Malcolm Petrie
Biographic Data
| ID | 4629790 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Malcolm Petrie |
| GIVEN NAMES | Malcolm |
| FAMILY NAME | Petrie |
| SIGNATURE | PETRIE M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of St Andrews |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-6399-2463 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 10 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 9 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2025 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Round Table
The election of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on 5 July 2024 after fourteen years of Conservative (mis)rule may represent an important turning point in British political history. At any rate, this was how the new Prime Minister represented his party’s ‘landslide’ victory. Starmer made two short speeches that day, the first to supporters outside London’s Tate Modern art gallery, the second to the wider public outside 10 Downing Street. Similar i…
Phillips, Scottish Coal Miners in the Twentieth Century
Phillips, Scottish Coal Miners in the Twentieth Century." Scottish Historical Review, 102(3), pp. 478–479
Politics, the Constitution and the Independence Movement in Scotland since Devolution
This article explores the course of Scottish politics since the establishment of the devolved parliament in 1999. It begins by considering the political roots of devolution before assessing the extent to which the electoral successes of the Scottish National Party (SNP) at the 2007 and 2011 devolved elections indicated a rise in support for Scottish independence. The focus then shifts to the political consequences of the 2014 independence referen…
Popular Politics and Political Culture
The years between 1918 and 1939, witnessing as they did the unprecedented extension of the franchise, the decline of the Liberal Party, and the emergence of Labour as a party of government, are central to an understanding of modern Scottish politics. This book presents a distinctive reading of this period, reinterpreting the consequences of the expanded post-war electorate by focusing on the political culture of urban Scotland and re-evaluating t…
Radicalism and Respectability in Working-class Political Culture
Class, for some on the radical left, and especially those in the Communist Party, was not just an economic identity. It was also one earned through conduct, particularly a commitment to political activism, sobriety and self-improvement. This was, of course, a culture that had always enjoyed a limited appeal; during the inter-war period, however, this appeal was restricted further by the rise of mass democracy, which undermined the necessary sense…
May Day, Armistice Day and the Politics of Public Space
The role of place remains a neglected factor in the political history of modern Britain. Yet where and how parties conducted their political campaigns was of fundamental importance in conferring legitimacy on movements and causes. In the immediate post-war period, urban public space provided a platform for the expression of a range of radical identities, most notably on occasions such as May Day. Yet after the 1926 General Striketolerance of such…
Anti-Socialism, Liberalism and Individualism
This paper presents an alternative interpretation of Scottish politics between 1945 and 1970, a period that witnessed the decline of a once-powerful Unionist tradition, the revival of Liberalism and the rise of the Scottish National party (SNP). While existing accounts have focused principally upon social and economic factors, this study foregrounds the role of ideology and rhetoric. During the 1940s and early 1950s, Scottish Unionists were, like…
Contests of Vital Importance’
Via an examination of the Labour party's approach to by-election campaigning in Scotland between the fall of the first Labour administration in October 1924 and the party's return to office in May 1929, this article explores the changing horizons of British radicalism in an era of mass democracy. While traditional depictions of interwar politics as a two-party contest in which political allegiances were shaped primarily by social class have incre…
Unity from Below? The Impact of the Spanish Civil War on Labour and the Left in Aberdeen and Dundee, 1936-1939
This article examines the impact of the Spanish Civil War on the political left in Britain via a study of the response engendered by the conflict in Aberdeen and Dundee. The Spanish Civil War united the British left in sympathy with the Republican Government yet failed to produce a unified national campaign. The article contends that, rather than being viewed as primarily the result of decisions made at a national level, the failure of a national…
Public Politics and Traditions of Popular Protest
Through an examination of demonstrations of the unemployed in Dundee and Edinburgh, this article explores the changing parameters of public politics during the interwar period. Concentrating on the role of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the National Unemployed Workers' Movement in these protests, and the changing response such protests elicited, the article contends that the 1920s witnessed a decline in both the potency and perce…
Public Politics and Traditions of Popular Protest
Through an examination of demonstrations of the unemployed in Dundee and Edinburgh, this article explores the changing parameters of public politics during the interwar period. Concentrating on the role of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the National Unemployed Workers' Movement in these protests, and the changing response such protests elicited, the article contends that the 1920s witnessed a decline in both the potency and perce…
Round Table
The election of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on 5 July 2024 after fourteen years of Conservative (mis)rule may represent an important turning point in British political history. At any rate, this was how the new Prime Minister represented his party’s ‘landslide’ victory. Starmer made two short speeches that day, the first to supporters outside London’s Tate Modern art gallery, the second to the wider public outside 10 Downing Street. Similar i…
Contests of Vital Importance’
