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I teach Politics – that is mostly about how human beings react to each other and how they try to shape their world. Learning about politics is learning about people and how they use their capacities – for good or for evil.
Currently I am interested in African politics and government, although I retain an interest in EU politics and in UK politics.
Three Words to Describe Me: Enquiring; Obsessive; Hopeful.
In my spare time, I like to read. I also run and I play with my grandchildren. I enjoy crosswords and Sudokus as well.
I do not teach; I learn – and I try to share that learning. I try to create an atmosphere of mutual respect, both for the subject and for those that are studying it.
Politics is a very practical subject – you will learn what your world is about and what you can do to shape it.
I do not teach; I learn – and I try to share that learning. I try to create an atmosphere of mutual respect, both for the subject and for those that are studying it.
Research background on:
Programme Leader, Politics
Pastoral Care Tutor, Politics and Public Services
Humanities, as the name suggests, is about being human. We explore the relationships, activities and pleasures that are primarily part of the human experience alone. Without humanities, our world would be psychologically and spiritually experienced in black, white and shades of grey. Humanities is about colour and it is about depth.
Books (authored/edited/special issues)
The European Union and British Democracy: towards convergence (Macmillan, 2000)
Legitimating the European Union: aspirations, inputs and performance (Palgrave 2007)
Why is Africa poor? - forthcoming, edited with student contributions on the states of Africa. (Dictus Publishing
Articles on democracy, transparency in the European Union, UK regionalism and the European Parliament.
Chapters in books
Contribution to edited volume (Juliet Lodge) on the 1999 European Parliament elections. chapters on the impact of the EU in O'Neill (ed) Devolution in the UK; impact of EU enlargement on democracy and legitimacy in Nugent (ed): Enlargement and the European Union. Chapter on Wilsonian regionalism in Dorey (ed): The Labour Governments 1964-1970 (London, Routledge). Chapter on Margaret Thatcher in Quagliarello, M (2013): Integrazione europea: il passato di un'illusione; Chapter on the UK in Zeff et al (eds) The EU and the Member States, (Lynne Rienner) - forthcoming
The European Union and British Democracy: towards convergence (Macmillan, 2000)
Legitimating the European Union: aspirations, inputs and performance (Palgrave 2007)
Articles on democracy, transparency in the European Union, UK regionalism and the European Parliament.
Contribution to edited volume (Juliet Lodge) on the 1999 European Parliament elections. chapters on the impact of the EU in O'Neill (ed) Devolution in the UK; impact of EU enlargement on democracy and legitimacy in Nugent (ed): Enlargement and the European Union. Chapter on Wilsonian regionalism in Dorey (ed): The Labour Governments 1964-1970 (London, Routledge).