December 2006. ISSN 0955-6281. Vol. 17 No. 4 NEWS Contents Signalling Success - Awards Department News...... 2 Centre for Democracy...... 2 Department of Government, International Politics Ceremony Winners 2006 and Philosophy, University of Manchester...... 3 EXCR Recognition for MA Online at University of Hull 4

Time to Confer...... 5 'Capacity Building in Small States'...... 5 ''Everyday Life in World Politics and Economics'...... 6

Department Profile...... 7 Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford...... 7 Introducing the Department of Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, University of London...... 8 Division of Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences, University of Southampton...... 9 Department of Politics, University of Exeter...... 10 The Department of International Studies and Social Science, Coventry University...... 11 Professor Charlie Jeffery receiving the Political Studies David Trimble and John Hume receiving their Lifetime Achievement Communication Award from the Guardian’s political and social in Politics awards from Martha Kearney, Presenter, BBC Newsnight. commentator, Polly Toynbee. Association News...... 12

PHD Prize 2007...... 13

Research and Writing Opportunities...... 14

Specialist Group News...... 14 The Security and Intelligence Studies Specialist Group...... 14 New Political Leadership Specialist Group...... 15 German Politics Group Workshop...... 16 Parliaments and Legislatures Group...... 16

In Full View...... 17 PREPOL Project...... 17 Oliver Letwin MP at the drinks reception before accepting the Richard Bacon MP receiving the Parliamentarian of the Year award Politician of the Year award on behalf of David Cameron MP. from Anne McElvoy, Executive Editor, Evening Standard. Links with Other Associations...... 18

2007 Annual Conference...... 19

Political Studies Association Awards 2006...... 20

Matthew d’Ancona, Editor of the Spectator, receiving the Political Professor David Butler receiving the Special Recognition for Professor Gerry Stoker receiving the Politics Book of the Year award Journalist of the Year award from the Guardian’s political and social Electoral Studies award from Martha Kearney. for “Why Politics Matters” from Dead Ringers impressionist Jon commentator, Polly Toynbee.  Department News Department News 

Centre for Democracy and Governance Department of Government, International Politics and Philosophy, Launched at the University of Huddersfield University of Manchester

Several appointments were made recently. Maja challenged and supported government policy over the • Simon Bulmer, Policy Transfer in European Union Zehfuss joined as Reader. Claire Sutherland, Nick course of the war. Governance: Regulating the Utilities (with D. Turnbull, Christina Masters, Greig Charnock and Claire Annesley has been awarded £47,000 by the Dolowitz, P. Humphreys and S. Padgett) Shogo Suzuki (Sept 2006) were appointed lecturers. ESRC for a project on ‘Engendering the Adult Worker (Abingdon: Routledge 2007). Elena Barabantseva and Jane Green became research Model Welfare State: The UK’ which runs from Sept fellows. As for promotions, Rorden Wilkinson Yoram 2006 to Feb 2008. This research examines the • Jane Green , “When voters and parties agree: Gorlizki, and Nicola Phillips and Inderjeet Parmar (also political agency of women in the UK during recent valence issues and party competition,” Political now head of politics) became professors. Richard process of welfare reform in the direction of the Adult Studies (forthcoming). Jackson and Francesca Gains are now senior lecturers. Worker Model welfare state - one that encourages all The Department also hosted several conferences: adults to work and be financially independent. • Richard Jackson , ‘Language, Policy and the ‘Aspects of Normative Political Theory from a Rational Working papers from the Manchester Centre for Construction of a Torture Culture in the War on Perspective’ on 13th October, “Is it Time for a Critical Political Theory (MANCEPT), University of Manchester, Terrorism’, Review of International Studies. 2007. Terrorism Studies?” on 27th/28th October, and “Africa can be accessed at: and the World” on 3rd November. Upcoming events http://www.socialsciences.manchester.ac.uk/politics/ • Richard Jackson, ‘Constructing Enemies: “Islamic include a postgraduate conference “World Orders and research/research_groups/mancept/working_papers. Terrorism” in Political and Academic Discourse’, Global Governance: New Perspectives and Challenges” htm. Government & Opposition. 2007. on 19th January 2007. A new course in Global Justice • Nicola Phillips, ‘The Dynamics of Linkage: The Research Projects A new course “Global Justice” is now being offered Economic-Security Nexus in Contemporary US As for research projects, Richard Jackson has been at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at the Trade Strategies’, Government and Opposition, jointly awarded an ESRC grant of £87,922.00 for a University Of Manchester. They are convened by Dr forthcoming 2007. project entitled, ‘The Coalition of the Willing and the Zofia Stemplowska. Construction of Security’. Peter John and the Institute • Jonathan Quong , ‘Contractualism, Reciprocity, for Political and Economic Governance are engaged in Publications and Egalitarian Justice,’ Politics, Philosophy & the following projects: 'Evaluation of the new council Some recent and forthcoming publications from Economics (Forthcoming February 2007). constitutions - cabinets and mayors - in English staff in the Dept of Politics, University of Manchester local government' (Evaluating Local Governance), include: • Stuart Shields, Transition and the global political funded by the Office of Deputy Prime Minister, ‘The economy: Neoliberal hegemony and Poland’s Policy Priorities of UK Governments’ which will code • Alan Hamlin and Geoffrey Brennan ‘Conservatism, transformation London: Routledge/RIPE Studies in Queen’s Speeches since 1945, Home Office Research Idealism and Cardinality’ Analysis, 66(4) October Global Political Economy - forthcoming. (From left to right) Prof Brendan Evans; Dr Sarah Hale; Prof that good teaching thrives as part of an active Programme on Civil Renewal, the Get Out the Vote 2006, 286-295. Andrew Taylor; Prof Valerie Bryson; Dr John Craig; Baroness The new Centre for Democracy Williams of Crosby; Prof Jim McAuley; Dr Derek Lynch; Dr Peter and Governance at the University research culture, in which students can share a project, and work on the Home Office Citizenship • Angelia Wilson, ‘With Friends Like These: The Woodcock; Prof Tony Payne; and Dr Tim Heppell attending the sense of intellectual excitement and gain access to Survey, the design experiments paper and the interest • Kimberley Brownlee ‘The Communicative Aspects Liberalization of Queer Family Policy’ Critical Social Centre’s launch in April of Huddersfield was launched by a wider research community. She argued that it is in randomised control trials of Civil Disobedience and Lawful Punishment’ Policy (forthcoming). Baroness Shirley Williams on 26th important that research in relatively small Centres Criminal Law and Philosophy, forthcoming 2007. continues, as this keeps movement in the research Peter Humphreys is working on a joint project: • ‘Labour Pains: New Labour and Lesbian and Gay April 2006. system – for if research were to become concentrated 'Globalization, Regulatory Competition and Audiovisual • Alan Hamlin and Colin Jennings ‘Leadership Citizens’ in Annesley, Gains and Rummery (eds.) The Centre builds on the well-established and in a few specialist universities, these might become Regulation in Five Countries'. The project, which and Conflict’, Journal of Economic Behaviour and Women and New Labour Engendering Politics and externally recognised tradition of Politics research inward looking, self-perpetuating and closed. The commenced in February 2005, examines trends Organisation, forthcoming, 2007. Policy, (2007) Policy Press. at the University. Over the years, this has developed links between Politics research at Huddersfield and in audiovisual regulatory policies under the impact with a distinctive focus on issues around Democracy other universities was illustrated by the attendance of globalization and technological change in five • Jonathan Quong ‘Contractualism, Reciprocity, and • Maja Zehfuss, Wounds of Memory: Politics of War and Governance. Members of the Centre have a at the launch of two former Huddersfield staff countries: the US, Canada, France, Germany and the Egalitarian Justice,’ Politics, Philosophy & in Germany (Cambridge: Cambridge University wide range of interests and political standpoints, members: Professor Tony Payne (1978-86), recent UK. Economics, forthcoming February 2007. Press forthcoming 2007). ranging from urban regeneration to Conservative Party head of the Politics Department at the University of Piers Robinson is currently directing a two-year ESRC leadership, from radio-communications to the Orange Sheffield is now heading the Politics HEFCE Research funded joint project titled ‘Media Wars: News Media • Russell Ong, China’s Security Interests in the 21st On other news, Professor Geoffrey Brennan (ANU) paid New Member of Staff Order, from feminist theory to case-based learning, Assessment Exercise; Professor Andrew Taylor Performance and Media Management During the 2003 Century, (London: Routledge, March 2007). a visit to the University of Manchester as Hallsworth and from privatisation in South Africa to the politics of (1977-2000) did much to build the Politics research Iraq War’. The research will provide a comprehensive Visiting Professor in October 2006. joins Department the Simpsons. They are, however, united by a concern culture at Huddersfield and is now Deputy Head of the assessment of how different media outlets reported • Sorin Baiasu , Kant and Sartre: Re-discovering with the processes and beliefs through which some Department of Politics, University of Sheffield. the war including the extent to which media both Critical Ethics, Palgrave Macmillan. Forthcoming. of Politics and groups and/or individuals gain political voice, while Baroness Williams spoke warmly in support of the International Relations others are excluded or marginalised from political new Centre. She noted that it is strong not only in involvement, or participate outside conventional highly academic research but also in applied research. at Lancaster political institutions. This has led some members to She praised Professor Brendan Evans’ work on a related focus on the means and modalities through urban regeneration and community involvement in which citizens, aspiring citizens and stakeholders Manchester as particularly important, welcomed the New MA Programme The Graduate School of the Department of Political global concern with terrorism and the associated US- The Department of Politics and International engage with the changing nature of governance as case-based learning project headed by Dr John Craig Science and International Studies at the University led ‘war on terror’. It entails a core module, Strategic Relations at the University of Lancaster are very a global, international, national, regional and local and Dr Sarah Hale and expressed particular interest in of Birmingham is announcing the start of a new Studies, the completion of a dissertation for the MA glad to be welcoming Professor Christine Sylvester phenomenon. Professor Valerie Bryson’s research on feminism and at Birmingham in and highly topical MA Programme (also available as programme, and optional modules in a combination to the Department on 1st January 2007. Professor In her opening remarks, the Centre’s Director, the politics of time. Postgraduate Diploma). This new programme aims to of security studies, risk analysis, international law Sylvester has made a number of major interventions Professor Valerie Bryson identified some of the Baroness Williams then delivered the annual Harold Strategic Studies in provide students with the tools to understand issues and organisation and international peacekeeping. The in International Relations and will be joining an distinctive features of Politics research at Huddersfield Wilson Memorial Lecture on ‘Human Rights: A new surrounding the use of military force for political ends programme will be offered from October 2007. already strong team in the field of International as its cooperative and democratic nature, and its religion?’ to a packed audience from the university and an Age of Terror in contemporary global politics. In particular, it focuses For more information contact the programme director Relations in the Department. active linking of research to teaching. She stressed the local community. on the use of force in the context of the post-2001 Dr Matt McDonald at [email protected]  Department News Time to Confer 

