Dr Peter Lamb

Senior Lecturer in International Relations and International Policy & Diplomacy

I am the award leader for BA (Hons) International Relations.

I was educated at Staffordshire Polytechnic, the University of Manchester and Keele University. Before joining Staffordshire University in 2009 I taught Politics, International Relations and Philosophy at the Open University, Keele University, the University of Liverpool, Manchester Metropolitan University, the University of Manchester and Staffordshire University/Polytechnic.

PhD, Government, University of Manchester

MA (Econ), Government, University of Manchester

MSc, Information Technology, Keele University

HE PG Teaching Certificate, Keele University

BA (Hons), Modern Studies, Staffordshire Polytechnic

Member of:

British International Studies Association (BISA)

My main areas of expertise are in International Relations Theory and Political Philosophy.

I am mainly interested in Political Theory and International Relations Theory in the early to mid-twentieth century.

Books

Peter Lamb, Harold Laski: Problems of Democracy, the Sovereign State and International Society, New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
Peter Lamb and James C. Docherty, The A to Z of Socialism, Lanham, Scarecrow Press, 2009


Papers

Peter Lamb, “G.D.H. Cole and the General Will: A Socialist Reflects on Rousseau”, European Journal of Political Theory, 4.3, 2005, pp. 283-300
Peter Lamb and David Morrice, “Ideological Reconciliation in the Thought of Harold Laski and C.B. Macpherson”, Canadian Journal of Political Science, 35.4, 2002, pp. 795-810


Chapters in books

Peter Lamb, “Marx”, in M. Bevir (ed), Encyclopedia of Political Theory, Thousand Oaks, Sage, 2010.
Peter Lamb, “Introduction” to Harold Laski, Studies in Law and Politics, New Brunswick: Transaction Press, 2009.

Undergraduate teaching

• War, Peace and Terrorism
• Issues in World Politics
• Modern Political Ideas
• The USA and the World
• Concepts in International Relations
 
Postgraduate Teaching

• Contemporary International Relations Theory
• International Relations in the Twentieth Century
• Research Methods
• Dissertations