Richard Hayton
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 4379534 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Richard Hayton |
| PRENOMES | Richard |
| SOBRENOME | Hayton |
| ASSINATURA | HAYTON R |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Leeds |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-9899-0035 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 31 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 226 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 30 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2007 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2025 |
| ÍNDICE H | 9 |
To conserve or to reform? The reshaping of the right in British politics
The right of British politics is being reshaped, threatening the dominant position of the Conservative Party. This paper analyses the symbiotic relationship between the Conservatives and Reform UK. It argues that both parties now represent and articulate what can be most accurately described as populist conservatism. This populist conservatism in part reflects the rise of national conservatism globally, but it is also a distinctively British phen…
Ethnic minority MPs, Conservative Party modernisation, and post-Brexit narratives of Global Britain
Since 2016, the ‘rhetoric of ‘Global Britain’ has assumed a central position in Conservative Party attempts to articulate a post-Brexit vision. This article identifies and examines four key narratives of Global Britain – cultural, affective, functionalist, and idealised – spotlighting the interventions of ethnic minority MPs (excluding white minorities). It does so as a notable and hitherto largely overlooked legacy of the Conservative modernisat…
The Anglosphere and ‘Anglo-scepticism’ in the post-Brexit UK-Australia relationship
The UK-Australia relationship was invested with renewed importance after Brexit, particularly amongst conservatives in both countries. Ideas about cultural and strategic commonality amongst Anglophone countries were an important element of the elite project underpinning Brexit. A comparative analysis of this Anglosphere perspective is important as it shapes the worldviews of political and policy elites in both countries, thus underpinning recent …
Instability, crisis, and statecraft in Conservative Britain, 2010–24
This article examines how the Conservative Party dominated British politics from 2010 to 2024 despite this period being one of instability and crisis. It argues that a key source of this turmoil was the Conservative Party itself, which under a succession of Prime Ministers struggled to formulate an effective statecraft strategy. While these leadership failings have been well documented the underlying difficulties run deeper, reflecting tensions f…
Brexit and party change
This article analyses the extent of party change in response to the vote for Brexit in the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. It focuses particularly on how both parties struggled to manage internal divisions and ideological conflict, and how each sought to manage the issue in terms of party competition. It argues that the Conservative Party victory at the 2019 UK general election was the result of an ultimately more effective response to t…
The ontological failure of David Cameron’s ‘modernisation’ of the Conservative Party
Conservative Party Statecraft and the Johnson Government
This article uses the statecraft framework outlined by Andrew Gamble to analyse the Conservative government of Boris Johnson. It argues that under Johnson, the Conservative Party is pursuing its most far‐reaching statecraft strategy since the Thatcher era, aimed at re‐establishing the conditions for Conservative hegemony. At the heart of Johnson's statecraft lies Brexit itself, which serves as a national cause around which to organise the politic…
A Rhetorical Political Analysis of Theresa May’s Statecraft on Brexit
By way of Rhetorical Political Analysis, this article argues that May’s rhetoric on Brexit undermined her statecraft and with it her capacity to deliver Britain’s departure from the European Union. Utilising Jim Bulpitt’s (1986) conception of statecraft, our analysis reveals how May’s rhetoric prioritised party management and the politics of support, but in so doing yielded political argument hegemony to Brexiteers, impeding the passing of her Br…
Splitting the Tactical Vote? Coordination Problems with Polling Model‐Driven Tactical Voting Websites
The 2019 general election gave prominence to tactical voting advice websites, particularly those projecting constituency‐level results using national polling data and sophisticated multi‐level regression and poststratification (MRP) polling models. We see tactical voting as an example of a coordination game and argue that polling‐model driven advice websites are disruptive to the existing focal points for strategic voting. Although such websites …
The impact agenda and the study of British politics
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016
This article provides the first systematic examination of the voting motivations of Conservative MPs in the final parliamentary ballot of the Conservative Party leadership election of 2016. We identify the voting behaviour of each Conservative parliamentarian as part of a unique data set that we use to test, through the use of multivariate analysis, a series of hypotheses based around social background variables (i.e. gender and education); polit…
British conservatism after the vote for Brexit
Following the referendum on membership of the European Union (EU), this article assesses the ideological legacy of David Cameron on Conservative politics in Britain. It focuses on three areas of ideological tension in contemporary conservatism, namely, European integration, the divide between social liberals and traditionalists, and the future of the Union post-Brexit. Applying the concept of heresthetics to offer a theoretically informed account…
