Lawson, George
Dr George Lawson
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Experience keywords:
democratisation; IR theory; transitions; revolutions; historical/international sociology
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Dr Lawson's theoretical work revolves around the synergies between historical sociology and international relations. He is the convenor of the BISA funded working group on Historical Sociology and IR (www.historical-sociology.org). Dr Lawson's empirical research focuses on processes of radical change including revolutions and democratisation.
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Countries and regions to which research relates:
South Africa; Eastern Europe; Central Europe; Latin America; Russia; Soviet Union; South America; Eastern Europe; Eastern Europe; Africa; Europe
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Languages: Spanish [Spoken: Intermediate, Written: Intermediate]; French [Spoken: Basic, Written: Basic]
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Media experience:
Has written for mainstream press; Radio; TV
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The following references are sourced from LSE Research Online|. References that are linked lead to the full text.
Kitchen, Nicholas and Dodge, Toby and Lawson, George and El-Issawi, Fatima and Stein, Ewan and Ulrichsen, Kristian Coates and Alaaldin, Ranj and Phillips, Christopher and Thiel, Tobias and Rafati, Naysan and Voller, Yaniv (2012) After the Arab Spring: power shift in the Middle East? LSE IDEAS, London School of Economics and Political Science, London, UK Colas, Alejandro and Lawson, George (2010) Fred Halliday: achievements, ambivalences and openings. Millennium - journal of international studies, 39 (2). pp. 235-258. ISSN 0305-8298 Lawson, George and Armbruster, Chris and Cox, Michael, (eds.) (2010) The global 1989 - continuity and change in world politics. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK. ISBN 9780521147910 Hobson, John and Lawson, George and Rosenberg, Justin (2010) Historical sociology. In: Denemark, Robert A., (ed.) The international studies encyclopaedia. Wiley-Blackwell / International Studies Association. ISBN 9781405152389 Lawson, George (2010) The eternal divide?: history and international relations. European journal of international relations, Online ISSN 1354-0661 Lawson, George and Shilliam, Robbie (2009) Beyond hypocrisy?: debating the `fact' and `value' of sovereignty in contemporary world politics. International politics, 46 (6). pp. 657-670. ISSN 1384-5748 Lawson, George (2008) A realistic utopia?: Nancy Fraser, cosmopolitanism and the making of a just world order. Political Studies, 56 (4). pp. 881-906. ISSN 0032-3217 Lawson, George (2008) For a public international relations. International Political Sociology, 2 (1). pp. 17-37. ISSN 1749-5679 Lawson, George and Hobson, John M. (2008) What is history in International Relations? Millennium: journal of international studies, 37 (2). pp. 415-435. ISSN 0305-8298 Lawson, George (2007) Historical sociology in international relations: open society, research programme and vocation. International politics, 44 (4). pp. 343-368. ISSN 1384-5748 Lawson, George (2006) The promise of historical sociology in international relations. International studies review, 8 (3). pp. 397-423. ISSN 1521-9488 Lawson, George (2006) Reform, rebellion, civil war, coup d'etat and revolution. In: DeFronzo, James, (ed.) Revolutionary Movements in World History: From 1750 to the Present. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, pp. 717-722. ISBN 9781851097937 Lawson, George (2006) Trends in revolution. In: DeFronzo, J., (ed.) Revolutionary movements in world history: from 1750 to the present. ABC-CLIO, Santa Barbara, pp. 876-881. ISBN 1851097937 Lawson, George (2006) A conversation with Michael Mann. Millennium: journal of international studies, 34 (2). pp. 477-485. ISSN 0305-8298 Lawson, George (2006) The social sources of life, the universe and everything: a Conversation with Michael Mann. Millennium: journal of international studies, 34 (2). pp. 487-508. ISSN 0305-8298 Lawson, George (2005) Rosenberg's ode to Bauer, Kinkel and Willich. International politics, 42 (3). pp. 381-389. ISSN 1384-5748 Lawson, George (2005) Negotiated revolutions: the Czech Republic, South Africa and Chile. Ashgate, Aldershot. ISBN 0754643271
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