, for a texts, we wanted to look at how ideas students to engage directly with the wider use-by-you of these materials - play out in practice in the social and primary texts. Using the interactive either of the whole course or possibly the political world about us, both now and potential of the delivery medium, individual Rooms separately. in the past. Video is a very good medium we’ve inserted a range of ways to for exploring political practice, the way help students in their reading, such Five Topics people’s lives are lived, and using video as pop-ups, definitions of words and The students study five topics or Rooms allows us to integrate the strengths of phrases, questions to focus on the - on ‘Representing the people’, ‘Political visual learning into the course. key arguments, prompts about crucial animals’, ‘Religion in politics’, ‘The body The three weeks of ‘The body in concepts, interjections to set the author’s in politics’, and ‘Politics and violence’. politics’ Room deal with eugenics and the thinking in context, and audio inserts These are separate and discrete topics, nineteenth century Contagious Diseases to guide students. For instance, in the and we think they will have a wide Act, with readings from Darwin, J S Mill second Room of the course, ‘Political appeal among Politics and International and Foucault; the ethics of care; and the In Full View 21 politics of sexuality. Week 3 contains inform and circulate in politics as well as only gained very positive feedback from readings from Luce Irigaray and Judith in theory. So the emphasis is on ideas. students, but has also won a prestigious Butler among others. In the second week award. The British Universities Film students undertake an activity in which Forefront of OU thinking and Video Council gave first prize to they identify their own position with All the teaching on the course - whether ‘Living Political Ideas’ in its ‘Courseware respect to a set of dilemmas invoking the in text, video, audio or activities - is and Curriculum’ category at its recent justice/care problematic. integrated into this one delivery medium. ‘Learning on Screen’ awards ceremony. The ‘Politics and violence’ Room On the DVD-ROM primary texts for We were delighted that the judges asks whether violence is a central aspect students to study are integrated with recognised the course as an innovative of modern ideas about the nature of video and audio materials, interspersed way of delivering ideas in real depth. politics or marks the limits of politics. with questions prompting students Students work with case studies to undertake activities with electronic Partnerships and theory texts to develop a critical notepads, and study guidance, into We are interested in exploring models understanding of how modern political a seamless learning journey. The of partnerships with other universities ideas are entangled with understandings production of the course is at the in the UK, so that other Politics and of violence. This is an example of forefront of OU thinking in terms of International Studies departments can how the courses works out ideas by delivery and student integrated learning. use the resources we’ve developed in means of integrating theory and very For instance the account of the Iran the course. We were very pleased to concrete, everyday political situations case study in Room 3 moves seamlessly receive some very positive feedback and narratives. The Room uses texts between the written text and the video after the presentation to the Political from theorists such as Franz Fanon and elements. Neither makes sense without Studies Association Head of Department Hannah Arendt, as well as case studies the other. The course also promotes conference in December, confirming on the former Yugoslavia, Sierra Leone, independent learning through its that it is possible to produce a course on and Algeria, to generate a debate. interactive and integrated learning DVD-ROM which is excellent in quality journey for students. The aim throughout and very appealing to students across the Three Teaching weeks is to stimulate students to have the Politics discipline. The feedback after the Each Room contains three teaching arguments at their disposal to be able to presentation showed that there is indeed weeks. As well as the five Rooms there debate in an informed way the political a market for the course in the wider is a two-week ‘Entry’ Room in which issues, dilemmas, and ideas underlying university sector. I’ve recently written to students learn how to navigate, make contemporary politics. The delivery Heads of Department and the most of all the features of the DVD- methods used in the course, utilising had some good responses back. If you ROMS, and get explicit guidance on study the advantages and richness of new would also like to follow up this idea, skills - all through an engagement with technology, are applicable to mainstream find out more, or make an expression the politics of the Cold War. They also as well as distance-learning students. of interest in partnerships, please do get learn how we designed the course not to in touch with me at r.prokhovnik@open. teach political theory in the abstract, but Prestigious Award ac.uk. We would very much like to hear to teach how ideas exist, are alive, and We are also excited that the course not from you.

Rhetoric and Politics Society of the UK to galvanise interest in the politics of its spoken, textual and visual forms, speech and persuasion across a variety as well as the discussion of its place in of academic disciplines. ‘The beauty of contemporary democratic life. rhetoric’, says James Martin, ‘is the way ‘In the UK’, continues Dr Martin, it brings together a range of disciplinary ‘rhetoric is typically studied in fields, from linguistics and media studies departments of literature or history. to philosophy and political science. But its ancient origins remind us that it was among earliest forms of political Persuasion knowledge. For that reason, it is an With its focus on persuasion, rhetoric eminent contender for the attentions US President Barack Obama concerns not only speech writing and of current students of politics. We hope oratory but, moreover, contests for power to fill a gap in contemporary political A new association to promote the and authority. Theoretical and empirical studies’. study of rhetoric and politics has been dimensions of politics are uniquely Further details can be found at formed by James Martin of Goldsmiths, combined’. the RPS web site at: rhetoricsocietyuk. University of London and Alan Finlayson The RPS intends to provide a wordpress.com. If you are interested in of Swansea University. The Rhetoric and platform for the scholarly analysis of any aspect of rhetoric you are invited to Politics Society of the UK (RPS) seeks contemporary political rhetoric, in both join via this site. 22 In Full View Observing Mozambique 2009: The Experience

Andrew Russell and Ahmed Kabbah at the Commonwealth Observer Group Press Tete, Mozambique Conference

By Andrew Russell, civil society leaders from Bangladesh, and cell-phones. To replicate the group’s Ghana, Guyana, Jamaica, Kenya, Malawi, work earlier in Maputo, we spent 3-4 days Manchester Malaysia, Swaziland, Tanzania and collecting evidence from parties and civil Zambia. Our first week in Maputo was society about local issues in the province The invitation to join the Commonwealth dominated by collecting evidence from and introducing ourselves to the relevant Observer Group to Mozambique political parties, NGOs, the media, authorities. came because I run the Politics MA in election officials and the international Despite Tete’s tradition of being the Democracy and Elections at Manchester community on the background to hub of some pockets of opposition since and some of my research concerning the elections. This was an incredibly the civil war, it was apparent that the youth engagement had apparently effective method of briefing the team Frelimo was in the ascendant here. The caught the attention of someone at the on the issues likely to be germane for difference between party headquarters Commonwealth Secretariat. A focus on the election itself. The media team was instructive, the Frelimo building youth might be helpful, I was told, since provided us with invaluable background always seemed among the most-plush Mozambique –like much of Africa - has to the election stories that might have building in any settlement, Renamo a young population and if Mozambican seemed merely prosaic to the un-trained headquarters were sometimes close by youth were to vote in large numbers they eye. For example the team became but always more run-down; we found could significantly affect the outcome of aware of why the use of helicopters for only one single MDM office in the Tete the forthcoming elections. the Presidential campaign tour was so and its setting was far from glamorous. The call from the Commonwealth controversial and why the fact that the On election-day my team (2 observers, came two weeks before the travel date. electoral commission had set the same myself and a colleague from Malawi, a This was my first involvement in an deadline day for submission of candidate local driver and our interpreter) sped election observation team and my names by the parties and allocation of between 16 polling stations taking immediate desire to accept the invitation parliamentary seats in each province had in voting in urban and rural settings was offset only by an anxiety about been so problematic. throughout the province. getting the necessary inoculations at such short notice. Nevertheless once cover Hot Election No Access was secured for some of my duties at the The second week saw the team deployed At a polling station in the district of University of Manchester I was all set to to various regions of the country. I was Changara we were initially refused entry go. sent to Tete, the north-eastern province by an over-zealous team of officials. Our of Mozambique that borders Zimbabwe accreditation signed by the National Presidential Partner and Malawi, and is dominated by the Election Commission Chairman was On arrival in Mozambique I discovered Zambeze river and the Cahora-Bassa apparently insufficient for the Polling I was in esteemed company. I was the dam. It’s also the hottest part of the Station President who wanted to see only academic and was the only Brit country (39°c on electionday). Life here clearance from an election official on the COG which was led by Ahmad was often harsh although economic in Changara. We were eventually Kabba, the former President of Sierra and political development had ensured granted access but the atmosphere was Leone, and included politicians and a proliferation of bicycles, motorbikes uncomfortable. Despite this, what we In Full View 23 witnessed in the Polling Station seemed report what was observed – even when Journal of Political to be good practice although we later there are suspicions that difficulties learned however that opposition parties had occurred long before the COG’s Marketing had failed to gain access to the stations in arrival in the country. In this regard the Changara. Queues outside stations were election rules become very important and “Political Marketing and often hectic, but crowds were mostly recommendations about the separation Propaganda: Uses, well-natured despite the blistering sun. of party and state are probably more Some aspects of the process were clearly important than the length of queues at Abuses and Misuses” held in high regard – I lost count of the each polling station. number of voters who were sent back to Overall this was a fascinating Call for Submissions the booths in order to correctly fold their experience; a chance to see how the We invite you to submit a manuscript papers before being allowed to post them academic issues that are a part of my of approximately 4,000 – 6,000 words in the correct ballot box. There was plenty professional life impact in reality and to to our Special Issue of the Journal of evidence that infirm and disabled apply accepted standards of democratic