The UK Independence Party and the Politics of Englishness
The rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been one of the most dramatic and widely discussed features of British politics in recent years. This article argues that one vital but largely overlooked facet of this phenomenon has been the politics of national identity. It argues that despite UKIP’s ostensibly unionist stance, Englishness is an important pivot around which key elements of the party’s appeal revolve, notably in terms of its Euro…
Cameronite conservatism and the politics of marriage under the UK coalition government
In the United Kingdom (UK), under the leadership of David Cameron, the Conservative Party has been keen to stress the value of marriage and stable families. However, in practice, the policies of the coalition government he has led since 2010 – particularly the emphasis on austerity – have arguably undermined family life. In addition, by offering financial support to those who are married and disadvantaging those who are not, the government may se…
Cameron’s Conservative Party, social liberalism and social justice
Whatever happened to Conservative Party modernisation
Ideology and Statecraft
This article offers a qualified defence of statecraft theory. It argues that it helps frame important questions about politics by drawing our analytical attention towards the partisan strategic calculations that politicians make. It cautions, however, that in utilising the statecraft approach we must remain sensitive to the ideational dimension of politics and to the (often implicit) ideological assumptions of our own theoretical viewpoints
The Coalition and the Politics of the English Question
For much of the 2010–15 Parliament the English Question was not a conspicuous feature of political debate in the UK . However, the issue of English votes for English laws (EvfEl) was thrust to centre stage by Prime Minister David Cameron in the aftermath of the Scottish independence referendum, when he announced that fulfilment of the promise of further devolution to Scotland must be accompanied by an answer to the West Lothian Question at Westmi…
Conservative Orators from Baldwin to Cameron
The not so New New Right? A reply to ‘After Cameron
This is a reply to:Lakin, Matthew. 2014. “After Cameron: The New New Right and the unchaining of Britannia.” Global Discourse. 4 (1): 71–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2014.900395
The demise of the One Nation tradition
This is a reply to: Dorey, Peter, and Mark Garnett. 2015. “‘The weaker-willed, the craven-hearted’: the decline of One Nation Conservatism.” Global Discourse. 5 (1): 69–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2014.914823
Conservative Party Statecraft and the Politics of Coalition
This article aims to evaluate the strategic positioning and ideology of the Conservatives in Coalition under the leadership of David Cameron. In doing so, it seeks to shed light on the key drivers of the party's elite leadership strategy since entering government in 2010. The analysis is framed in terms of statecraft, namely the attempt to carve out elite control of the main fields of ‘high politics’, with the objective of devising a successful e…
Introduction. The Conservatives in Coalition
The articles in this symposium examine Conservative Party politics in Coalition between 2010 and 2013, considering a number of key issues that have presented notable ideological and strategic challenges to the party leadership. These include the issue of European integration; managing territorial relations within the United Kingdom; the principle of humanitarian intervention in foreign policy; the debate over human rights; and party management co…
The Conservatives under David Cameron
The Party Politics of Englishness
Research Highlights and Abstract provides one of the first assessments of how British multi-national and English political parties have responded to existing and emergent identity tensions in England whilst continuing to defend the concept of the post-devolution British union-state. extends debates about multi-level party political systems in multi-national states which have typically focused on Scotland, Wales and, to a lesser extent, Northern I…
Conservative Party Statecraft and the Politics of Coalition
This article aims to evaluate the strategic positioning and ideology of the Conservatives in Coalition under the leadership of David Cameron. In doing so, it seeks to shed light on the key drivers of the party's elite leadership strategy since entering government in 2010. The analysis is framed in terms of statecraft, namely the attempt to carve out elite control of the main fields of ‘high politics’, with the objective of devising a successful e…
Conservative Party Modernisation and David Cameron's Politics of the Family
A key feature of David Cameron's electoral appeal is his carefully cultivated image as a ‘family man’. Cameron has repeatedly stressed the importance of the family to his political views and stated his desire to see marriage rewarded through the tax system. At the same time, Cameron has presented himself as a modernising leader, keen to demonstrate that he and his party are in touch with contemporary society. Central to this effort to detoxify th…
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016
This article provides the first systematic examination of the voting motivations of Conservative MPs in the final parliamentary ballot of the Conservative Party leadership election of 2016. We identify the voting behaviour of each Conservative parliamentarian as part of a unique data set that we use to test, through the use of multivariate analysis, a series of hypotheses based around social background variables (i.e. gender and education); polit…
Brexit and party change
