Neil Hughes
Biographic Data
| ID | 4104174 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Neil Hughes |
| GIVEN NAMES | Neil |
| FAMILY NAME | Hughes |
| SIGNATURE | HUGHES N |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Nottingham |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-0617-316X |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 13 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 69 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 13 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1996 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2023 |
| H-INDEX | 4 |
Mearsheimer, Putin, ideology, and the war in Ukraine
This article questions the offensive realist explanation of the war in Ukraine found in the work of John Mearsheimer. It argues that Mearsheimer’s failure to take seriously predispositional factors means his account of the war offers an incomplete basis for discerning motives, predicting the conflict’s evolution, or responding to Russian aggression. To address this deficit and explain how ideological beliefs and meanings expressed in discourse ar…
Student engagement, pedagogical imaginaries and the future of arts and humanities teaching and learning in higher education
This article sets out a methodology for integrating a focus on the student voice in deliberations about the future of teaching and learning in the Arts and Humanities. Qualitative data gleaned from JISC’s 20/21 Student Digital Experience Insights Survey and feedback collected from students studying on undergraduate programmes in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom (UK) is used to sketch out pedagogical imagin…
“En dos años no nos vamos a acordar de la pandemia”. Análisis del discurso sobre el decrecimiento turístico en Barcelona
Desde la extensión del COVID19 a nivel global, sería posible afirmar que el turismo se encuentra en una auténtica situación de respiración asistida. Gobiernos de todo el mundo inyectan dinero en el sector a la espera de una pronta recuperación. Éste es también el anhelo de parte de un sector empresarial que espera volver, cuanto antes, a la boyante situación pre-pandémica. Sin embargo, son numerosas las voces, en su mayoría provenientes del ámbit…
Exploring vegan ideology through graffiti slogans
This article is a study of a sample of eighteen animal rights graffiti slogans that were chalked on the walls of a tunnel known as Potterow Port near the main University of Edinburgh campus, in Scotland, in February 2020. The purpose of the article is to interrogate the implicit ideological commitments underpinning the graffiti slogans, the rhetorical aims of their authors and the linguistic devices and structures they used to achieve their goals…
Tourists go home
This profile looks at the wave of at times violent protests against the economic, social and environmental consequences of mass tourism in Barcelona, which came to international attention in the summer of 2017. It outlines the leading role played by left-wing nationalist activists linked to the Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP, Popular Unity Candidacy) political party in the protests. I examine CUP’s direct-action methods, targeting local busine…
Young People Took to the Streets and all of a Sudden all of the Political Parties Got Old
This profile looks at the emergence of the 15M Movement in Spain. It analyses the role played by social networks in the movement's formation and identifies the grievances that mobilised a broad coalition of groups and individuals including dissatisfaction with the two-party political system, the venality of political and economic elites, widespread corruption, the economic crisis and the politics of austerity. The profile also looks at the action…
Indigenous Protest in Peru
This profile looks at the indigenous mobilization against government attempts to open up the Peruvian Amazon to increased foreign investment. It draws parallels between the events in Peru and conflicts in countries such as Mexico, Bolivia and Ecuador. It identifies the main similarities as the causes of the conflict (neoliberal reform), the action repertoire deployed in the protests, and the successful outcome of the action for the indigenous gro…
The Spanish aid-for-trade network
This article analyses the relationship between Spanish business and the state in the context of aid-for-trade. It argues that decision-making in this area is dominated by a cohesive network of actors drawn from the state, business and peak business organizations. Due to its power and influence, the aid-for-trade policy network has ensured since the 1970s that a significant proportion of Spanish aid has been allocated on the basis of commercial ra…
A Trade War with China
AMERICANS ARE increasingly disturbed by the growing economic clout of China. With Chinese growth rates consistently above nine percent, they accuse it of stealing U.S. jobs, of keeping the yuan undervalued by pegging it to the dollar, of exporting deflation by selling its products abroad at unfair prices, of violating the rights of its workers to keep labor costs low, and of failing to meet its commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO). M…
China Dawn
From the Publisher: With Rice and Rifles It is the summer of 1998, when the futuristic Capital Airport is under construction across the tarmac, so our 747 parks at old Beijing Terminal, a blocky warehouse with the unmistakable design flair of Stalinist China: emaciated green. After maneuvering through immigration, I am met by a chauffeur. As instructed, I follow him outside to a scuffed charcoal Buick. He holds open the rear door and speaks a reh…
Explaining the Populares' Majority
