Professor Barrie Axford

Emeritus Professor of Politics

School of Law and Social Sciences

Role

I am Professor of Politics and a member of the Centre for Global Politics, Economy and Society. I serve as a member of the International Editorial Boards of the journals Globalizations, Telematics and Informatics, The International Journal of Electronic Governance and Reinventions. I am a member of the Executive Committee of the Global Studies Association. Recent books include 'Theories of Globalization' (Polity, 2013) and 'Cultures and / of Gobalization' (CSP, 2011) edited with Richard Huggins; 'Mere Connection: the World-Making Power of New Media' for Routledge (2018), and the 3rd edition of 'Politics: An Introduction' also for Routledge, with Victoria Browne, Richard Huggins and Rico Isaacs (2019). I have recently co-edited a collection of research papers on "Ideology in the Age of Global Discontent" for Routledge (2018).

Currently I am working on a manuscript for Sage, "Postmodern Populism and the New Globalization", to be published in 2020. Collaborative projects on multiple modernities and global theory and globalization theory and populism are being pursued with Goethe University, Frankfurt am Main and a network of scholars across globe. Collaborative research at Oxford Brookes includes a workshop on "Digital Democracy in Britian", scheduled for June 14 2019.

Teaching and supervision

Undergraduate

I supervise a number of undergraduate Honours dissertation students and Masters dissertations.

Supervision

I am currently supervising 2 research students in the Department and am keen to encourage applications from promising and suitably qualified potential students. I would particularly welcome projects on aspects of globalization, and on new media and politics/governance.

Recent successful completions include:

Dr Catherine Mudime Akale: Gendered Politics and the Secondary Status of Female Bureaucrats in Cameroonian Governing Institutions.
Dr Jane Booth: The Transformation of Professional Practices in Post-Communist Poland: Observing the Dynamics of Globalisation
Dr Oli Ahmad, Bir Bikram: Revolution, Military Personnel and the War of Liberation in Bangladesh.
Dr John Crabtree: The Peruvian Party System: 1980-2007
Dr Duncan Green: Active Citizens and Effective States
Vikki Gordon (M.phil): National Security Directives: Unilaterally Shaping U.S. National Security Policy
Dr. Alex Finnen: The Role of the International Community in post-conflict reconstruction in the South East Balkans
Dr. David Hughes: American exceptionalism
Dr. Abilene Pitt: The World Bank and Global Governance

Current students include:

Muejgan Oegan: Education and nation-building in Africa
Kian Pourkemani: Self Determination and non-consensual secession

Research Students

Name	Thesis title	Completed
Dr Kian Pourkermani	Non-consensual secession and the Law of Nations	2019

Research

Groups

Space and Temporalities

Publications

Journal articles

Axford B, 'Mastery Without Remainder: Connection, Digital Mediatization and the Constitution of Emergent Globalities'
Protosociology 33 (2017) pp.186-210

ISSN: 1611-1281
Abstract Published here
Axford B, 'Macro-lite: Ways to Understand Europe-Making in the Global Era'
Journal of Contemporary European Studies 23 (2) (2015) pp.176-192

ISSN: 1478-2804 eISSN: 1478-2790
Abstract Published here
Axford B, 'Talk about a revolution: social media and the MENA uprising'
Globalizations 8 (5) (2011) pp.681-686

ISSN: 1474-7731 eISSN: 1474-774X
Abstract Published here
Curtis S, Axford B, Blair A, Gibson C, Huggins R, Sherrington P, 'Making short politics placements work'
Politics 29 (1) (2009) pp.62-70

ISSN: 0263-3957 eISSN: 1467-9256
Abstract Published here
Sherrington P, Axford B, Blair A, Curtis S, Huggins R, Gibson C, 'Research-led placements in politics: a new approach?'
European Political Science 7 (2008) pp.175-185

ISSN: 1680-4333
Abstract Published here
Axford B, 'Editorial: Borders and networks in the global system'
Globalizations 4 (3) (2007) pp.321 - 326

ISSN: 1474-7731 eISSN: 1474-774X
Published here
Axford B, 'Global civil society or "networked globality": Beyond the territorialist and societalist paradigm '
Globalizations 1 (2) (2004) pp.249 - 264

ISSN: 1474-7731 eISSN: 1474-774X
Abstract
Axford B, 'Enacting globalization: Transnational networks and the deterritorialization of social relationships in the global system '
Protosociology 15 (2001) pp.119-147