ESRC Recognition for MA Online at University of Hull ‘Capacity Building in Small States’ Distance learning is becoming an important Birmingham University complement to on-campus teaching. For the past four years, the Department of Politics and International April 2007 Studies at Hull University has been running an The Department of Politics and International Studies innovative online MA degree, the MA in Legislative at the University of Birmingham will host a two-day Studies Online (MALSO). The degree received ESRC international conference on small state capacity Recognition in the most recent ESRC Recognition building in April 2007. Scholars from North America, exercise, the only Politics MA taught online to achieve Europe (including the UK), Africa, and Asia will this status. present some 20 papers over the two days on panels covering MALSO draws on the MA in Legislative Studies (a) small state capacity in the European Union; which has been taught on campus for over ten (b) border issues and capacity building in Europe, years. MALSO caters especially for those seeking the Asia and Africa; qualification but who are in full-time posts and who (c) peacekeeping and post-conflict capacity building in may be overseas, and for whom the expense of giving the Balkans, Asia and Africa; and up their job for a year and living in the UK may be (d) small state negotiating capacities in international prohibitive. MALSO is taken part-time over two years economic organisations. and thus offers considerable flexibility. If you would like to attend the workshop please The degree has attracted parliamentary officials contact the organisers Donna Lee (d.lee.3@bham. as well as mature students with family and/or ac.uk) or Nicki Smith ([email protected]) for professional commitments. They have been drawn further details. from around the world as well as from different corners of the UK; they range from a UNDP official based in Vietnam to parliamentary officials in countries as diverse as Canada, Germany and Scotland. The programme is taught through the virtual learning environment Merlin, which was chosen because ‘Mind The Gap! it ensures high levels of personalisation and is particularly suitable for discussion-based teaching. Democracy in Theory The MA is structured around the principle of work- based learning, making the most of the students’ and Practice’ own experiences working with parliament. Students University of Huddersfield are encouraged throughout to reflect on their own parliamentary experiences and, in their final year, 21st – 22nd June 2007 to develop primary research based on their own Call for Papers parliament. The feedback from students has been extremely good, in some instances of publishable standard. for Legislative Studies of the Department. The ESRC Theme: Representation, participation, freedom, positive. A real sense of community has developed The work developed within the MA has also had an recognition is the latest of a series of indicators accountability, citizenship, time, responsibility, majority and the quality of the work developed has been very impact on the research developed within the Centre reflecting the quality of the teaching of MALSO. rule ….what happens when people attempt to put these concepts into practice? Bookings, further enquiries and offers of papers to: Georgina Blakeley or Valerie Bryson, Division of Politics, University of Huddersfield The late Professor Cornelius O’Leary with Colleagues The Department of Politics, MSc in Tel: 01484 472447 Fax: 01484 516151 University of York Email: [email protected]; [email protected] Democracy and Deadline for abstracts: 31st January 2007 Staff news Philosophy at York in 2006. Professor Mozaffar Dr Adrian Leftwich has been appointed Co-Director of Qizilbash is founding professor of PEP at York and the £2.5 million DFID-funded Research Programme joins the Department from UEA. Ms Nikita Sud is Democratisation, Consortium on Institutions and Pro-poor Growth, completing a doctorate at the University of Oxford, on along with Professor Kunal Sen of the University of the changing nature of the post-colonial Indian state; University College UACES: Exchanging Manchester. Professor Sue Mendus delivered the she joins the Department for a one-year post. Simone Weil Lectures at Melbourne and Sydney London Ideas on Europe 2007 (2006). She has been the Visiting Fellow, Research Short Courses Portsmouth School for Social Science, ANU, October – December Chevening Senior Fellows Programme on Conflict The MSc in Democracy and Democratisation 2006 and will be Freilich Distinguished Lecturer, ANU, Resolution hosted by the Department and PRDU. at UCL’s Department of Political Science and 3rd – 5th September 2007 2007. Professor Matt Matravers took over as Head of School of Public Policy focuses on the design Call for Papers Department October 2006. Publications and operation of democratic institutions in old No War, No Peace: The rejuvenation of stalled peace and new democracies. The Call for papers is now open, and the deadline for Recent appointments processes and peace accords (Palgrave 2006) by More information about the programme paper submission is 15th January 2007. The Centre Recent appointments to the Department include Dr Roger Mac Ginty has just been published. Two is available at http://www.ucl.ac.uk/spp/ for European & International Studies Research (CEISR) Michael Kearney who is the RCUK Fellow in Law and previous books by Mac Ginty (The Management of teaching/msc-democracy-democratisation/ at the University of Limerick will host this 37th Annual Human Rights, a graduate of the Irish Centre for Peace Processes and Contemporary Peacemaking or by contacting Dr. Sherrill Stroschein at and 12th Research Conference. Human Rights at the National University of Ireland, - both edited with John Darby) are in the [email protected]. To contact UACES please go to: www.uaces.org/ Galway. Joining him is Professor Matthew Festenstein Berghoff Foundation’s ‘Top 100 books on Conflict Portsmouth.htm who gained his PhD from Cambridge University Transformation’. In addition, Matt Matravers’s in 1994, and, after teaching at the universities of Responsibility and Justice (Polity, 2006) was also Back row: E. Moxon-Browne, R. Jay, A. Guelke, M. Cox, R. Wilford, R. Eccleshall; Hull and Sheffield, arrived as Professor of Political published this year. Front row: S. Elliott, J.H. Whyte, C. O'Leary, V. Geoghegan, B.M. Walker  Time to Confer Department Profile 

