John Craig
Biographic Data
| ID | 3676459 |
|---|---|
| NAME | John Craig |
| GIVEN NAMES | John |
| FAMILY NAME | Craig |
| SIGNATURE | CRAIG J |
| AFFILIATIONS | Simon Fraser University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-5350-0602 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 49 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 58 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 47 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1950 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Shaping the discipline: The impact of QAA benchmark statements on politics and international relations
The question ‘What is Politics and International Relations?’ often goes unasked, potentially leading to varied interpretations across universities. The review of the Quality Assurance Agency’s (QAA) Subject Benchmark Statement for Politics and International Relations in early 2022 provided a key moment to define the discipline. For over three decades, benchmark statements have been crucial in the UK higher education, guiding learning assurance an…
What Defines a Discipline and How We Teach and Study It? The Changing Scope and Role of the Subject Benchmark Statement for Politics and International Relations (IR) and Its Implications For the Teach…
The paper asks whether there is a typical Politics and IR curriculum before reviewing the content and design of the revised fifth edition of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Politics and IR Subject Benchmark Statement that was launched in March 2023. The paper examines the manner by which the most recent edition differs from earlier subject benchmark statements and reflects on the implications of the strategic direction taken by the QAA to incl…
The emergence of politics as a taught discipline at universities in the United Kingdom
While existing disciplinary histories of political science focus on areas such as the development of research agendas, establishment of chairs and the founding of subject associations, little work has been undertaken on the history of teaching and learning. Based on extensive archival work and use of contemporaneous documents and surveys, it combines data sources, which have not previously been used in writing the history of political science. Th…
Imagining the Parish in Late Medieval England
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Reformation, Politics and Polemics: The Growth of Protestantism in East Anglian Market Towns, 1500-1610
Drawing primarily from Suffolk sources, this book explores the development and place of Protestantism in early modern society, defined as much in terms of its practice in local communities as in its more public pronouncements from those in authority. Using detailed analysis of four communities, Mildenhall, Bury St Edmunds, Thetford and Hadleigh, John Craig explores the responses and initiatives of these towns to the question of the Reformation in…
Religious Space in Reformation England: Contesting the Past
Religious Space in Reformation England: Contesting the Past. Susan Guinn-Chipman. Religious Cultures in the Early Modern World 9. London: Pickering & Chatto, 2013. xi + 236 pp. $99. - Volume 68 Issue 4
Parish Religion
Women - 1
Commentary: Is There Really a Conflict between the Public Good and Professionalism in the Foundation Sector
Responses to ‘The academic rat race: Dilemmas and problems in the structure of academic competition’
Responses to ‘The academic rat race: dilemmas and problems in the structure of academic competition’, published in Learning and Teaching 5.2 from Mary Taylor Huber, Joseph Heath, Rebecca Boden, John Craig and Christopher Newfield
Supporting Political Science Education in UK Universities: The Role of the PSA Teaching and Learning Group
This article explores the work of the UK Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Specialist Group in promoting the development of teaching and learning. It was prompted by the invitation to take part in a panel on ‘Advancing Political Science Education in Europe’ at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 6th General Conference held in Reykjavik in August 2011. It begins with a brief overview of scholarship relating to p…
Book and Website Reviews
Myra H. Strober (2011): Interdisciplinary Conversations. Challenging Habits of Thought Review by Silvia Rief Hans Radder (ed.) (2010): The Commodification of Academic Research: Science and the Modern University Review by Antonino Palumbo Gabriela Pleschová (ed.) (2010): IT in Action: Stimulating Quality Learning at Undergraduate Students Review by John Craig Les Back (2010-11): Academic Diary, http://www.academic-diary.co.uk/ Sally Fincher, Janet…
Introduction – Teaching Politics: Beyond the Classroom
The articles presented in this symposium explore approaches to political science education that involve students in experiential learning through placements, service learning and community engagement projects. This introduction identifies key themes emerging from the articles and situates these within the wider context of debates on politics, teaching and learning
Introduction: E-Learning in Politics
This paper provides an introduction to the symposium on e-learning in politics. It draws out a number of common themes explored in the papers and places these within the context of wider debates relating to both the teaching and learning of politics and e-learning
Altars Restored: The Changing Face of English Religious Worship, 1547–c.1700 – By Kenneth Fincham and Nicholas Tyacke
The growth of English Puritanism
