Alan Finlayson
Alan Finlayson | |
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| File:Alan Finlayson speaking at UEA.jpg | |
| Awards | Bernard Crick Prize for Best Piece 2014[2] |
| Academic background | |
| Alma mater | Trinity College, Cambridge (M.A.Cantab. Social and Political Sciences) Queen's University Belfast (Ph.D. Political Science) |
| Academic work | |
| Institutions | Queen's University Belfast (1992-1999) Swansea University (1999-2012) University of East Anglia (2012-present) |
| Main interests | Political science, Rhetoric |
| Notable works | Making Sense of New Labour[1] |
| Notable ideas | Rhetorical political analysis |
| Website | https://people.uea.ac.uk/a_finlayson |
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Rhetorical political analysis
[edit | edit source]Finlayson is a noted advocate of the development of Rhetorical political analysis within British political studies.[3] He promotes the close study of political speech and argument on the grounds that this is a way of understanding the history and development of political ideologies.[4] He is responsible for the website British Political Speech which archives political speeches and promotes the study of political oratory in the UK.[5] In 2015 his essay "Proving, Pleasing and Persuading? Rhetoric in Contemporary British Politics" was awarded the Bernard Crick Prize for the best article in the journal Political Quarterly.[6] In 2023 his article "YouTube and Political Ideologies: Technology, Populism and Rhetorical Form" was awarded the Harrison Prize from the Political Studies Association for the best article in the journal Political Studies.
Responsibilities
[edit | edit source]Finlayson was convenor of the Post-Structuralism and Radical Politics specialist group of the Political Studies Association from 1999 to 2009. He is currently Treasurer of the Rhetoric and Politics Specialist Group of the PSA, a member of the Rhetoric Society of America's Internationalization Task Force and of the steering group of the Rhetoric Society of Europe. He is also a Trustee of the Barry Amiel and Norman Melburn Trust.[7] and a Director of the left-wing publisher Lawrence and Wishart.
Selected bibliography
[edit | edit source]Media journal articles
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Academic journal articles
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- Atkins, J., Finlayson, A. (2013) ‘... A 40-Year-Old Black Man Made the Point to Me’: Everyday Knowledge and the Performance of Leadership in Contemporary British Politics in Political Studies 61. pp. 161–177.
- Finlayson, A. (2014) Proving, Pleasing and Persuading? Rhetoric in Contemporary British Politics in The Political Quarterly 85. pp. 428–436
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Alan Finlayson's Webpage at The University of East Anglia
- Profile at openDemocracy
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