‘Everyday Life in World Papers examining the following are particularly Colin Barker is now a retired gent. Surface mail and welcome: faxes should only be addesssed to Mike Tyldesley) Politics and Contemporary History at the University of Salford Politics and Economics’ • The changing political and electoral landscape of Conference Papers One Day Workshop Northern Ireland since 1998. In previous years we have printed and bound the Centre for International Studies, LSE • The development of attitudes towards the GFA papers. This year, those giving papers are asked to Politics and Contemporary History at Salford amongst unionists, nationalists, republicans and supply them in advance, for inclusion on a CD of has expanded considerably in recent years. Friday 11th May 2007 loyalists. the complete papers which will be available from the Following a QAA score of 24 out of 24, ESRC • The record of the Northern Ireland Assembly and conference opening. re-accreditation of our 3+1 provision and a 5A The Centre for International Studies at LSE is Executive. • Preferred method: send the paper to Colin Barker rating in the last RAE, new appointments are organising a one-day international workshop aiming to • The prospects for devolved government in Northern as an email attachment in MS Word. Any separate set to bring our full time-staff total up from 12 bring together researchers and senior academics that Ireland. illustrations etc. should be placed at the end of to 18. study the role and importance of everyday life in social • The impact of the media on the perception of the the paper, in .jpg format. In September, we were pleased to welcome change. GFA. • if this is impossible, post a copy of the text to Mike Gaynor Johnson, Senior Lecturer in The workshop aims to examine the role, function • The role of the British and Irish governments. Tyldesley on a CD disk in MS Word format International History, who joined us from and significance of everyday life in world politics and • The international dimension. • Final date for receipt of abstracts: Monday 5th Bolton; Sarah Leonard, Lecturer in Security economics. Most theoretical and empirical studies in • The future of the peace process. February 2006 Studies, from Aberystwyth, and Jonathan mainstream social science focus on powerful social • The peace process in a comparative context. • Final date for receipt of actual papers: Monday Colman, Lecturer in International History, who actors, official institutions and mechanisms, important Titles and an abstract of not more than 300 words 12th March 2006 also came to us from Aberystwyth. In January policy decisions, milestone meetings/conferences/ should be sent to Dr Eamonn O’Kane (e.okane@wlv. Conference Arrangements and Costs we will be making three further appointments. negotiations/treaties, and critical junctures. In this ac.uk ) and/or Dr Christopher Norton (C.Norton@wlv. The conference will run from lunch-time Monday 2nd With eight different nationalities and at least as way, they tend to ignore everyday repetitions, patterns, ac.uk ) by 31st January 2007. April to lunch-time Wednesday 4th April 2006. many languages represented by our staff, we practices, decisions or non-decisions. Yet, while these For further information please see the conference Cost, inclusive of three lunches, teas/coffees and have extensive international research contacts matters make no headline news, they define and website at: www.wlv.ac.uk/gfaconference copies of the Proceedings on CD, will be £120 and are able to offer our students a wide range determine these ‘big politics’ in a most profound way. (students £72). of exchange and placement opportunities We invite theoretical or applied papers that attempt to: Bed and Breakfast accommodation in student abroad. • move the spotlight of political analysis from ‘big bedrooms can be booked through the conference Research activities take place within the actors’ to ‘everyday people’ and from ‘milestone Social Movements organizers at nearby University of Manchester framework of three research clusters: the meetings and critical junctures’ to small everyday accommodation, at £33 per night (ensuite rooms £45 Politics of Representation; Military History politics and practices that make possible the Conference per night). Delegates preferring hotel accommodation and Strategic Studies; International Politics continuity and change of the nature of world Manchester Metropolitan University should make their own bookings. The most convenient – whose work is informed by an awareness of to governmental organisations both in Britain and in Intelligence and Security Studies, now in its sixteenth politics and economics; 2nd – 4th April 2007 hotel is IBIS, Charles Street, Manchester M1 7DG (tel the importance of inter-disciplinary approaches, Europe. year, is the longest-running non-governmental • break into the repetitive pattern of everyday life and 0161 272 5000). and of research that connects directly Investments in Military History, and most recently the postgraduate programme in Britain dedicated to the explore its subjugating/emancipatory potentials, From 1995 to 2006, Manchester Metropolitan Conference participants will be invited to dine together with contemporary historical, political and launch of a new International Relations and Politics scholarly examination of intelligence, espionage and and its implications for political action and University hosted a series of very successful annual at two local (and not too expensive) restaurants on the international controversies and debates. Four degree have brought excellent returns in terms of other clandestine activity. We have dedicated research intervention at a national, international or global international conferences on ‘Alternative Futures and two conference evenings. Payment for dinners should highly regarded journals – European Political student recruitment. Together with our undergraduate training programmes, including an MRes, and a level. Popular Protest’. not be made in advance, but directly to the restaurants Science, Modern Italy, Parliamentary Affairs, degrees in Politics, Politics and Contemporary History, vibrant community of PhD students, reflected in the • articulate an ontology of social repetition and We’re very happy to announce that the Twelfth AF&PP on the night. Situations – are edited or co-edited by our and European studies, the programmes offer access to frequent organisation of interdisciplinary postgraduate everyday life, and examine the difference it Conference will be held between Monday 2nd April and staff; Salford Professor of Politics, Martin Bull, study, and to teach, at universities in Europe, Canada, research conferences the most recent of which have makes for politico-economic action. Wednesday 4th April 2007. currently fills the post of Academic Director the US and, shortly, with the University of Canberra in covered topics ranging from ‘identity’ to ‘conflict’ and To submit a paper proposal, please send an abstract The Conference rubric remains as in previous years. of the ECPR. As well as being committed to Australia. Our students undertake placements working ‘authenticity’. (including your current position/affiliation and contact The aim is to explore the dynamics of popular the maintenance and enhancement of an in the Westminster office of an MP, at the Imperial Overall, if these are exciting times elsewhere, then details) to Andreas Antoniades at A.Antoniades@lse. movements, along with the ideas which animate Workshops in Political active research culture through the regular War Museum in London, at the Liddell Hart Centre for they are positively scintillating in Salford! ac.uk . their activists and supporters and which contribute to organisation of research conferences and Military Archives, at the Queen’s Lancashire Regiment The deadline for paper proposals is 9th February shaping their fate. Theory seminars, our staff often act as consultants Museum in Preston. At postgraduate level, our MA in (applicants will be notified by 26th February). For any Reflecting the inherent cross-disciplinary nature of the questions regarding the workshop please contact CIS issues, previous participants (from over 40 countries) Fourth Annual at [email protected] . have come from such specialisms as sociology, Some funds will be available to cover paper givers’ politics, cultural studies, social psychology, economics, Conference Politics at the University of Dundee Manchester Metropolitan University expenses. history and geography. The Manchester conferences have also been notable for discovering a fruitful 3rd – 5th September 2007 The University of Dundee has in this academic Relations programme has become very attractive to 2007), Angela Bourne’s The European Union and the and friendly meeting ground between activism and year joined the ranks of those across the undergraduates in recent years, and this looks set to Accommodation of Basque Difference in Spain academia. Call for Workshop Convenors UK that have recently been restructured. It continue for some time. We remain small in terms (Manchester U.P. 2007), Alan Dobson’s The Origins, Reviewing the Good Call for Papers now comprises four colleges, and the former of staff numbers, but the recent appointment of Dr Development and Impact of the single European We invite offers of papers relevant to the conference Following the successful third annual series of Department of Politics is now located within William Smith has greatly strengthened our political Aviation Market (Routledge 2007), Norrie MacQueen’s Friday Agreement themes. Papers should address such matters as: Workshops held in Manchester, September 2006, the School of Humanities, together with theory component and taken our staffing to ten full- Peacekeeping and the International System • contemporary and historical social movements and at which over a hundred papers were given, another Philosophy, English, History, Applied Languages time members. (Routledge 2006) and Colonialism (Longman 2007), – Effects, Impact and popular protests conference is being held next year. These workshops and the Institute for Transatlantic, European Our research identity has, for over a decade, been Cameron Ross’s Urban Politics in Russia (Routledge • social movement theory reflected the wide diversity of interests and idioms and American Studies. The School in turn centred on European politics, but this has in recent 2007), and Alex Wright’s Britain and European Prospects • utopias and experiments within the discipline and gave delegates plenty of time takes its place alongside six others within years begun to share the spotlight with international Integration since 1945:an Introduction (Routledge University of Wolverhampton • ideologies of collective action to discuss their papers in a relaxed setting as well as the College of Arts and Social Sciences. The relations. The programme is home to two journals 2007), co-authored with David Gowland and Arthur 27th – 28th June 2007 To offer a paper, please contact either of the to attend other panels. Panels can vary from three aim of the reorganisation is to foster greater of international standing, Perspectives on European Turner. conference convenors with a brief abstract: to twelve paper givers. Information about the panels interdisciplinary cooperation within the new Politics and Society, recently taken over by Routledge Conference activities have not been neglected The University of Wolverhampton’s History and Either: Colin Barker, Dept. of Sociology from the last series can be obtained from the following schools and across the college, while reducing and edited by Dr Cameron Ross, and Transatlantic either. In June 2007 the programme is the location Governance Research Institute, in association with The OR Mike Tyldesley, Dept. of Politics and Philosophy website – www.hlss.mmu.ac.uk/pap/events/wpt the administrative burden on academic staff. Studies, edited by Professor Alan Dobson. The for an important international conference on Irish Politics Group of the Political Studies Association, Manchester Metropolitan University The Politics programme (as we now style programme also hosts the Transatlantic Studies Cosmopolitanism – Past and Present. Papers for this invites proposals for the above conference. Geoffrey Manton Building, Rosamond Street West If interested in organising a panel, contact either ourselves) continues to offer single honours Association. are still being invited, and proposals should be sent In 1998, the Good Friday Agreement (GFA) was widely Manchester M15 6LL, England Professor Joe Femia ([email protected]), or Professor Politics, joint honours Politics and joint honours The research productivity of the members of the to Professor emeritus Tony Black (a.j.black@dundee. hailed as a major breakthrough in the search for an email: [email protected] Jules Townshend ([email protected]) International Relations. We offer taught programme can be gauged by the number of ac.uk). The conference is highly interdisciplinary, with end to the conflict in Northern Ireland. Now, eight Tel: M. Tyldesley 0161 247 3438 postgraduate MScs in Contemporary European monographs and other advanced texts that they a strong line-up of distinguished international scholars. years after its ratification by referenda on both sides email: [email protected] Politics and Transatlantic Studies, and we are are about to publish. These are Brian Baxter’s A Overall, Politics at Dundee is in a very healthy state of the border, the GFA presents a highly problematic Fax: 0161 247 6312 (+44 161 247 6312) developing a third strand to our MSc portfolio in Darwinian Worldview:sociobiology, environmental and its members look forward to their future on the history and a less than certain future. (Wherever possible, please use email, especially as International Studies. The Politics/International ethics and the work of Edward O. Wilson (Ashgate new University structure with eager anticipation.  Department Profile Department Profile 

