Francis, Matthew
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Room: C106
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Tel: +44 (0) 115 846 7087
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Fax: +44 (0)115 951 4859
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Email: Matthew Francis
The Privatisation of Politics: Economic Liberalism and British Politics
My current research uses a conceptual approach to the study of political thought – an approach informed by the work of Reinhart Koselleck, Michael Freeden, and Pierre Rosanvallon – to explore the impact of economic liberalism on contemporary political ideologies. In particular, I am interested by the way in which concepts drawn from economic liberalism have been absorbed and adapted by other ideological traditions. Far from being distorted beyond all recognition (as is often assumed by analysts of ‘New’ Labour and Thatcherite Conservatism) these conceptual shifts often produce more subtle changes, modifying and/or building upon pre-existing ideological structures rather than tearing them down.
Professor Steven Fielding and Dr Andrew Denham
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The Centre for British Politics
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Liberalism(s)
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British political parties
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Elections and voter behaviour
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Political marketing
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The political ‘centre’
Publications
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‘“The Bland Leading The Bland”: Why Liberal Democrat Leadership Elections Are So Boring’ in Representation (forthcoming)
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‘From Style to Substance?: Electing the Liberal Democrat Leader’ at the 2009 EPOP Conference, University of Strathclyde, 29th August 2009
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‘The Morphology of Economic Liberalism: A Conceptual Analysis’ at the Conference on UK Political Ideologies, University of Liverpool, 16th July 2009