Conservatism and Unionism in the UK, 1968-1997

英国的保守主义和统一主义，1968-1997

• 批准号: AH/W010054/1
• 负责人: Paul Steven Corthorn
• 金额: $ 62.77万
• 依托单位: Queen's University Belfast
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Research Grant
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=AH%2FW010054%2F1
• 关键词: Conservatism; Unionism; UK; 1968; 1997

This project is a new collaboration between Paul Corthorn, the PI, who has an established research record in twentieth-century British Conservatism and Ulster Unionism, and Malcolm Petrie, the CI, an expert in twentieth-century Scottish politics and the development of Scottish Unionism after the Second World War. With the support of a Postdoctoral Research Assistant (PDRA), we will undertake comprehensive archival research in order to examine the evolving relationship between Conservatism and Unionism across the UK in the last three decades of the twentieth century. This was a critical juncture when a previously close relationship, forged amid the politics of the Irish Question in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, unravelled - with far-reaching implications for the survival of the Union today, which are the subject of political science and wider public debate. Aiming to produce a trade book for Oxford University Press so as to reach a wide academic and popular audience, the project team (the PI, CI and PDRA) will grapple with questions about the constitutional form that the Union should take, especially arguments over devolution, and the underpinnings of it, sometimes dubbed Britishness. We will draw on a rich archival base, including a significant number of hitherto un-used sources. Concentrating on political ideas, but placing them firmly in the context of party politics, we will investigate the impact of disputes over membership of the European Community/European Union and the advance of neoliberalism. We are particularly concerned to analyse the often overlooked effect of the end of the Cold War - not least because the relationship between Conservatism and Unionism in the mid-twentieth century was based, to a considerable extent, on a shared anti-socialist perspective.We have a clear strategy in place, with important project partnerships and building on existing relationships, to enable the public impact of our work. This includes: a live BBC radio show on the future of the Union that will become a podcast; newspaper articles; a recorded public talk; a History & Policy event, featuring a 'Witness Seminar' and producing a policy paper on the changing arguments in favour of the Union over the last fifty years; and an on-line resource for GCSE History teachers and pupils on Ulster Unionism in UK perspective.An International Advisory Board, comprising historians and political scientists at all career stages, will oversee the project and participate in two workshops and a conference, held at the sites of key archives in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The board's expertise, and varying perspectives, will therefore feed into discussions at important stages, helping to shape the research and outputs. Under the direction of the PDRA, the board's participation will also lead to a special issue of a major journal such as Contemporary British History that will focus on the 1990s.

这个项目是保罗·科索恩和马尔科姆·皮特里之间的新合作。保罗·科索恩在20世纪的英国保守主义和阿尔斯特统一主义方面有既定的研究记录，而国际情报局的马尔科姆·皮特里是20世纪苏格兰政治和二战后苏格兰联合主义发展的专家。在博士后研究助理(PDRA)的支持下，我们将进行全面的档案研究，以考察20世纪最后30年英国保守主义和联合主义之间不断演变的关系。这是一个关键时刻，在19世纪末和20世纪初爱尔兰问题的政治中建立的以前密切的关系解体了--对联盟今天的生存产生了深远的影响，这是政治学和更广泛的公共辩论的主题。为了为牛津大学出版社制作一本贸易书籍，以便接触到广泛的学术和受欢迎的受众，项目团队(PI、CI和PDRA)将努力解决关于联盟应该采取的宪法形式的问题，特别是关于权力下放的争论，以及它的基础，有时被称为英国。我们将利用丰富的档案基础，包括大量迄今未使用的资料。我们将专注于政治思想，但将它们牢牢地置于政党政治的背景下，调查关于欧洲共同体/欧盟成员国身份的争端和新自由主义的推进的影响。我们尤其关注分析冷战结束往往被忽视的影响--尤其是因为20世纪中期保守主义和联合主义之间的关系在相当程度上是建立在共同的反社会主义观点基础上的。我们制定了一项明确的战略，通过重要的项目伙伴关系并建立在现有关系的基础上，使我们的工作能够对公众产生影响。这包括：英国广播公司关于联合王国未来的现场广播节目，该节目将成为播客；报纸文章；录制的公开演讲；历史与政策活动，以‘证人研讨会’为特色，并就过去50年来支持联合王国的不断变化的论点制作一份政策文件；为普通中等教育证书历史教师和学生提供关于英国阿尔斯特联合主义的在线资源。由所有职业阶段的历史学家和政治学家组成的国际咨询委员会将监督该项目，并参加在苏格兰、威尔士和北爱尔兰的关键档案馆遗址举行的两次研讨会和一次会议。因此，董事会的专业知识和不同的观点将在重要阶段的讨论中发挥作用，帮助形成研究和成果。在PDRA的指导下，董事会的参与还将导致一份主要期刊的特刊，如当代英国历史，将重点放在20世纪90年代。