Director of the Centre for Citizenship and Democracy national and transnational citizenship. Its concern is Introducing the Department of Politics and International Relations Division of Politics (www.ccd.soton.ac.uk). Professor Stoker’s most recent both theoretical and practical. Its activities include book Why Politics Matters: Making Democracy Work conferences, lectures and seminars, individual and and International was awarded the PSA Book of The Year 2006.We will group research, and the general dissemination of at Royal Holloway, University of London shortly be appointing an RCUK Fellow in the field of information about the subject. Its members and its Relations, School environmental/energy security. interests are drawn from a wide variety of disciplines Politics and International Relations at Royal Holloway, of Social Sciences, Staff Success across the arts, sciences, and social sciences at the University of London, is a young Department. While Existing staff have been active in generating research University of Southampton. Details of its activities can we have our origins in the Department of Social University of grants from organisations such as the ESRC, AHRC, be found on its website at: www.ccd.soton.ac.uk Studies and Economics established at Bedford the Rowntree Trust, Nuffield, Rockefeller and Ford The Mountbatten Centre for International College, University of London, in 1919, PIR was Southampton Foundations, while fellowships and awards are Studies (MCIS) founded only very recently – August 2004. This currently enjoyed by the following staff: Dr Tony This Centre has been in existence for almost two followed a strategic assessment of the growing Following the re-organisation of the University into Evans has been awarded a nine month Leverhulme decades, and is a dedicated externally-funded research research strengths of the Politics and IR group in what Schools, Politics and International Relations (PAIR) Fellowship to develop his recent work on human unit addressing global security issues. Details of MCIS was then the multidisciplinary Department of Social has become a Division within the School of Social rights; Dr Jane Freedman has been awarded a two personnel, meeting activities, library holdings and and Political Science. Sciences which is headed by Professor Tony McGrew. year Visiting Professorship at the Sorbonne to work on publications can be found on its website at www.mcis. Since 2004 we have been building our research This shift coincided with a refocusing of its research an EU project on immigration and asylum; Professor soton.ac.uk and teaching base in Politics and International and postgraduate programmes around two research Frank Gregory is carrying out a study for the Home Its current research programmes include: Relations. When the current Head of Department, clusters. The first is Citizenship and Governance Office and Metropolitan Police on ‘The obstacles to Nuclear Proliferation and Non-Proliferation Andrew Chadwick, joined the College in 2001, it Left to right; Stephanie Carvin, Steven Haines and Sandra Left to right; Ben O'Loughlin, Yasmin Khan and Andrew Chadwick. bringing together research in three related sets of sharing research on security at major events in Europe’ This programme is now being re-orientated from its Halperin. had just five staff in Politics and IR. Today there interests: the theory and practice of citizenship; the funded by the EU under the EU-SEC Project linked to previous narrow focus on the diplomacy surrounding are fourteen permanent staff and two postdoctoral Widder’s work on poststructuralist and radical political in the international system. Yasmin Khan’s research theory and practice of the political community and its the European Research Area initiative and; following the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons researchers. The building of a Department that has theory, and John Edwards’ research on rights and on ethnic, religious and political violence in the Indian governance; and the empirical and comparative study his report for the POWER Inquiry, Beyond the Ballot (NPT) to the wider study of “nuclear futures”. clear and developing strengths in exciting areas of the affirmative action. subcontinent completes the picture. of policies, especially those relating to new forms of Box, Professor Graham Smith has been awarded an Although MCIS will continue to provide diplomats discipline is now well and truly underway. We have European Politics incorporates Chris Rumford’s The Department has a vibrant and expanding research political participation, migration, the social economy, AHRC Research Leave Fellowship to continue his work attending NPT meetings with essential briefing tried to create an environment in which a team of rethinking of the European Union based on culture. It hosts regular seminars to which visiting social capital, and the mass media. This research on democratic innovation. These successes follow material, and monitor and analyse the implications early and mid-career scholars can play a major role insights from theories of cosmopolitanism and speakers are invited. In a more informal setting staff group leads the MSc Citizenship and Democracy and recent AHRC Research Leave awards to Professor of their discussions, it is now turning its attention to in shaping the future. The Department is located in identity; Giacomo Benedetto’s comparative work on and research students present work in progress at the MSc Citizenship and Governance (Research). The Andrew Mason and Professor David Owen and a two questions of the future framework for global nuclear one of the top ten higher education institutions in Euroscepticism; James Sloam’s expertise on the fortnightly lunchtime staff-student seminars. There second cluster is Globalization and Security focusing year research fellowship at the University of Tsukuba in power development and the consequences of the the UK, with strong institutional commitment to high European policy of the German Social Democrats; is also an active Politics and International Relations on the converging concerns of International Political Japan for Dr John Glenn. moratorium on nuclear-device testing for the existing quality research and research-led teaching. We are and Alister Miskimmon’s work on Germany’s role society run by undergraduate and postgraduate Economy, international (political) theory, and security Books, books and more Books nuclear-weapon states, as well as continuing its earlier fortunate enough to work on a beautiful parkland in shaping the EU’s foreign and security policy. students. It too hosts speakers and organises a variety studies with the globalization of world politics (it also Recent and forthcoming books from PAIR include Chris work on WMD terrorism. The Centre has close ties campus containing what is arguably among the most Nathan Widder’s expertise in continental philosophy, of social events. In the past four years, members of embraces the Mountbatten Centre for International Armstrong's Rethinking Equality which was published with the Centre for Nonproliferation Studies at the impressive architecture in UK higher education: our especially Foucault, adds an extra dimension to the the Department have hosted major conferences on Studies). This grouping leads the MSc Global Politics, by Manchester University Press this year as well as Monterey Institute of International Studies (CNS-MIIS) famous Founders Building. strengths in this area. the idea of altruism, on cosmopolitanism and Europe, the MSc Global Security and the MSc Global Political two forthcoming co-authored books from Campbell in California. They co-produce annual editions of the The Department currently has 250 undergraduates The Governance and Political Participation cluster on rethinking European spaces, and two symposia (Research). A new interdisciplinary MSc Diplomacy Craig, The Atomic Bomb and the Origins of the Cold MCIS NPT Briefing Book, and MCIS participates in the across the three cohorts, 36 taught postgraduates and features Andrew Chadwick’s comparative analyses of on ethics in the public sector. An AHRC sponsored and International Relations (in conjunction with Law War (with Sergey Radchencko & Yuri Smirnov, Yale CNS-MIIS strategy group and diplomatic conferencing 22 research students. Undergraduate programmes e-government and e-democracy, Giacomo Benedetto’s workshop series on citizenship is currently run from and History) will be launched in 2007/08 under the University Press, 2007) and America and the Cold activities. MCIS also runs a twice yearly joint study are offered in Politics, Politics and International work on the distinctive characteristics of the European the Department. The Department also recently began direction of Professor Campbell Craig. The Division is War: A New History (with Fredrik Logevall, Harvard group on nuclear non-proliferation with the Counter- Relations, European Studies (which has recently been Parliament, and Gavin Drewry’s research on the Court publishing a new series of Working Papers which a lively and stimulating environment for postgraduate University Press, 2008). Jane Freedman's Gendering Proliferation Department of the FCO. Personnel formally brought into the Department) and a variety of Appeal and public service reforms. allow staff and research students to disseminate work study. It has a thriving postgraduate school, attracting the International Refugee and Asylum Debate will be involved in this work include the MCIS director, John of joint programmes with cognate disciplines. At the New Political Communication, a term designed in progress. a wide range of students from diverse backgrounds; it published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2007 and John Simpson and Jenny Neilson; PAIR Research Associates Master’s level the Department is now in the third year to capture the impact of new information and has an established record of postgraduate supervision Glenn's Globalization: North-South Perspectives will Darryl Howlett and Frank Gregory; and Visiting of its MSc in International Relations and the second communication technologies on political life, features The future for research leading to MPhil and PhD (producing an appear with Routledge in the same year, while Alix Research Fellows, David Broucher, Brian Jones and year of its MA in Democracy, Politics and Governance. Andrew Chadwick’s work defining the Internet’s impact average of seven doctorates each year). Kelso's Parliamentary Reform at Westminster will Ian Kenyon. Both programmes have recruited strongly. on political communication, political participation Looking to the future, our aim is to continue our New Centre and new Staff be published by Manchester University Press in late UK Nuclear History and public policy and Ben O’Loughlin’s research on upward trajectory by further developing our research As part of this general re-orientation of PAIR, we 2007/early 2008. Andrew Mason's Levelling the This programme was launched in 2005 on the basis Building from the bottom television’s framing of war and security. Andrew is base, teaching curriculum and international profile. have launched a new interdisciplinary centre in the Playing Field has been published by Oxford University of a 3 year AHRC grant. Its core aim is to produce a founding co-editor of the Journal of Information At the undergraduate level, this year saw the launch School of Social Sciences: Centre for Citizenship and Press 2006, while Tony McGrew has two edited a descriptive history and analysis of UK nuclear Since 2005 the Department has been fortunate in Technology and Politics while Ben is a founder of the of a new joint degree with History, while in 2007 we Democracy (www.ccd.soton.ac.uk), on which see collections appearing, Globalization, Development and weapon policies and activities from 1953, when the attracting an extremely promising group of young journal Media, War and Conflict. The New Political have a new programme in Politics with Philosophy more below, and engaged in a strategic expansion of Human Security (with Nana Poku, Polity Press 2006) IAEA official histories terminated, through to 1973. researchers: Dr Giacomo Benedetto from the Communication cluster was strengthened for this and, in 2008, a new joint degree with Human staff with the following new appointments: and Globalization Theory (with David Held, Polity Press In practice, this involves the production of three University of Manchester; Dr Stephanie Carvin fresh year by funding obtained from the Leverhulme Trust Geography. At the postgraduate level, from September Dr Chris Armstrong is a political theorist with interests 2007), as well as a substantially revised 2nd edition of chronological volumes covering this period, plus a from her PhD at the LSE; Dr Mary Francoli from to attract Dr Mary Francoli to a postdoctoral position. 2007, we are offering new specialist Master’s streams in gender, equality and issues of global justice. Chris Globalization/Anti-Globalization (with David Held, Polity thematic study on the interaction between UK nuclear Carleton University as a Leverhulme Visiting Fellow; Dr Her work includes analyses of the role of blogs in in European Politics, New Political Communication, joined from Queen’s University, Belfast and has Press 2007). David Owen's Nietzsche’s Genealogy of weapon activities and international aspirations to Yasmin Khan from Edinburgh; Dr Ben O’Loughlin from the campaign news environment and on Canadian Political Theory, International Law, Strategy and recently published Rethinking Equality, Manchester Morality will appear with Acumen Press in 2007 as will implement a global nuclear testing ban. It is also King’s College London; and Dr James Sloam from parliamentarians’ use of the Internet. Military Operations, and Globalisation. These will University Press, 2006. Professor Campbell Craig two collections with Cambridge University Press that engaged in oral history work; in creating a national the University of Birmingham. In addition, we have Research in the area of Regional, Transnational sit alongside our successful generic streams in comes from the University of Canterbury, New he has co-edited: Multiculturalism and Political Theory forum for researchers interested in this area; and in appointed two established researchers with immense and Global Politics features Sandra Halperin’s International Relations and in Democracy, Politics Zealand, Campbell’s research concerns international (with Anthony Simon Laden) and Recognition and expanding its research collection of relevant National potential for the future: Professor Sandra Halperin, reinterpretation of the social, economic and political and Governance. They will offer greater choice and relations theory and international history. His most Power (with Bert van den Brink). Archive materials. Further spin-off projects are likely previously a Reader at Sussex, as a Chair, and Dr development of modern Europe as well as her critique diversity while building on growing areas of expertise. recent book is Glimmer of a New Leviathan, Columbia Centre for Citizenship and Democracy to include taking the existing research through to the Nathan Widder, from Exeter, as a Senior Lecturer. Six of the concept of ‘global civil society’. Chris Rumford’s Plans are also underway for the establishment of University Press, 2003. The major goal of the Centre for Citizenship and 1980s; analysing in depth the US-UK Mutual Defence of our current staff of 16 obtained their doctorates work examining the responses by nation-states to the three new research centres in 2007: The Centre for Dr Alix Kelso is a specialist in British Parliamentary Democracy is to support teaching and research that Agreements of 1958 and 1959; and assessing the within the last three years. forces of globalization, Yasmin Khan’s reassessment European Politics, to be co-directed by Dr Alister Studies and joins us following her ESRC Postdoctoral explains, interprets and evaluates the challenges and proliferation and non-proliferation implications of the of the political development of India and Pakistan and Miskimmon and Dr James Sloam; the Centre for Fellowship at Strathclyde. She will be teaching in the opportunities that face citizenship and democratic UK’s independent weapon development programme Growing research expertise Jonathan Seglow’s normative theory of global justice Global and Transnational Politics to be co-directed by areas of British Politics and British Public Policy. Mr politics in the modern world. The topic is as old during the 1950s. This project is led by the MCIS and immigration also feature. Sandra Halperin and Chris Rumford; and the New Ben Selwyn, currently a Teaching Fellow at the LSE, as politics itself, but it has special relevance now Director and involves two research fellows, Brian The Department has six current and emerging Finally, the cluster in Security, International Law and Political Communication Unit, with Andrew Chadwick has submitted his PhD thesis on global commodity because of the changing nature of modern politics Jamison and Kristan Stoddart; John Walker, a part- research clusters, with most members of staff being Conflict incorporates Steven Haines’ work on the at the helm. These and several other new initiatives chains at SOAS and joins the Division this December and government at all levels from the global to the time research fellow on secondment from the FCO (in active in more than one. international law of armed conflict, Stephanie Carvin’s too numerous to mention make the Department an as a specialist in GPE. Professor Gerry Stoker will local. The Centre addresses issues ranging from exchange for the MCIS biological weapon specialist, Work in Contemporary Political Theory includes work on international humanitarian law and Alister exciting place to be. be joining the Division in January 2007. Professor citizen participation, democratic innovation and civic Jez Littlewood), and a Visiting Research Fellow, Jonathan Seglow’s writing on altruism, Nathan Miskimmon’s research on the EU as a security actor Stoker will take over from Professor Ken Newton as education to the social economy, immigration, and Richard Moore. 10 Department Profile Department Profile 11

Department of Politics, University of Exeter The Department of International Studies and Social Science, Coventry University

