Stuart Mcanulla
Biographic Data
| ID | 4186008 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Stuart Mcanulla |
| GIVEN NAMES | Stuart |
| FAMILY NAME | Mcanulla |
| SIGNATURE | MCANULLA S |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Leeds |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 19 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 78 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 19 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2003 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2018 |
| H-INDEX | 5 |
The Politics of New Atheism
New atheism is best known as a literary and media phenomenon which has resulted in the widespread discussion of the anti-religious arguments of authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, yet it also has strongly political dimensions. This book analyses the political aspects of new atheism and offers an analysis that is informed by insights from political science and political theory. The authors locate new atheism withi…
Politics of New Atheism
New atheism is best known as a literary and media phenomenon which has resulted in the widespread discussion of the anti-religious arguments of authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, yet it also has strongly political dimensions. This book analyses the political aspects of new atheism and offers an analysis that is informed by insights from political science and political theory. The authors locate new atheism withi…
The rhetoric of Alex Salmond and the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
From David Hume to Sarah Palin? The troubled search for common features of political ‘conservatism’: A reply to Özsel
This is a reply to:Ozsel, Dogancan. 2015. “The conservative minimum: historical and transcendent subject.” Global Discourse. 5 (1): 24–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2014.933054
Cameron's Conservatism: Why God, Why Now
In recent months David Cameron has emphasised both his personal religious faith and the ongoing importance of Christianity and religion in Britain. This article seeks to explain why Cameron has made increasing reference to religious themes, and examines the extent to which they have been reflected in the approach of the current Coalition government. It is argued that Cameron's references to religion have been indicative of still tentative attempt…
Secular fundamentalists? Characterising the new atheist approach to secularism, religion and politics
Radical atheism and religious power: New Atheist Politics
The increased visibility of assertive forms of atheism has provoked much public debate. This article argues that new atheism primarily seeks to contest what it considers to be the unjustifiably powerful role of religion through a multifaceted challenge to religious beliefs, practices and institutions. Influential theories of power are drawn upon to unpack the character of new atheist positions. It is proposed that new atheism seeks to challenge f…
Post-Political Poisons? Evaluating the ‘Toxic’ Dimensions of Tony Blair's Leadership
Important aspects of Tony Blair's leadership style were shaped by the perceived need to appease economic elites and to avoid public perceptions of disunity within the Labour Party. Yet Blair's approach produced some ‘toxic’ outcomes, notably contributing to: the economic crisis of 2008; increased public disaffection from formal politics; and the Iraq controversy. Blair's success owed much to his ‘post-ideological’ postures, and highly personalise…
Heirs to Blair's third way? David Cameron's triangulating conservatism
Forced Exits: Accounting for the Removal of Contemporary Party Leaders
This article seeks to account for the remarkably high number of British party leaders who have been forced to leave office in recent years. In particular it seeks to explain why numerous leaders have felt compelled to resign following pressure from party colleagues. It is suggested that four general factors may be of importance: i) the increased importance of perceptions of leadership; ii) the rise of ‘celebrity’ politics; iii) erosion of traditi…
Explaining the Forced Exit of Charles Kennedy: Pushing the Public–Private Boundary
The demise of Charles Kennedy as leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006) has generally been understood as an unfortunate consequence of Kennedy's struggle with alcohol dependency. Others have suggested that Kennedy was removed because he proved a poor party leader. In contrast, this article argues that the alcohol issue was of key importance, yet that this factor overlapped with the wider depletion of Kennedy's leadership credibility. It is a…
British Politics,Exploring British Politics
New Labour at the Centre: Constructing Political Space ‐ Editied by Andrew Hindmoor
New Labour, Old Epistemology? Reflections on Political Science, New Institutionalism and The Blair Government
This paper provides a response to Bevir's remarkable new book ‘New Labour: A Critique’ (Bevir, New Labour: A Critique, Routledge, 2005). It is argued that the author's criticism of the place of positivism in political science is powerful but incomplete. Aspects of institutionalist theory are defended against Bevir's criticisms, particularly the assumption that institutional structures can play a legitimate role in political science explanation. T…
New Labour Beyond Blair
IN September 2006 Tony Blair delivered his last speech as leader to the Labour Party conference. Because his premiership draws to a close attempts to evaluate his ten years in office have now begun in earnest. Moreover, the future direction of the Labour party is now being openly debated in a way unknown since the early 1990s. As such, now is probably as opportune a moment as any to discuss academic critiques of New Labour. I thank Mark Bevir for…
Critical Realism, Social Structure and Political Analysis: A Reply to Bevir and Rhodes
Challenging the New Interpretivist Approach: Towards a Critical Realist Alternative
Making Hay with Actualism? The Need for a Realist Concept of Structure
