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Details for Professor Mark Wickham-Jones
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| Name | Professor Mark Wickham-Jones | ||||||
| Job title | Professor of Political Science |
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| Department | School of Sociology, Politics and International Studies University of Bristol |
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| Qualifications | M.A.(Edin.), Ph.D.(Manc.) | ||||||
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| Membership of professional bodies | Political Studies Association American Political Science Association PSA Labour Movements Specialist Group |
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| Keywords | British politics New Labour economic policy electoral politics and General Election 2017 political party organisation Labour party foreign policy gender and public policy women's representation in parliament |
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| Areas of expertise | My expertise is based around Labour party politics over the last fifty or so years. My research concerns the party's economic policy in government and opposition, its electoral strategy and its organisation, especially the representation of women within Labour. I am also interested in Labour's foreign policy, its approach to welfare issues and the party's relationship with European social democrats and its attitude to the United States. I am concerned with the transition from Old Labour to New Labour, with New Labour's record and performance in office since 1997, and with the long term development of the party since 1945 in relation to that of other leftwing parties. I am also interested in British politics more generally, especially concerning questions of gender and public policy. |
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