The Department of International Studies and Social Research Publication Science was formed in 2005 and incorporates This research has fed into a wide range of research staff from the disciplines of History, International monographs which include Neil Forbes' Doing Relations, Politics, Sociology and Languages. The Business with the Nazis (Frank Cass, 2001), new department is headed up by Dr Neil Forbes and Andrew Rigby's Justice and Reconciliation (Lynne comprises 28 members of staff teaching on a range Rienner, 2001), Roy May and Oliver Furley's African of undergraduate and postgraduate programmes. At Interventionist States (Ashgate, 2001), Alasdair Blair's the undergraduate level the Department offers joint Saving the Pound (Prentice Hall, 2002), Anthony honours degrees in History, International Relations Forster and Alasdair Blair's The Making of Britain’s The Politics Department and social movements. The group was significantly and Politics, as well as single honours degrees in European Foreign Policy (Longman, 2002), Malcolm at the University of Exeter strengthened in 2006 with the addition of Professor History and Global Security. At the postgraduate level Mcintosh's Raising a Ladder to the Moon: the is undergoing an exciting Colin Wight, formerly in the Politics Department at the the Department offers four taught Masters degrees: complexities of corporate, social and environmental period of change. Since the University of Sheffield. Colin’s major work Agents, Peace and Reconciliation Studies; Diplomacy, Law responsibility (Palgrave, 2003), Neil Renwick's arrival of Professor Steve Structures and International Relations: Politics as and Global Change; Terrorism, International Crime Northeast Asian Critical Security (Palgrave, 2004), Smith as the University’s Ontology has just been published in the prestigious and Global Security, and an executive MSc in Human Alasdair Blair's European Union since 1945 (Longman, Vice-Chancellor in 2002, BISA / Cambridge University Press series. Security. The Department additionally offers Masters 2005), Oliver Furley and Roy May's Ending Africa’s we have seen a period of by Research degrees as well as MPhil and Ph.D Wars (Ashgate, 2006), Alan Hunter (ed.) Peace Studies rapid growth in staff. This Public Policy and degrees. in the Chinese Century (Ashgate, 2006), and Alasdair has added to our existing Administration Blair's Companion to the European Union (Routledge, strengths as well as Professor Steve Smith The Department’s flagship Political Theory Recent appointments 2006). enabling us to move into research Centre on Political theory in the Recent senior appointments include Neil Renwick as new areas of research and teaching. Regulatory Governance was Department is led by Professor of Global Security and Malcolm Mcintosh Departmental staff have also published articles in a established in May 2005. It Professor Iain Hampsher- as Professor of Human Security. Brian Hocking has range of journals, for example African Affairs, Studia At the time of the 2000 RAE round, the Department specialises in the analysis of Monk, who is the founding been appointed Emeritus Professor of International Diplomatica, International Peacekeeping, Journal had a staff cohort of 16. This year we will be adding regulatory policy –the rules editor of the journal History Relations. of Southern Europe and the Balkans, Review of 8 new staff, bringing our cohort to approximately 30 and institutions that govern of Political Thought. This African Political Economy, Journal of Modern African tenured academic staff by the beginning of 2007/8. markets and the public Dr. Jeff Karp group has significant Broad area of expertise Studies, Journal of Modern Greek Studies, Journal of Strengthening at our main campus in Exeter is now sector. It provides a focal strengths in the history of The Department is able to draw on a broad area of Contemporary African Studies, Global Society, African going hand in hand with a significant Politics presence point for interdisciplinary ideas as well as in Anglo- expertise that includes Chinese Politics (Neil Renwick Review, Politikon, Mediterranean Politics, Policing and at a new £100 million university campus in Cornwall. teaching and research American and Continental Robert Lamb and Alan Hunter), African Politics (Bruce Baker, Society, Third World Quarterly, Contemporary European in public policy and political theory. The Roy May, Oliver Furley and Alexander Thomson), History, Learning and Teaching in the Social Sciences, During this process of rapid change, we have administration. The Centre partnership between our political theory group and Post-Colonial Politics (Simon Massey), British Contemporary British History, International Affairs, maintained our reputation as a first class teaching is also a platform for a high- the other areas of social science expertise within the Foreign Policy (Alasdair Blair), American Politics Commonwealth and Comparative Politics, Electoral Department. In the last two National Student profile discussion forum University enable our research and teaching to include (Alexander Thomson), Twentieth Century European Studies, Diplomacy and Statecraft, Time and Society, Surveys, Exeter was rated 7th for Politics – higher on regulation involving perspectives from a sociological, philosophical, History (Neil Forbes), Gender Politics (Catherine and National Identities. than almost all other Departments rated 5 or better different stake-holders historical and European viewpoint. An example of this Hoskyns), European integration (Alasdair Blair and for research.The other fixed referent point is that we within government, the fruitful cooperation is the recent hire of Robert Lamb Alexander Kazamias), Peace and Reconciliation Further information about the Department can be continue to see ourselves as an all-round Department business community, and Professor Claudio Radaelli who is a joint appointment with the Department of Studies (Andrew Rigby and Alan Hunter), and Human found on the University’s web pages at www.coventry. of Politics. civil society. The Centre Sociology and Philosophy. Security (Malcolm Mcintosh and Neil Renwick). The ac.uk is unique in the UK in bringing together governance Department is also engaged in a Further Development Within this broad field of politics, we have developed and policy analysis. It is co-directed by Professor Across these research activities, we have a collective for Teaching and Learning Phase 5 project on the particular research identities in the following areas: Stephen Wilks and Professor Claudio Radaelli. Since interest in questions to do with explanation and Scholarship of Engagement in Politics with colleagues his appointment in 2005, Claudio has won over interpretation in the social sciences, as well as a at Oxford Brookes University and Warwick University. Middle East Politics £560,000. in research This year, a leading specialist shared commitment to linking ideas to practices. The project seeks to enhance the curriculum through Exeter has long had a strength in this domain. Our on political behaviour - Dr Jeff Karp – was hired in We are keen to translate our research skills into the the use of work placements (www.politicsinaction. cohort of internationally recognised specialists in order to further bolster this grouping. teaching portfolio: all our third year modules are ac.uk). As a result of this and other initiatives Middle East Politics works closely with the university’s special subjects related to lecturer’s research interests Professor Alasdair Blair was awarded a National world renowned Institute for Arab and Islamic Studies. European and Comparative Politics which are taught by seminar only, and our extensive Teaching Fellowship in 2006. These collaborative initiatives are facilitated in part The Department’s Centre for European Studies has MA programmes map onto the various research by the fact that we are both located in the School of an international reputation as a leading centre for groupings outlined above. Research Centre in Human Security Humanities and Social Sciences. Dr Salwa Ismail’s postgraduate studies in European affairs. At the centre of the Department’s research activities very recently published Political Life in Cairo’s New Dr Susan Banducci, formerly at Texas Tech University, The hub of the Politics Department is located on the is the Applied Research Centre in Human Security Quarters exemplifies our high quality research in became the new Director of the Centre in 2006. University’s Streatham campus, a registered Botanic that is directed by Professor Malcolm Mcintosh. The Middle East Politics She has worked in the US, New Zealand and most Garden and described by The Independent as having centre provides a focus for research and consultancy recently in the Netherlands at the University of a ‘sublime’ setting. It takes around 2 hours to get to activities, with the Journal of Corporate Citizenship International Relations Twente. The multidisciplinary focus of the Centre, London on the train, and rather less to join our new being edited by Malcolm Mcintosh. In the last Led by Professor Steve with contributions from leading academics throughout colleagues at the Cornwall campus. Heading further academic year staff have been successful in securing Smith, the team is the University, continues to be a key strength west of Falmouth, you’ll find many members of the grants from the ESRC, British Academy, European recognised for their enabling the Centre to address such issues as Department taking their vacation on some of the Commission, Joseph Rowntree Trust, Nuffield expertise in international European governance and policy-making, European finest beaches in Europe. Some can even be spotted Foundation, and the Higher Education Subject Centre relations theory as well as constitutionalisation, European security and EU riding waves of a more physical nature. for History. These grants have covered research having individual strengths foreign policy. This work is the foundation of its projects on policing in Africa, the implications of HIV/ in empirical domains Masters programmes, and provides a multidisciplinary Further information about the Department can be AIDS in Thailand and China, mainstreaming gender such as international law, approach focusing on political, economic, socio- found at: in the EU, The Shanghai Cooperation Organisation foreign and security policy, Professor Colin Wight cultural and historical perspectives. http://www.huss.ex.ac.uk/politics/index.htm and Northeast Asian Regional Human Security, and to support a symposium on Unarmed Resistance. 12 Association News PHD Prize 2007 13

