Colm Murphy
Biographic Data
| ID | 3980324 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Colm Murphy |
| GIVEN NAMES | Colm |
| FAMILY NAME | Murphy |
| SIGNATURE | MURPHY C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Queen Mary University of London |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-8565-6783 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 17 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 27 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 17 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1992 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Why Read Books When You Have a Mobile Phone?
Labour’s choices: The political economy of Keir Starmer’s party
This article explores the dilemmas at the heart of the economic strategy of Keir Starmer’s government by tracking developments in British (centre-)left political economy since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. It first traces the emergence of a shared narrative of political economy circulating among the UK and transatlantic centre-left, as well as some further left and right, over the 2010s and into the early 2020s. Identifying the core diagno…
Prudence from the left: Economic restraint and UK social democracy since 1945
The political science debate over macroeconomic policy in western Europe has focused extensively on critiquing ‘austerity’ policies since the Great Financial Crash of 2008. That includes the literature on ‘austerity from the left’, which sought to explain the decisions of social-democratic parties to adopt policies that undermined the capacity of the state to intervene in the economy, the ideological goals of conventional social democracy, and ir…
The Political Crisis of British Keynesianism, 1973-1983
In histories of Western political economy in the 1970s-1980s, Keynesianism is conventionally depicted as a victim of neoliberal ascendancy. Building on revisionist scholarship, this article looks beyond neoliberalism to explain the fate of Keynesianism in the transforming political economy of the United Kingdom in its global contexts. It explores a neglected case study: the intense controversies sparked by the Keynesian policy makers Wynne Godley…
Towards a modern democracy’? The constitutional politics of the 1990s British left
Introduction: The Future of British Political History
Politics and history are closely intertwined and historians play a vital role in British public life. Yet, British political history, which has a critical contribution to make for understanding British politics today, faces two urgent challenges. First, academic history has retreated from subjects that remain hugely popular in media and trade publishing and of interest to social scientists, such as the histories of political institutions and form…
The Forgotten Rival of Marxism Today: The British Labour Party’s New Socialist and the Business of Political Culture in the Late Twentieth Century
In recent years, historians of modern Britain have focused on reconstructing its ‘political culture’, drawing extensively upon print sources. This work routinely highlights the commercial pressures that shape some types of print media—especially popular newspapers—but is less attentive to others. This article argues for closer attention to the business and financial contexts of a broader spectrum of Britain’s political culture in the late twentie…
Augmenting excellence, promoting diversity? Preliminary design of a foundation year for the University of Cambridge
Undergraduate students at Cambridge come disproportionately from independent schools, high participation neighbourhoods and high socio-economic groups (SEGs). This article examines the process of designing a foundation year (FY) for Cambridge aimed at promoting SEG diversity. The transformative potential of Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, capitals and field are explored to frame the curriculum development process. Working in an intercollegiate gr…
A New Pedagogy to Enhance the Safety and Resilience of Journalists in Dangerous Environments Globally
Risks to journalists are rising with disasters, epidemics, physical, mental and digital harassment all increasing globally. Some 1382 journalists have been killed since 1992 and 246 are imprisoned. However, the threat type has been changing, with the majority of journalists killed annually being ones working in their own country, often who are targeted for assassination. In response, UNESCO and others have called for research into best practice f…
The ‘Rainbow Alliance’ or the Focus Group? Sexuality and Race in the Labour Party’s Electoral Strategy, 1985–7
In the 1980s, Labour struggled to respond to a hostile political context during a protracted period of opposition. Diverse figures claimed that the Left was suffering from a structural decline in a supposed 'traditional working class' voting base: contentions which only became more influential after the 1983 electoral catastrophe. Competing solutions were proffered-including building a 'rainbow alliance' informed by equalities politics, or appeal…
Changing by the Click: The Professional Development of UK Journalists
Changes in technology, audience engagement, the business model and ethical requirements have greatly expanded the skills required to be a professional journalist in the UK. At the same time, the esteem in which the profession is held by the public has diminished. This research used the UK journalism profession as a case study of change in a profession. It asked what were the changes in the profession since 2012. The research method includes an in…
Rival Imagined Communities in the Dublin Lockout of 1913
The administrative prevalence of mental retardation in 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987
OBJECTIVES. In this study, data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Study were used to determine the administrative prevalence (i.e., the number of children previously identified for service provision) of mental retardation among 10-year-old children during the years 1985 through 1987. METHODS. Children with mental retardation (intelligence quotient [IQ] of 70 or lower) were identified by review of records from multiple sourc…
Mild mental retardation in black and white children in metropolitan Atlanta: A case-control study
OBJECTIVES. This study assessed differences in the prevalence of mild mental retardation, defined as an intelligence quotient (IQ) from 50 to 70, between Black and White children. METHODS. A case-control study design was used. Ten-year-old children with mental retardation were identified from multiple sources. Information on race, sex, maternal age, birth order, economic status, and maternal education was abstracted from birth certificates of 330…
Variation in the influence of selected sociodemographic risk factors for mental retardation
OBJECTIVES. This study explored the utility of subdividing mental retardation into groups based on the presence of other neurological conditions. METHODS. Data were abstracted from birth certificates as part of a case-control study of mental retardation among 10-year-old children. The study sample included 458 case children and 563 control children selected from public schools. Case children were subdivided on the basis of intelligence quotient (…
Hearing impairment among 10-year-old children: Metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987
The prevalence of hearing impairment among 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta between 1985 and 1987 was evaluated. Hearing-impaired children were identified by reviewing records at public schools and health and social service agencies. The prevalence was 1.1 per 1000 and was slightly higher among Blacks and boys than among Whites and girls. The most common known causes of hearing impairment were meningitis (0.3 per 1000), genetic and he…
Legal blindness among 10-year-old children in Metropolitan Atlanta: Prevalence, 1985 to 1987
The prevalence of legal blindness in 10-year-olds in metropolitan Atlanta was 6.8 per 10,000 during 1985 to 1987. The prevalence was 8.8 per 10,000 in Black boys, 8.6 per 10,000 in White boys, 6.7 per 10,000 in White girls, and 1.8 per 10,000 in Black girls. Retinopathy of prematurity was the most common known cause (1.0 per 10,000). Of the 61 cases, 40 had other disabilities, including 14 with mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy. Th…
Mild mental retardation in black and white children in metropolitan Atlanta: A case-control study
OBJECTIVES. This study assessed differences in the prevalence of mild mental retardation, defined as an intelligence quotient (IQ) from 50 to 70, between Black and White children. METHODS. A case-control study design was used. Ten-year-old children with mental retardation were identified from multiple sources. Information on race, sex, maternal age, birth order, economic status, and maternal education was abstracted from birth certificates of 330…
The administrative prevalence of mental retardation in 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987
OBJECTIVES. In this study, data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Study were used to determine the administrative prevalence (i.e., the number of children previously identified for service provision) of mental retardation among 10-year-old children during the years 1985 through 1987. METHODS. Children with mental retardation (intelligence quotient [IQ] of 70 or lower) were identified by review of records from multiple sourc…
The ‘Rainbow Alliance’ or the Focus Group? Sexuality and Race in the Labour Party’s Electoral Strategy, 1985–7
In the 1980s, Labour struggled to respond to a hostile political context during a protracted period of opposition. Diverse figures claimed that the Left was suffering from a structural decline in a supposed 'traditional working class' voting base: contentions which only became more influential after the 1983 electoral catastrophe. Competing solutions were proffered-including building a 'rainbow alliance' informed by equalities politics, or appeal…
Variation in the influence of selected sociodemographic risk factors for mental retardation
OBJECTIVES. This study explored the utility of subdividing mental retardation into groups based on the presence of other neurological conditions. METHODS. Data were abstracted from birth certificates as part of a case-control study of mental retardation among 10-year-old children. The study sample included 458 case children and 563 control children selected from public schools. Case children were subdivided on the basis of intelligence quotient (…
Hearing impairment among 10-year-old children: Metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987
