Peter Reid
Biographic Data
| ID | 4054374 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Peter Reid |
| GIVEN NAMES | Peter |
| FAMILY NAME | Reid |
| SIGNATURE | REID P |
| AFFILIATIONS | Robert Gordon University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-3784-7585 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 61 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1980 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Raban Redux: A Re-evaluation of the Life and Connections of Edward Raban
The art of printing came to Aberdeen in 1622 with the arrival of Edward Raban, a journeyman printer. Within months he was appointed Unversitatis Typrographus followed quickly by appointment as Urbis Typographus. He played a prominent role in both economic and cultural life of the city for the next twenty-five years. This article is based on research conducted as part of the four hundredth anniversary of Raban’s arrival in Aberdeen. Previous schol…
You'll come back another day' Exploring the challenges of interviewing upper class elites
This article addresses the challenges of undertaking elite interviews with members of the aristocracy and gentry who constitute the upper classes in Great Britain. It reviews the existing guidance on elite interviewing from a number of social science disciplines highlighting areas of commonality and difference. The aim of the article is to provide advice for those undertaking research on the upper classes. It draws on empirical examples to highli…
Scottish parliamentarism and the Presiding Officer's certificate
This article discusses the law, context, culture, and practice behind the Presiding Officer's certificate in the Scottish Parliament. In doing so, it uncovers the importance of Westminster parliamentary culture in Scottish governance. The Presiding Officer's certificate, which indicates whether the Presiding Officer believes that legislation is within the Scottish Parliament's competence, sits uncomfortably with Scottish parliamentary culture. Th…
Reimagining the Rural Hinterland: An Investigation of Participatory Digital Placemaking in Rural Communities
Rural locations often form a hinterland - geographically and culturally - for large conurbations that dominate a particular region. They are interconnected, sometimes interdependent, but also separated by the social and spatial perceptions of a place. For urban dwellers the hinterland is a place to 'escape to the country'; for rural dwellers the town is the place of 'bright lights'. The norms of either location often sit juxtaposed. This sense of…
From the prefect’s desk: Gerard van Swieten’s library correspondence
This article investigates library-related documents written by Gerard van Swieten (1700–72), during his tenure as Library Prefect in the Imperial Library of Vienna (1745–72). Van Swieten's time as Library Prefect is considered through a textual analysis. Handwritten letters were deconstructed in terms of their appearance, layout and tone in order to mine them for meaning. Furthermore, the contents were examined for library matters such as censors…
The two journeys of Dianne Westmacott
Nobody knew for sure just who Dianne's parents were. They knew only that in July 1946 Mr and Mrs Westmacott had gone to Wagga for a couple of days and come back with a threeweek-old baby. She had black hair and olive skin. To the cousins and rural workers of the property it was pretty clear that Dianne wasn't Anglo-Saxon. But what was she? Some speculated Negro; others maintained, in the local vernacular, that 'she had wog in her'. It was even wh…
Cross-border Co-operation, Institutionalization and Political Space Across the English Channel
CHURCH A. and REID P. (1999) Cross-border co-operation, institutionalization and political space across the English Channel, Reg. Studies 33 , 643-655. Cross-border initiatives are based on flexible co-operative networks and have many of the characteristics which the institutionalist perspective argues are often present in regions that have developed effective institutional forms. Transfrontier programmes involving local authorities in northern F…
Urban Power, International Networks and Competition: The Example of Cross-border Cooperation
The involvement of urban and regional governments in transnational cooperative arrangements and policy networks has led to considerable debate regarding the political and theoretical implications. This paper examines networking and cooperation between urban areas and regions in the UK and France with a shared sea border. Such cross-border cooperation involving local authorities in Europe is a growing phenomenon and has certain implications for th…
Policy Review Section
In this issue of the Policy Review Section, Andrew Church and Peter Reid, of Birkbeck College, University of London, explore the growing phenomenon of cross-border collaboration between local and regional authorities. Based upon case studies drawn from areas bordering the English Channel, they consider both theoretical and policy implications of this new form of regional development activity. In the second article Brian Ashcroft, Stewart Dunlop a…
