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Prof David Howarth

Emeritus Professor
Department of Government
Prof David Howarth
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Biography

David Howarth is a Professor in the Department of Government and Co-Director of the Centre for Ideology and Discourse Analysis at the 糖心Vlog. He is first and foremost a political theorist, whose main interests are poststructuralist theories of society and politics, focusing especially on the empirical study of political ideologies and discourses; the theoretical relationship between space, time and the political; and the intersections between identity, difference and subjectivity. He has written and co-written four research monographs, edited and co-edited five volumes of papers, penned more than 30 academic journal articles, and published over 40 essays and chapters in edited collections. His recent research has been published in academic journals such as Environment and Planning C, Political Geography, Political Studies, Journal of Environment, Policy, and Planning, and the Journal of Urban Affairs, as well as a series of book chapters in edited collections.

Qualifications

  • 1990-5 PhD, 糖心Vlog.

  • 1986-90 MA, University of Natal. By research.

  • 1987-8 MA, 糖心Vlog. Ideology and Discourse Analysis. 糖心Vlog,

  • 1984-5 BA (Hons), University of Natal. Politics. Distinction.

Teaching and supervision

Previous supervision

Scott David Huntly
Scott David Huntly
Thesis title: A Crisis of Faith: The Political Discourse of Evangelicalism After Trump
Degree subject: Ideology and Discourse Analysis
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 28/4/2025
Keyu Chen
Keyu Chen
Degree subject: Government (Ideology and Discourse Analysis)
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 2/10/2024
Rachel Joy Bosler
Rachel Joy Bosler
Thesis title: Between Fear and Freedom: Understanding the Relationship Between Securitization and the Disavowal of Social and Ecological Interdependency
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 12/8/2024
Craig Michael Love
Craig Michael Love
Thesis title: Myths of the Nation: A Discursive-Genealogical Investigation of Scottish Nationalism
Degree subject: Ideology and Discourse Analysis
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 31/5/2024
Julius Fabian Schneider
Julius Fabian Schneider
Thesis title: Old Ghosts, New Enigmas: The Rise of the Far-Right in Germany
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 17/5/2023
Karin Ohno
Karin Ohno
Thesis title: Patriarchal Discomfort? The Representation of Women in the British Armed Forces in Civil and Military Discourses
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 8/12/2022
Watcharapol Supajakwattana
Watcharapol Supajakwattana
Thesis title: The Politics of Local Disaster Management in Thailand: A Poststructuralist Discourse Analysis of Earthquake Governance in the Upper Northern Region
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 23/3/2022
Ryan Flitcroft
Ryan Flitcroft
Thesis title: Populism in the Uk: A Critical Analysis of the Discursive Logics of the UK Independence Party.
Degree subject: Ideology and Discourse Analysis
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/12/2021
Carmen Jimena Vazquez Garcia
Carmen Jimena Vazquez Garcia
Thesis title: Rethinking Foucault鈥橲 Care of the Self: Critique and (Political) Subjectivity in the Digital.
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/12/2021
Ricardo Osbaldo Torres
Ricardo Osbaldo Torres
Thesis title: The End of Power: An Argument Concerning the Conceptual Obsolescence of Power in Contemporary Political Science and an Introduction to Dimensionless Power
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 14/10/2021
Attasit Sittidumrong
Attasit Sittidumrong
Thesis title: Freedom as the Way of Life: Power, Truth-Telling, and the Politics of Michel Foucault's Critical Philosophy
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 11/5/2021
Joash Elisha Stephen Tapiheru
Joash Elisha Stephen Tapiheru
Thesis title: The Concept of Coercion in Chantal Mouffe鈥橲 Theory of Agonism: Theoretical Reflections and Empirical Applications to Local Politics in the UK
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 2/2/2021
Konstantinos Roussos
Konstantinos Roussos
Thesis title: Collective Action and the Production of Alternatives in the Crisis-Ridden European South: Understanding the Politics of Commoning and Solidarity Through the Greek Experience.
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 10/12/2020
Noof Rashid ME Al-Dosari
Noof Rashid ME Al-Dosari
Thesis title: Gulf Cooperation Council (Gcc) Foreign Policy Discourse: Iranian Threat, Gulf Crisis and the Question of Khalijism
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 28/7/2020
Thomas Jacobs
Thomas Jacobs
Degree subject: Occasional Study: Government Research
Degree type: Occasional Postgraduate Study
Awarded date: 12/1/2020
Peter John Josse
Peter John Josse
Thesis title: Popular Sovereignty Without Populism: Democracy, Autonomy, and Citizen Endorsement
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 24/4/2019
Lijun Meng
Lijun Meng
Degree subject: Occasional Study: Government Research
Degree type: Occasional Postgraduate Study
Awarded date: 3/10/2018
Karthick Ram Manoharan
Karthick Ram Manoharan
Thesis title: 'to Explain the Other to Myself': Fanon, Ramasamy and Identity Politics
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 18/12/2015
Luis Gabriel Rojas Castro
Luis Gabriel Rojas Castro
Thesis title: Towards a Radical Politics Without Ressentiment: Problematizing the Intensification and Proliferation of Violence in Mexico
Degree subject: Ideology and Discourse Analysis
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 30/9/2015
William Midzi
William Midzi
Thesis title: A Discursive Analysis of the Hiv/Aids Policy in South Africa: Explaining Policy Shifts
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 19/6/2015
Savvas Voutyras
Savvas Voutyras
Thesis title: Ideological Manifestations of National Identity in Greece, 1992-2013: Loss, Ressentiment, Blocked Mourning
Degree subject: Ideology and Discourse Analysis
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 9/6/2015
Christos Pallas
Christos Pallas
Thesis title: The Politics of Hospitality: Racism, Security and Migration in Contemporary Greece, 1990-2012
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 4/7/2014
Graham Walker
Graham Walker
Thesis title: Power Energy and Environment: Ideology in UK Nuclear Energy Policy
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 6/6/2014
Adam John Wright
Adam John Wright
Thesis title: Contested Images of the School: A Post-Marxist Analysis of Education Policy Under the New Labour Government and the Divergent Approaches to its Implementation in English Secondary Schools.
Degree subject: Government
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 15/10/2013
Khairil Izamin Bin Ahmad
Khairil Izamin Bin Ahmad
Thesis title: Exploring Pluralism: Secularism and Liberalism in the United Kingdom
Degree subject: Political Theory
Degree type: Doctor of Philosophy
Awarded date: 19/7/2013
Ilhan Mahir Kalaylioglu
Ilhan Mahir Kalaylioglu
Degree subject: Occasional Study: Government Research
Degree type: Occasional Postgraduate Study
Awarded date: 22/7/2011