This article examines the Partido Popular's victory in the 12 March 2000 Spanish general election. Based on an analysis of the results the idea that the PP's absolute majority constitutes a historic shift of the centre of gravity of Spanish politics from the centre-left to the centre-right is rejected. Instead an alternative explanation of the victory is postulated which emphasises: the favourable economic cycle; the PP's handling of regional nat…
Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl
Democracy and imperial rivalry in equatorial Guinea
In the Equatoguinean presidential elections held on Saturday 25 February, the incumbent President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, not surprisingly won an overwhelming victory receiving 99% of the vote. On Malabo Island 99.24% of the 76% turnout voted for Obiang, the candidate for the PDGE (Partido Democratico de Guinea Ecuatorial). In Bata, on the mainland, he received 99.69% of the vote (El Pais, 27 February 1996). This is the third time since coming to…
Young People Took to the Streets and all of a Sudden all of the Political Parties Got Old
This profile looks at the emergence of the 15M Movement in Spain. It analyses the role played by social networks in the movement's formation and identifies the grievances that mobilised a broad coalition of groups and individuals including dissatisfaction with the two-party political system, the venality of political and economic elites, widespread corruption, the economic crisis and the politics of austerity. The profile also looks at the action…
Indigenous Protest in Peru
This profile looks at the indigenous mobilization against government attempts to open up the Peruvian Amazon to increased foreign investment. It draws parallels between the events in Peru and conflicts in countries such as Mexico, Bolivia and Ecuador. It identifies the main similarities as the causes of the conflict (neoliberal reform), the action repertoire deployed in the protests, and the successful outcome of the action for the indigenous gro…
Tourists go home
This profile looks at the wave of at times violent protests against the economic, social and environmental consequences of mass tourism in Barcelona, which came to international attention in the summer of 2017. It outlines the leading role played by left-wing nationalist activists linked to the Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP, Popular Unity Candidacy) political party in the protests. I examine CUP’s direct-action methods, targeting local busine…
Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl
Mearsheimer, Putin, ideology, and the war in Ukraine
This article questions the offensive realist explanation of the war in Ukraine found in the work of John Mearsheimer. It argues that Mearsheimer’s failure to take seriously predispositional factors means his account of the war offers an incomplete basis for discerning motives, predicting the conflict’s evolution, or responding to Russian aggression. To address this deficit and explain how ideological beliefs and meanings expressed in discourse ar…
Exploring vegan ideology through graffiti slogans
This article is a study of a sample of eighteen animal rights graffiti slogans that were chalked on the walls of a tunnel known as Potterow Port near the main University of Edinburgh campus, in Scotland, in February 2020. The purpose of the article is to interrogate the implicit ideological commitments underpinning the graffiti slogans, the rhetorical aims of their authors and the linguistic devices and structures they used to achieve their goals…
A Trade War with China
AMERICANS ARE increasingly disturbed by the growing economic clout of China. With Chinese growth rates consistently above nine percent, they accuse it of stealing U.S. jobs, of keeping the yuan undervalued by pegging it to the dollar, of exporting deflation by selling its products abroad at unfair prices, of violating the rights of its workers to keep labor costs low, and of failing to meet its commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO). M…
Democracy and imperial rivalry in equatorial Guinea
In the Equatoguinean presidential elections held on Saturday 25 February, the incumbent President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, not surprisingly won an overwhelming victory receiving 99% of the vote. On Malabo Island 99.24% of the 76% turnout voted for Obiang, the candidate for the PDGE (Partido Democratico de Guinea Ecuatorial). In Bata, on the mainland, he received 99.69% of the vote (El Pais, 27 February 1996). This is the third time since coming to…
The Spanish aid-for-trade network
This article analyses the relationship between Spanish business and the state in the context of aid-for-trade. It argues that decision-making in this area is dominated by a cohesive network of actors drawn from the state, business and peak business organizations. Due to its power and influence, the aid-for-trade policy network has ensured since the 1970s that a significant proportion of Spanish aid has been allocated on the basis of commercial ra…
Democracy and imperial rivalry in equatorial Guinea
In the Equatoguinean presidential elections held on Saturday 25 February, the incumbent President, Teodoro Obiang Nguema, not surprisingly won an overwhelming victory receiving 99% of the vote. On Malabo Island 99.24% of the 76% turnout voted for Obiang, the candidate for the PDGE (Partido Democratico de Guinea Ecuatorial). In Bata, on the mainland, he received 99.69% of the vote (El Pais, 27 February 1996). This is the third time since coming to…
Smashing the Iron Rice Bowl
Explaining the Populares' Majority