Clinical Psychologists in the Community: Perceptions of British Family Physicians
24 family physicians in Britain, 12 of whom had made direct referrals to clinical psychologists and 12 of whom had not, rated their agreement on a 7-point scale with 12 statements concerning the merits and demerits of such direct referrals. The degree of agreement of the two subgroups did not differ significantly on any statements, and there were generally favourable perceptions of the system
Self-Change Processes, Self-Efficacy and Self-Concept in Relapse and Maintenance of Cessation of Smoking
The study compared 38 maintainers and 24 relapsers who had quit smoking on their own. The results suggest that successful self-changers relied more on inner-directed, experiential processes of change, while the relapsers relied more on environmental change processes. Successful changers experienced markedly higher levels of self-efficacy, while relapsers reported least confidence in coping with situations that evoke negative emotions. The maintai…
Seasonal Variation in Irish Suicidal Deaths
Lester (2) and Sanborn and S a n b r n ( 5 ) have shown that the suicidal deaths' rates for two different geographical locations in the United States display some evidence of Spring and Fall peaks. This study was an attempt to discover whether there are comparable patterns in the Republic of Ireland. That the statistical returns underestimate the 'true' suicide rate in Ireland seems fairly well established (3, 4) . However, Bruga and Walsh (1) co…
Cross-border Co-operation, Institutionalization and Political Space Across the English Channel
CHURCH A. and REID P. (1999) Cross-border co-operation, institutionalization and political space across the English Channel, Reg. Studies 33 , 643-655. Cross-border initiatives are based on flexible co-operative networks and have many of the characteristics which the institutionalist perspective argues are often present in regions that have developed effective institutional forms. Transfrontier programmes involving local authorities in northern F…
Urban Power, International Networks and Competition: The Example of Cross-border Cooperation
The involvement of urban and regional governments in transnational cooperative arrangements and policy networks has led to considerable debate regarding the political and theoretical implications. This paper examines networking and cooperation between urban areas and regions in the UK and France with a shared sea border. Such cross-border cooperation involving local authorities in Europe is a growing phenomenon and has certain implications for th…
Policy Review Section
In this issue of the Policy Review Section, Andrew Church and Peter Reid, of Birkbeck College, University of London, explore the growing phenomenon of cross-border collaboration between local and regional authorities. Based upon case studies drawn from areas bordering the English Channel, they consider both theoretical and policy implications of this new form of regional development activity. In the second article Brian Ashcroft, Stewart Dunlop a…
Reimagining the Rural Hinterland: An Investigation of Participatory Digital Placemaking in Rural Communities
Rural locations often form a hinterland - geographically and culturally - for large conurbations that dominate a particular region. They are interconnected, sometimes interdependent, but also separated by the social and spatial perceptions of a place. For urban dwellers the hinterland is a place to 'escape to the country'; for rural dwellers the town is the place of 'bright lights'. The norms of either location often sit juxtaposed. This sense of…
Seasonal Variation in Irish Suicidal Deaths
Lester (2) and Sanborn and S a n b r n ( 5 ) have shown that the suicidal deaths' rates for two different geographical locations in the United States display some evidence of Spring and Fall peaks. This study was an attempt to discover whether there are comparable patterns in the Republic of Ireland. That the statistical returns underestimate the 'true' suicide rate in Ireland seems fairly well established (3, 4) . However, Bruga and Walsh (1) co…
Clinical Psychologists in the Community: Perceptions of British Family Physicians
24 family physicians in Britain, 12 of whom had made direct referrals to clinical psychologists and 12 of whom had not, rated their agreement on a 7-point scale with 12 statements concerning the merits and demerits of such direct referrals. The degree of agreement of the two subgroups did not differ significantly on any statements, and there were generally favourable perceptions of the system
Self-Change Processes, Self-Efficacy and Self-Concept in Relapse and Maintenance of Cessation of Smoking
