Politics news_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

Dr Kamil Zwolski becomes a National Teaching Fellows_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Emily Flore St Denny is awarded the Anniversary fellowship_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

Sat, 06 Aug 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Emily Flore St Denny is awarded the Anniversary fellowship

Will Jennings, Lawrence McKay and Gerry Stoker win the Bernard Crick Prize for best article_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Dr. Valgarðsson, Dr. Clarke, Prof. Jennings and Prof. Stoker win the Harrison Prize_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

Wed, 06 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0100

Dr Smith hosts a Conversation with Helen Clark on Environment and Peace_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

Mon, 06 Jun 2022 00:00:00 +0100

6th UK Political Psychology Conference_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

This in-person event took place on the 20th and 21st June 2024 and was a great opportunity to connect with fellow political psychology scholars and experts in the field.

The conference was organised by Dr Tereza Capelos (University of ��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ,), Dr Ben Seyd (University of Kent), Dr Jac Larner (Cardiff University), Dr Tabitha Baker (Bournemouth University), Professor Catherine Lido (University of Glasgow), and Dr Ashley Weinberg (University of Salford).

The conference brought together three Political Psychology groups which co-sponsored and co-organised the event.

The Political Psychology group of the Political Studies Association
The Political Psychology Standing Group of the European Consortium of Political Research
The Political Psychology group of the British Psychological Society

The event was free to join and was open to academic staff researchers, postgraduate researchers, and students of Politics, Psychology, and related disciplines. The programme included 13 panel discussions in total.

The keynote speaker of the event was Professor David Redlawsk, from the University of Delaware, who gave a talk about Exploring Voter Responses to Politicians Moral Violations Summary. This talk discussed a series of studies Dr Annemarie Walter and Professor Redlawsk have carried out to investigate how voters respond to violations of moral values by political actors. Professor Redlawsk reviewed several studies and discussed the next steps in understanding the degree to which moral violations may not be as important to voters as we might expect.

For more information about this event, please contact Dr Tereza Capelos.

Professor Jonathan Havercroft’s project Just and Unjust Riots_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

His project Just and Unjust Riots: A Normative Analysis of Militant Protest, argues that political rioting, or violent disruptive protest, might be justified under a limited set of conditions: when a politically marginalised group is resisting an unjust form of oppression and means of ending this oppression is systematically blocked by a ruling elite.

Having spent much of his career studying warfare, including teaching Just War Theory – which looks at what might justify the use of armed warfare in conflicts between states – he questioned why there is no equivalent theory in political science against which to consider riots.

Just Riots Theory

Unlike in war, riots are usually spontaneous eruptions of anger. Jonathan argues that a ‘just riot theory’ could help governments to determine an appropriate response to a riot.

“At a minimum, we need such a theory to distinguish between riots after a sports team wins and those protesting police murders of unarmed citizens,” explained Professor Jonathan Havercroft. “Treating all riots as illegitimate unfairly dismisses the grievances of the unheard, and potentially denies some of the most marginalised members of society the ability to voice their concerns.”

Developing a theory of just riots, Jonathan suggests, would allow us to make judgements about whether particular riots were justified, how the authorities should respond to the rioters’ grievances, and how individual rioters should be punished (or excused).

Supported by Public Policy ��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ,, Jonathan shared his findings with police officers, parliamentarians, activists and NGOs.

Just and unjust riots was made possible by a British academy mid-career fellowship.

Professor Roderick Rhodes unveils the dark arts of British politics in new book_��ƱAPP��_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ��Ϸ

Court politics is about who in British government did what to whom, when, how, why, and with what consequences. Professor Rhodes' latest book provides a thorough depiction of the court politics of the Conservative governments of the twenty-first century. It analyses the everyday practice of the dark arts by the British political and administrative elite.

It shows that court politics matter because there are personal, electoral, and governmental consequences. It concludes that British government has a new Establishment skilled in knavery.
The heart of the book is its account of the courts of David Cameron, Theresa May, and Boris Johnson. For each court, there is a description of its knavery; of the ways in which each practices the black arts. The specific topics include the courtiers; the prime minister’s craft; narratives, reshuffles, resignations and leadership challenges, the political games of barons and parliament, Cabinet and executive networks, and the feuds in the court between ministers, advisers, and civil servants. Knavery is everywhere. There is much evidence of betrayal, revenge, lying, scandals, and bullying with such machinations oiled by gossip, humour, alcohol and leavened with harassment in its several guises. Each chapter has a short case study of the court in action; namely, the education wars, the 2018 election, and the Covid-19 crisis. Each case illustrates the personal, electoral, and governmental consequences of court politics.
There are fewer and fewer ‘good chaps’ in government. There are more and more knaves. Decency is in decline. British government needs ‘rules for rulers’. The book identifies several. Above all, it cautions citizens – beware, here be dragons.

Politics news_�����ƱAPP����_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ���Ϸ

Dr Kamil Zwolski becomes a National Teaching Fellows_�����ƱAPP����_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ���Ϸ

Emily Flore St Denny is awarded the Anniversary fellowship_�����ƱAPP����_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ���Ϸ

Will Jennings, Lawrence McKay and Gerry Stoker win the Bernard Crick Prize for best article_�����ƱAPP����_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ���Ϸ

Dr. Valgarðsson, Dr. Clarke, Prof. Jennings and Prof. Stoker win the Harrison Prize_�����ƱAPP����_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ���Ϸ

Dr Smith hosts a Conversation with Helen Clark on Environment and Peace_�����ƱAPP����_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ���Ϸ

6th UK Political Psychology Conference_�����ƱAPP����_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ���Ϸ

Professor Jonathan Havercroft’s project Just and Unjust Riots_�����ƱAPP����_�ĿͲ�Ʊ��-�ٷ���Ϸ