of Political Marketing on the above voters as well as nursing mothers were development to a very different part of theme. The idea is to explore and given preferential access to the polling the world. Mozambique 2009 was my nuance a hybridized concept, Political stations (often to the chagrin of those in first experience as an election observer; Marketing/Propaganda, on the grounds the much-longer queues). Occasionally I hope it’s not my last. that these are not mutually exhaustive the nature of holding three ballots on one independent categories- i.e. that each day caused some confusion – at the City has features of the other (contributors Hall in Tete the very first vote – cast by are at liberty however to challenge this the City Mayor – and the very last vote claim). of the day – cast by the polling station The belief is that our civic, President – managed to be put into the political, military and corporate domains incorrect ballot boxes accidentally. have matured/mutated into a new culture of public manipulation; and that Counting Fatigue success to-day is enjoyed less by the Others aspects of the voting procedure best than by the best persuaders. Our were incredibly tedious and the count revival of an ostensibly archaic concept, itself will live with me forever as the Propaganda, is however deliberate longest night (and most of the next as we suggest that this concept best day) of my life. The tabulation process evokes the polemical/insidious nature was almost as hectic as the voting Chair and President of the Association of the contemporary communications queues and almost as laborious as the at Heads of Department meeting in environment; again, contributors are counting process. It was had to avoid the December 2009. welcome to challenge this contention. conclusion that one of the key problems Manuscripts should be submitted by 1st was fatigue with the process being October 2010. heavily dependent on the very people who had been up all night conducting the vote Specific Focus of the Special Issue the night before. Submissions are welcomed from Finally the group returned to political science communications and Maputo (which seemed much more marketing/business academics as cosmopolitan on our second visit than well as from practitioners. The focus it had on our first) to draft the report. of the special issue is propaganda The teams deployed to the provinces and its use in political campaigns for came back with different details but the war, diplomacy, or as an alternative to overall picture of a keenly contested (but coercion in public policy. nevertheless very one-sided) election seemed familiar to all parts of the Further Information country. All teams had heard reports For more information please contact the of sharp practice verging on electoral co-editors of the special issue: abuse but what each team had actually Dr. Paul Baines, observed was a hectic but peaceful Justin Morris, Hull at the Heads of Email: [email protected] election experience. This seems crucial Department meeting in December and to the work of an election observer 2009. Professor Nicholas O’Shaughnessy since the most important role is to Email: [email protected]

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(continued from front cover) (NYU) on ‘In Case of Emergency: The Role of Formal Protocols and Team Cognition in Crisis Government’. Stephen Holmes’ lecture will be followed by a reception to mark the foundation of the Association for Political Thought. This will be one of several receptions at the conference, with others supported by Government and Opposition, the British Journal of Politics and International Relations, Wiley Blackwell and the Scottish Government. The Annual Dinner will be in the Balmoral Hotel in the shadow of Edinburgh Castle. There are a number of special sessions sponsored by journals: the BJPIR on Celebrity + Politics and the 2010 UK Election; the British Journal of Political Science on Political Science and Political Science Journals; Parliamentary Affairs on Britishness. The European Consortium for Scott Monument Edinburgh Castle starts at 11am on 30th March and closes at 3.30pm on 1st April. But we are also organising a number of one-day events on Monday 29th March: one of the biggest Graduate Network Conferences on record; the inaugural Political Studies Association Teachers’ Conference, marking the further development of the Association’s Teachers’ section; and a number of one- day workshops enabling networks to meet intensively before joining the main conference on Tuesday 30th March. The Political Studies Association Princes Street George Hotel is launching two publications at the conference: a special collection edited by Political Research is sponsoring a session of ECPR-style workshops on Political Colin Hay (Sheffield) on New Directions on European Political Science: Past, Present Marketing, the Politics of Property, Party in Political Science, put together to mark and Future, the University Association for Leadership in Western Europe, Critical the Association’s 60th Anniversary (with Contemporary European Studies round Local Governance, Religion and Politics in a free copy available for all conference- tables on ‘What has Political Science Done the Public Realm, Environmental Politics, goers); and the new journal Political Insight, for the Study of Europe’ and on ‘David State-Building, Security and Development, edited by Peter Geoghegan, and marking Cameron’s ConServatives and Europe’. The and Development Politics. The conference the Association’s move into the general British International Studies Association is takes place in a series of venues in and readership market. holding a mammoth 12 panels, including around the George Hotel in George Street This year’s Shapiro Lecture, sponsored work on terrorism, nuclear weapons and US in Edinburgh City Centre – the heart of by Government and Opposition, will be foreign policy. one of the UK’s liveliest cities and a World given on the evening of 30th March by There are of course a number of Heritage Site. There is a vast range of Colin Hay on the theme of ‘Pathology sessions on the UK election, on the prospect coffee bars, pubs and restaurants nearby, without Crisis? The Strange Demise of of a Conservative Government, and on and all the conference hotels are within the Anglo-Liberal Growth Model. The Scottish politics and devolution, alongside easy walking distance. Information on all Association for Political Thought in Britain the usual diverse range of work presented this and more can be found at the Political and Ireland is hosting a lecture in the through the Associations Specialist Groups. Studies Association conference website at evening of 31st March by Stephen Holmes In a new departure there will be a number www.psa.ac.uk/2010/.