This article analyses the extent of party change in response to the vote for Brexit in the Conservative Party and the Labour Party. It focuses particularly on how both parties struggled to manage internal divisions and ideological conflict, and how each sought to manage the issue in terms of party competition. It argues that the Conservative Party victory at the 2019 UK general election was the result of an ultimately more effective response to t…
Towards the Mainstream? Ukip and the 2009 Elections to the European Parliament
This article examines the performance of the UK Independence party (UKIP) at the 2009 European Parliament election, and asks whether the party's second-place finish indicates that it is now entering the political mainstream. It argues that while UKIP's success at these elections marks an important step in its development, the party continues to face significant barriers to further electoral progress. The article also considers the implications fo…
British conservatism after the vote for Brexit
Following the referendum on membership of the European Union (EU), this article assesses the ideological legacy of David Cameron on Conservative politics in Britain. It focuses on three areas of ideological tension in contemporary conservatism, namely, European integration, the divide between social liberals and traditionalists, and the future of the Union post-Brexit. Applying the concept of heresthetics to offer a theoretically informed account…
Conservative Party Statecraft and the Johnson Government
This article uses the statecraft framework outlined by Andrew Gamble to analyse the Conservative government of Boris Johnson. It argues that under Johnson, the Conservative Party is pursuing its most far‐reaching statecraft strategy since the Thatcher era, aimed at re‐establishing the conditions for Conservative hegemony. At the heart of Johnson's statecraft lies Brexit itself, which serves as a national cause around which to organise the politic…
The UK Independence Party and the Politics of Englishness
The rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been one of the most dramatic and widely discussed features of British politics in recent years. This article argues that one vital but largely overlooked facet of this phenomenon has been the politics of national identity. It argues that despite UKIP’s ostensibly unionist stance, Englishness is an important pivot around which key elements of the party’s appeal revolve, notably in terms of its Euro…
The Quiet Man of British Politics
This article offers a reappraisal of the performance of Iain Duncan Smith as Conservative Party leader between 2001 and 2003. The rationale for the paper stems from the relative neglect of his leadership by political scientists. The paper argues that to disregard his party leadership tenure is to fail to understand the evolution of Conservative Party politics in the era of New Labour hegemony. Utilising a range of interviews with significant Cons…
A Rhetorical Political Analysis of Theresa May’s Statecraft on Brexit
By way of Rhetorical Political Analysis, this article argues that May’s rhetoric on Brexit undermined her statecraft and with it her capacity to deliver Britain’s departure from the European Union. Utilising Jim Bulpitt’s (1986) conception of statecraft, our analysis reveals how May’s rhetoric prioritised party management and the politics of support, but in so doing yielded political argument hegemony to Brexiteers, impeding the passing of her Br…
The Party Politics of Englishness
Research Highlights and Abstract provides one of the first assessments of how British multi-national and English political parties have responded to existing and emergent identity tensions in England whilst continuing to defend the concept of the post-devolution British union-state. extends debates about multi-level party political systems in multi-national states which have typically focused on Scotland, Wales and, to a lesser extent, Northern I…
Instability, crisis, and statecraft in Conservative Britain, 2010–24
This article examines how the Conservative Party dominated British politics from 2010 to 2024 despite this period being one of instability and crisis. It argues that a key source of this turmoil was the Conservative Party itself, which under a succession of Prime Ministers struggled to formulate an effective statecraft strategy. While these leadership failings have been well documented the underlying difficulties run deeper, reflecting tensions f…
The impact agenda and the study of British politics
Cameron’s Conservative Party, social liberalism and social justice
Introduction. The Conservatives in Coalition
The articles in this symposium examine Conservative Party politics in Coalition between 2010 and 2013, considering a number of key issues that have presented notable ideological and strategic challenges to the party leadership. These include the issue of European integration; managing territorial relations within the United Kingdom; the principle of humanitarian intervention in foreign policy; the debate over human rights; and party management co…
Whatever happened to Conservative Party modernisation
The Coalition and the Politics of the English Question
For much of the 2010–15 Parliament the English Question was not a conspicuous feature of political debate in the UK . However, the issue of English votes for English laws (EvfEl) was thrust to centre stage by Prime Minister David Cameron in the aftermath of the Scottish independence referendum, when he announced that fulfilment of the promise of further devolution to Scotland must be accompanied by an answer to the West Lothian Question at Westmi…
To conserve or to reform? The reshaping of the right in British politics
The right of British politics is being reshaped, threatening the dominant position of the Conservative Party. This paper analyses the symbiotic relationship between the Conservatives and Reform UK. It argues that both parties now represent and articulate what can be most accurately described as populist conservatism. This populist conservatism in part reflects the rise of national conservatism globally, but it is also a distinctively British phen…