In the last week of March 1585, nine clothiers from the small market town of Dedham in Essex resolved some sober business. The local vicar, Richard Parker, who commented afterwards upon the business, described what took place as a 'protestacion' and noted, significantly, that 'it was offered them the 20 of march 1585'. Yet the surviving text calls itself a 'profession freely made and approved by the voyces and handes of us whose names are underwr…
Implementing Problem-Based Learning in Politics
Problem-based learning has a long history of successful use in disciplines such as business, law and medicine. In 2005, a team at the University of Huddersfield received government funding to develop the technique, and a range of related resources, for teaching politics. This article describes the experience of putting these resources into practice with a range of different student cohorts
Tourism and conservation: The effects of track proximity on avian reproductive success and nest selection in an open sanctuary
A Sermon by Robert Barnes, c . 1535
Robert Barnes is a name well known to historians of the English Reformation. He receives brief mention in most historical surveys, being variously discussed as Coverdale's prior, Luther's friend, Cromwell's protégé , or Henry VIII 's martyr. Among scholars whose interests lie primarily with the theology of the Reformation, Barnes has at times received further, more focused attention, his written works being examined in some detail and he himself …
Conferences and Combination Lectures in the Elizabethan Church: Dedham and Bury St Edmunds, 1582-1590
Insight into the minds and methods of 'godly' ministers - early nonconformists - who sought to modify the Elizabethan settlement of religion. At the heart of Elizabeth I's reign, a secret conference of clergymen met in and around Dedham, Essex, on a monthly basis in order to discuss matters of local and national interest. Their collected papers, a unique survival from the clandestine world of early English nonconformity, are here printed in full …
Privatization and Indigenous Ownership: Evidence from Africa
In recent years, privatization has become common across Africa, reversing the long–term growth in state ownership of business enterprises. Many have interpreted this as entailing the abandonment of the developmental objectives that state enterprises were established to pursue. Others, however, have suggested that the privatization process can itself provide a new means through which the same objectives may be achieved. This article examines the p…
Twilight on the Zambian copperbelt
On 25 of January 2002 Anglo American \nPic announced its intention to withdraw \nfrom its mining operations on the Zambian \ncopperbelt. In recent years, KCM \n(which is controlled by Anglo via its \nmajority holding in Zambia Copper Investment \nLimited) has been responsible \nfor around two-thirds of Zambia's copper \nproduction, half of its foreign exchange \nearnings and currently directly \nemploys 11,000 workers. The threat of \nclosure, th…
Putting privatisation into practice: The case of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited
During the 1990s, African governments sought to translate their commitment to privatise state enterprises into action. In doing so, they faced questions concerning the form in which these enterprises would be sold, to whom and on what terms. This paper examines the privatisation of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) between 1992 and 2000. It argues that the capacity of the Zambian government to determine the answers to these questions was co…
Evaluating privatisation in Zambia: A tale of two processes
The programme of state enterprise privatisation pursued by the Zambian government since 1992 has been subject to a number of conflicting evaluations. For some it is a model programme, ‘the most successful in Africa’ (Campbell White and Bhatia, 1998), which stands as an example to other developing countries. For others, it is a deeply flawed experience which allowed for the corrupt acquisition of assets by those linked to the ruling party. This pa…
"Practical Divinity": The Works and Life of Rev'd Richard Greenham
Reformers, Conflict, and Revisionism: The Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Hadleigh
The cloth-making town of Hadleigh in Suffolk has often been cited in the annals of the English Reformation as a town that early embraced Protestantism apparently effortlessly. This view owes much to John Foxe's famous description of this ‘Universitie of the learned’, yet a closer examination of the surviving evidence from Hadleigh indicates that the Reformation was as bitterly contested here as it was in many another mid-Tudor community. And the …
Maurice Halbwachs à Strasbourg
Craig John E., Burgos Martine. Maurice Halbwachs à Strasbourg. In: Revue française de sociologie, 1979, 20-1. Les durkheimiens. Etudes et documents réunis par Philippe Besnard, sous la direction de Philippe Besnard. pp. 273-292
Evaluating privatisation in Zambia: A tale of two processes
The programme of state enterprise privatisation pursued by the Zambian government since 1992 has been subject to a number of conflicting evaluations. For some it is a model programme, ‘the most successful in Africa’ (Campbell White and Bhatia, 1998), which stands as an example to other developing countries. For others, it is a deeply flawed experience which allowed for the corrupt acquisition of assets by those linked to the ruling party. This pa…
Putting privatisation into practice: The case of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines Limited
During the 1990s, African governments sought to translate their commitment to privatise state enterprises into action. In doing so, they faced questions concerning the form in which these enterprises would be sold, to whom and on what terms. This paper examines the privatisation of Zambia Consolidated Copper Mines (ZCCM) between 1992 and 2000. It argues that the capacity of the Zambian government to determine the answers to these questions was co…