Publications

Journal articles (40)

Howarth, D. and Roussos, K., (2023). . The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 25 (2), 311-327

Howarth, D., Barnett, N., Griggs, S. and Hall, S., (2022). . Local Government Studies. 48 (5), 907-928

Howarth, D., Brotoa, VC., Guarneros-Meza, V., Griggs, S. and Durrant, D., (2022). Infrastructures, processes of insertion and the everyday: towards a new dialogue in critical policy studies. Critical Policy Studies. 16 (1), 121-130

Howarth, D., Standring, A. and Huntly, S., (2021). . International Journal of Drug Policy. 93, 102965-102965

Glynos, J., Howarth, D., Flitcroft, R., Love, C., Roussos, K. and Vazquez, J., (2021). . Journal of Language and Politics. 20 (1), 62-78

Griggs, S., Howarth, D. and Feandeiro, A., (2020). . Journal of Urban Affairs. 42 (1), 91-108

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2020). . Town Planning Review. 91 (4), 415-436

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2019). . Journal of Environmental Policy and Planning. 21 (5), 464-478

Tafon, R., Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2019). . Environment and Planning C: Politics and Space. 37 (1), 157-176

Howarth, DR., Barnett, N. and Griggs, S., (2019). . Political Studies. 67 (3), 775-794

