Publications

The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland: Beyond Unionism and Nationalism ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Oxford University Press, 2024

with M. Braniff, T. Hennessey, J. McAuley, C. Rice and S. Whiting

Book DOI ↗ : 10.1093/9780191982699.001.0001 (opens in a new tab)

Britain Votes: The 2019 General Election

Oxford University Press, 2020

edited with Stuart Wilks-Heeg and Louise Thompson

Edited book

The Ulster Unionist Party: Country Before Party? ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Oxford University Press, 2019

with M. Braniff, T. Hennessey, J. McAuley and S. Whiting

Book DOI ↗ : 10.1093/oso/9780198794387.001.0001 (opens in a new tab)

Britain Votes 2017

Oxford University Press, 2018

edited with Cristina Leston-Bandeira and Stuart Wilks-Heeg

Edited book

Britain Votes 2015

Oxford University Press, 2015

edited with Andrew Geddes

Edited book

Comparative Peace Processes

Polity, 2014

American Library Association Choice Outstanding Academic Title for 2015.

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The Democratic Unionist Party: From Protest to Power ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Oxford University Press, 2014

with M. Braniff, T. Hennessey, J. McAuley and S. Whiting

Winner, Political Studies Association of Ireland Brian Farrell award for best book of 2014.

Book DOI ↗ : 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198705772.001.0001 (opens in a new tab)

Loyal to the Core? Orangeism and Britishness in Northern Ireland

Irish Academic Press, 2011

with James McAuley and Andrew Mycock

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Abandoning Historical Conflict? Former Political Prisoners and Reconciliation in Northern Ireland ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Manchester University Press, 2010

with Peter Shirlow, James McAuley and Catherine McGlynn

Winner, Political Studies Association of Ireland Brian Farrell Prize for the best book published in politics in 2010.

Book DOI ↗ : 10.7765/9781847793430 (opens in a new tab)

Britain Votes 2010

Oxford University Press, 2010

edited with Andrew Geddes

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Politics in Ireland: Convergence and Divergence in a Two-Polity Island ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Palgrave, 2009

with Maura Adshead

Book DOI ↗ : 10.1007/978-1-137-02032-1 (opens in a new tab)

Irish Protestant Identities

Manchester University Press, 2008

edited with Mervyn Busteed and Frank Neal

Edited book

Northern Ireland

Polity, 2006

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Britain Decides: The UK General Election 2005

Palgrave, 2005

edited with Andrew Geddes

Edited book

Sinn Féin and the SDLP: From Alienation to Participation

Hurst, 2005

with Gerard Murray

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The New Northern Irish Politics? ↗ (opens in a new tab)

Palgrave, 2005

Book DOI ↗ : 10.1007/978-1-137-10405-2 (opens in a new tab)

British Elections and Parties Review 13

Frank Cass, 2003

edited with Colin Rallings, Roger Scully and Paul Webb

Edited book

British Elections and Parties Review 12

Frank Cass, 2002

edited with Lyn Bennie, Colin Rallings and Paul Webb

Edited book

Labour's Second Landslide: The British General Election 2001

Manchester University Press, 2002

edited with Andrew Geddes

Edited book

Northern Ireland: Conflict and Change

Pearson, 2002

Second edition, 2002; first edition 1998, nominated for the W.J.M. Mackenzie Prize for the best book published in political science in 1998.

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British Elections and Parties Review 11

Frank Cass, 2001

edited with Lyn Bennie, David Denver and Lisa Harrison

Edited book

The New Civil Service

Baseline, 2000

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Labour's Landslide: The British General Election 1997

Manchester University Press, 1997

edited with Andrew Geddes

Edited book

Peace or War? Understanding the Peace Process in Northern Ireland

Ashgate, 1997

edited with Chris Gilligan

Edited book

The Devolved Nations ↗ (opens in a new tab)

in The British General Election of 2024, edited by R. Ford et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2025, 193–228

with A. Henderson, R. Wyn Jones and J. Larner

Book chapter DOI ↗ : 10.1007/978-3-031-95952-3_6 (opens in a new tab)

