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Pippa Norris Awarded the 2014 IPSA Karl Deutsch Award PSAnews Vol25 No 2 | 2014 psa.ac.uk Pippa Norris awarded the 2014 IPSA Karl Deutsch Award IPSA has announced that the winner of their 2014 Karl Deutsch Award is esteemed political scientist and PSA member Pippa Norris. The purpose of the Karl Deutsch Award is to honour a prominent PSA media briefings scholar engaged in the cross- disciplinary research of which Karl Deutsch was a master. The award is – the election season made on the recommendation of the IPSA Committee on Awards and is explained! supported by the Karl Deutsch fund. “I am immensely honored by The PSA media briefings have fast become an annual fixture for the award”, said Pippa Norris, “Not the ‘who’s who’ of the political media; a statement backed up by least because Karl Deutsch was such a seminal figure in the profession the consistently high turnout, as well as the quality of the media and his body of work, especially ‘The Nerves of Government’ on political personnel in attendance from both the print and broadcast worlds. communication and his ideas on nation-building and nationalism, have This year the PSA ran an unprecedented four media briefings, shedding always been a deep inspiration for my own research. I greatly look forward to light on the London borough elections; the local elections; and the catching up with my PSA friends and colleagues and celebrating the award at European elections from both the UK and continental perspectives. the IPSA World Congress in Montreal.” Professor Tony Travers took the London elections briefing on 23 April. Pippa Norris is a comparative political scientist. She has published more The briefing led to an editorial in the Guardian entitled ‘London borough than forty books including, in 2014, Why Electoral Integrity Matters (NY: elections: Britain’s other other country’. On 29 April, PSA briefing regulars Cambridge University Press), Advancing Electoral Integrity edited with Professors John Curtice, Colin Rallings and Michael Thrasher presented Richard W. Frank and Ferran Martinez I Coma (NY: Oxford University Press) Continued on page 2 and Comparing Democracies edited with Lawrence LeDuc and Richard Niemi (4th edition, Sage Publications, UK). Details are at www.pippanorris.com ■ Graduate Network INSIDE THIS ISSUE hosts drinks An update from ‘Beyond the Youth reception Citizenship Commission’ The PSA Graduate Network was Goodbye from the 64th annual pleased to host a talk and drinks reception at Manchester’s Midland conference Hotel on the first day of the PSA annual conference. We were joined by Professor Peter John, Professor of Political Science and Public Policy Digital Democracy Commission continued on page 3 2 Contents ASSOCIATION NEWS RESEARCH AND IMPacT PSA media briefings – the election season explained! 1 Briefing the UN on the next global development framework 13 Pippa Norris awarded the 2014 IPSA Karl Deutsch Award 1 The Digital Democracy Commission: Towards a 21st Graduate Network hosts drinks reception 1 Century Parliament 14 Crewe and King win at Political Book Awards 3 British Home Secretary and German Federal Minister of the Interior launch policy seminar in Berlin convened by Aston Extending our reach 3 University 15 Institute for Government celebrates 5 years 4 China and nuclear responsibility in the global nuclear order 15 ‘Soft Power of Hard States’ 4 Goodbye from the 64th PSA Annual Conference 5 Read about how our first intern got on during her time in Parliament... 6 The first Politics/International Relations undergraduate research conference 6 An update on ‘Beyond the Youth Citizenship Commission’ 7 Pedagogy matters stateside too 8 Welsh politics group husting poll shows Plaid Cymru and Labour are neck and neck 8 The PSA journals - innovating and expanding access worldwide 16 Continued from page 1 DEPARTMENT NEWS Tim Bale, Jane Green and Dr Richard Whitaker with Helena Djurkovic Introducing the new Politics team at Canterbury Christ Church University 9 Experts on political oratory gather at Bath 9 Hull celebrates 25 years of parliamentary placements 10 News from Cambridge 10 Oxford’s new quantitative methods centre 11 their research on the local elections. The European elections from a UK perspective was the topic of discussion on 7 May. Professors Jane Green, SPECIALIST GROUPS Tim Bale and Dr Richard Whitaker were on hand to discuss the latest BES data, the threat to the Conservatives, and the impact of Ukip. Finally, on 13 Sport and Politics group 11 May, Professors John Gaffney, Simon Green and Simon Hix led a discussion Britishness specialist group publishes Northern Ireland on the European elections from a continental perspective with case studies ‘culture wars’ symposium report 12 looking at Germany (Green) and France (Gaffney), as well as a look at “why Europe matters this time” (Hix). New specialist group on young people’s politics is formed 12 As always, the video, PPT slides and additional information notes are all available to watch/download from the PSA website: www.psa.ac.uk/media/media-briefings. ■ Editorial Information Rosie Campbell Political Studies Association Chief Executive Officer: To advertise in this Newsletter, Editor 30 Tabernacle Street Helena Djurkovic please contact Sandra McDonagh Email: [email protected] London EC2A 4UE at [email protected] Membership Secretary: Tel: 0191 222 8021 Sandra McDonagh Design Fax: 0191 222 3499 Creative Team, Jack Neenan Registered Charity No. 1071825; Email [email protected] Deeson Member Communications, Assistant Editor Registered Company with limited liability Web: www.psa.ac.uk deeson-mc.co.uk Email: [email protected] in England and Wales, No. 3628986 psa.ac.uk 3 Extending our reach Helena Djurkovic, CEO, Political Studies Association The professionalisation of the Association continues unabated. Staff appointments in 2012, a radical upgrade of the website and introduction of new membership and Ivor Crewe Anthony King conference IT systems in 2013, and for 2014 - another staff appointment and Crewe and King relocation of the PSA’s head office to central London near James Ludley Piccadilly Circus. Exciting win at Political times! James Ludley joined the we hope the role will help foster Association in April as Programme and build relations with individuals Book Awards Development Officer, a new and organisations outside of the role conceived to support and Association. As we take on more Congratulations to PSA members Ivor Crewe (Oxford) and Anthony implement initiatives that will staff we find we can work more King (Essex) whose book The Blunders of Our Governments help develop and enhance the effectively and find substantial (Oneworld Publications) won the Practical Political Book of the Year PSA ‘Communities’ (PSA schools, operational savings, allowing us category at this year’s Paddy Power Political Book Awards 2014. The specialist groups and the Graduate to deliver more to our members award was presented by the Speaker of the House of Commons, Network). James previously while keeping annual membership John Bercow. worked as a Constituency fee increases below inflation. Iain Dale, founder of the awards, said: “These awards celebrate the Organiser for David Laws MP in The relocation of the PSA head fantastic breadth of political writing in the UK today, and I hope that they his constituency office in Yeovil office to central London will result will encourage more people to both read and write political literature.” and brings a substantial amount of in an Association better placed For a full list of winners, visit the website at institutional knowledge, networks to more actively engage with www.politicalbookawards.com. ■ and, indeed, enthusiasm to a Whitehall, Westminster and the role that has been designated a media on behalf of our members. serious priority by the trustees. Furthermore, we are also hoping Much of James’ role will be to that the increased office space drive forward, co-ordinate and will provide a new benefit to our support new projects across the members, many of whom are Association – something which often in London for meetings and the PSA has not had the capacity would benefit from a quiet place to do in the past. Alongside this, to work for a few hours. ■ Peter John addresses the Graduate Network Continued from page 1 at University College London. His lighthearted talk focused on the academic buzzword ‘impact’ and the various ways in which postgraduate students can achieve it. Professor Peter John also introduced two current projects. The first considers at policy agendas in the UK, and the second uses experiments to study civic participation in public policy. The event was extremely well attended and prompted lively discussion and debate. ■ psa.ac.uk 4 Institute for Government ‘Soft Power celebrates 5 years of Hard Jack Neenan and Andrew States’ Massey On 29-30 May Politics The Institute for Government sponsored a conference on the (IfG), close friend to the ‘Soft Power of Hard States’ at Political Studies Association Newcastle University. The event and the chosen venue of investigated the ways in which our media briefings and non-democratic regimes engage annual Heads of Department with the idea of soft power. conference, celebrated its While China and Russia have fifth year anniversary with an been become particularly active academic conference held at its in their attempts to transform picturesque office just off the their international images, Mall in central London. comparisons between their soft Peter Riddell, Director of the IfG, power strategies and capacities opened the conference by looking have been surprisingly rare. The Andrew Massey, back over the five year history PSA trustee conference brought together of the Institute for Government. leading experts in the soft power Peter noted how in the relatively has been a consistent theme over different perspectives on this. efforts of China and Russia and short time the IfG has been the past five years, but many of Other panels on the day provided a long-awaited forum around the organisation has grown the themes that arise have a much included a session entitled ‘The to explore such comparisons.
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