Goldsmiths - University of London

Mr Patrick Baker

Biographical Information

• BA Hons, Contemporary European Studies, Polytechnic of North London, 1989
• MA, Modern European Studies, University of North London, 1997

Courses taught at Goldsmiths:

• Introduction to European Politics
• Comparative European Politics

Research interests

• Completing PhD at Queen Mary: ‘Democratisation and Revolution in Iberia 1974-85’: a comparative oral history of the Spanish and Portuguese workers movements during the transition to democracy.
• Future projects: to research the role of New Social Movements and Anti-Globalisation movements in democratic transitions worldwide.

Selected publications

• ‘Spain – the Elections, the Bombing and the Left’, Socialist Resistance, London, April 2004
• ‘The Spanish Anti-War Movement’, Socialist Resistance, London, March 2003
• ‘The Spanish Transition to Democracy’, Socialist History Society Special Edition, September 2000 (at: www.socialisthistorysociety.co.uk)
• ‘Conflict in Spain’s United Left’, Labour Focus on Europe no.59, pp 95-101, Spring 1998.