THE NEWSLETTER OF THE POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 1 ISSN 0955-6281 VOL. 16 NUMBER 1 MARCH 2005 CONTENTS Where are the Women? DEPARTMENT PROFILE While more than half of the students undertaking political science degrees in the UK are Department of Peace Studies at the women, about three quarters of those teaching them are men. Some may not regard this as an University of Bradford 2 issue, but the Political Studies Association did not share this view and funded research on the IN FULL VIEW reasons why relatively few women proceed to graduate work; this article reports the findings The Launch of the Journal of Civil Society 3 of that research. Politics and Gender 3 european political science Network 3 The Annual Conference: Cause for A TIME TO CONFER Women in the Political IIAS 3rd Specialised International Conf. 4 Celebration or Revision? Difference, Borders, Others 4 Science Profession The Barbarisation of Warfare 4 Jon Tonge, Georgia Political Science Association 4 Parveen Akhtar, Paul Fawcett, Tim Legrand, Chair, Conferences and The Decline of Utopia 4 Search for a New World Order-the David Marsh and Chloe Taylor Events Committee Role of Public Opinion 5 Department of Political Science and The Political Studies Music and Emergence of Political Culture 5 International Studies, University of Birmingham Association Annual Politics and the Media 5 Conference ought to Current Social Science Research on Greece 5 This research deals with only one aspect of provide a highlight of our First Global International Studies the question: why are there relatively few Conference of the World International Studies academic year, women in the political science profession? It Committee 5 amounting to the biggest focuses on final year undergraduates, with a Internet for Politics 6 annual domestic European Identity and Political Systems 6 particular emphasis on the way that this group gathering of politics graduates, lecturers, Ethics and Integrity of Governance 6 perceived the accessibility of postgraduate professors and researchers. For many Politics Breaking New Ground: Innovation in the Public study – we hope to explore further aspects of Sector 6 the issue in future research. In our view, this academics, the annual conference is indeed a Workshops in Political Theory 7 was the best point to start research in this fine occasion, both academically and socially. Transatlantic Studies Association Conf. 7 area because the decision as to whether to Nonetheless, the growth in size of the International Political Science Association 20th proceed onto postgraduate study is an conference, the diversity of political studies, the World Congress 7 RESEARCH & WRITING OPPORTUNITIES obvious initial determinant of an individual’s LATISS - Learning & Teaching in the continued on page 28 continued on page 29 Social Sciences 8 POLITICAL STUDIES ANNOUNCEMENT Making our Media: mapping global initiatives toward a democratic New Editorial Team and also the annual general meeting of the public sphere Association. 8 for Politics The Association is not necessarily LEEDS CONFERENCE committed to the current style and focus of the Graduate Conf. - Provisional Timetable 9 Biographical Notes on Keynote Speakers 9 Call for Applications journal and applications which proposed to make Programme in Brief 10-11 changes in these respects would certainly not Conference Panels 12-25 Politics is a well-established element in the be at a disadvantage. In any event, applications APSR Seeks Submissions for Centennial Political Studies Association package of should include plans for developing as well as managing the journal and its associated web Issue Special Edition journals. With three issues per year and 26 site. In addition, attention should be given to subtitled ‘Surveys, Debates and Controversies New International Scholarly Network in Politics’ the journal focuses mainly on shorter financial matters. Currently, the Association on Security Issues articles and encourages submissions from provides a subvention of approximately £7,500. 26 younger scholars. The term of office of the EPOP Journal goes Online 26 current editorial team – Charles Lees and Paul Potential applicants are free to seek ESRC Launches Unique Online Reaearch Taggart - ends in this year and applications are further information by contacting either Resource for Social Services 27 UKPAC Prize 2005 27 invited from those interested in taking over this Charles Lees [[email protected]] or Paul Taggart [[email protected]]. Where are the Women? from front cover 28 responsibility from 2006 for a period of six Cause for Celebration or Revision? years (subject to a satisfactory review after Applications (in electronic form) should be sent from front cover three). to: Prof. David Denver, 29 Although individuals may apply to become Department of Politics, Lancaster University, editor it would be expected that they would Lancaster, LA1 4YD DEPARTMENT PROFILE have the full support of their department and be by April 30th 2005. 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If there are joint editors, it is News from the Department of Politics, expected that one of the team will attend and Bristol University report to the Association’s executive meetings 30 News from the School of Economics and Politics, University of Ulster 31 Political Studies Association, Department of Politics, University of Newcastle, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 7RU Tel: 0191 222 8021 Fax: 0191 222 3499 E-mail [email protected] Web: www.psa.ac.uk Executive Director: Jack Arthurs Membership Secretary: Sandra McDonagh Registered Charity No. 1071825 Registered Company with limited liability in England and Wales, No 3628986 THE NEWSLETTER OF THE POLITICAL STUDIES ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED KINGDOM 2 DEPARTMENT PROFILE The Department of Peace Studies at the University of Bradford Professor Shaun Gregory Africa [South Africa, Angola and Mozambique] Bradford, the ICPS has developed as an Head of Department and the Great Lakes region. Africa work in the intellectual space for work around issues of Department has been boosted enormously this marginalisation [social, economic, political, Established in 1974, following an initiative from year following a major private trust investment of gender, etc] and participation bringing the Society of Friends [Quakers], the Department £1.75 million to establish the new John Ferguson together local community issues with parallel of Peace Studies has grown to become the Chair in African Peace and Conflict Studies and concerns from urban and rural communities world’s largest academic centre exclusively for support a wide range of related projects in areas in South America, sub-Saharan Africa, and the study of peace and conflict. With more than such as the rehabilitation of child soldiers, land- elsewhere. sixty academic, research, research-related and mines, security sector reform and post-war A great deal of the Department’s consultancy staff, the Department is host to reconstruction, and peace education. research work, however, takes place more than four hundred students from more than outside the Centres in areas such as the forty countries, of whom around half are The Bradford Disarmament Research Centre implications of globalisation and global civil postgraduate including more than ninety PhD The work of the Bradford Disarmament society; the politics of democracy in Europe; candidates. The Department was awarded a 5 Research Centre is centred on the control of peace history and peace education; gender in the last RAE and the maximum 24/24 for all its weapons of mass destruction: biological, and peace; the causes of terrorism; and taught programmes in the most recent TQA. chemical and nuclear. The two major strands of North-South security relations. The The Department was also recognised by Rotary the BDRC’s work at present are the control of Department also hosts the Research Unit of International as one of seven biological weapons, in particular the implications South East Europe, which addresses issues global centres of excellence in peace and of rapid scientific advances in bio-technology, of peace and democracy in the Balkans conflict resolution genomics and genetic engineering for the region. weaponisation of biological entities and Postgraduate Programmes processes. The second strand is the Commitment to Research Excellence The Department offers a range of BA, MA, MPhil, establishment of the South Asian Strategic As the Department looks to the future new M.Res [with our Graduate School] and PhD Stability Unit with a major grant from Pakistan’s staff are arriving to expand the range of our programmes around the following themes: National University of Science and Technology to course provision and develop new areas of peace studies; conflict resolution; development address the risks of nuclear war in south Asia research interest, the University of Bradford and peace; international relations and security and support the promotion of measures to is supporting a new Research Chair in studies; and politics and society. Staff-student stabilize the nuclear relationship between India Peace and Conflict Studies as part of its relations within the Department are very strong and Pakistan. continued commitment to research with a relaxed and mutually respectful ethos, excellence at Bradford, and staff are taking good staff availability, the retention of small The Centre for Conflict Resolution