British Politics and Government

Research output

Research output per year 1994 2009 2010 2011 2014 2016 2018 2021 2024

• 2301 Citations
• 140 Article
• 58 Book
• 39 Chapter
• 11 Commissioned report
• 13 More
  • 5 Other contribution
  • 2 Editorial
  • 2 Literature review
  • 2 Book/Film/Article review
  • 1 Conference paper
  • 1 Special issue

Research output per year

Research output per year

Search results

• 2023

  How can better monitoring, reporting and evaluation standards advance behavioural public policy?

  Cotterill, S., John, P. & Johnston, M., 15 Dec 2023, Beyond Nudge: Advancing the State-of-the-Art of Behavioural Public Policy and Administration. Ewert, B., Loer, K. & Thomann, E. (eds.). Policy Press, p. 172-194 23 p. (New Perspectives in Policy and Politics).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Nudge+: Putting citizens at the heart of behavioural public policy

  Banerjee, S. & John, P., 7 Nov 2023, Research Handbook on Nudges and Society. Sunstein, C. R. & Reisch, L. A. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 227-241 15 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Government Policy 100%
  • Ethics 66%
  • Intervention 42%
  • Change 42%
  • Behavioral Intervention 33%
  5 Citations (Scopus)

• Nudging and experimenting in a post-truth, post-COVID world

  John, P., 19 Oct 2023, Handbook of Public Policy Evaluation. Varone, F., Jacob, S. & Bundi, P. (eds.). Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 352-365 14 p. (Handbooks of Research on Public Policy).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Post-Truth 100%
  • Truth 100%
  • Controlled Trial 100%
  • Public Policy 100%
  • Popularity 60%

• RANDOMIZED INTERVENTIONS IN POLITICAL SCIENCE: Are the Critics Right?

  John, P., 1 Jan 2023, The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy of Political Science. Oxford University Press, p. 343-354 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Intervention 100%
  • Political Science 100%
  • Legal Procedure 66%
  • Randomized Controlled Trial 66%
  • Controlled Trial 66%
• 2020

  Polls and public opinion

  Mortimore, R., 2020, The role of the monarchy in modern democracy: European monarchies compared. Hazell, R. & Morris, B. (eds.). Oxford: Hart Publishing, p. 220-235

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Using experiments in comparative policy analysis: from policy evaluation to the policy process

  John, P., 1 Jan 2020, Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Comparative Policy Analysis. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 153-166 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Public Policy 100%
  • Public Administration 50%
  • Institution 25%
  • Economics 25%
  • Difference-In-Differences 25%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2018

  Agenda formation and change

  John, P., 28 Dec 2018, Handbook on Policy, Process and Governing. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd, p. 295-308 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Seismographs for youthquakes: How do we know how the public voted in British general elections?

  Mortimore, R. G. M., 2018, Political communication in Britain: Campaigning, media and polling in the 2017 general election. Wring, D., Mortimore, R. & Atkinson, S. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 247-264

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  1 Citation (Scopus)

• Seven weeks is a long time in politics

  Wring, D., Mortimore, R. G. M. & Atkinson, S., 2018, Political communication in Britain: Campaigning, media and polling in the 2017 general election. Wring, D., Mortimore, R. & Atkinson, S. (eds.). Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-20

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The Welfare State at the End of the Long Boom: Summary, Synthesis and Further Thoughts on the British Model.

  Thane, P. M., 15 Jan 2018, The State of Welfare: Comparative Studies of the Welfare State at the End of the Long Boom 1965-1980. Eklund, E., Oppenheimer, M. & Scott, J. (eds.). Oxford: Peter Lang, p. 199- 217 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Contribution 100%
  • Commentary 100%
  • Liberalism 100%
  • Welfare 100%
  • Neoliberalism 100%

• Welfare and the State

  Thane, P. M., 5 Apr 2018, The Oxford Handbook of Modern British Political History, 1800-2000. Brown, D., Crowcroft, R. & Pentland, G. (eds.). Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 563-582 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • State 100%
  • Welfare 100%
  • Voluntary Sector 33%
  • Social Economics 33%
  • Welfare State 33%
• 2017

  The polls and their context

  Mortimore, R. G. M. & Wells, A., 2017, Political Communication in Britain: Polling, Campaigning and Media in the 2015 General Election. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 19-38

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Voluntary action in the "welfare state": The national council for the unmarried mother and her child

  Thane, P., 24 Mar 2017, People, places and identities: Themes in British social and cultural history, 1700s-1980s. Manchester University Press, Manchester, p. 132-151 20 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  1 Citation (Scopus)
• 2016

  A new magna carta? The written constitution debate in the United Kingdom

  Blick, A., 1 Jan 2016, The Rights and Aspirations of the Magna Carta. Springer International Publishing Switzerland, p. 89-107 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Kingdom 100%
  • Magna Carta 100%
  • Constitutional Reform 37%
  • Economic and Social Development 25%
  • Politics 25%

• Epilogue: The Rise of the Queen

  Glencross, M. P., Kandiah, M. D. & Rowbotham, J., 2016, The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present: Long to Reign over us?. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 259-267 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Introduction

  Glencross, M. P., Kandiah, M. D. & Rowbotham, J., 2016, The Windsor Dynasty 1910 to the Present: Long to Reign over us?. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1-29 29 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

• Measuring British public opinion on the Monarchy and Royal Family

  Mortimore, R., 2016, The Windsor dynasty 1910 to the present: 'Long to reign over us'?. Glencross, M., Rowbotham, J. & Kandiah, M. (eds.). London: Palgrave Macmillan, p. 135-156 22 p. (Palgrave Studies in Modern Monarchy).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Political Branding: The case of the Scottish referendum 2014

  Lannoy, C., Baines, P. & Mortimore, R., 13 Jul 2016, The Routledge Companion to Contemporary Brand Management. Dall'Olmo Riley, F., Singh, J. & Blankson, C. (eds.). London: Routledge, p. 423-447 25 p. (Routledge companions in business, management and accounting.).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
  1 Citation (Scopus)

• The history of European families: Old and new directions

  Sovic, S., Thane, P. & Viazzo, P. P., 1 Jan 2016, The History of Families and Households: Comparative European Dimensions. Brill Academic Publishers, p. 1-9 9 p. (Central and Eastern Europe; vol. 6).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  4 Citations (Scopus)

• The Ultimate Windsor Ceremonials: Coronations and Investitures

  Kandiah, M. D., Rowbotham, J. & Staerck, G., 2016, The Windsor Dynasty 1910-Present: Long Reign Over Us?. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 59-85 26 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Coronation 100%
  • Ceremonial 100%
  • investiture 100%
  • Dynasty 50%
• 2015

  Contemporary History

  Thane, P., 26 Mar 2015, International Encyclopedia of the Social & Behavioral Sciences: Second Edition. Elsevier Inc., p. 762-768 7 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Contemporary History 100%
  • 1960s 100%
  • Interest 50%
  • Change 50%
  • Cultural History 50%

• The 'Big State' versus the 'Big Society' in Twentieth Century Britain

  Thane, P. M., 3 Sept 2015, The Art of the Possible. Politics and Governance in Modern British History, 1885-1997.: Essays in Memory of Duncan Tanner. Williams, C. & Edwards, A. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, Manchester, p. 32-44 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  File

  • Social Systems 100%
  • State 100%
  • Analysis 50%
  • Welfare 50%
  2 Citations (Scopus)

  283 Downloads (Pure)

• What magna carta means to the modern British public

  Mortimore, R., 1 Jan 2015, Magna Carta and its Modern Legacy. Cambridge University Press, p. 56-74 19 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Magna Carta 100%
  • Twentieth Century 10%
  • Beliefs 10%
  • Tradition 10%
  • Contemporary 10%
  2 Citations (Scopus)
• 2013

  1956 - Suez signals the dying days of empire

  Thane, P., 2013, The Great Turning Points of British History: the 20 Events That Made the Nation. Wood, M. (ed.). London: Constable & Robinson, p. 183-192 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• 'At the top table': British elites’ perceptions of the UK’s international position, 1950-91