This article criticises the ontological assumptions outlined in Colin Hay's recent book Political Analysis (2002). It takes issue with Hay's interpretation of critical realism, in particular his reading of the work of Margaret Archer. Furthermore, it is suggested that Hay's understanding of the structure-agency relationship contains weaknesses which have implications for both his theoretical and empirically-based work. It is argued that a more ro…
Modernising Local Government: Micro-Organisational Reform and Changing Local Structural Configurations
This article takes an indicative group of county, metropolitan and unitary authorities located in the English West Midlands to examine how effectively local government is grappling with modernising’ reforms in a context where the appropriate unit of analysis has become problematic because of broader changes to local governance. Sub-national territorial structural variability is becoming more pronounced while, paradoxically, what stands out in the…
Challenging the New Interpretivist Approach: Towards a Critical Realist Alternative
Making Hay with Actualism? The Need for a Realist Concept of Structure
This article criticises the ontological assumptions outlined in Colin Hay's recent book Political Analysis (2002). It takes issue with Hay's interpretation of critical realism, in particular his reading of the work of Margaret Archer. Furthermore, it is suggested that Hay's understanding of the structure-agency relationship contains weaknesses which have implications for both his theoretical and empirically-based work. It is argued that a more ro…
Heirs to Blair's third way? David Cameron's triangulating conservatism
Forced Exits: Accounting for the Removal of Contemporary Party Leaders
This article seeks to account for the remarkably high number of British party leaders who have been forced to leave office in recent years. In particular it seeks to explain why numerous leaders have felt compelled to resign following pressure from party colleagues. It is suggested that four general factors may be of importance: i) the increased importance of perceptions of leadership; ii) the rise of ‘celebrity’ politics; iii) erosion of traditi…
New Labour, Old Epistemology? Reflections on Political Science, New Institutionalism and The Blair Government
This paper provides a response to Bevir's remarkable new book ‘New Labour: A Critique’ (Bevir, New Labour: A Critique, Routledge, 2005). It is argued that the author's criticism of the place of positivism in political science is powerful but incomplete. Aspects of institutionalist theory are defended against Bevir's criticisms, particularly the assumption that institutional structures can play a legitimate role in political science explanation. T…
Post-Political Poisons? Evaluating the ‘Toxic’ Dimensions of Tony Blair's Leadership
Important aspects of Tony Blair's leadership style were shaped by the perceived need to appease economic elites and to avoid public perceptions of disunity within the Labour Party. Yet Blair's approach produced some ‘toxic’ outcomes, notably contributing to: the economic crisis of 2008; increased public disaffection from formal politics; and the Iraq controversy. Blair's success owed much to his ‘post-ideological’ postures, and highly personalise…
Secular fundamentalists? Characterising the new atheist approach to secularism, religion and politics
The rhetoric of Alex Salmond and the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
Explaining the Forced Exit of Charles Kennedy: Pushing the Public–Private Boundary
The demise of Charles Kennedy as leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006) has generally been understood as an unfortunate consequence of Kennedy's struggle with alcohol dependency. Others have suggested that Kennedy was removed because he proved a poor party leader. In contrast, this article argues that the alcohol issue was of key importance, yet that this factor overlapped with the wider depletion of Kennedy's leadership credibility. It is a…
Critical Realism, Social Structure and Political Analysis: A Reply to Bevir and Rhodes
Modernising Local Government: Micro-Organisational Reform and Changing Local Structural Configurations
This article takes an indicative group of county, metropolitan and unitary authorities located in the English West Midlands to examine how effectively local government is grappling with modernising’ reforms in a context where the appropriate unit of analysis has become problematic because of broader changes to local governance. Sub-national territorial structural variability is becoming more pronounced while, paradoxically, what stands out in the…
From David Hume to Sarah Palin? The troubled search for common features of political ‘conservatism’: A reply to Özsel
This is a reply to:Ozsel, Dogancan. 2015. “The conservative minimum: historical and transcendent subject.” Global Discourse. 5 (1): 24–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2014.933054
Cameron's Conservatism: Why God, Why Now
In recent months David Cameron has emphasised both his personal religious faith and the ongoing importance of Christianity and religion in Britain. This article seeks to explain why Cameron has made increasing reference to religious themes, and examines the extent to which they have been reflected in the approach of the current Coalition government. It is argued that Cameron's references to religion have been indicative of still tentative attempt…
Radical atheism and religious power: New Atheist Politics
The increased visibility of assertive forms of atheism has provoked much public debate. This article argues that new atheism primarily seeks to contest what it considers to be the unjustifiably powerful role of religion through a multifaceted challenge to religious beliefs, practices and institutions. Influential theories of power are drawn upon to unpack the character of new atheist positions. It is proposed that new atheism seeks to challenge f…
Modernising Local Government: Micro-Organisational Reform and Changing Local Structural Configurations
This article takes an indicative group of county, metropolitan and unitary authorities located in the English West Midlands to examine how effectively local government is grappling with modernising’ reforms in a context where the appropriate unit of analysis has become problematic because of broader changes to local governance. Sub-national territorial structural variability is becoming more pronounced while, paradoxically, what stands out in the…