ISSN: 1611-1281
Axford B, Huggins R, 'Anti-politics Or the Triumph of Postmodern Populism in Promotional Cultures?'
Javnost - The Public 4 (1997) pp.5-25

ISSN: 1318-3222 eISSN: 1854-8377

Books

Axford B, Browne V, Huggins R, Isaacs R, Politics: An Introduction (3rd ed.), Routledge (2018)

ISBN: 9780415571906 eISBN: 9781315629346
Abstract
The eagerly awaited third edition of this highly respected and user-friendly text for introductory courses has been thoroughly updated to reflect the world today. Politics: An Introduction provides stimulating coverage of topics essential to the understanding of contemporary politics. It offers students necessary guidance on ways of studying and understanding politics, and illustration of the many different sites at which politics is construed and conducted. Ideal for students taking combined degrees at introductory level in politics and the social sciences, it emphasises the individual and social dimension of politics and covers theories and concepts in an accessible way. Fundamentally, it helps students see the political, and its relevance, in their lives.
- a revised introduction considering ‘what is politics’ and how we understand and approach its study
- clear and well-organised coverage of political theory, political behaviour, institutions and the policy process
- carefully crafted in-text chapter features such as ‘consider this’ thought-provoking scenarios, ‘think points’, keyword definitions, chapter summaries, and exercises designed to enliven and extend the learning experience
- stimulating, up-to-date examples and case studies from across the globe, such as ‘fake news’, online activism, the rise of populism, culture wars, ‘fertility tourism’ in India, hydropower in Cambodia, free speech in France, and personality politics in Turkmenistan
- detailed consideration of democratisation, authoritarian regimes, direct democracy, gender critical perspectives, minority rights, global capitalism, social movements, radical political change, post-secularism, and challenges and changes brought by social media.
Politics: An Introduction is a broad-ranging, accessible, and essential guide for all students studying, or beginning to study, politics.
Published here Open Access on RADAR
Axford B, The World-Making Power of New Media: Mere Connection?, Routledge (2017)

ISBN: 9780415743655 eISBN: 9781317801894
Abstract Published here
Axford B, Theories of Globalization, Polity Press (2013)

ISBN: 9780745634753
Axford B, The global system: economics, politics and culture, Polity press (1995)

ISBN: 9780745604725
Abstract

Book chapters

Axford B, '(Postmodern) Populism as a trope for Contested Glocality' in Rossi I (ed.), New Frontiers of Globalization Research: Theories, Processes and Perspectives from the Global North and South, Springer (2020)

ISBN: 9783030440572 eISBN: 9783030440589
Abstract Published here Open Access on RADAR
Axford B, 'Connectivity and Consciousness: How Globalities are Constituted through Communication Flows' in Robertson R, Buhari-Gulmez D (ed.), Global Culture: Consciousness and Connectivity, Ashgate (2016)

ISBN: 978-1-4724-2349-8 eISBN: 978-14724-2350-4
Axford B, 'The Multiple Modernities Debates as a Prospectus for Global Scholarship: More Opportunities Than Dead-Ends?' in Preyer G Sussman M (ed.), Varieties of Multiple Modernities: New Research Design, Brill (2016)

ISBN: 978-90-04-30651-6 eISBN: 978-90-04-30761-4
Published here
Axford B, 'Non-State Actors and Globalisation: a Paradigm for a Decentred World?' in Noortmann M, Reinisch A, Ryngaert C (ed.), Non-State Actors in International Law, Hart (2015)

ISBN: 9781849465113 eISBN: 9781509901869
Axford B, 'The trends and tendencies of global integration' in Moellendorf D, Widdows H (ed.), The Routledge Handbook of Global Ethics, Routledge (2015)

ISBN: 9781844656370 eISBN: 9781315744520
Axford B, 'Connectivity' in The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Globalization, John Wiley and Sons Ltd (2012)

ISBN: 9781405188241
Axford B, 'Mere connection: do communication flows compensate for the absence of world society?' in Selbstbeobachtung der modernen Gesellschaft und die neuen Grenzen des Sozialen, Springer (2012)

ISBN: 978-3-531-19690-9 eISBN: 978-3-531-19691-6
Abstract Published here
Axford B, 'Networks' in The Wiley-Blackwell encyclopedia of globalization, John Wiley and Sons Ltd (2012)

ISBN: 9781405188241
Axford B, 'Network Europe and information society' in The Sage Handbook of European Studies, Sage Publications (2009)

ISBN: 9781412933957
Abstract
Axford B, 'Critical globalization studies and a network perspective on global civil society' in Critical globalization studies, Routledge (2005)

ISBN: 9780415949620
Abstract
Axford B, 'Globalization and the prospects for cosmopolitan society' in Which global village? Societies, cultures, and political-economic systems in a euro-atlantic perspective, Praeger Publishers (2002)

ISBN: 9780275973902 eISBN: 2.75973905E8
Abstract
Axford B, Huggins R, 'Towards a post-national polity: the emergence of the network society in Europe' in Whose Europe? The turn towards democracy, John Wiley and Sons Ltd (1999)

ISBN: 9780631219187 eISBN: 6.31219188E8

Reviews

AXFORD B, review of Dirty Politics - Deception, Distraction, and Democracy - Jamieson,kh
15 (1993) pp.507-510
AXFORD B, review of Promoting Racial Harmony - Banton,m
34 (1986) pp.490-490
AXFORD B, review of The Politics of Race of Britain - Laytonhenry,z
33 (1985) pp.322-322
AXFORD B, review of Race in Britain - Continuity and Change - Husbands,c
32 (1984) pp.128-128
AXFORD B, review of The Empire Strikes Back - Race and Racism in 70s Britain - Univ-birmingham-ctr-contemporary-culture-studies
32 (1984) pp.128-128

Other publications

AXFORD B, MADGWICK P, TURNER J, 'Image Management, Stunts and Dirty Tricks - the Marketing of Political Brands in Television Campaigns', (1992)

Conference papers

Axford B, 'Globalization and the Prospects for Cosmopolitan Society'
(2004) pp.229-246
Reviews
AXFORD B, review of Dirty Politics - Deception, Distraction, and Democracy - Jamieson,kh, in 15 (1993) pp.507-510
AXFORD B, review of Promoting Racial Harmony - Banton,m, in 34 (1986) pp.490-490
AXFORD B, review of The Politics of Race of Britain - Laytonhenry,z, in 33 (1985) pp.322-322
AXFORD B, review of Race in Britain - Continuity and Change - Husbands,c, in 32 (1984) pp.128-128
AXFORD B, review of The Empire Strikes Back - Race and Racism in 70s Britain - Univ-birmingham-ctr-contemporary-culture-studies, in 32 (1984) pp.128-128

Professional information

Memberships of professional bodies

Member/sometime member of the Global Studies Association, the Political Studies Association of the UK, the International Political Science Association, the European Consortium for Communications Research, The Centre for Euro-Atlantic Studies (Genoa) and the Centre for European research (Brookes). I am also a member of the State and Society research group within GPES at Brookes.

Conferences

Trends in Global Integration: keynote address to the Biennial Conference of the Glsgow Economic Forum; Glasgow March 10-12 2018
Multipolarity: a Critique: as aprt of the panel of Distinguihed Critics discussion of the idea of global multipolriaty, World Congress of Sociology, Toronto, JUly 10-17 2018.
State Capture: Elites and Legality in the developing world. Conference organised by the Centre for Global Politics Economy and Society, October 7 2015.
"Mere Connection?: Digital media and insurrectionary and usual politics' To the Workshop on Bridiging Divides: Rethinking Ideology in the Age of Protests. Oxford Brookes , April 14 2014
"What is Global Studies, and why do we need it?" to the Faculty and students of the Department of International Relations, METU, Ankara, April 29, 2014
"Questioning the idea of Global Citizenship". to the conference on 3rd Transatlantic Dialogue: , Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, June 5, 2014.
On February 18 2014, my book Theories of Globalization (Polity 2013) was the subject of a roundtable meeting sponsored by the Global Studies Association
Co-convenor (with Dr John Roberts and Dr Sanjay Sharma , Brunel) of the workshop on "Databases and Surveillance: Are we all Big Brother Now". Oxford Brookes, December 13 2013.
Mere connection: the prospects for Digital Global Society, public lecture at the Institute of Humanities, Historical and Social Research, Manchester Metropolitan University, November 18, 2013

Further details

1970-73: Tutor/Lecturer in Political Science Stanford University (CA), Overseas Studies Programme
1973- 5: Lecturer in Politics, Southampton University (UK)
1975- Lecturer, Senior, Lecturer, Professor, Oxford Polytechnic/Brookes University