Englishness in Contemporary British Politics
The Anglosphere and ‘Anglo-scepticism’ in the post-Brexit UK-Australia relationship
The UK-Australia relationship was invested with renewed importance after Brexit, particularly amongst conservatives in both countries. Ideas about cultural and strategic commonality amongst Anglophone countries were an important element of the elite project underpinning Brexit. A comparative analysis of this Anglosphere perspective is important as it shapes the worldviews of political and policy elites in both countries, thus underpinning recent …
Englishness and the Union in Contemporary Conservative Thought
This article analyses the importance of arguments developed since 1997 by influential right-wing commentators concerning Englishness and the United Kingdom. Drawing on historical, cultural and political themes, public intellectuals and commentators of the right have variously addressed the constitutional structure of the UK, the politics of devolved government in Wales and Scotland, and the emergence of a more salient contemporary English sensibi…
Teaching Politics
Seminars form a key part of undergraduate politics teaching in Britain, and Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) are often at the forefront of this delivery. This article explores the attitudes and understandings of GTAs towards teaching and learning in the Department of Politics at Sheffield. Interviews were conducted with 16 GTAs, covering not only their approach to teaching and learning, but how this manifested itself, for example in the way th…
The ontological failure of David Cameron’s ‘modernisation’ of the Conservative Party
Ideology and Statecraft
This article offers a qualified defence of statecraft theory. It argues that it helps frame important questions about politics by drawing our analytical attention towards the partisan strategic calculations that politicians make. It cautions, however, that in utilising the statecraft approach we must remain sensitive to the ideational dimension of politics and to the (often implicit) ideological assumptions of our own theoretical viewpoints
Splitting the Tactical Vote? Coordination Problems with Polling Model‐Driven Tactical Voting Websites
The 2019 general election gave prominence to tactical voting advice websites, particularly those projecting constituency‐level results using national polling data and sophisticated multi‐level regression and poststratification (MRP) polling models. We see tactical voting as an example of a coordination game and argue that polling‐model driven advice websites are disruptive to the existing focal points for strategic voting. Although such websites …
Englishness in Contemporary British Politics
Teaching Politics
Seminars form a key part of undergraduate politics teaching in Britain, and Graduate Teaching Assistants (GTAs) are often at the forefront of this delivery. This article explores the attitudes and understandings of GTAs towards teaching and learning in the Department of Politics at Sheffield. Interviews were conducted with 16 GTAs, covering not only their approach to teaching and learning, but how this manifested itself, for example in the way th…
Englishness and the Union in Contemporary Conservative Thought
This article analyses the importance of arguments developed since 1997 by influential right-wing commentators concerning Englishness and the United Kingdom. Drawing on historical, cultural and political themes, public intellectuals and commentators of the right have variously addressed the constitutional structure of the UK, the politics of devolved government in Wales and Scotland, and the emergence of a more salient contemporary English sensibi…
Conservative Party Modernisation and David Cameron's Politics of the Family
A key feature of David Cameron's electoral appeal is his carefully cultivated image as a ‘family man’. Cameron has repeatedly stressed the importance of the family to his political views and stated his desire to see marriage rewarded through the tax system. At the same time, Cameron has presented himself as a modernising leader, keen to demonstrate that he and his party are in touch with contemporary society. Central to this effort to detoxify th…
Towards the Mainstream? Ukip and the 2009 Elections to the European Parliament
This article examines the performance of the UK Independence party (UKIP) at the 2009 European Parliament election, and asks whether the party's second-place finish indicates that it is now entering the political mainstream. It argues that while UKIP's success at these elections marks an important step in its development, the party continues to face significant barriers to further electoral progress. The article also considers the implications fo…
The Quiet Man of British Politics
This article offers a reappraisal of the performance of Iain Duncan Smith as Conservative Party leader between 2001 and 2003. The rationale for the paper stems from the relative neglect of his leadership by political scientists. The paper argues that to disregard his party leadership tenure is to fail to understand the evolution of Conservative Party politics in the era of New Labour hegemony. Utilising a range of interviews with significant Cons…
The Conservatives under David Cameron
The Party Politics of Englishness
Research Highlights and Abstract provides one of the first assessments of how British multi-national and English political parties have responded to existing and emergent identity tensions in England whilst continuing to defend the concept of the post-devolution British union-state. extends debates about multi-level party political systems in multi-national states which have typically focused on Scotland, Wales and, to a lesser extent, Northern I…
Introduction. The Conservatives in Coalition
The articles in this symposium examine Conservative Party politics in Coalition between 2010 and 2013, considering a number of key issues that have presented notable ideological and strategic challenges to the party leadership. These include the issue of European integration; managing territorial relations within the United Kingdom; the principle of humanitarian intervention in foreign policy; the debate over human rights; and party management co…
The not so New New Right? A reply to ‘After Cameron
This is a reply to:Lakin, Matthew. 2014. “After Cameron: The New New Right and the unchaining of Britannia.” Global Discourse. 4 (1): 71–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2014.900395
The demise of the One Nation tradition
This is a reply to: Dorey, Peter, and Mark Garnett. 2015. “‘The weaker-willed, the craven-hearted’: the decline of One Nation Conservatism.” Global Discourse. 5 (1): 69–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/23269995.2014.914823
Conservative Party Statecraft and the Politics of Coalition
This article aims to evaluate the strategic positioning and ideology of the Conservatives in Coalition under the leadership of David Cameron. In doing so, it seeks to shed light on the key drivers of the party's elite leadership strategy since entering government in 2010. The analysis is framed in terms of statecraft, namely the attempt to carve out elite control of the main fields of ‘high politics’, with the objective of devising a successful e…
Cameronite conservatism and the politics of marriage under the UK coalition government
In the United Kingdom (UK), under the leadership of David Cameron, the Conservative Party has been keen to stress the value of marriage and stable families. However, in practice, the policies of the coalition government he has led since 2010 – particularly the emphasis on austerity – have arguably undermined family life. In addition, by offering financial support to those who are married and disadvantaging those who are not, the government may se…
Cameron’s Conservative Party, social liberalism and social justice
Whatever happened to Conservative Party modernisation
Ideology and Statecraft
This article offers a qualified defence of statecraft theory. It argues that it helps frame important questions about politics by drawing our analytical attention towards the partisan strategic calculations that politicians make. It cautions, however, that in utilising the statecraft approach we must remain sensitive to the ideational dimension of politics and to the (often implicit) ideological assumptions of our own theoretical viewpoints
The Coalition and the Politics of the English Question
For much of the 2010–15 Parliament the English Question was not a conspicuous feature of political debate in the UK . However, the issue of English votes for English laws (EvfEl) was thrust to centre stage by Prime Minister David Cameron in the aftermath of the Scottish independence referendum, when he announced that fulfilment of the promise of further devolution to Scotland must be accompanied by an answer to the West Lothian Question at Westmi…
Conservative Orators from Baldwin to Cameron
The UK Independence Party and the Politics of Englishness
The rise of the UK Independence Party (UKIP) has been one of the most dramatic and widely discussed features of British politics in recent years. This article argues that one vital but largely overlooked facet of this phenomenon has been the politics of national identity. It argues that despite UKIP’s ostensibly unionist stance, Englishness is an important pivot around which key elements of the party’s appeal revolve, notably in terms of its Euro…
British conservatism after the vote for Brexit
Following the referendum on membership of the European Union (EU), this article assesses the ideological legacy of David Cameron on Conservative politics in Britain. It focuses on three areas of ideological tension in contemporary conservatism, namely, European integration, the divide between social liberals and traditionalists, and the future of the Union post-Brexit. Applying the concept of heresthetics to offer a theoretically informed account…
The impact agenda and the study of British politics
The Conservative Party Leadership Election of 2016
This article provides the first systematic examination of the voting motivations of Conservative MPs in the final parliamentary ballot of the Conservative Party leadership election of 2016. We identify the voting behaviour of each Conservative parliamentarian as part of a unique data set that we use to test, through the use of multivariate analysis, a series of hypotheses based around social background variables (i.e. gender and education); polit…
Splitting the Tactical Vote? Coordination Problems with Polling Model‐Driven Tactical Voting Websites
The 2019 general election gave prominence to tactical voting advice websites, particularly those projecting constituency‐level results using national polling data and sophisticated multi‐level regression and poststratification (MRP) polling models. We see tactical voting as an example of a coordination game and argue that polling‐model driven advice websites are disruptive to the existing focal points for strategic voting. Although such websites …
The ontological failure of David Cameron’s ‘modernisation’ of the Conservative Party
Conservative Party Statecraft and the Johnson Government
This article uses the statecraft framework outlined by Andrew Gamble to analyse the Conservative government of Boris Johnson. It argues that under Johnson, the Conservative Party is pursuing its most far‐reaching statecraft strategy since the Thatcher era, aimed at re‐establishing the conditions for Conservative hegemony. At the heart of Johnson's statecraft lies Brexit itself, which serves as a national cause around which to organise the politic…
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