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Journal of “not typically well represented by scholarly articles Media, War & Conflict is seeking articles for the early in leading political science journals,” said Shulman, issues of the journal. Longer articles should be Greek Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) secures government funding Communication Inquiry who also is director of the Qualitative Data Analysis approximately 7,000 words and shorter articles 5,000 Program in Pitt’s University Center for Social and words. Submissions will be refereed by anonymous By Roman Gerodimos Our Fukuoka panel featured three papers by leading of calculation of groupings from the side of the Call for Submissions Urban Research. “We’d like to establish a top-tier reviewers. All articles should be accompanied scholars on Greek elections and voting. The first electorate with regard to pre-election “similarity The Journal of Communication Inquiry invites interdisciplinary journal, one that brings social by an abstract of approximately 150 words. The paper written by M. Zisouli (University of Athens), Dr. measures” between candidates, and methods that submissions for its 2007 theme issue, ‘A Tribute to scientists together with information and computer journal uses the Harvard system of referencing with We are delighted to announce that the Greek Ministry E. Apospori and Prof. G. Avlonitis (Athens University concern a posteriori estimates of similarity measures James Carey.’ scientists in emergent research areas,” he said. the author’s name and date in the text, and a full of Foreign Affairs (MFA) has decided to support the of Economics and Business) was entitled “Civic with respect to the election results. The final paper, In commemorating the outstanding contributions For example, JITP might feature a special issue on reference list in alphabetical order at the end of the activities of the Political Studies Association’s Greek Participation, Voting and Communication in Greece” “Differences in Voting Behaviour”, was presented of James Carey to the field of communication, the political blogs, with an emphasis on the possibility of article. All submissions must be sent electronically Politics Specialist Group (GPSG) by sponsoring a panel and explored the relationship between peoples’ by Dr. I. Andreadis of the Aristotle University of JCI theme issue of 2007 invites submission of new, large-scale, IT-enhanced data collection, analysis, as Microsoft Word documents to: submissions@ at the recent IPSA conference. The GPSG’s panel at perception of political communication, their civic Thessaloniki and featured a comparison of voting manuscripts that are informed by his scholarship and visualization. “It’s unlikely you’d see that in any mediawarjournals.net. the 20th World Congress of the International Political participation and their voting criteria. The second behaviours in local and national elections and and ideas. Papers written following the style of but a few of the other social science journals,” said Science Association (IPSA), which took place in Japan paper, written by Prof. Th. Chadjipadelis (Aristotle referenda. James Carey, expanding on or critiquing concepts Shulman. last July, was made possible by a generous MFA grant University of Thessaloniki) was entitled “Political Roman Gerodimos is founder and convenor of the he explored (e.g. communication as culture, ritual The Haworth Press, which will publish JITP, is covering the travel and conference expenses of our Competition: the Case of Candidates”. It presented Greek Politics Specialist Group (GPSG). Email: view of communication, the impact of technology affiliated with the Organized Section on Information Muslim Public Affairs presenters. the results of a survey on voting criteria, methods [email protected] on communication, the communication-democracy Technology & Politics (ITP) of the American Political Call for Submissions on Muslim Politics interface) are welcome. Articles using Carey’s Science Association. At a September business and Geopolitics New Political Leadership Specialist Group theory as the basis for empirical analysis are also meeting, the section voted to adopt JITP on a trial appropriate for submission. Memoirs, personal basis, with a vote planned in 2008 regarding adoption The Muslim Public Affairs Journal is seeking articles essays, or other non-scholarly writing are NOT as ITP’s official journal. on Muslim Politics and Geopolitics with regards to the This group was founded in the autumn of 2006 with which are specialist areas in themselves). We acceptable. In addition to research papers, review essays, book Muslim World and the Muslim Diasporas. Articles the goal of exploring the issues of political leadership should emphasise that we are interested in political JCI is a blind review journal and all papers will be reviews, and policy viewpoints, JITP will feature must be between 2500-5000 words. Please review in western societies from a determinately political leadership both in theoretical terms and in a wide reviewed by peers. sections titled “Teaching Innovations,” which will the table of contents of the first issue to get a sense perspective. Leadership is a staple of the other social range of political contexts – political parties, national The deadline for submitting manuscripts is 8th April focus on how people are using IT to improve student of the kind of articles that correspond to the journal's sciences but it has been relatively neglected in the governments, supranational bodies, sub-national 2007. We look forward to receiving your submissions. learning in political science and related fields, and mission http://www.ijtihad.org/mpaj3.htm Visit the political mainstream even though there are many and regional bodies, comparative studies etc. We For more information, please contact [email protected] “Workbench Notes,” brief evaluations of new IT tools website of the journal to review the Table of Contents distinguished studies (dating back to the time of will include administrative/bureaucratic leadership or visit www.uiowa.edu/~jciweb that are being deployed in the study of politics. of the latest issue. Machiavelli) of political leadership. The aim of the and the initial group includes members who have It is preferable that interested authors submit a brief group is to bring together academics and interested written on leadership in Whitehall. In addition, we The journal’s Senior Editorial Board includes leading concept of the planned paper in a paragraph or two observers (and participants) with a view to developing are interested in contemporary studies and historical political scientists studying IT and politics as well as to the editor before writing and submitting the paper. the theoretical and empirical understanding of political angles but we would like to bridge the gap between the Journal of Information recognized leaders from the fields of communications, Nevertheless if you have written an article that you leadership. James McGregor Burns once remarked popular views of politics (very leadership oriented) and computer science, geography, and public think suits the journal please feel free to submit it that leadership is ‘one of the most observed and least academic studies (which emphasise the long-term and Technology and Politics administration. It will begin operations with a reviewer directly. The review process is very quick and a small understood phenomena on earth’; with this in mind impersonal). database of 275 researchers. For more information, honorarium will be offered for published articles. it is the intention of our specialist group to set up All this means that we have a broad-ranging academic Political campaigns and social movements have seen visit the JITP Web site at www.jitp.net . Please submit your concepts and papers to: conferences and workshops, in the first instance, and agenda and that we are open to, and would welcome, an explosion in the use of information technology Dr. Muqtedar Khan to assist or promote research in the near future. members from a wide range of backgrounds and (IT) in recent years. Stuart W. Shulman, who is an Assistant Professor Although the topic of political leadership has been specialisms including, given the nature of leadership assistant professor with a joint appointment in Pitt’s Department of Political Science and IR summarily dismissed because of its assimilation studies, interdisciplinary contributions. In sum, the School of Information Sciences and Graduate School Media, War and Conflict University of Delaware to the ‘Great Man’ view of politics (a direct result group intends to hold conferences and would organise of Public and International Affairs, has recently been Call for Submissions Tel: 00-1-302-831-1939 of the works of Carlyle and that school of thought). panels at the Association Annual Conference, and named editor of the quarterly Journal of Information Email: [email protected] Yet leadership is a key area of study and it is a test disseminate findings through the web site as well Technology & Politics (JITP). The journal’s inaugural Media, War & Conflict, a new journal from SAGE, will Visit the website at http://www.ijtihad.org/mpaj3.htm bed for assumptions about political behaviour and as encouraging publication of findings and further issue will be published in fall 2007. be launched in April 2008. Media, War & Conflict will models and approaches in contemporary political research. There are members from four countries and JITP will be an outlet for interdisciplinary manuscripts map the shifting arena of war, conflict and terrorism science. It has been generally agreed that leadership we are actively seeking new members from the UK focusing on how IT is changing politics, a domain in an intensively and extensively mediated age. as a political institution has had effects on the and elsewhere. The intention is to hold an inaugural wider systems even if those are uncertain and the seminar or keynote lecture in the spring and probably mechanisms of causality are disputed. The group at the University of Leeds. This is the first publication looks to involve American contributions based on of the details of the group. We are actively recruiting Shaw Move the work of the students of the presidency as a and new members are invited to contact us via the Security and Intelligence Studies Specialist phenomenon of political leadership in its discourse, website (there is no subscription). There is a panel After five years as symbolism and ‘hersthetics’. There are, of course, at the forthcoming Political Studies Association Group of the Political Studies Association Director of the Institute of distinguished studies of political leadership from conference in Bath in 2007 and there will be an AGM. Commonwealth Studies at different angles and approaches in the UK (these Security and intelligence studies is concerned this group has produced a bi-annual newsletter, the University of London, include the works of Atkinson, Blondel, Ionescu, Further Aims and Objectives: with all aspects of intelligence activity, including arranged panels at both the Political Studies Tim Shaw is now Professor and of Iremonger and others) but these need to be information gathering, analysis and the role of Association and BISA conferences and has held of Human Security & supported by further work in this field. The group’s The Political Leadership Specialist Group aims to: Public Opinion and Parties (EPOP) specialist group intelligence in policy formation as well as the one-day conferences on issues such as intelligence Peacekeeping at Royal remit is wide and it does not exclude looking at the conferences). effectiveness and accountability of intelligence accountability, security files, the impact of 9/11 Roads University in Victoria, ethical/moral aspects of political leadership, rhetorical 1. To provide a constructive critique and application 6. Seek to build a more solid understanding of services. The initial post Cold War agenda led to a and controversies surrounding the invasion of Iraq. British Columbia. leadership as the role of the political entrepreneur, of current theories of political leadership. political leadership in Western liberal democracies ‘democratisation’ of intelligence and much greater The group also arranged two panels at the BISA His latest co-edited leadership in the solution to collective action problems 2. Develop concepts and models of political through hypothesis testing and model building. public discussion. Intelligence producers and Conference in University College Cork, Ireland, this collection has just as well as at the empirical and statistical aspects of leadership. 7. To bring the ideas of about political leadership and consumers as well as social scientists considered December: one on ‘Theorising Intelligence’; the appeared from Ashgate: political leadership through both comparative studies 3. Bring to bear interdisciplinary insights into political its evaluation into the mainstream of the political a wider range of issues such as regional stability, other on the perception and analysis of economic, A Decade of Human Security: global governance and case studies. leadership. and social sciences in Britain and Europe. nuclear proliferation, terrorism, economic security environmental and terrorist risks. The Group’s & new multilateralisms (with Sandra MacLean & The intention of the group is to open up the 4. Evaluate the recent theories of leadership as 8. To apply the lessons of political leadership studies and organised crime. In the last five years, website is at http://people.brunel.ac.uk/~isstppd/ David Black). In addition to being visiting professor exploration western political leadership from the developed by researchers (mainly United States) to individual cases and to promote the intelligence has been embroiled in unprecedented SISG/ New members are very welcome. All at Mbarara University of Science & Technology in viewpoint of the discipline in its many aspects, and test these in European circumstances. understanding of the techniques involved in controversies around the intelligence ‘failures’ of proposals and enquiries can be sent to Phil Davies, Uganda, he is now also visiting professor at Makerere practical and moral, and to disseminate this material. 5. Use case studies to explore the nature of political political leadership in different European contexts. 9/11, Iraq and the continuing impact of counter Convenor, Brunel Centre for Intelligence and University Business School. We are interested in comparable western systems leadership in circumstances of opposition and 9. To contribute to the academic, political and public terrorist measures. Since its inception in 1994, Security Studies, [email protected] because these have an approximate equivalence government as well as in coalition building debate about political leadership. and they face similar problems of governance (we and party leadership. (In such areas of study we Full details and further information are on the group’s have excluded dictatorship and military governments would hope to apply for panel(s) at the Elections, Political Studies Association website. 16 Specialist Group News In Full View 17

