Topic · Irish and British Studies
Most cited papers in Irish and British Studies
What are the most cited papers in Irish and British Studies?
The most cited paper in Irish and British Studies is "Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism" (James D. Sidaway, 1995), with 1,981 citations. Next come "English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980" (1,285) and "NEW LABOUR, NEW LANGUAGE?" (1,091).
Showing 50 of 99 papers. Every paper with more than 126 citations is listed.
| # | Paper | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Imagined communities: Reflections on the origin and spread of nationalism James D. Sidaway · Journal of Rural Studies | 1995 | 1,981 |
| 2 | English Culture and the Decline of the Industrial Spirit, 1850-1980 Janet Oppenheim Minihan, Martin J. Wiener · The American Historical Review | Feb 1982 | 1,285 |
| 3 | NEW LABOUR, NEW LANGUAGE? Norman L. Fairclough | 4 Jan 2002 | 1,091 |
| 4 | The Construction of Nationhood: Ethnicity, Religion and Nationalism John M. Lonsdale, Adrian Hastings · Journal of Religion in Africa | Feb 2000 | 679 |
| 5 | Critical geopolitics: the politics of writing global space James D. Sidaway · International Affairs | Oct 1997 | 603 |
| 6 | New Labour’s citizens: activated, empowered, responsibilized, abandoned? John Clarke · Critical Social Policy | 14 Oct 2005 | 469 |
| 7 | Local Governance under the Coalition Government: Austerity, Localism and the ‘Big Society’ Vivien Lowndes, Lawrence Pratchett · Local Government Studies | 19 Dec 2011 | 441 |
| 8 | Ireland, 1912-1985: Politics and Society. Virginia E. Glandon, Joseph J. Lee · The American Historical Review | Dec 1991 | 376 |
| 9 | The King versus Aleck Bourne Caroline M De Costa · The Medical Journal of Australia | Aug 2009 | 375 |
| 10 | Who Protests in Greece? Mass Opposition to Austerity Wolfgang Rüdig, Georgios Karyotis · British Journal of Political Science | 12 Jun 2013 | 339 |
| 11 | Local Autonomy, Local Democracy and the ‘New Localism’ Lawrence Pratchett · Political Studies | 28 May 2004 | 337 |
| 12 | Introduction: intimacy‐geopolitics and violence Rachel E. Pain, Lynn A. Staeheli · Area | 17 Nov 2014 | 328 |
| 13 | Bonding and Bridging Social Capital: Reflections from Belfast Madeleine Leonard · Sociology | Dec 2004 | 316 |
| 14 | Virtuous War: Mapping the Military-Industrial-Media-Entertainment Network John Garofano · Political Science Quarterly | 2002 | 307 |
| 15 | CITIZENSHIP AND THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITY Elizabeth M. Meehan · The Political Quarterly | Apr 1993 | 301 |
| 16 | Uncommon Ground: Indivisible Territory and the Politics of Legitimacy Stacie E. Goddard · International Organization | 2006 | 291 |
| 17 | Religion and ethnicity: Dual and alternative sources of identity among young British Pakistanis Jessica L. Jacobson · Ethnic and Racial Studies | Apr 1997 | 284 |
| 18 | “MARIA EDGEWORTH: A LITERARY BIOGRAPHY” Marilyn Butler · Notes and Queries | Mar 1975 | 277 |
| 19 | ‘Systematizing’ constitutional deliberation: the 2016–18 citizens’ assembly in Ireland David M. Farrell, Jane Suiter, Clodagh Harris · Irish Political Studies | Nov 2018 | 263 |
| 20 | Civil Society and the Public Sphere Craig Jackson Calhoun · Public Culture | May 1993 | 263 |
| 21 | Proximity by design? Affective citizenship and the management of unease Anne‐Marie Fortier · Citizenship Studies | Feb 2010 | 255 |
| 22 | Collaborative Planning in an Uncollaborative World Ralf Brand, Frank Gaffikin · Planning Theory | Nov 2007 | 254 |
| 23 | Extremist Outbidding in Ethnic Party Systems is Not Inevitable: Tribune Parties in Northern Ireland Paul L. Mitchell, Geoffrey Evans, Brendan O’Leary · Political Studies | 23 Dec 2008 | 250 |
| 24 | From state feminism to market feminism? Johanna Kantola, Judith Squires · International Political Science Review | 13 Apr 2012 | 248 |
| 25 | The Third Space as Critical Engagement Paul Routledge · Antipode | Oct 1996 | 248 |
| 26 | The Development and Persistence of Ethnic Voting Raymond E. Wolfinger · American Political Science Review | Dec 1965 | 246 |
| 27 | Intimate war Rachel E. Pain · Political Geography | 11 Oct 2014 | 241 |
| 28 | THE “FEUDAL REVOLUTION” Thomas N. Bisson · Past & Present | 1994 | 239 |
| 29 | personal nationalism: a Scottish view of some rites, rights, and wrongs Anthony P. Cohen · American Ethnologist | Nov 1996 | 238 |
| 30 | Women as Agents of Political Violence: Gendering Security Miranda Alison · Security Dialogue | Dec 2004 | 237 |
| 31 | LITERACY AND SOCIAL MOBILITY IN THE INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION IN ENGLAND Michael G. Sanderson · Past & Present | 1972 | 236 |
| 32 | Which People's War? National Identity and Citizenship in Wartime Britain 1939–1945 Tammy M. Proctor · History Reviews of New Books | 2004 | 233 |
| 33 | The Flexible Developmental State: Globalization, Information Technology, and the “Celtic Tiger” Seán Ó Riain · Politics & Society | Jun 2000 | 233 |
| 34 | Auditing culture Eleonora Belfiore · International Journal of Cultural Policy | Jul 2004 | 229 |
| 35 | ‘It’s not about race. It’s about the community’: New Labour and ‘community cohesion’ Claire Worley · Critical Social Policy | 14 Oct 2005 | 226 |
| 36 | Local governance under the Conservatives: super-austerity, devolution and the ‘smarter state’ Vivien Lowndes, Alison Gardner · Local Government Studies | 29 Feb 2016 | 212 |
| 37 | A Failed Institutional Transplant: Raiffeisen′s Credit Cooperatives in Ireland, 1894-1914 Timothy W. Guinnane · Explorations in Economic History | 1994 | 205 |
| 38 | The nation-state and violence Brian A. Porter · International Affairs | 1986 | 202 |
| 39 | Introduction: What Is Reenactment? Vanessa Agnew · Criticism | 2004 | 202 |
| 40 | New ethnic and national questions in Scotland: post-British identities among Glasgow Pakistani teenagers Amir Saeed, Neil Blain, Douglas Forbes · Ethnic and Racial Studies | 1999 | 189 |
| 41 | Minority Ethnic Media As Communities Of Practice: Professionalism and Identity Politics in Interaction Charles Husband · Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies | May 2005 | 185 |
| 42 | From urban social movements to urban movements: a review and introduction to a symposium on urban movements Chris G. Pickvance · International Journal of Urban and Regional Research | Mar 2003 | 185 |
| 43 | From Marketisation To Diplomacy: It's the Mix that Matters Raw Rhodes · Australian Journal of Public Administration | Jun 1997 | 184 |
| 44 | THE PRESENT AND THE PAST IN THE ENGLISH INDUSTRIAL REVOLUTION 1880–1980 David Cannadine · Past & Present | 1984 | 182 |
| 45 | Two traditions in unionist political culture Jennifer Todd · Irish Political Studies | 1987 | 182 |
| 46 | Would autocracies promote autocracy? A political economy perspective on regime-type export in regional neighbourhoods Julia Bader, Jörn Grävingholt, Antje Kästner · Contemporary Politics | Mar 2010 | 182 |
| 47 | Brexit and Empire: ‘Global Britain’ and the Myth of Imperial Nostalgia Robert A. Saunders · The Journal of Imperial & Commonwealth History | Nov 2020 | 180 |
| 48 | The Politics of Antagonism: Understanding Northern Ireland, by Brenda O'Leary and John McGarry John E. Finn · Political Science Quarterly | 1994 | 180 |
| 49 | Easter, 1916: The Irish Rebellion Alan O’Day · The English Historical Review | Jun 2007 | 173 |
| 50 | The Many Faces of Universal Basic Income Jürgen De Wispelaere, Lindsay James Stirton · The Political Quarterly | Jul 2004 | 172 |
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