The prevalence of hearing impairment among 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta between 1985 and 1987 was evaluated. Hearing-impaired children were identified by reviewing records at public schools and health and social service agencies. The prevalence was 1.1 per 1000 and was slightly higher among Blacks and boys than among Whites and girls. The most common known causes of hearing impairment were meningitis (0.3 per 1000), genetic and he…
The Forgotten Rival of Marxism Today: The British Labour Party’s New Socialist and the Business of Political Culture in the Late Twentieth Century
In recent years, historians of modern Britain have focused on reconstructing its ‘political culture’, drawing extensively upon print sources. This work routinely highlights the commercial pressures that shape some types of print media—especially popular newspapers—but is less attentive to others. This article argues for closer attention to the business and financial contexts of a broader spectrum of Britain’s political culture in the late twentie…
Augmenting excellence, promoting diversity? Preliminary design of a foundation year for the University of Cambridge
Undergraduate students at Cambridge come disproportionately from independent schools, high participation neighbourhoods and high socio-economic groups (SEGs). This article examines the process of designing a foundation year (FY) for Cambridge aimed at promoting SEG diversity. The transformative potential of Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, capitals and field are explored to frame the curriculum development process. Working in an intercollegiate gr…
Prudence from the left: Economic restraint and UK social democracy since 1945
The political science debate over macroeconomic policy in western Europe has focused extensively on critiquing ‘austerity’ policies since the Great Financial Crash of 2008. That includes the literature on ‘austerity from the left’, which sought to explain the decisions of social-democratic parties to adopt policies that undermined the capacity of the state to intervene in the economy, the ideological goals of conventional social democracy, and ir…
Changing by the Click: The Professional Development of UK Journalists
Changes in technology, audience engagement, the business model and ethical requirements have greatly expanded the skills required to be a professional journalist in the UK. At the same time, the esteem in which the profession is held by the public has diminished. This research used the UK journalism profession as a case study of change in a profession. It asked what were the changes in the profession since 2012. The research method includes an in…
Legal blindness among 10-year-old children in Metropolitan Atlanta: Prevalence, 1985 to 1987
The prevalence of legal blindness in 10-year-olds in metropolitan Atlanta was 6.8 per 10,000 during 1985 to 1987. The prevalence was 8.8 per 10,000 in Black boys, 8.6 per 10,000 in White boys, 6.7 per 10,000 in White girls, and 1.8 per 10,000 in Black girls. Retinopathy of prematurity was the most common known cause (1.0 per 10,000). Of the 61 cases, 40 had other disabilities, including 14 with mental retardation, cerebral palsy, and epilepsy. Th…
Hearing impairment among 10-year-old children: Metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987
The prevalence of hearing impairment among 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta between 1985 and 1987 was evaluated. Hearing-impaired children were identified by reviewing records at public schools and health and social service agencies. The prevalence was 1.1 per 1000 and was slightly higher among Blacks and boys than among Whites and girls. The most common known causes of hearing impairment were meningitis (0.3 per 1000), genetic and he…
The administrative prevalence of mental retardation in 10-year-old children in metropolitan Atlanta, 1985 through 1987
OBJECTIVES. In this study, data from the Metropolitan Atlanta Developmental Disabilities Study were used to determine the administrative prevalence (i.e., the number of children previously identified for service provision) of mental retardation among 10-year-old children during the years 1985 through 1987. METHODS. Children with mental retardation (intelligence quotient [IQ] of 70 or lower) were identified by review of records from multiple sourc…
Mild mental retardation in black and white children in metropolitan Atlanta: A case-control study
OBJECTIVES. This study assessed differences in the prevalence of mild mental retardation, defined as an intelligence quotient (IQ) from 50 to 70, between Black and White children. METHODS. A case-control study design was used. Ten-year-old children with mental retardation were identified from multiple sources. Information on race, sex, maternal age, birth order, economic status, and maternal education was abstracted from birth certificates of 330…
Variation in the influence of selected sociodemographic risk factors for mental retardation
OBJECTIVES. This study explored the utility of subdividing mental retardation into groups based on the presence of other neurological conditions. METHODS. Data were abstracted from birth certificates as part of a case-control study of mental retardation among 10-year-old children. The study sample included 458 case children and 563 control children selected from public schools. Case children were subdivided on the basis of intelligence quotient (…