This article examines the Partido Popular's victory in the 12 March 2000 Spanish general election. Based on an analysis of the results the idea that the PP's absolute majority constitutes a historic shift of the centre of gravity of Spanish politics from the centre-left to the centre-right is rejected. Instead an alternative explanation of the victory is postulated which emphasises: the favourable economic cycle; the PP's handling of regional nat…
China Dawn
From the Publisher: With Rice and Rifles It is the summer of 1998, when the futuristic Capital Airport is under construction across the tarmac, so our 747 parks at old Beijing Terminal, a blocky warehouse with the unmistakable design flair of Stalinist China: emaciated green. After maneuvering through immigration, I am met by a chauffeur. As instructed, I follow him outside to a scuffed charcoal Buick. He holds open the rear door and speaks a reh…
A Trade War with China
AMERICANS ARE increasingly disturbed by the growing economic clout of China. With Chinese growth rates consistently above nine percent, they accuse it of stealing U.S. jobs, of keeping the yuan undervalued by pegging it to the dollar, of exporting deflation by selling its products abroad at unfair prices, of violating the rights of its workers to keep labor costs low, and of failing to meet its commitments to the World Trade Organization (WTO). M…
The Spanish aid-for-trade network
This article analyses the relationship between Spanish business and the state in the context of aid-for-trade. It argues that decision-making in this area is dominated by a cohesive network of actors drawn from the state, business and peak business organizations. Due to its power and influence, the aid-for-trade policy network has ensured since the 1970s that a significant proportion of Spanish aid has been allocated on the basis of commercial ra…
Indigenous Protest in Peru
This profile looks at the indigenous mobilization against government attempts to open up the Peruvian Amazon to increased foreign investment. It draws parallels between the events in Peru and conflicts in countries such as Mexico, Bolivia and Ecuador. It identifies the main similarities as the causes of the conflict (neoliberal reform), the action repertoire deployed in the protests, and the successful outcome of the action for the indigenous gro…
Young People Took to the Streets and all of a Sudden all of the Political Parties Got Old
This profile looks at the emergence of the 15M Movement in Spain. It analyses the role played by social networks in the movement's formation and identifies the grievances that mobilised a broad coalition of groups and individuals including dissatisfaction with the two-party political system, the venality of political and economic elites, widespread corruption, the economic crisis and the politics of austerity. The profile also looks at the action…
Tourists go home
This profile looks at the wave of at times violent protests against the economic, social and environmental consequences of mass tourism in Barcelona, which came to international attention in the summer of 2017. It outlines the leading role played by left-wing nationalist activists linked to the Candidatura d’Unitat Popular (CUP, Popular Unity Candidacy) political party in the protests. I examine CUP’s direct-action methods, targeting local busine…
“En dos años no nos vamos a acordar de la pandemia”. Análisis del discurso sobre el decrecimiento turístico en Barcelona
Desde la extensión del COVID19 a nivel global, sería posible afirmar que el turismo se encuentra en una auténtica situación de respiración asistida. Gobiernos de todo el mundo inyectan dinero en el sector a la espera de una pronta recuperación. Éste es también el anhelo de parte de un sector empresarial que espera volver, cuanto antes, a la boyante situación pre-pandémica. Sin embargo, son numerosas las voces, en su mayoría provenientes del ámbit…
Exploring vegan ideology through graffiti slogans
This article is a study of a sample of eighteen animal rights graffiti slogans that were chalked on the walls of a tunnel known as Potterow Port near the main University of Edinburgh campus, in Scotland, in February 2020. The purpose of the article is to interrogate the implicit ideological commitments underpinning the graffiti slogans, the rhetorical aims of their authors and the linguistic devices and structures they used to achieve their goals…
Student engagement, pedagogical imaginaries and the future of arts and humanities teaching and learning in higher education
This article sets out a methodology for integrating a focus on the student voice in deliberations about the future of teaching and learning in the Arts and Humanities. Qualitative data gleaned from JISC’s 20/21 Student Digital Experience Insights Survey and feedback collected from students studying on undergraduate programmes in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Nottingham in the United Kingdom (UK) is used to sketch out pedagogical imagin…
Mearsheimer, Putin, ideology, and the war in Ukraine
This article questions the offensive realist explanation of the war in Ukraine found in the work of John Mearsheimer. It argues that Mearsheimer’s failure to take seriously predispositional factors means his account of the war offers an incomplete basis for discerning motives, predicting the conflict’s evolution, or responding to Russian aggression. To address this deficit and explain how ideological beliefs and meanings expressed in discourse ar…
Political science (13 works) · Law (9 works) · Law (9 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Politics (7 works) · Political economy (6 works) · Economics (4 works) · Development economics (3 works) · Business (2 works) · China (2 works)