Howarth, DR., (2018). . Critical Discourse Studies. 15 (4), 377-389

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2018). . Political Quarterly. 89 (3), 434-445

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2018). . Political Quarterly. 89 (3), 427-433

Griggs, S., Hall, S., Howarth, D. and Seigneuret, N., (2017). . Political Geography. 59, 36-46

Howarth, D. and Norval, AJ., (2016). Demands, articulation and radical democracy. Contemporary Political Theory. 15 (3), 306-312

Howarth, D., Glynos, J. and Griggs, S., (2016). . Critical Policy Studies. 10 (1), 99-104

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2013). . The Political Quarterly. 84 (4), 515-526

Benvenuto, S., Howarth, D. and Norval, AJ., (2012). On Populist Reason by Ernesto Laclau. Iride (3), 633-646

Budd, L., Griggs, S., Howarth, D. and Ison, S., (2011). . Mobilities. 6 (1), 31-40

Howarth, D., (2011). . Political Theology. 12 (2), 210-225

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2011). Discourse and practice: using the power of well being. Evidence & Policy. 7 (2), 213-226

Howarth, D., (2009). . Critical Policy Studies. 3 (3-4), 309-335

Howarth, DR., (2008). . The British Journal of Politics and International Relations. 10 (2), 171-193

Glynos, J. and Howarth, D., (2008). . Swiss Journal of Sociology. 34 (1), 5-35

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2008). . Planning Theory. 7 (2), 123-144

Glynos, J. and Howarth, D., (2008). . Political Studies Review. 6 (2), 155-169

Howarth, D., (2006). . Alternatives: Global, Local, Political. 31 (2), 105-134

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2006). . Policy and Society. 25 (2), 23-46

Howarth, D., (2006). The method of articulation. Nederlandse Geografische Studies (344), 23-42

Howarth, D., (2004). . Anthropological Theory. 4 (2), 229-247

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2004). . Journal of Political Ideologies. 9 (2), 181-201

Howarth, D., (2003). . Political Studies. 51 (2), 436-440

Howarth, D., (2002). . Political Studies. 50 (1), 117-135

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2002). . Mobilization. 7 (1), 43-58

Howarth, D., (2002). . South African Historical Journal. 46 (1), 250-274

Howarth, D., Griggs, S. and Jacobs, B., (1998). . Parliamentary Affairs. 51 (3), 358-369

Howarth, D., (1997). . Journal of Political Ideologies. 2 (1), 51-78

Howarth, D. and Norval, AJ., (1996). Editorial introduction: Politics, ethics, identity reconsidering the political. Angelaki. 1 (3), 5-11

Howarth, D., (1996). Reflections on the politics of space and time. Angelaki. 1 (1), 43-57

Howarth, D., (1991). Reflections on Ernesto Laclau'snew reflections on the revolution of our time. Politikon. 19 (1), 120-133

Books (13)

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2023). CONTESTING AVIATION EXPANSION: Depoliticisation, Technologies of Government and Post-Aviation Futures. Policy Press. 1447344286. 9781447344285

Davies, JS., Blanco, I., Bua, A., Chorianopoulos, I., Cortina-Oriol, M., Feandeiro, A., Gaynor, N., Gleeson, B., Griggs, S., Hamel, P., Henderson, H., Howarth, D., Keil, R., Pill, M., Salazar, Y. and Sullivan, H., (2022). New developments in urban governance: Rethinking collaboration in the age of austerity. 1529205824. 9781529205824

Howarth, D., (2014). . Routledge Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-87087-0

Budd, L., Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2014). . Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 978-1-78190-595-1

Howarth, DR., (2013). Poststructuralism and After. Palgrave Macmillan UK. 9781349443215

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2013). . Manchester University Press. 9780719076138

Howarth, D., (2013). . Palgrave Macmillan. 9781137266972

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2013). The politics of airport expansion in the United Kingdom. Manchester University Press. 9780719076138

