Dr Andrew Crinesa.crines@hud.ac.uk | 01484 471889
I joined the Politics Team as a part time lecturer and researcher following the successful completion of my doctoral studies under the supervision of Professor Brendan Evans in January 2011. Since then I have co-organised with Dr Richard Hayton two academic conferences focused upon oratory in British party politics. Each of these conferences is in the process of being taken forward as edited collections through Manchester University Press.
I am also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and the Publicity Officer for the Political Studies Association Specialist Group for the Study of Conservative politics. I have presented a number of papers at a range of academic conferences at universities such as the University of Leeds, University of Hull, and the University of Manchester, amongst others.
Media enquiries: I am happy to field media enquiries in the areas of research expertise, with particular reference to rhetoric, oratory, and British party politics more broadly.
In terms of my research specialisms, these are political communication, ideologies, and Labour studies. My interests extend to include the rhetorical construction of national identities in the United Kingdom, the impact of Britain’s changing relationship with the European Union, and international relations more broadly defined.
I have outputs in leading academic journals such as British Politics, Politics, and Political Quarterly as well as Representation, Public Policy and Administration Research, and Britain Politics Review, amongst others. As well as editing two volumes for MUP, I am also writing a chapter for an edited collection with Palgrave.
I am also something of a prolific book reviewer for Political Studies Review and the LSE, and I am also the author of a monograph of my doctoral thesis entitled ‘Michael Foot and the Labour Leadership’, published through CSP.
Wolf, M., McIntosh, B. and Crines, A. (2013) ‘Will the Eurozone Survive the Crisis?’ Journal of Balkan and Near Eastern Studies . ISSN 1944-8953
Crines, A (2013) ‘Book review: Electing and Rejecting Party Leaders in Britain by Thomas Quinn, London: Palgrave Macmillan, 2012, ISBN 9780230219618’ Political Studies Review , 11 (2), p. 288. ISSN 1478-9299
Crines, A (2013) ‘The Rhetoric of the Coalition: Governing in the National Interest?’ Representation . ISSN 0034-4893
Crines, A (2013) We can increasingly see signs that the Coalition is following the same trajectory towards election failure as recent long-serving governments Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/archives/32608
Crines, A (2013) Book review: Whatever Happened To Tory Scotland? David Torrance, Edinburgh University Press, 2012 Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2013/02/22/book-review-whatever-happened-to-tory-scotland/
Crines, A (2013) ‘Book review: Political Communication in Britain: The Leaders Debates, the Campaign and the Media in the 2010 General Election. Dominic Wring, Roger Mortimore and Simon Atkinson (eds) (2011)’ Political Studies Review . ISSN 1478-9299
Crines, A (2012) ‘An Analysis of George Galloway's Oratorical and Rhetorical Impact’ Politics . ISSN 0263-3957
Crines, A. and Halsall, J. (2012) ‘Remoulding Welfare Britain: The Philosophy of the Big Society in Cameron’s Britain’ Public Policy and Administration Research , 2 (7). ISSN 2224-5731
Crines, A (2012) ‘How can oratory improve politics lectures?’. In: 5th Annual PSA and BISA Learning and Teaching Conference: Teaching Politics and International Relations in an age of austerity, 18th – 19th September 2012, Hull, UK
Crines, A (2012) The Conservatives in Coalition: “How the Tories are opposing Miliband’s Labour Party” Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/2012/07/17/tories-are-opposing-milibands-crines/
Crines, A (2012) Book review: Political Writing: A Guide to the Essentials. Adam Garfinkle. M.E. Sharpe. May 2012 Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/2012/07/22/book-review-political-writing-a-guide-to-the-essentials/
Crines, A (2012) ‘Book review: The Europeanisation of Whitehall: UK Central Government and the European Union - By Simon Bulmer and Martin Burch’ Political Studies Review , 10 (2), pp. 284-284. ISSN 1478-9299
Crines, A (2012) The rhetorical shift in Labour ideology could denote a return of socialist values to British politics Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/2012/05/25/labour-rhetoric-socialism-crines/
Crines, A (2012) ‘“All Things Indefensible, Our Leader Made Them All” The Logic, Emotion, and Credibility of British Political Satire in the 1980s’. In: Rhetoric in British Politics and Society Workshop, 4th May 2012, Manchester, UK
Crines, A (2012) The London Mayoral election will be won by the most effective orator – and this currently favours Boris Johnson Available at: http://blogs.lse.ac.uk/politicsandpolicy/2012/04/26/london-mayor-oratorical-analysis-crines/
Crines, A (2012) ‘Book review: Options for Britain II: Cross Cutting Policy Issues - Changes and Challenges - Edited by Varun Uberoi, Adam Coutts, David Halpern and Iain McLean’ Political Studies Review , 10 (2), pp. 286-287. ISSN 1478-9299
Crines, A. and Hayton, R. (2012) ‘‘Emotional, logical... credible?’ The Art of Labour Oratory ’. In: 62nd Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 3rd - 5th April 2012, Belfast
Crines, A (2012) ‘Rhetoric and the Advancement of Progressive Neoliberalism’. In: 62nd Political Studies Association Annual Conference, 3rd - 5th April 2012, Belfast
Crines, A (2012) ‘Book Review: Your Britain: Media and the Making of the Labour Party - By Laura Beers’ Political Studies Review , 10 (1), pp. 144-144. ISSN 1478-9299
Crines, A (2012) ‘Anglo-Irish relations, elite Conservative rhetoric and citizenship identities’ British Politics Review , 7 (1), p. 10. ISSN 1890-4505
Crines, A (2012) ‘Book review: Fighting Fascism: The British Left and the Rise of Fascism, 1919-39 - By Keith Hodgson’ Political Studies Review , 10 (1), pp. 145-145. ISSN 14789299
Crines, A (2011) Michael Foot and the Labour Leadership . : Cambridge Scholars Publishing . ISBN 9781443831598
Heppell, T. and Crines, A. (2011) ‘How Michael Foot Won the Labour Party Leadership’ The Political Quarterly , 82 (1), pp. 81-94. ISSN 0032-3179
Crines, A (2010) Michael Foot, The Role of Ideology and The Labour Leadership Elections of 1976 and 1980 Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield.
Heppell, T., Crines, A. and Nicholls, R. (2010) ‘Ideological alignments within the parliamentary Labour Party and the leadership election of 1976’ British Politics , 5 (1), pp. 65-91. ISSN 1746-918X
I have assisted in outreach programmes to promote greater engagement with local schools and higher education. This has included inviting high school students into the University for special seminars and events, thereby fostering greater relations.
I am acting as the Outreach Coordinator, liaising with schools and colleges to promote politics at Huddersfield.
I have delivered the following modules:
