- Centre for the Study of Democracy
About me
Dr Patrick Burke is Senior Lecturer in Politics at the University of Westminster. He was educated at the universities of Bristol, London, and Westminster. He received his doctorate from the University of Westminster in 2005 for the thesis 'European Nuclear Disarmment. A Study of Transnational Social Movement Strategy'.
He currently teaches on undergraduate courses in comparative politics, including a first-year (Level 4) module of which he is module leader, 'The Politics of Migration' (4PIRS007W); a third-year (Level 6) module, which he also leads, 'The Politics of Protest' (6PIRS017W); the second-year (Level 5) module 'Power and the State' (5PIRS014W); and the first year module 'Political Ideas in Action' (5PIRS010W). He also supervises undergraduate dissertations.
Patrick Burke's research interests include social movements in post-WWII Western and East Central Europe, and the British Left in the Cold War.
Teaching
Patrick Burke has taught in Politics and International Relations at the University of Westminster since 1994. At the University of Westminster he has taught in the following areas:
- Comparative Politics
- Immigration
- Social Movements
- German Politics
- British Politics
- Territorial Politics
- Politics and the Media
- Political Ideologies and Concepts
- International Relations
- Foreign Policy-Making
- Public Policy.
Research
Dr Burke is currently working on an extended essay on EP Thompson's writings about the nuclear arms race and the Cold War in the 1980s.
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.