Glynos, J. and Howarth, D., (2007). . Routledge. 9780415404280

Howarth, D. and Torfing, J., (2004). . Palgrave Macmillan. 9780333968437

Howarth, D., (2000). . Open University Press. 9780335200719

Howarth, D., Norval, A. and Stavrakakis, Y., (2000). . Manchester University Press. 0719056640. 9780719056642

Howarth, D. and Norval, AJ., (1998). . Palgrave Macmillan. 9780333671566

Book chapters (37)

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2022). Discourse theory. In: Handbook on Theories of Governance. 309- 322

Glynos, J. and Howarth, D., (2019). . In: Discourse, Culture and Organization: Inquiries into Relational Structures of Power. Editors: Marttila, T., . Palgrave MacMillan. 105- 125. 9783319941226

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2019). The Airports Commission, Depoliticisation and the Third Runway at Heathrow Airport. In: Comparing Strategies of (De)Politicisation in Europe. Springer International Publishing. 79- 102. 9783319642352

Bua, A., Davies, J., Blanco, I., Chorianopoulos, I., Cortina-Oriol, M., Feandeiro, A., Gaynor, N., Griggs, S., Howarth, D. and Salazar, Y., (2018). The urban governance of austerity in Europe. In: The Routledge Handbook of International Local Government. Routledge. 280- 295

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2016). . In: Handbook of Research Methods and Applications in Political Science. Editors: Keman, H. and Woldendorp, JJ., . Edward Elgar. 400- 418. 978 1 78471 081 1

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2016). . In: Handbook on Theories of Governance. Editors: Ansell, C. and Torfing, J., . Edward Elgar. 293- 307. 9781782548492

Howarth, D., (2015). . In: Antonio Gramsci. Editors: McNally, M., . Palgrave Macmillan. 195- 213. 9781137334176

Howarth, D., (2015). . In: Routledge Handbook of Interpretive Political Science. Editors: Bevir, M. and Rhodes, RAW., . Taylor & Francis Group. 126- 140. 978-0-415-65714-3

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2015). Poststructuralist discourse theory and critical policy studies: interests, identities and policy change. In: Handbook of Critical Policy Studies. Edward Elgar Publishing. 111- 127. 9781783472345

Howarth, D., (2014). . In: The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. Editors: Gibbons, M., . Wiley-Blackwell. 9781405191296

Howarth, D., (2014). . In: The SAGE Encyclopedia of Action Research. Editors: Coghlan, D. and Brydon-Miller, M., . Sage. 274- 277. 9781849200271

Howarth, D., (2014). . In: Ernesto Laclau: Post-Marxism, Populism, and Critique. Editors: Howarth, D., . Routledge Taylor & Francis. 978-0-415-87087-0

Norval, AJ. and Howarth, D., (2014). . In: The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. Editors: Gibbons, M., Coole, D., Ellis, E. and Ferguson, K., . John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 978-1-4051-9129-6

Howarth, D., (2014). . In: Ernesto Laclau: Post-Marxism, Populism, and Critique. Editors: Howarth, D., . Routledge Taylor & Francis Group. 978-0-415-87087-0

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2014). . In: Handbook on Political Citizenship and Social Movements. Editors: van der Heijden, H., . Edward Elgar. 279- 307. 1 78195 469 0. 978 1 78195 469 0

Budd, L., Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2014). . In: Sustainable Aviation Futures. Editors: Budd, L., Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., . Emerald Group Publishing Limited. 3- 35. 978-1-78190-595-1

Howarth, D., (2014). . In: The Encyclopedia of Political Thought. Editors: Gibbons, M., . Wiley-Blackwell. 9781405191296

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2012). . In: Real Social Science. Editors: Landman, T., Flyvbjerg, B. and Schram, S., . Cambridge University Press. 167- 203. 0521168201. 9780521168205

Lloyd, M., (2009). 'Hate, loathing and political theory: thinking with and against William Connolly'. In: Democracy and Pluralism: The political thought of William E. Connolly. Editors: Finlayson, A., . Routledge. 114- 128. 9780415473507

Howarth, DR., (2009). Pluralizing methods: Contingency, ethics, and critical explanation. In: Democracy and Pluralism the Political Thought of William E Connolly. 20- 45

(2008). Political Language and Metaphor. In: Political Language and Metaphor Interpreting and Changing the World. Editors: Carver, T. and Pikalo, J., . Routledge. 197- 211

(2007). Democratic Network Governance in Europe. In: Democratic Network Governance in Europe. Editors: Marcussen, M. and Torfing, J., . Palgrave Macmillan UK. 66- 88. 9781349544691

Howarth, D., (2006). . In: Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists. Editors: Scott, J., . Routledge. 200- 204. 0415352568

Howarth, D., (2006). . In: Fifty Key Sociologists: The Contemporary Theorists. Editors: Scott, J., . Routledge. 159- 161. 978-0-415-35256-7

(2005). Discourse Theory in European Politics. In: Discourse Theory in European Politics Identity Policy and Governance. Editors: Howarth, D. and Torfing, J., . Palgrave Macmillan UK. 316- 349. 9781403917195

Howarth, D., (2005). . In: Populism and the Mirror of Democracy. Editors: Panizza, F., . Verso. 202- 223. 978-1859844892

Howarth, D., (2004). . In: Discourse Theory in European Politics. Editors: Howarth, D. and Torfing, J., . Palgrave Macmillan. 316- 350. 9780333968437

Howarth, D., (2004). . In: Laclau: A Critical Reader. Editors: Critchley, S. and Marchart, O., . Routledge. 256- 276. 0415238439

Glynos, J. and Stavrakakis, Y., (2004). . In: Laclau: A Critical Reader. Editors: Critchley, S. and Marchart, O., . Routledge. 201- 216. 0415238439

Howarth, D. and Griggs, S., (2002). . In: Politics and Post-structuralism: An Introduction. Editors: Finlayson, A. and Valentine, J., . Edinburgh University Press. 97- 112. 0748612963

Howarth, D., (2002). . In: The Euro: European Integration Theory and Economic and Monetary Union. Editors: Verdun, A., . Rowman & Littlefield. 179- 201

Howarth, D. and Stavrakakis, Y., (2000). . In: Discourse Theory and Political Analysis: Identities, Hegemonies and Social Change. Editors: Howarth, D., Norval, AJ. and Stavrakakis, Y., . Manchester University Press. 978-0719056642

Griggs, S. and Howarth, D., (2000). . In: Discourse Theory and Political Analysis: Identities, Hegemonies and Social Change. Editors: Howarth, D., Norval, AJ. and Stavrakakis, Y., . Manchester University Press. 978-0719056642

Howarth, D., (2000). . In: Discourse Theory and Political Analysis: Identities, Hegemonies and Social Change. Editors: Howarth, D., Norval, AJ. and Stavrakakis, Y., . Manchester University Press. 978-0719056642

Howarth, D. and Norval, AJ., (1998). . In: South Africa in transition: New theoretical perspectives. Editors: Howarth, D. and Norval, AJ., . Palgrave Macmillan. 9780333671566

Howarth, D., (1998). . In: South Africa in transition: New theoretical perspectives. Editors: Howarth, D. and Norval, AJ., . Palgrave Macmillan. 9780333671566

Howarth, D., (1998). . In: Research Strategies in the Social Sciences: A Guide to New Approaches. Editors: Scarbrough, E. and Tanenbaum, E., . Oxford University Press. 268- 293. 978-0-19-829238-8

Reports and Papers (2)

Warren, R., Howarth, D. and Ana, D., Bradwell B Exit Polling Research Report

Glynos, J., Howarth, D., Norval, AJ. and Speed, E., (2009).

Grants and funding

2014

Collaborative Governance in Cities under Austerity: An Eight-case Comparative Study

Economic & Social Research Council

2010

The prospects for sustainable aviation in the UK

Economic & Social Research Council

Contact

davidh@essex.ac.uk

Location:

5.014, Colchester Campus

Academic support hours:

Monday, 9-11am

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