The Devolved Nations ↗ (opens in a new tab)

in The British General Election of 2019, edited by R. Ford et al., Palgrave Macmillan, 2021, 421–459

with A. Henderson and R. Awan-Scully

Book chapter DOI ↗ : 10.1007/978-3-030-74254-6_12 (opens in a new tab)

Northern Ireland

in Britain Votes 2019, edited by J. Tonge, L. Thompson and S. Wilks-Heeg, Oxford University Press, 2020

with J. Evans

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Understanding the Policy Drivers and Effects of Voting Age Reform ↗ (opens in a new tab)

in Lowering the Voting Age to 16, edited by J. Eichhorn and J. Bergh, Palgrave Macmillan, 2020, 43–63

with T. Loughran and A. Mycock

Book chapter DOI ↗ : 10.1007/978-3-030-32541-1_3 (opens in a new tab)

Northern Ireland: Double Triumph for the Democratic Unionist Party

in Britain Votes 2017, edited by J. Tonge, C. Leston-Bandeira and S. Wilks-Heeg, Oxford University Press, 2018

with J. Evans

Book chapter

Dynamics of change in political parties: an all-island perspective

in Dynamics of Political Change in Ireland, edited by N. Ó Dochartaigh, K. Hayward and E. Meehan, Routledge, 2017, 129–144

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Northern Ireland: Another Communal Headcount

in Britain Votes 2015, edited by A. Geddes and J. Tonge, Oxford University Press, 2015

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‘They haven’t gone away you know’. Irish Republican ‘dissidents’ and ‘armed struggle’

in Terrorism Studies: A Reader, edited by J. Horgan and K. Braddock, Routledge, 2012, 454–468

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An Enduring Tradition or the Last Gasp of Physical Force Republicanism? ‘Dissident’ Republican Violence in Northern Ireland

in Dissident Irish Republicanism, edited by P. Currie and M. Taylor, Continuum, 2011, 96–118

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Loyalism, Orangeism and Britishness: Contemporary Synergies and Tensions ↗ (opens in a new tab)

in Ulster Loyalism after the Good Friday Agreement, edited by J. McAuley and G. Spencer, Palgrave, 2011

with A. Mycock and J. McAuley

Book chapter DOI ↗ : 10.1057/9780230305830_10 (opens in a new tab)

Loyalists: from killing to commonsense

in The Anglo-Irish Agreement: Rethinking its Legacy, edited by A. Aughey and C. Gormley-Heenan, Manchester University Press, 2011, 109–126

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Continuity and Change in the Discourse of Republican Former Prisoners

in Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution, edited by K. Hayward and C. O’Donnell, Routledge, 2010, 126–142

with P. Shirlow and J. McAuley

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From VSNAs to Constitutional Politicians: Militarism and Politics in the Irish Republican Army

in Violent Non-State Actors in World Politics, edited by K. Mulaj, Hurst, 2010, 45–68

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Northern Ireland: Unionism loses more leaders

in Britain Votes 2010, edited by A. Geddes and J. Tonge, Oxford University Press, 2010, 158–175

with J. Evans

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The Old Order changeth – or not? Modern discourses within the Orange Order in Northern Ireland

in Political Discourse and Conflict Resolution, edited by K. Hayward and C. O’Donnell, Routledge, 2010, 109–125

with J. McAuley

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Did Blair Advance Social Democracy?

in Political Thought in Britain after Blair, edited by S. Griffiths and K. Hickson, Palgrave, 2009, 24–35

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New Pluralism or Old Ideological Certainties? Examining the Extent of Ideological Change among Republican and Loyalist Former Prisoners in Northern Ireland

in Political Ideology in Ireland from the Enlightenment to the Present, edited by O. Coquelin, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009, 283–298

with P. Shirlow and J. McAuley

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Still marching after all these years? Orange ideology and the culture war in Northern Ireland

in Political Ideology in Ireland from the Enlightenment to the Present, edited by O. Coquelin, Cambridge Scholars Press, 2009, 299–316

with James McAuley

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The impact of the peace process on republican paramilitaries

in The Northern Ireland Question: The Peace Process and the Belfast Agreement, edited by P. Roche and B. Barton, Palgrave Macmillan, 2009