Rival Imagined Communities in the Dublin Lockout of 1913
The ‘Rainbow Alliance’ or the Focus Group? Sexuality and Race in the Labour Party’s Electoral Strategy, 1985–7
In the 1980s, Labour struggled to respond to a hostile political context during a protracted period of opposition. Diverse figures claimed that the Left was suffering from a structural decline in a supposed 'traditional working class' voting base: contentions which only became more influential after the 1983 electoral catastrophe. Competing solutions were proffered-including building a 'rainbow alliance' informed by equalities politics, or appeal…
Changing by the Click: The Professional Development of UK Journalists
Changes in technology, audience engagement, the business model and ethical requirements have greatly expanded the skills required to be a professional journalist in the UK. At the same time, the esteem in which the profession is held by the public has diminished. This research used the UK journalism profession as a case study of change in a profession. It asked what were the changes in the profession since 2012. The research method includes an in…
A New Pedagogy to Enhance the Safety and Resilience of Journalists in Dangerous Environments Globally
Risks to journalists are rising with disasters, epidemics, physical, mental and digital harassment all increasing globally. Some 1382 journalists have been killed since 1992 and 246 are imprisoned. However, the threat type has been changing, with the majority of journalists killed annually being ones working in their own country, often who are targeted for assassination. In response, UNESCO and others have called for research into best practice f…
Augmenting excellence, promoting diversity? Preliminary design of a foundation year for the University of Cambridge
Undergraduate students at Cambridge come disproportionately from independent schools, high participation neighbourhoods and high socio-economic groups (SEGs). This article examines the process of designing a foundation year (FY) for Cambridge aimed at promoting SEG diversity. The transformative potential of Bourdieu’s concepts of habitus, capitals and field are explored to frame the curriculum development process. Working in an intercollegiate gr…
Introduction: The Future of British Political History
Politics and history are closely intertwined and historians play a vital role in British public life. Yet, British political history, which has a critical contribution to make for understanding British politics today, faces two urgent challenges. First, academic history has retreated from subjects that remain hugely popular in media and trade publishing and of interest to social scientists, such as the histories of political institutions and form…
The Forgotten Rival of Marxism Today: The British Labour Party’s New Socialist and the Business of Political Culture in the Late Twentieth Century
In recent years, historians of modern Britain have focused on reconstructing its ‘political culture’, drawing extensively upon print sources. This work routinely highlights the commercial pressures that shape some types of print media—especially popular newspapers—but is less attentive to others. This article argues for closer attention to the business and financial contexts of a broader spectrum of Britain’s political culture in the late twentie…
Towards a modern democracy’? The constitutional politics of the 1990s British left
Prudence from the left: Economic restraint and UK social democracy since 1945
The political science debate over macroeconomic policy in western Europe has focused extensively on critiquing ‘austerity’ policies since the Great Financial Crash of 2008. That includes the literature on ‘austerity from the left’, which sought to explain the decisions of social-democratic parties to adopt policies that undermined the capacity of the state to intervene in the economy, the ideological goals of conventional social democracy, and ir…
The Political Crisis of British Keynesianism, 1973-1983
In histories of Western political economy in the 1970s-1980s, Keynesianism is conventionally depicted as a victim of neoliberal ascendancy. Building on revisionist scholarship, this article looks beyond neoliberalism to explain the fate of Keynesianism in the transforming political economy of the United Kingdom in its global contexts. It explores a neglected case study: the intense controversies sparked by the Keynesian policy makers Wynne Godley…
Why Read Books When You Have a Mobile Phone?
Labour’s choices: The political economy of Keir Starmer’s party
This article explores the dilemmas at the heart of the economic strategy of Keir Starmer’s government by tracking developments in British (centre-)left political economy since the Global Financial Crisis of 2008. It first traces the emergence of a shared narrative of political economy circulating among the UK and transatlantic centre-left, as well as some further left and right, over the 2010s and into the early 2020s. Identifying the core diagno…
Political science (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (7 works) · Politics (7 works) · Law (6 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Law (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Pediatrics (5 works) · Pediatrics (5 works)