Publications by members of the Academy

These are the most recent publications on the subject of Britishness published by members of the Academy. Where possible, a link has been included. They are arranged by theme. The Academy's latest newsletter is also available. 

Union, Devolution and the Break-up of Britain

• Paul Ward, Union is not Amalgamation Scotland is a Nation: Unionism and Scottishness in the Twentieth Century. Angles on the English-Speaking World, 7, pp. 49 - 65.

• Unionism in the United Kingdom, 1918-1974 (Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, 2005).

• Devolution and Britishness, 1966-1999, in C. Civardi and M. Jones (eds), Revue Francaise de Civilisation Britannique: la devolution des pouvoirs a l'ecosse et au pays de galles, 1966-1999 (Centre de Recherches et d'Etude en Civilisation Britannique, 2006)

• Jim McAuley, 'Two Traditions in Unionist Political Culture: A Commentary' in C. McGrath and E. O'Malley (eds.) Irish Political Studies Reader: Key Contributions (London: Routledge, 2007) pp. 105 - 135.

• (with Jon Tonge), 'The Contemporary Orange Order in Northern Ireland' in M. Busteed, F. Neal and J. Tonge (eds.) Protestant Identities in Ireland, (Manchester: Manchester University Press, 2008) pp. 289 - 303.

• 'Constructing Unionist and Loyalist Identities' in A. Edwards and S. Bloomer (eds.) Transforming the Peace in Northern Ireland: From Terrorism to Democratic Politics, Dublin: Irish Academic Press, 2008, pp. 15 - 27.

• Andrew Mycock, 'Beware of the Future in a Disunited Kingdom', Yorkshire Post, 24 June 2009.

• ' The Challenges of a Dis-United Kingdom', Open Democracy, 14 July 2009.

• 'Dilemmas of Devolution: The 'Politics of Britishness' and Citizenship Education', British Politics, 3:2 (2008) 139 - 155 (with Rhys Andrews)

• 'Citizenship Education in the UK: Devolution, Diversity and Divergence', Citizenship Teaching and Learning, 3:1 (2007) (with Rhys Andrews)

• ' Nationalists facing a Scottish identity crisis', Yorkshire Post, 18 November 2009

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Nationhood and nationalism

• Andrew Mycock (with Stefan Berger and Linas Eriksonas, eds.) Narrating the Nation (Berghahn Books: forthcoming).

• ' Cameron's Conservatives Might Learn from their own History', Open Democracy, 22 July 2009.

• Paul Ward, ' The End of Britishness? A Historical Perspective', British Politics Review (Journal of the British Politics Society, Norway), 4: 3 (2009), 3.

• Britishness Since 1870 (London: Routledge, 2004)

• 'Nationalism and national identity in British politics, c.1880s to 1914' in H. Brocklehurst  and R. Phillips (eds), History, Identity and the Question of Britain (Basingstoke: Palgrave, 2003)

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Colonialism & Postcolonialism

• Andrew Mycock, 'Britishness and the Legacy of Empire', special edition of Parliamentary Affairs, ed. by A. Mycock and C. McGlynn  (2010, forthcoming).

• ' Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word: the Politics of an Apology', Online Opinion: Australia's e-journal of Social and Political Debate, 4 December 2009

• ' Sorry Seems to be the Hardest Word: Brown and the Politics of Apology', Open Democracy, 30 November 2009

• 'The Enduring Legacy of Empire: Post-Imperial Citizenship and National Identity(ies) in the UK' in M. Dimova-Cookson and P. Stirk (eds), Multiculturalism and Moral Conflict, (Routledge, 2009).

• Paul Ward, 'The End of the British Empire and the Break-Up of Britain: Cause and Effect?' History Teaching Review Year Book, 23 (2009), 48 - 53.

• Jodie Matthews, 'The Legacies of "Divide and Rule"', Cyprus Weekly, December 4-10 2009, p. 18.

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Conflict

• Jim McAuley (with Jonathan Tonge and Peter Shirlow), 'Conflict, Transformation, and Former Loyalist Paramilitary Prisoners in Northern Ireland', Terrorism and Political Violence, 22 (2010), 22-40.

• (with P. Shirlow and J. Tonge) Jim McAuley and Catherine McGlynn, Abandoning Historical Conflict? Former Prisoners and Conflict Transformation in Northern Ireland (Manchester University Press, 2009).

• Daniel Travers (with Stephen Heathorn), 'Collective Remembrance, Second World War Mythology, and National Heritage on the Isle of Man', National Identities, 10: 4 (2008), 433 - 448.

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Citizenship

• Andrew Mycock, ' How our democracy can stay young at heart', Yorkshire Post, 4 August 2009.

• 'Citizenship and political engagement amongst young people: the workings and findings of the Youth Citizenship Commission', Parliamentary Affairs (1, 2010) (with Jonathan Tonge). 

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Race and Ethnicity

• Jodie Matthews, ' Top Gear goes backwards', (concerning Gypsies and Travellers), Comment is Free, guardian.co.uk, 6 August 2009.

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Community cohesion

• Paul Thomas, 'Between Two Stools? The Government's 'Preventing Violent Extremism' Agenda', Political Quarterly, 80:2 (2009), 282-291.
• 'From Petrol Bombs to Performance Indicators: The 2001 riots in the UK and the emergence of Community Cohesion' in D. Waddington, M. King and F. Jobard (eds.) Riots in the UK and France 2001-2006 – A comparative analysis (Cullhompton: Willan, 2009)
• 'Moving on from ‘anti-racism’? Understandings of Community Cohesion held by Youth Workers' in J. Avis, R. Fisher and R. Simmons (eds.) Issues in Post-Compulsory Education and Training: Critical Perspectives (Huddersfield: University of Huddersfield)
• 'The Impact of Community Cohesion on Youth Work' in R. Harrison, C. Benjamin, S. Curran and R. Hunter (eds.) Leading Work with Young People Milton Keynes: Open University Press, 2007)
• 'The Impact of Community Cohesion on Youth Work' in Leading Work with Young People (London: Sage/Open University, 2007) pp. 109-123.
• 'The impact of community cohesion on youth work: A case study from Oldham', Youth and Policy, 93 (2006), 41-60.

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Art, Design & Architecture

• Richard Fellows, Edwardian Civic Buildings & Their Details (Oxford: Butterworth Heinemann, 1999).
• Foreword to I. Morley, British Provincial Civic Design (Hong Kong, 2007)