German Politics Specialist Group – 3rd Annual Workshop The Study of Politics: Improving information on Politics and 22-24th September 2006 European University Viadrina, Germany International Relations for prospective university students 'Modell Deutschland: Challenges and Choices’ ‘I don’t really want to be a politician so there’s no real students perceive the study of Politics and IR at need for me to study the subject’ HE level. In order to examine these initial results By Claire Sutherland, further, PREPOL is currently returning to schools and University of Manchester ‘I feel that young people do not understand politics colleges to carry out a series of focus groups. As and feel it is to do with Tony Blair. It has no appealing well as exploring some of the issues raised by the This year’s workshop took place in a convivial aspect and just seems boring.’ questionnaire, the focus groups also invite sixth form atmosphere in Frankfurt/Oder, the lesser known students to comment on a range of current pre- German city of that name. Located directly on the ‘I don’t think there is enough information on the kind entry guidance material. Initial focus group findings border with Poland and only an hour from Berlin, of career you could get after a politics degree’ broadly confirm that there is a significant level of the European University Viadrina offered the perfect ignorance as to what the study of Politics and IR at backdrop for exploring the challenges and choices ‘There isn’t enough politics information in schools’ HE level entails. They also confirm that students are facing the German model of governance. Papers concerned about what career options are available on Germany’s role in EU enlargement (Christian The bridge on the German Polish border in Frankfurt / Oder, where the German Poiitics Specialist Group workshop was held. ‘The word politics sounds confusing, deep and to Politics and IR graduates. Whilst some students PREPOL project photo: Dr Rose Gann (Project Director) and Mr Schweiger) and German-Polish border cooperation understanding. By illuminating ‘Modell Deutschland’ the conference proceedings as a book, to be edited hard!!!’ Rich Adams (Project Manager) University of Nottingham Trent . expressed surprise that many more men than women and European security (Alexandra Schwell) were from both inside and out, participants moved towards by Joerg Jacobs and Claire Sutherland. Next year’s study Politics at university, they suggested that this particularly fitting in this context. They were a more multi-facetted understanding of current trends workshop will be held in Durham, before returning These quotes, taken from a survey of sixth form package for prospective university students. In the was probably because of the male image of politics complemented by papers on German-US relations in German politics. to Germany in 2008. The exact date and a call for students’ views and attitudes towards the study of latter stages of the project, the project team plan to – as represented by Parliament and the fact that the (Klaus Larres) and the Grand Coalition’s emerging papers will be posted online. Politics, suggest that sixth formers are unclear about review, evaluate and possibly re-design the first year majority of politicians are male. foreign policy (Ruth Wittlinger). Analysis of public Excellent weather and a good selection of pubs what the study of Politics at HE entails, they often curriculum at each of the participating Universities attitudes towards intervention and the use of force provided ample opportunity for pursuing the day’s The group’s friendly and egalitarian way of working have a very limited view of what might be on the in the light of the outcomes of the survey and the Next Steps: (Joerg Jacobs) rounded off a differentiated survey of discussions over a local beer. Joerg Jacobs, the has proved most productive, with several joint undergraduate curriculum and are uncertain as to production of the guidance package. The project As well as focus groups at schools and colleges, Germany’s foreign relations, which was followed by a conference organiser, offered superb hospitality research projects and proposals resulting from its what kind of future job or career a degree in Politics will also produce a report on good practice on pre- PREPOL is planning a range of other activities lively debate. throughout our stay, laying on memorable meals developing network. The group’s first joint publication, might lead to. Popular perceptions of the study of entry guidance which is hoped will be of interest to through which it hopes not only to develop a clearer for all participants. One social highlight was the based on a number of workshop and Political Studies Politics, as reflected in the sentiments expressed the Higher Education sector more generally as well understanding of popular (mis)understandings of the Recent developments in domestic politics offered an conference dinner, held in the Polish town of Słubice Association conference papers, is also due out this above, are often negative or unsure asking ‘why study as those engaged with the teaching of Politics and study of Politics, but also to begin to draw together inside view of the evolving German model. Hartwig on the other side of the river Oder. A guided walk December. It is a Special Issue of the journal Debatte Politics’? Popular perceptions also seem to consider International Relations (IR). material for its pre-entry guidance package. In Pautz focused on the growing influence of think led us past border controls and across the bridge entitled ‘Germany in the Twenty-First Century: In politics quite narrowly as simply being about the November 2006 it is holding a PREPOL forum event tanks in government policy-making, and Werner to a stylish restaurant offering delicious Polish Search of a New Consensus? study of British government, the labour party or Tony Initial Findings: at Nottingham Trent University, at which teaching staff Reutter assessed the constitutional implications of cuisine, which provided a source of inspiration for an New members are always welcome! If you want to Blair. The idea that there is a gap between popular So far, the project has conducted questionnaires from schools and colleges across the participating the vote of confidence which led to last year’s federal entertaining evening of debate and socialising into the join, simply send an email to ruth.wittlinger@durham. understandings of the study of politics and the reality at a selection of schools and colleges located in regions have been invited to join with university staff election. Dorothee Hermanni questioned notions wee small hours. ac.uk. Further information about the group is available of what the study of Politics actually entails is one of Nottingham, Lincoln, Birmingham and Preston in an open discussion about the study of Politics. of German normalisation in the light of unresolved on its newly designed homepage, which can be the central assumptions informing the PREPOL project totalling 353 students. Of these, 79 (22%) were Throughout 2006/7 PREPOL will be attending a tensions between East and West German identities, Following on from the workshop, Christian Schweiger accessed from the Association website. Please send which seeks to address this gap via the production of currently studying Government and Politics at AS series of conferences in order to disseminate initial whilst Claire Sutherland pursued the theme of has proposed a panel for next year’s Political Studies comments, links or news of related activities to the multi-media pre-entry guidance material on Politics or A2 level. The questionnaires asked students findings and in order facilitate further discussions. national identity by looking at recent developments Association conference on ‘German Politics under webmaster at [email protected] for and International Relations. a range of questions, such as, their views on the These will include the PSA Annual Conference in in citizenship law as a reflection of German self- the Grand Coalition’. There are also plans to publish inclusion on the site. study of Citizenship and Politics within schools, their Bath (April 2007) and the BISA Annual Conference The PREPOL Project: understanding of Politics and IR and what these in 2007. The project team also hope that members Developing Pre-Entrance Guidance for the Study of subjects might entail at university level, and their of the Political Studies Association will be involved in Politics (PREPOL) is a collaborative project involving perceptions on whether studying these subjects might discussions regarding the content and production of Parliaments and Legislatures Specialist Group Politics Departments at the Universities of Nottingham help to get them a good job on graduation. the pre-entry guidance package. If you would like to Trent, Lincoln, Birmingham and Central Lancashire. The results from these questionnaires suggest that be involved, or would like further information please The Parliaments and Legislatures Specialist Group, Specialist group members are kept abreast of a range of papers and works-in-progress, around such The project is worth £250,000 and is part of phase most students did not find the issues taught in the contact the Project Officer, Rich Adams (details formed in April 2005, has had a fantastic start in life, activities through regular email news bulletins. diverse topics as: the myths surrounding discussion 5 of the Fund for the Development of Teaching study of Citizenship at schools very interesting and below). due in no small part to the willingness of its members These bulletins also have the advantage of enabling of Westminster; the legitimacy of the House of Lords; and Learning, (FDTL), managed by Hefce and the nearly all were unsure of what the subject was about. to get involved and support its activities. Most things members quickly to circulate information that they parliament and political disengagement; parliamentary Department of Employment and Learning (DEL). The In line with this, studying Citizenship had not made The Project Team parliamentary and legislative had been conspicuous think others might be interested in, whether it is scrutiny and multi-level governance; and the utility of main aims of this project are to: them want to go on to think about studying Politics The PREPOL project is led by Nottingham Trent in their absence from the life of the Political Studies news items from the parliaments in which we are a business committee. We were also fortunate to have at university. The majority of students indicated that University. Association until the creation of the group, and many interested, forthcoming seminars and conferences, or Sir Bernard Crick attend as our keynote speaker. • raise awareness, relevance and profile of Politics they did not really understand what a Politics degree academics in this field had previously squeezed new publications from group members. and International Relations in schools and colleges would involve, (although rather more felt that they did For further information please contact: themselves into activities organised by other specialist We are currently planning a range of activities for • establish young people’s attitudes towards the understand what the study of IR was about), and two The Project Officer: Mr Rich Adams (Nottingham Trent groups. Our new group has addressed this, and it has Our first appearance as a group was at the the future. In addition to proposing panels for the study of Politics thirds thought that studying Politics or IR at university University) led to a good deal of contact amongst parliamentary Association Conference in Reading, in April 2006. We Association Conference in Bath in 2007, we also • improve the quality of pre-entry guidance was not an appealing prospect and did not think that Email: [email protected] scholars that might not have taken place otherwise. ran three panels at the conference, all of which were hope to continue with our own annual conference: • aid widening participation strategies – particularly these subjects would help to get them a good job Phone: 0115 848 5519 Our membership now amounts to around 50 souls largely focused on the Westminster parliament. One discussions are already in progress about possible focussing on women when they graduated. The Project Director: Dr Rose Gann (Nottingham Trent from a range of different backgrounds: lecturers, panel looked at parliament’s impact on legislation themes and locations, and we anticipate attracting • raise awareness of the transferable/employable An examination of the responses to the University) researchers, postgraduates and parliamentary clerks and war powers; a second looked at parliamentary even more people next year, to build on what was skills acquired from the study of Politics and questionnaires by gender revealed significant Email: [email protected] have all received a warm welcome upon joining. scrutiny of government; while the third examined fantastic attendance at our June 2006 conference. International Relations differences between the views of men and women. Phone: 0115 848 5573 parliamentary ethics and conduct. We were delighted Of course, specialist groups only work well if people Proportionally, nearly twice as many men than women The specialist group now takes its place alongside a that the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, take part in their activities and get involved in their In order to meet these aims, the project is in the were considering taking politics or IR at university and Local Project Managers: number of other similarly interested groups in the UK. Sir Philip Mawer, and the head of the Parliament and organisation. If you think you’d like to join the process of conducting a survey of young people’s proportionally, women were more likely to express Professor Hugh Bochel (University of Lincoln) Personnel from the Hansard Society count themselves Constitution Centre, Oonagh Gay, were both able to Parliament and Legislatures specialist group, you attitudes towards the study of Politics. This has a difficulty in understanding what was involved in Dr David Dunn (University of Birmingham) among our number, and we have regular news items participate in the third panel, and offer their insights can find a membership form on the Association been carried out via questionnaires followed up by studying Politics and were more likely to view both Mr Ken Phillips (University of Central Lancashire) appearing in each other’s news bulletins. The group and experience. website, which should be returned to the specialist focus groups run at a selection of schools and FE Politics and IR negatively – perceiving it to be either Dr Roy Smith (IR), (Nottingham Trent University) also includes membership from those working at group chairman, Dr Alexandra Kelso, at: Politics and colleges located within the regions of the participating boring or not interesting. the Constitution Unit, and also from the Study of In June 2006, we held our first annual conference, International Relations, School of Social Sciences, Universities. Once more data has been collected, These initial results suggest that gender, career Please visit our website at: Parliament Group. at the University of Sheffield, which was dedicated University of Southampton, Southampton SO17 1BJ. the project will move on to work with these local prospects and the study of Citizenship all possibly www.ntu.ac.uk/preparingstudentsforpolitics to the Westminster parliament and the theme of Please also feel free to email with any questions or connections and hopefully other interested parties, have an impact upon the way in which sixth form Reinterpreting Parliament. This one-day event included queries: [email protected] to put together a multi-media Politics guidance 18 Links with Associations 2007 Conferance 19