Making Hay with Actualism? The Need for a Realist Concept of Structure
This article criticises the ontological assumptions outlined in Colin Hay's recent book Political Analysis (2002). It takes issue with Hay's interpretation of critical realism, in particular his reading of the work of Margaret Archer. Furthermore, it is suggested that Hay's understanding of the structure-agency relationship contains weaknesses which have implications for both his theoretical and empirically-based work. It is argued that a more ro…
Critical Realism, Social Structure and Political Analysis: A Reply to Bevir and Rhodes
Challenging the New Interpretivist Approach: Towards a Critical Realist Alternative
British Politics,Exploring British Politics
New Labour at the Centre: Constructing Political Space ‐ Editied by Andrew Hindmoor
New Labour, Old Epistemology? Reflections on Political Science, New Institutionalism and The Blair Government
This paper provides a response to Bevir's remarkable new book ‘New Labour: A Critique’ (Bevir, New Labour: A Critique, Routledge, 2005). It is argued that the author's criticism of the place of positivism in political science is powerful but incomplete. Aspects of institutionalist theory are defended against Bevir's criticisms, particularly the assumption that institutional structures can play a legitimate role in political science explanation. T…
New Labour Beyond Blair
IN September 2006 Tony Blair delivered his last speech as leader to the Labour Party conference. Because his premiership draws to a close attempts to evaluate his ten years in office have now begun in earnest. Moreover, the future direction of the Labour party is now being openly debated in a way unknown since the early 1990s. As such, now is probably as opportune a moment as any to discuss academic critiques of New Labour. I thank Mark Bevir for…
Explaining the Forced Exit of Charles Kennedy: Pushing the Public–Private Boundary
The demise of Charles Kennedy as leader of the Liberal Democrats (1999–2006) has generally been understood as an unfortunate consequence of Kennedy's struggle with alcohol dependency. Others have suggested that Kennedy was removed because he proved a poor party leader. In contrast, this article argues that the alcohol issue was of key importance, yet that this factor overlapped with the wider depletion of Kennedy's leadership credibility. It is a…
Heirs to Blair's third way? David Cameron's triangulating conservatism
Forced Exits: Accounting for the Removal of Contemporary Party Leaders
This article seeks to account for the remarkably high number of British party leaders who have been forced to leave office in recent years. In particular it seeks to explain why numerous leaders have felt compelled to resign following pressure from party colleagues. It is suggested that four general factors may be of importance: i) the increased importance of perceptions of leadership; ii) the rise of ‘celebrity’ politics; iii) erosion of traditi…
Post-Political Poisons? Evaluating the ‘Toxic’ Dimensions of Tony Blair's Leadership
Important aspects of Tony Blair's leadership style were shaped by the perceived need to appease economic elites and to avoid public perceptions of disunity within the Labour Party. Yet Blair's approach produced some ‘toxic’ outcomes, notably contributing to: the economic crisis of 2008; increased public disaffection from formal politics; and the Iraq controversy. Blair's success owed much to his ‘post-ideological’ postures, and highly personalise…
Radical atheism and religious power: New Atheist Politics
The increased visibility of assertive forms of atheism has provoked much public debate. This article argues that new atheism primarily seeks to contest what it considers to be the unjustifiably powerful role of religion through a multifaceted challenge to religious beliefs, practices and institutions. Influential theories of power are drawn upon to unpack the character of new atheist positions. It is proposed that new atheism seeks to challenge f…
Secular fundamentalists? Characterising the new atheist approach to secularism, religion and politics
From David Hume to Sarah Palin? The troubled search for common features of political ‘conservatism’: A reply to Özsel
This is a reply to:Ozsel, Dogancan. 2015. “The conservative minimum: historical and transcendent subject.” Global Discourse. 5 (1): 24–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2014.933054
Cameron's Conservatism: Why God, Why Now
In recent months David Cameron has emphasised both his personal religious faith and the ongoing importance of Christianity and religion in Britain. This article seeks to explain why Cameron has made increasing reference to religious themes, and examines the extent to which they have been reflected in the approach of the current Coalition government. It is argued that Cameron's references to religion have been indicative of still tentative attempt…
The rhetoric of Alex Salmond and the 2014 Scottish independence referendum
The Politics of New Atheism
New atheism is best known as a literary and media phenomenon which has resulted in the widespread discussion of the anti-religious arguments of authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, yet it also has strongly political dimensions. This book analyses the political aspects of new atheism and offers an analysis that is informed by insights from political science and political theory. The authors locate new atheism withi…
Politics of New Atheism
New atheism is best known as a literary and media phenomenon which has resulted in the widespread discussion of the anti-religious arguments of authors such as Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris and Christopher Hitchens, yet it also has strongly political dimensions. This book analyses the political aspects of new atheism and offers an analysis that is informed by insights from political science and political theory. The authors locate new atheism withi…
Political science (18 works) · Law (17 works) · Politics (16 works) · Law (15 works) · Sociology (15 works) · Philosophy (11 works) · Political and Economic history of UK and US (10 works) · Philosophy (9 works) · Epistemology (7 works) · Public Administration (5 works)