Ben Wellings
Biographic Data
| ID | 8744293 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Ben Wellings |
| GIVEN NAMES | Ben |
| FAMILY NAME | Wellings |
| SIGNATURE | BEN WELLINGS |
| AFFILIATIONS | Monash University |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 59 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 9 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 2 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Australia’s Magna Carta: The Anglosphere, ontological security and the fear of abandonment
Shadows of Empire. The Anglosphere in British Politics
‘Making Your Mind Up’: Britain, Europe and Eurovision-Scepticism
Eurovisions: Identity and the International Politics of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1956
This book uses the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), as an analytical entry point to understand and illuminate post-War Europe and the drive to create an identity that can legitimise the European project in its broadest sense. The ESC presents an idealised vision of Europe, and this has long existed in a strained relationship with reality. While the trajectory of post-war European integration is a high-profile topic, we believe that the ESC offers a…
Populism and Sovereignty: The EU Act and the In-Out Referendum, 2010–2015
This article argues that the ‘referendum lock’ enshrined in the European Union Act (2011) and the pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union have eroded the principle of parliamentary sovereignty that they sought to defend. Analysis of the Act and debates about an In-Out referendum during the Coalition government's period of office from 2010 to 2015 reveals an unintended consequence: recent debates and policies conc…
Integrating Indifference: A Comparative, Qualitative and Quantitative Approach to the Legitimacy of European Integration
Euroscepticism and the Anglosphere: Traditions and Dilemmas in Contemporary English Nationalism
British participation in the historical process of European integration has been persistently framed as a policy dilemma of the highest order. This dilemma was itself coloured by the existence of policy traditions that oriented Britain away from Europe and towards political communities tied to a historical interpretation of British nationality. Euroscepticism is symptomatic of these traditions and dilemmas while at the same time sustaining them. …
European Integration and the End of an Imperial Consciousness in Britain
This article examines the impact of European integration between 1961 and 1975 on national and imperial consciousness in Britain. It suggests that the end of imperial sentiment that was brought about by greater involvement in Europe did not produce a strong or deep attachment to the idea of European integration. Arguments about the need for European integration to transcend war in Europe tended to reinforce a sense of Commonwealth commonality for…
Nation, Memory and Great War Commemoration: Mobilizing the Past in Europe, Australia and New Zealand
Enoch Powell: The lonesome leader
By all accounts Enoch Powell was not someone you would warm to, but his personal awkwardness was offset by his enduring popular appeal - a charisma that enabled support for his political causes to cross class boundaries and party affiliations. Despite his education and erudition - or perhaps because of it - he appealed to the working classes and Labour voters, and appeared as a man speaking truth unto power, unafraid to break the political taboos…
Between Vladivostok and Africa: Teaching European Studies in Australia
Learning about Europe in Australia at the higher education level requires lecturers and tutors to ground their teaching in students’ pre-existing understanding of Australia’s links with Europe. This link needs to be made to students in the classroom and to university management as a case for embedding European Studies within university administrative structures. I will also argue that whilst students display a keen interest in contemporary Europe…
Euroscepticism and the Anglosphere: Traditions and Dilemmas in Contemporary English Nationalism
British participation in the historical process of European integration has been persistently framed as a policy dilemma of the highest order. This dilemma was itself coloured by the existence of policy traditions that oriented Britain away from Europe and towards political communities tied to a historical interpretation of British nationality. Euroscepticism is symptomatic of these traditions and dilemmas while at the same time sustaining them. …
Integrating Indifference: A Comparative, Qualitative and Quantitative Approach to the Legitimacy of European Integration
Populism and Sovereignty: The EU Act and the In-Out Referendum, 2010–2015
This article argues that the ‘referendum lock’ enshrined in the European Union Act (2011) and the pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union have eroded the principle of parliamentary sovereignty that they sought to defend. Analysis of the Act and debates about an In-Out referendum during the Coalition government's period of office from 2010 to 2015 reveals an unintended consequence: recent debates and policies conc…
Between Vladivostok and Africa: Teaching European Studies in Australia
Learning about Europe in Australia at the higher education level requires lecturers and tutors to ground their teaching in students’ pre-existing understanding of Australia’s links with Europe. This link needs to be made to students in the classroom and to university management as a case for embedding European Studies within university administrative structures. I will also argue that whilst students display a keen interest in contemporary Europe…
Enoch Powell: The lonesome leader
By all accounts Enoch Powell was not someone you would warm to, but his personal awkwardness was offset by his enduring popular appeal - a charisma that enabled support for his political causes to cross class boundaries and party affiliations. Despite his education and erudition - or perhaps because of it - he appealed to the working classes and Labour voters, and appeared as a man speaking truth unto power, unafraid to break the political taboos…
European Integration and the End of an Imperial Consciousness in Britain
This article examines the impact of European integration between 1961 and 1975 on national and imperial consciousness in Britain. It suggests that the end of imperial sentiment that was brought about by greater involvement in Europe did not produce a strong or deep attachment to the idea of European integration. Arguments about the need for European integration to transcend war in Europe tended to reinforce a sense of Commonwealth commonality for…
Nation, Memory and Great War Commemoration: Mobilizing the Past in Europe, Australia and New Zealand
Integrating Indifference: A Comparative, Qualitative and Quantitative Approach to the Legitimacy of European Integration
Euroscepticism and the Anglosphere: Traditions and Dilemmas in Contemporary English Nationalism
British participation in the historical process of European integration has been persistently framed as a policy dilemma of the highest order. This dilemma was itself coloured by the existence of policy traditions that oriented Britain away from Europe and towards political communities tied to a historical interpretation of British nationality. Euroscepticism is symptomatic of these traditions and dilemmas while at the same time sustaining them. …
Populism and Sovereignty: The EU Act and the In-Out Referendum, 2010–2015
This article argues that the ‘referendum lock’ enshrined in the European Union Act (2011) and the pledge to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union have eroded the principle of parliamentary sovereignty that they sought to defend. Analysis of the Act and debates about an In-Out referendum during the Coalition government's period of office from 2010 to 2015 reveals an unintended consequence: recent debates and policies conc…
Shadows of Empire. The Anglosphere in British Politics
‘Making Your Mind Up’: Britain, Europe and Eurovision-Scepticism
Eurovisions: Identity and the International Politics of the Eurovision Song Contest since 1956
This book uses the Eurovision Song Contest (ESC), as an analytical entry point to understand and illuminate post-War Europe and the drive to create an identity that can legitimise the European project in its broadest sense. The ESC presents an idealised vision of Europe, and this has long existed in a strained relationship with reality. While the trajectory of post-war European integration is a high-profile topic, we believe that the ESC offers a…
Australia’s Magna Carta: The Anglosphere, ontological security and the fear of abandonment
Political science (9 works) · Law (8 works) · Politics (8 works) · Sociology (8 works) · Economics (4 works) · Epistemology (4 works) · European integration (4 works) · European union (4 works) · International trade (4 works) · Media studies (4 works)