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Japanese PSA Preparations are well in-hand for the 57th Annual The conference plenary sessions are confirmed. Alfred Stepan of Columbia University. The conference Conference taking place at the University of Bath from A themed plenary session on Powersharing & dinner will be hosted on the second evening of the 11th-13th April 2007 and hosted by the Department Democracy includes Pippa Norris, Brendan O’Leary, conference in the neo-classical Georgian splendour of agreed of European Studies and Modern Languages. John McGarry, Donald Rothchild, and Rick Wilford the Pump Room at the Roman baths in the centre of as speakers. A second plenary on the theme of the the city. Professor Terrell Carver, Chair, Political Studies The conference organisers received in excess of 600 EU as Global Actor, that fits with the conference Association External Relations Sub-committee, met paper proposals for the conference and full details of theme of Europe and global politics, includes Tim Details on registration for the conference and with his Japan PSA counterpart, Professor Kenji all the papers and panels selected for the conference Sebastian, Jamie Shea, and Gareth Evans. The residential and non-residential packages are now Hirashima, at Tokyo University on 27th November can be found at the conference website at http:// annual Government and Opposition Leonard Schapiro available on the conference website. 2006. They are pictured here discussing details of www.psa.ac.uk/2007/default.htm. Memorial Lecture will be delivered by Professor the forthcoming round of exchanges between the two associations. A call will go out in January by email for a Political Studies Association ‘exchanger’ to attend their Annual Conference 6th - 8th October 2007 in Reasons to be cheerful … ‘Survey of the Profession 2006’ Tokyo, and we will expect a JPSA ‘exchanger’ at our Annual Conference in Swansea 31st March – 3rd Dr Jacqui Briggs, Chair, The response rate (23.5%) is relatively low but this Q. Which of the following teaching techniques do you April 2008. ‘Exchangers’ receive free conference Education Sub-Committee is perhaps hardly surprising given the time pressure currently use in your course? registration and hotel accommodation courtesy of the upon colleagues and the frequency of surveys. PSA receiving association. The Political Studies Association has recently members constituted 62.4% of those who replied, 2003 2006 Professor Kenji Hirashima with Professor Terrell Carver completed a survey of members of the profession. whilst Departmental staff made up 37.6%. It is Traditional Lecture 89.7% 86.1% The last major survey took place in 2003 and there interesting to note that almost half of our respondents Lecture with question & are now significant grounds for optimism. Almost have only been in their current institution since 2000 answer session 44.2% 47.2% From Chile to Bath Association to Exchange 500 academics responded, giving their views on the and also that over 25% earn over £50,000. The Individual Tutorial 35.8% 31.4% profession. The results make interesting reading and typical political scientist, according to the results of Small Group Tutorial ( 2 – 10) 41.5% 35.8% sponsor panel at Relationship with provide a stimulus for those wishing to enter the the 2006 survey, is white, male, born in the 1960s, Medium Size Tutorial (11-20) 75.0% 73.2% Wyn Grant, Political Science profession. As pointed out in a recent has a PhD/DPhil and no dependent children. Most of Large class tutorial (21+) 17.1% 18.1% President, Political Studies Association APSA, Chicago 2007 Korean PSA Agreed edition of the Times Higher Education Supplement our respondents are professors and work in the ‘old’ Individual Projects 49.8% 49.3% (1st December 2006), political scientists are slightly university sector. Most have only been working in their Groups Projects 24.8% 24.7% The International Political Science Association The Political Studies Association is a ‘Related Group’ Professor Terrell Carver, Chair, Sub-committee on happier with their profession than they were three current institution since 2000. Most teach International Gaming and Simulation 11.5% 9.6% Executive Committee met in Santiago, Chile from 16th of the American Political Science Association, and External Relations, met with the Korean Political years ago. There are a number of positives, fewer Relations, Comparative Politics or British Politics, Audio Visual 31.5% 31.2% to 18th November 2006. It was my first visit to Chile is thus entitled to one ‘guaranteed’ panel at their Science Association at its Annual Conference in academics said that they had considered leaving the teach six hours per week and supervise two research University Web site for and I was impressed by how dynamic a country it Annual Meeting, usually attended by 6,000 to 7,000 Seoul, earlier this month to agree on an ‘exchange profession (52.2% compared with 62.2% three years students. It is interesting to note that 95% of our course material 33.5% 47.4% is, although clearly one with a troubled political past. political scientists from all over the world. The 2007 relationship’. Under these arrangements the Political ago), low pay is less of an issue than three years ago respondents work full-time and 85% are on permanent Internet as a student research facility 34.7% 33.1% Political science in Chile and other Latin American meeting will be August 30th – September 2nd in Studies Association will advertise each year for an (in 2003 57.3% said that low pay made them consider contracts. Of those who are not permanent, 30% do Remote learning using WebCT countries have suffered from the loss of a generation Chicago, Illinois, USA, and the Association held ‘exchanger’ who will present a paper on a panel leaving compared with 28.3% in 2006). Slightly more not know whether their contract is likely to be renewed, or commercial software package 5.6% 15.4% of political scientists who went into exile in periods of an open competition amongst the membership to there, and the ‘exchanger’ will also be entitled to of us are members of a trade union (up from 23.8% with 33.8% saying theirs is not likely to be renewed. Remote learning using web site military rule. secure a panel theme and organiser. The panel was free conference registration and accommodation. to 34.2%). More of us are earning over £40,000 The majority of our respondents earn between created specifically for course 3.6% 6.7% announced for any area of political science, and The Association has similar arrangements in place and fewer are complaining about long hours (18.3% £40,000 and £45,000. The importance of the next IPSA Congress coming mixed UK/international participation was encouraged. with the Australasian PSA, Hong Kong PSA, and compared to 33.5% three years ago). Fewer of us to Chile in the run up to the country’s bicentennial The Sub-committee on External Relations received Japan PSA. An email will be circulated around the say we have low pay, more paperwork and say we Q. What is your annual salary (basic, gross salary The results are generally supportive of the Political celebrations was emphasised by the welcome we 8 applications, and by unanimous vote chose the Association membership asking for applications in are stressed than was the case three years ago. We before tax deductions)? Studies Association but there was a feeling that the received which included a reception at the presidential proposal from Dr William Moloney of Nottingham January 2007. Those selected will be entitled to also appear to be taking longer holidays. This greater organisation should do more to encourage younger palace and dinner with the acting foreign secretary. University on ‘Islamist Radicalism in Britain and apply for travel support through the Political Studies sense of job satisfaction could, in part, be due to the 2003 2006 members of the profession. Respondents felt that the One of our main tasks was to check the facilities its Consequences’. APSA will be providing some Association’s Overseas Conference Grants scheme subject being more buoyant than in the past, due to Below £10,000 1.4% 1.9% Political Studies Association could help by offering available for the congress and the readiness of the conference support for the panelists. Association (see October 2006 edition of Newsletter). increasing student demand. Fewer of us feel we have £10,000 - £14,999 1.2% 0.8% greater support to new staff, giving greater help with local organising committee to stage a major event and members are reminded that the Overseas Conference been treated unfairly due to gender or age but there £15,000 - £19,999 0.8% 1.1% research applications, peer reviews and mid-career we were satisfied on both points. I was appointed Grants Scheme (see October 2006 edition of is a slight increase in the numbers who feel that they £20,000 - £24,999 13.8% 3.4% training. As one states, ‘Young aspiring members of to the Programme Committee of the 2009 Congress Newsletter) includes APSA, and that applications must have been treated unfairly due to their ethnic origin £25,000 - £29,999 15.0% 12.0% the profession are not given enough opportunities’. with special responsibility for panels on public be submitted before 31st March 2007. (up to 3.7% from 2.4%). As one respondent states, £30,000 - £34,999 14.6% 15.0% Another reinforces this viewpoint, ‘Support new policy. The overall theme is ‘Global Discontent: The there are ‘…too few ethnic minorities, too many white £35,000 - £39,999 17.0% 12.7% members/academics. Provide more information Dilemmas of Change’. We want the 2009 Congress An awarding experience - 2006 Awards Ceremony Judges Panel middle class males’. Some also felt unfairly treated £40,000 - £44,999 14.6% 18.6% to them with regard to the “actual” state of the to place a special emphasis on Latin America and due to being on a temporary contract or because of £45,000 - £49,999 8.3% 9.5% profession (jobs, research applications, surviving the Global South in the context of global change their particular research area. £50,000 - £54,999 5.5% 9.3% the peer review process, etc’. Views were expressed more generally without excluding other themes. It is £55,000 - £59,999 3.6% 4.6% encouraging the Association to prioritise publishing important that as many younger scholars as possible Q. Have you ever considered leaving the profession? £60,000 or over 4.3% journals, research promotion and representing the from countries such as Britain take part and in that £60,000 - £69,999 5.3% profession to policy makers. In summary, whilst connection I shall be investigating possible sources of 2003 2006 £70,000 or over 5.9% the survey does provide an optimistic picture of the funds to meet travel costs. Yes 62.2% 52.2% profession, there are still areas for improvement and a No 37.8% 47.8% role for the Political Studies Association to fulfil. The Executive Committee needed to find a venue Trade union membership is up in 2006, compared for its next meeting and I am very pleased that the Q. If yes, have any of the following prompted you to with 2003 but 65.8% of respondents are not currently Political Studies Association has found it possible consider leaving the profession? a member of a trade union. 30.6% of respondents For the full ‘Survey of the Profession’ results visit the to host them at the Bath conference. The Santiago have applied for another job in the past year (roughly Political Studies Association website. meeting coincided with the biennial meeting of the 2003 2006 the same as in 2003). With respect to teaching Chilean Political Science Association when the new Low pay 57.3% 28.3% techniques, political scientists use a whole host of president was elected by a margin of two votes, a Too much paperwork 54.1% 26.6% teaching and learning methods. The traditional lecture challenge I did not have to face as I mentioned when Stress 49.7% 26.6% format is still the most popular but staff also use group I congratulated him. The IPSA Executive staged a Too difficult to find a permanent job 19.6% 13.3% projects, gaming and simulations and, increasingly, plenary on the state of world political science at the Hours are too long 33.5% 18.3% web-based resources. Chilean meeting and it is hoped to repeat this at Bath. Other 30.0% * listed Left to right standing: Professor Andrew Gamble (Sheffield); Peter Riddell (The Times); Clare Ettinghausen (Hansard Society); Professor Lord Parekh (Westminister); Professor Jon Tong (Liverpool); Chair PSA; Neil Stewart (NSA). Left to right sitting: Professor David Denver (Lancaster); Professor Justin Fisher (Brunel); Professor Paul Webb (Sussex). 20 2006 Awards Ceremony

Politician of the Year Rt Hon David Cameron MP

Lifetime Achievement in Politics John Hume Lord Trimble of Lisnagarvey

Parliamentarian of the Year Richard Bacon MP

Armando Iannucci accepting the Best Political Satire award for James Naughtie, Master of Ceremonies. Political Journalist of the Year “The Thick of It”. Matthew d’Ancona

Politics Book of the Year Professor Gerry Stoker: “Why Politics Matters”

Political Publication of the Year ConservativeHome.com

Sir Isaiah Berlin Prize for Lifetime Contribution to Political Studies Professor Quentin Skinner

Political Studies Communication Award Professor Charlie Jeffery

Best Political Satire The Thick Of It

Tim Montgomerie, Editor ConservativeHome.com, receiving the Political Publication of the Year award from Jon Culshaw. Setting the Political Agenda Award Photos copyright Mags Dudman 2006. Lord Turner of Ecchinswell

Special Recognition for Electoral Studies The Political Studies Association wishes to Professor David Butler thank the sponsors of the 2006 Awards:

Mark Gill, Head of Political Research at Ipsos MORI, unveiling the results of the PSA members poll: who was best post-war Chancellor?

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