The emergence of politics as a taught discipline at universities in the United Kingdom
While existing disciplinary histories of political science focus on areas such as the development of research agendas, establishment of chairs and the founding of subject associations, little work has been undertaken on the history of teaching and learning. Based on extensive archival work and use of contemporaneous documents and surveys, it combines data sources, which have not previously been used in writing the history of political science. Th…
Implementing Problem-Based Learning in Politics
Problem-based learning has a long history of successful use in disciplines such as business, law and medicine. In 2005, a team at the University of Huddersfield received government funding to develop the technique, and a range of related resources, for teaching politics. This article describes the experience of putting these resources into practice with a range of different student cohorts
Scholarship and Nation Building: The Universities of Strasbourg and Alsatian Society, 1870-1939
Introduction – Teaching Politics: Beyond the Classroom
The articles presented in this symposium explore approaches to political science education that involve students in experiential learning through placements, service learning and community engagement projects. This introduction identifies key themes emerging from the articles and situates these within the wider context of debates on politics, teaching and learning
Introduction: E-Learning in Politics
This paper provides an introduction to the symposium on e-learning in politics. It draws out a number of common themes explored in the papers and places these within the context of wider debates relating to both the teaching and learning of politics and e-learning
Tourism and conservation: The effects of track proximity on avian reproductive success and nest selection in an open sanctuary
Reformers, Conflict, and Revisionism: The Reformation in Sixteenth-Century Hadleigh
The cloth-making town of Hadleigh in Suffolk has often been cited in the annals of the English Reformation as a town that early embraced Protestantism apparently effortlessly. This view owes much to John Foxe's famous description of this ‘Universitie of the learned’, yet a closer examination of the surviving evidence from Hadleigh indicates that the Reformation was as bitterly contested here as it was in many another mid-Tudor community. And the …
Counterurbanization in Europe: Discussion
Averaging population density
Population density is a commonly quoted statistic. Almost no general descriptive summary of the population of an area is complete without a density listing, table or map. As each such density statistic is an average, it is worth considering what kind of average is being used. This article analyzes this and illustrates the effect of some alternative calculations using population density data for Great Britain; the findings, however, are of general…
What Defines a Discipline and How We Teach and Study It? The Changing Scope and Role of the Subject Benchmark Statement for Politics and International Relations (IR) and Its Implications For the Teach…
The paper asks whether there is a typical Politics and IR curriculum before reviewing the content and design of the revised fifth edition of the Quality Assurance Agency (QAA) Politics and IR Subject Benchmark Statement that was launched in March 2023. The paper examines the manner by which the most recent edition differs from earlier subject benchmark statements and reflects on the implications of the strategic direction taken by the QAA to incl…
Supporting Political Science Education in UK Universities: The Role of the PSA Teaching and Learning Group
This article explores the work of the UK Political Studies Association Teaching and Learning Specialist Group in promoting the development of teaching and learning. It was prompted by the invitation to take part in a panel on ‘Advancing Political Science Education in Europe’ at the European Consortium for Political Research (ECPR) 6th General Conference held in Reykjavik in August 2011. It begins with a brief overview of scholarship relating to p…
A Sermon by Robert Barnes, c . 1535
Robert Barnes is a name well known to historians of the English Reformation. He receives brief mention in most historical surveys, being variously discussed as Coverdale's prior, Luther's friend, Cromwell's protégé , or Henry VIII 's martyr. Among scholars whose interests lie primarily with the theology of the Reformation, Barnes has at times received further, more focused attention, his written works being examined in some detail and he himself …
Privatization and Indigenous Ownership: Evidence from Africa
In recent years, privatization has become common across Africa, reversing the long–term growth in state ownership of business enterprises. Many have interpreted this as entailing the abandonment of the developmental objectives that state enterprises were established to pursue. Others, however, have suggested that the privatization process can itself provide a new means through which the same objectives may be achieved. This article examines the p…
Wills as Religious Propaganda: The Testament of William Tracy
Wills have become one of the most widely used sources for students of the English Reformation. There has been an ever increasing literature tracing testators' religious beliefs, the role and influence of scribes and clerics, the various copies and manifestations of a particular testament and the often formulaic character of this legal document. Little attention has been paid by students of wills to the polemical and propagandistic qualities of su…
Why Educational Policies Can Fail: An Overview of Selected African Experiences
The Relationships Between the Population, Area, and Density of Urban Areas
Whitehall Through the Centuries
Whitehall Through the Centuries
The Mint. A History of the London Mint from A.D. 287 to 1948
The Mint
The Mint The Bank of England Note Get access The Mint. By Sir John Craig. (London : Cambridge University Press, 1953. Pp. vii + 450. 70s.)The Bank of England Note. By A. D. Mackenzie. (London : Cambridge University Press, 1953. Pp. v + 163. 15s.) R. S. Sayers R. S. Sayers London School of Economics Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The Economic Journal, Volume 64, Issue 254, 1 June 1954, Pages 387–388, https…
Short Notices
Journal Article Short Notices Get access JOHN CRAIG JOHN CRAIG London Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar The English Historical Review, Volume LXXVI, Issue CCCI, October 1961, Pages 715-a–715, https://doi.org/10.1093/ehr/LXXVI.CCCI.715-a Published: 01 October 1961
Isaac Newton and the counterfeiters
Dr Isaac Newton, who retained his Cambridge appointments, probably entered on the Wardenship of the Mint between 13 April 1696, the date of his warrant of appointment, and 2 May when he took the oath of secrecy. A memorandum (1) by Thomas Fowle, one of the clerks, showed him that Montague’s ‘not much bus’ness to require more attendance than you can spare’ (2) exaggerated the burden. The three principal officers of the Mint had each his peculiar p…
Estimating the age and sex structure of net migration for a sub-region: A case study: North and South Humberside, 1951–1961
Craig J. (1970) Estimating the age and sex structure of net migration for a subregion. A case study: North and South Humberside, 1951–1961, Reg. Studies 4, 333–347. Survival rate methods are adapted to provide an analysis by sex and quinary age groups of total net migration as estimated from births, deaths and population change; various difficulties in doing this are discussed. The effect of recruitment to, and demobilization from, the Armed Forc…
Senatorial Prime Ministers and Presidential Governors‐General
The Relationships Between the Population, Area, and Density of Urban Areas
The Relationships between the Population, Area, and Density of Urban Areas
Pivotal Density: What is it
Maurice Halbwachs à Strasbourg
Craig John E., Burgos Martine. Maurice Halbwachs à Strasbourg. In: Revue française de sociologie, 1979, 20-1. Les durkheimiens. Etudes et documents réunis par Philippe Besnard, sous la direction de Philippe Besnard. pp. 273-292
Averaging population density
Population density is a commonly quoted statistic. Almost no general descriptive summary of the population of an area is complete without a density listing, table or map. As each such density statistic is an average, it is worth considering what kind of average is being used. This article analyzes this and illustrates the effect of some alternative calculations using population density data for Great Britain; the findings, however, are of general…
The Political Economy of Bureaucracy
Scholarship and Nation Building: The Universities of Strasbourg and Alsation Society, 1870-1939
Scholarship and Nation Building: The Universities of Strasbourg and Alsatian Society, 1870-1939
Scholarship and Nation Building: The Universities of Strasbourg and Alsatian Society, 1870-1939
Immigration Statistics. A Story of Neglect
Counterurbanization in Europe: Discussion
Why Educational Policies Can Fail: An Overview of Selected African Experiences
Literacy in the United States: Readers and Reading Since 1880. Carl E. Kaestle , Helen Damon-Moore , Lawrence C. Stedman , Ketherine Tinsley , William Vance Trollinger, Jr
Wills as Religious Propaganda: The Testament of William Tracy
Wills have become one of the most widely used sources for students of the English Reformation. There has been an ever increasing literature tracing testators' religious beliefs, the role and influence of scribes and clerics, the various copies and manifestations of a particular testament and the often formulaic character of this legal document. Little attention has been paid by students of wills to the polemical and propagandistic qualities of su…
A united states of Australasia
Australia and New Zealand have always been close, and the adoption of the Closer Economic Relations Agreement has brought them closer. In the context of public debate in Australia about constitutional reform it is appropriate to discuss the possibility of political union between the two countries. This article looks at some of the processes and politics involved with five scenarios under which union might or might not take place. They are: New Ze…
Comparative African Experiences in Implementing Educational Policies
This paper reviews the scholarly literature concerned, directly or indirectly, with the implementation of educational policies in sub-Saharan Africa. The paper consists of three parts. Part I considers the reasons both for past neglect of implementation issues and for the current interest in the subject. Part II offers general observations concerning the literature on the implementation of educational policies in Africa, and characterizes this li…
The Reformation in English Towns, 1500–1640
This volume seeks to address a relatively neglected subject in the field of English reformation studies: the reformation in its urban context. Drawing on the work of a number of historians, this colle
"Practical Divinity": The Works and Life of Rev'd Richard Greenham
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