The study compared 38 maintainers and 24 relapsers who had quit smoking on their own. The results suggest that successful self-changers relied more on inner-directed, experiential processes of change, while the relapsers relied more on environmental change processes. Successful changers experienced markedly higher levels of self-efficacy, while relapsers reported least confidence in coping with situations that evoke negative emotions. The maintai…
Policy Review Section
In this issue of the Policy Review Section, Andrew Church and Peter Reid, of Birkbeck College, University of London, explore the growing phenomenon of cross-border collaboration between local and regional authorities. Based upon case studies drawn from areas bordering the English Channel, they consider both theoretical and policy implications of this new form of regional development activity. In the second article Brian Ashcroft, Stewart Dunlop a…
Urban Power, International Networks and Competition: The Example of Cross-border Cooperation
The involvement of urban and regional governments in transnational cooperative arrangements and policy networks has led to considerable debate regarding the political and theoretical implications. This paper examines networking and cooperation between urban areas and regions in the UK and France with a shared sea border. Such cross-border cooperation involving local authorities in Europe is a growing phenomenon and has certain implications for th…
Cross-border Co-operation, Institutionalization and Political Space Across the English Channel
CHURCH A. and REID P. (1999) Cross-border co-operation, institutionalization and political space across the English Channel, Reg. Studies 33 , 643-655. Cross-border initiatives are based on flexible co-operative networks and have many of the characteristics which the institutionalist perspective argues are often present in regions that have developed effective institutional forms. Transfrontier programmes involving local authorities in northern F…
The two journeys of Dianne Westmacott
Nobody knew for sure just who Dianne's parents were. They knew only that in July 1946 Mr and Mrs Westmacott had gone to Wagga for a couple of days and come back with a threeweek-old baby. She had black hair and olive skin. To the cousins and rural workers of the property it was pretty clear that Dianne wasn't Anglo-Saxon. But what was she? Some speculated Negro; others maintained, in the local vernacular, that 'she had wog in her'. It was even wh…
From the prefect’s desk: Gerard van Swieten’s library correspondence
This article investigates library-related documents written by Gerard van Swieten (1700–72), during his tenure as Library Prefect in the Imperial Library of Vienna (1745–72). Van Swieten's time as Library Prefect is considered through a textual analysis. Handwritten letters were deconstructed in terms of their appearance, layout and tone in order to mine them for meaning. Furthermore, the contents were examined for library matters such as censors…
Scottish parliamentarism and the Presiding Officer's certificate
This article discusses the law, context, culture, and practice behind the Presiding Officer's certificate in the Scottish Parliament. In doing so, it uncovers the importance of Westminster parliamentary culture in Scottish governance. The Presiding Officer's certificate, which indicates whether the Presiding Officer believes that legislation is within the Scottish Parliament's competence, sits uncomfortably with Scottish parliamentary culture. Th…
Reimagining the Rural Hinterland: An Investigation of Participatory Digital Placemaking in Rural Communities
Rural locations often form a hinterland - geographically and culturally - for large conurbations that dominate a particular region. They are interconnected, sometimes interdependent, but also separated by the social and spatial perceptions of a place. For urban dwellers the hinterland is a place to 'escape to the country'; for rural dwellers the town is the place of 'bright lights'. The norms of either location often sit juxtaposed. This sense of…
You'll come back another day' Exploring the challenges of interviewing upper class elites
This article addresses the challenges of undertaking elite interviews with members of the aristocracy and gentry who constitute the upper classes in Great Britain. It reviews the existing guidance on elite interviewing from a number of social science disciplines highlighting areas of commonality and difference. The aim of the article is to provide advice for those undertaking research on the upper classes. It draws on empirical examples to highli…
Raban Redux: A Re-evaluation of the Life and Connections of Edward Raban
The art of printing came to Aberdeen in 1622 with the arrival of Edward Raban, a journeyman printer. Within months he was appointed Unversitatis Typrographus followed quickly by appointment as Urbis Typographus. He played a prominent role in both economic and cultural life of the city for the next twenty-five years. This article is based on research conducted as part of the four hundredth anniversary of Raban’s arrival in Aberdeen. Previous schol…
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