Dr Eric Shaw

Honorary Research Fellow

Politics University of Stirling, Stirling, FK9 4LA

Dr Eric Shaw

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About me

B.A., M.Phil., Ph.D., Senior Lecturer in Politics I was educated at the Universities of Sheffield, Leeds and Manchester. I joined Stirling University in 1990. Prior to that I worked at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University). Before becoming an academic, I was a researcher in the International Department of the Labour Party.  I have written five books on the Labour party (the last, with Gerry Hassan, entilted 'The Strange Death of Labour Scotland' published 2012) .  . In my spare time I read (mainly fiction and history), watch films, walk, cycle and listen to classical and rock music (Pink Floyd above all).

Research (1)

My main research interests are all aspects of the British Labour Party and the Scottish Labour party. I am at present working on a study of the ideology of the Labour party under the Miliband leadership.  

Projects

The Strange Death of Scottish Labour?
PI: Dr Eric Shaw
Funded by: The Carnegie Trust
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Outputs (37)

Outputs

Newspaper / Magazine

Labour leadership contest: where each of the five candidates sits on the political spectrum

Shaw E (2020) Labour leadership contest: where each of the five candidates sits on the political spectrum [Received wisdom amongst political scientists is that a major electoral defeat is the main propellent of change in a party’s leadership, programme and strategy. Underpinning this argument is the presumption that the self-evident, rational way to restore a party’s fortunes is to move to the middle ground.]. The Conversation. 15.01.2020.

Book Chapter

The Meaning of Modernisation: New Labour and public sector reform

Shaw E (2009) The Meaning of Modernisation: New Labour and public sector reform. In: Callaghan J, Fishman N, Jackson B & McIvor M (eds.) In Search of Social Democracy: Responses to crisis and modernisation. Manchester: Manchester University Press, pp. 147-167. http://www.manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk/cgi-bin/indexer?product=9780719079207

Book Chapter

The consumer and New Labour: the consumer as king?

Shaw E (2009) The consumer and New Labour: the consumer as king?. In: Simmons R, Powell M & Greener I (eds.) The Consumer in Public Services: Choice, values and difference. Bristol: Policy Press, pp. 19-38. http://www.policypress.co.uk/display.asp?K=9781847421807

Book Review

Over to You, Mr Brown

Shaw E (2009) Over to You, Mr Brown. Review of:
A. Giddens, Polity Press, 2007, 236pp, 978-0745642239.. Parliamentary Affairs, 62 (1), pp. 178-188. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsn042

Book Review

Gordon Brown, Past, Present and Future,

Shaw E (2009) Gordon Brown, Past, Present and Future,. Review of: Gordon Brown, Past, Present and Future, Francis Beckett, Haus Publishing, 2007, 222pp, ISBN 1905791143 978-1905791149. Parliamentary Affairs, 62 (1), pp. 178-188.

Book Review

Blair's Britain, 1997-2007

Shaw E (2009) Blair's Britain, 1997-2007. Review of: A. Seldon, (ed.) Blair’s Britain, 1997–2007, Cambridge University Press, 2007, 690pp.. Parliamentary Affairs, 62 (1), pp. 178-188.

Book Review

The Rebels: How Blair Mislaid his Majority; New Labour, 2nd ed; Dirty politics: New labour, British democracy and the invasion of Iraq

Shaw E (2008) The Rebels: How Blair Mislaid his Majority; New Labour, 2nd ed; Dirty politics: New labour, British democracy and the invasion of Iraq. Review of: P. Cowley, The Rebels: How Blair Mislaid his Majority, Politico's, 2005, 317 pp. ISBN 1-84275-127-1.. Parliamentary Affairs, 61 (3), pp. 550-557. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsn019

Book Review

Gordon Brown: Bard of Britishness - by Tom Nairn (with contributions from Leighton Andrews, David Melding, Vernon Bogdanor, Peter Stead, Charlotte Williams, David Gow, Neal Ascherson and Kevin Morgan)

Shaw E (2008) Gordon Brown: Bard of Britishness - by Tom Nairn (with contributions from Leighton Andrews, David Melding, Vernon Bogdanor, Peter Stead, Charlotte Williams, David Gow, Neal Ascherson and Kevin Morgan). Review of: Gordon Brown: Bard of Britishness, Tom Nairn (with contributions from Leighton Andrews, David Melding, Vernon Bogdanor, Peter Stead, Charlotte Williams, David Gow, Neal Ascherson and Kevin Morgan) Institute of Welsh Affairs, 2006, 91 pp. ISBN: 1904773168. Public Administration, 86 (2), pp. 594-596. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-9299.2008.00734_3.x

Book Chapter

New Labour and the Unions: The Death of Tigmoo?

Shaw E (2008) New Labour and the Unions: The Death of Tigmoo?. In: Beech M & Lee S (eds.) Ten Years of New Labour. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, pp. 120-135. http://www.palgrave.com/Products/TitlePrint.aspx?PID=283290

Book Review

T H Green and the development of ethical socialism,

Shaw E (2007) T H Green and the development of ethical socialism,. Review of: T H Green and the Development of Ethical Socialism, M. Carter. Exeter, Imprint Academic 2003, 223 pp. ISBN 0 907845 32 0. Parliamentary Affairs, 60 (2), pp. 363-369. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsm002

Book Review

Fightback! Labour's traditional right in the 1970s and 1980s

Shaw E (2007) Fightback! Labour's traditional right in the 1970s and 1980s. Review of: Fightback! Labour's Traditional Right in the 1970s and 1980s, D. Hayter. Manchester, MUP, 2005, 211 pp. ISBN-13: 978-0719072710. Parliamentary Affairs, 60 (2), pp. 363-369. https://doi.org/10.1093/pa/gsm002