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Commentary on ‘The Political Language of John Hume’ by Michael Cunningham

in Irish Political Studies Reader: Key Contributions, edited by C. McGrath and E. O’Malley, Routledge, 2008, 142–149

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From Sunningdale to the Good Friday Agreement: Creating Devolved Government in Northern Ireland

in The History of Anglo-Irish Relations: From the Treaty to the Present, edited by A. O’Day and N. Fleming, Ashgate, 2008

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From conflict to communal politics: the politics of peace in Northern Ireland

in Northern Ireland after the Troubles, edited by C. Coulter and M. Murray, Pluto, 2008, 49–72

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Nationalist Convergence? The Evolution of Sinn Féin and SDLP politics

in Transforming the Peace Process in Northern Ireland: From Terrorism to Democratic Politics, edited by A. Edwards and S. Bloomer, Irish Academic Press, 2008, 59–76

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The Contemporary Orange Order in Northern Ireland

in Irish Protestant Identities, edited by M. Busteed, J. Tonge and F. Neal, Manchester University Press, 2008, 289–302

Book chapter

The Legacy of Tony Blair

in The Blair Legacy: Politics, Policy, Governance and Foreign Affairs, edited by T. Casey, Palgrave Macmillan, 2008, 299–310

Book chapter

Nationalism and republicanism

in Devolution in Northern Ireland, edited by P. Carmichael, C. Knox and B. Osborne, Manchester University Press, 2007, 96–109

Book chapter

Northern Ireland

in Politics UK, edited by B. Jones, Pearson, 2007

6th edition 2007; 5th edition 2004; 4th edition 2001; 3rd edition 1998

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Parties and the Political Process

in A Farewell to Arms? From Long War to Long Peace in Northern Ireland, edited by M. Cox, A. Guelke and F. Stephen, Manchester University Press, 2006, 70–88

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Meltdown of the moderates or the redistribution of moderation? The election in Northern Ireland

in Britain Decides: The 2005 General Election, edited by A. Geddes and J. Tonge, Palgrave, 2005, 129–149

Book chapter

Politics in Northern Ireland

in Developments in British Politics 7, edited by R. Heffernan, P. Dunleavy and G. Peele, Palgrave, 2003, 181–202

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Northern Ireland: a different kind of election

in Labour’s Second Landslide: The British General Election 2001, edited by A. Geddes and J. Tonge, Manchester University Press, 2002, 219–236

Book chapter

Is politics still class based?

in Debates in British Politics Today, edited by B. Jones and L. Robins, Manchester University Press, 2000

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Economic and industrial policy

in Changing Party Policy in Britain, edited by R. Kelly, Blackwell, 1998

with Steven Fielding

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Local Authority Chief Executives: the British Case

in The Anonymous Leader: Appointed CEOs in Western Local Government, edited by K. Klausen and A. Magnier, Odense University Press, 1998

with Mike Goldsmith

Book chapter

Britain

in The New Politics of Unemployment: Radical Policy Initiatives in Western Europe, edited by H. Compston, Routledge, 1997

Book chapter

Northern Ireland: last chance for peace?

in Labour’s Landslide: The British General Election 1997, edited by A. Geddes and J. Tonge, Manchester University Press, 1997, 179–194

Book chapter

The Origins and Development of the Peace Process

in Peace or War? Understanding the Peace Process in Northern Ireland, edited by C. Gilligan and J. Tonge, Ashgate, 1997, 5–18

Book chapter

The Political Agenda of Sinn Féin: Change without Change?

in Contemporary Political Studies, edited by I. Hampsher-Monk and J. Stanyer, Political Studies Association, 1997

Book chapter

Barriers to full employment policies in Britain: Problems of ideology, institutions and substitutions

in Contemporary Political Studies, edited by I. Hampsher-Monk and J. Stanyer, Political Studies Association, 1996

Book chapter

The Future of Citizenship

in Failing Politics? A Response to The Governance of Britain Green Paper, edited by A. Russell and G. Stoker, Political Studies Association, 2009, 18–21

with A. Mycock

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