Via an examination of the Labour party's approach to by-election campaigning in Scotland between the fall of the first Labour administration in October 1924 and the party's return to office in May 1929, this article explores the changing horizons of British radicalism in an era of mass democracy. While traditional depictions of interwar politics as a two-party contest in which political allegiances were shaped primarily by social class have incre…
Politics, the Constitution and the Independence Movement in Scotland since Devolution
This article explores the course of Scottish politics since the establishment of the devolved parliament in 1999. It begins by considering the political roots of devolution before assessing the extent to which the electoral successes of the Scottish National Party (SNP) at the 2007 and 2011 devolved elections indicated a rise in support for Scottish independence. The focus then shifts to the political consequences of the 2014 independence referen…
Unity from Below? The Impact of the Spanish Civil War on Labour and the Left in Aberdeen and Dundee, 1936-1939
This article examines the impact of the Spanish Civil War on the political left in Britain via a study of the response engendered by the conflict in Aberdeen and Dundee. The Spanish Civil War united the British left in sympathy with the Republican Government yet failed to produce a unified national campaign. The article contends that, rather than being viewed as primarily the result of decisions made at a national level, the failure of a national…
Public Politics and Traditions of Popular Protest
Through an examination of demonstrations of the unemployed in Dundee and Edinburgh, this article explores the changing parameters of public politics during the interwar period. Concentrating on the role of the Communist Party of Great Britain (CPGB) and the National Unemployed Workers' Movement in these protests, and the changing response such protests elicited, the article contends that the 1920s witnessed a decline in both the potency and perce…
Unity from Below? The Impact of the Spanish Civil War on Labour and the Left in Aberdeen and Dundee, 1936-1939
This article examines the impact of the Spanish Civil War on the political left in Britain via a study of the response engendered by the conflict in Aberdeen and Dundee. The Spanish Civil War united the British left in sympathy with the Republican Government yet failed to produce a unified national campaign. The article contends that, rather than being viewed as primarily the result of decisions made at a national level, the failure of a national…
Contests of Vital Importance’
Via an examination of the Labour party's approach to by-election campaigning in Scotland between the fall of the first Labour administration in October 1924 and the party's return to office in May 1929, this article explores the changing horizons of British radicalism in an era of mass democracy. While traditional depictions of interwar politics as a two-party contest in which political allegiances were shaped primarily by social class have incre…
Popular Politics and Political Culture
The years between 1918 and 1939, witnessing as they did the unprecedented extension of the franchise, the decline of the Liberal Party, and the emergence of Labour as a party of government, are central to an understanding of modern Scottish politics. This book presents a distinctive reading of this period, reinterpreting the consequences of the expanded post-war electorate by focusing on the political culture of urban Scotland and re-evaluating t…
Radicalism and Respectability in Working-class Political Culture
Class, for some on the radical left, and especially those in the Communist Party, was not just an economic identity. It was also one earned through conduct, particularly a commitment to political activism, sobriety and self-improvement. This was, of course, a culture that had always enjoyed a limited appeal; during the inter-war period, however, this appeal was restricted further by the rise of mass democracy, which undermined the necessary sense…
May Day, Armistice Day and the Politics of Public Space
The role of place remains a neglected factor in the political history of modern Britain. Yet where and how parties conducted their political campaigns was of fundamental importance in conferring legitimacy on movements and causes. In the immediate post-war period, urban public space provided a platform for the expression of a range of radical identities, most notably on occasions such as May Day. Yet after the 1926 General Striketolerance of such…
Anti-Socialism, Liberalism and Individualism
This paper presents an alternative interpretation of Scottish politics between 1945 and 1970, a period that witnessed the decline of a once-powerful Unionist tradition, the revival of Liberalism and the rise of the Scottish National party (SNP). While existing accounts have focused principally upon social and economic factors, this study foregrounds the role of ideology and rhetoric. During the 1940s and early 1950s, Scottish Unionists were, like…
Phillips, Scottish Coal Miners in the Twentieth Century
Phillips, Scottish Coal Miners in the Twentieth Century." Scottish Historical Review, 102(3), pp. 478–479
Politics, the Constitution and the Independence Movement in Scotland since Devolution
This article explores the course of Scottish politics since the establishment of the devolved parliament in 1999. It begins by considering the political roots of devolution before assessing the extent to which the electoral successes of the Scottish National Party (SNP) at the 2007 and 2011 devolved elections indicated a rise in support for Scottish independence. The focus then shifts to the political consequences of the 2014 independence referen…
Round Table
The election of Sir Keir Starmer’s Labour Party on 5 July 2024 after fourteen years of Conservative (mis)rule may represent an important turning point in British political history. At any rate, this was how the new Prime Minister represented his party’s ‘landslide’ victory. Starmer made two short speeches that day, the first to supporters outside London’s Tate Modern art gallery, the second to the wider public outside 10 Downing Street. Similar i…
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