  Kandiah, M. & Staerck, G., 2013, (Accepted/In press) British Foreign Policy from Churchill to Blair: Essays in Honour of Saki Dockrill. London: Palgrave Macmillan, Vol. 2.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  • Elite 100%
  • Attempt 50%
  • Witness 50%
  • Second World War 50%
  • Priority 50%

• The impact of mass democracy on British political culture, 1918-1939

  Thane, P., 1 Jan 2013, The Aftermath of Suffrage: Women, Gender, and Politics in Britain, 1918-1945. Palgrave Macmillan, p. 54-69 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

  • Democracy 100%
  • Political Culture 100%
  • Labor 50%
  • War 25%
  • Politics 25%
  10 Citations (Scopus)
• 2011

  Voluntary Action in Britain since Beveridge

  Thane, P., 2011, Beveridge and Voluntary Action in Britain and the Wider British World . Oppenheimer, M. & Deakin, N. (eds.). Manchester: Manchester University Press, p. 121-134 14 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
• 2010

  Conclusion

  Thane, P. (Editor), 2010, Unequal Britain: equalities in Britain since 1945. Thane, P. (ed.). London: Continuum, p. 189-192 4 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Implementing and interpreting market-orientation in practice: lessons from the UK

  Mortimore, R. & Gill, M., 2010, Global Political Marketing. Lees-Marshment, J., Stromback, J. & Rudd, C. (eds.). London: Routledge

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Intergenerational Support in Families in Modern Britain

  Thane, P., 2010, Gender Inequalities, Households and the Production of Well-Being in Modern Europe. Addabbo, T., Arrizabalaga, M.-P. & Borderías, C. (eds.). Farnham: Ashgate Pub, p. 109-123 14 p. (Gender and Well-Being).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  3 Citations (Scopus)

• Introduction

  Thane, P. (Editor), 2010, Unequal Britain: equalities in Britain since 1945. Thane, P. (ed.). London: Continuum, p. 1-6 6 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Introduction

  Thane, P. & Breitenbach, E., 2010, Women and citizenship in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century: what difference did the vote make?. Thane, P. & Breitenbach, E. (eds.). London: Continuum, p. 1-10 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Older People and Inequality

  Thane, P. (Editor), 2010, Unequal Britain: equalities in Britain since 1945. Thane, P. (ed.). London: Continuum, p. 7-28 22 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• The History of Aging and Old Age in 'Western' Cultures

  Thane, P., 2010, A guide to humanistic studies in aging: what does it mean to grow old?. Cole, T. R., Ray, R. E. & Kastenbaum, R. (eds.). Baltimore, MD: Johns Hopkins University Press

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Women and political participation in England, 1918-1970

  Thane, P., 2010, Women and citizenship in Britain and Ireland in the twentieth century: what difference did the vote make?. Thane, P. & Breitenbach, E. (eds.). London: Continuum, p. 11-28 18 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  11 Citations (Scopus)
• 2009

  Old Age, Consumption and Change over Time

  Thane, P., 2009, Consumption and generational change: the rise of consumer lifestyles. Ekerdt, D. J., Higgs, P. & Rees Jones, I. (eds.). New Brunswick, N.J: Transaction Publishers, p. 81-92 12 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Private Bankers and Philanthropy: the City of London, 1880s-1920s

  Thane, P., 2009, The world of private banking. Cassis, Y. & Cottrell, P. (eds.). Farnham, England: Ashgate, p. 247-262 16 p. (Studies in banking and financial history).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

  2 Citations (Scopus)

• Women, Democracy and Social Rights in the Twentieth Century

  Thane, P., 2009, Democracy and social rights in the "two Wests". Kessler-Harris, A. & Vaudagna, M. (eds.). Torino: Otto editore, (Nova Americana in English).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

• Women and the Pensions System: the Case of Britain

  Thane, P., 2009, The politics of age: basic pension systems in a comparative and historical perspective. Petersen, J. H. & Petersen, K. (eds.). Frankfurt am Main: Peter Lang, p. 65-80 16 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter