Emma Bell
- Langages, Littératures, Sociétés, Études Transfrontalières et Internationales (LLSETI)
- Triangle : action, discours, pensée politique et économique (TRIANGLE)
Présentation
After completing an LLB Law with French degree at the University of Birmingham in 2000, Emma moved to France where she started teaching at Lyon II University. In 2003, she began work on a PhD on New Labour's penal policy (defended in 2008). A reworked version of this thesis was published in English as Criminal Justice and Neoliberalism (Palgrave, 2011). Emma was appointed as a senior lecturer at the University of Savoie in 2009 where she began working on other manifestations of authoritarianism in the British State, notably in welfare policy, demonstrating how neoliberalism has constrained rather than advanced the freedom of ordinary citizens. She published Soft Power and Freedom under the Coalition in 2015 (Palgrave), the year she also defended her habilitation. She was appointed as a Full Professor in 2016. Most recently, she has been working on challenges to state authoritarianism and the rise of national populism. She is particularly interested in how positive placeism might be advanced through local democratic praxis and commoning.
Publications
Publications
Envisioning AbolitionBristol University Press, pp.400, 2025, 978-1529234770 |
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Commons, Citizenship and Power : Reclaiming the MarginsBristol University Press ; Policy Press, pp.246, 2025, 978-1447371151. ⟨10.2307/jj.15899287⟩ |
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Soft Power and Freedom under the CoalitionPalgrave Macmillan, pp.142, 2015, 978-1-137-50577-4. ⟨10.1057/9781137505781⟩ |
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Criminal Justice and NeoliberalismPalgrave Macmillan, pp.252, 2011, 978-1-349-32160-5. ⟨10.1057/9780230299504⟩ |
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Le pouvoir politique et sa représentation : Royaume-Uni, États-UnisAtlande, pp.445, 2011, Collection Clefs Concours, 978-2-35030-132-7 |
Reclaiming Place from the MarginsBarbera, Filippo; Bell, Emma. Commons, Citizenship and Power: Reclaiming the Margins, Bristol University Press, Policy Press, pp.1-14, 2025, ⟨10.2307/jj.15899287⟩ |
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Citizenship Beyond the Nation State : Reclaiming Place through Radical DemocracyBarbera, Filippo; Bell, Emma. Commons, Citizenship and Power : Reclaiming the Margins, 71-89, Bristol University Press, Policy Press, 2025, ⟨10.2307/jj.15899287.9⟩ |
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I rifugiati ucraini in un ‘ambiente istile’: il Regno UnitoDagnes, Joselle; Demata, Massimiliano. La solidarietà discreta : l'accoglienza dei rifugiati ucraini in Italia e in Europa, Donzelli Editore, pp.121-142, 2024 |
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« Du libéralisme à l’autoritarisme : la trajectoire étrange du populisme pénal 2010-2020 »Dalingwater, Louise et Porion, Stéphane. Le parti conservateur britannique au pouvoir 2010-2020, Septentrion, pp.247-272., 2023 |
« Protéger l’individu des délits haineux en Angleterre : La politique de Janus dans un climat hostile aux minorités »Florence Serrano. Analyser et traduire les concepts juridiques dans leurs cultures en Europe, Presses universitaires Savoie Mont Blanc, pp.77-92., 2022 |
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The Populist Slur: Delegitimising Popular GrievancesThe Faces of Contemporary Populism in Western Europe and the US, Springer International Publishing; Springer International Publishing, pp.43-60, 2021, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-53889-7_3⟩ |
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The Slow Retreat of Neoliberalism in Contemporary Britain?Dawes, Simon; Lenormand, Marc. Neoliberalism in Context, Springer International Publishing, pp.19-38, 2020, ⟨10.1007/978-3-030-26017-0_2⟩ |
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The Scottish State and the Tartanisation of Penal PoliticsBerton, Jean; Findlay, Bill. Le Crime, le châtiment et les écossais, Presses universitaires de Franche-Comté, pp.331-347, 2019, ⟨10.4000/books.pufc.38630⟩ |
Juvenile (In)justice in the European UnionBarry Goldson (dir.). Juvenile Justice in Europe : Past, Present and Future, Routledge, 2018, 9781138721319. ⟨10.4324/9781315194493⟩ |
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The Right to Remain Silent : English Policing and the Culture of SecrecyPortier-Le Cocq, Fabienne. Secrets & Lies in the United Kingdom : Analysis of Political Corruption, Westphalia Press, 2017, 163391593X |
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The Antisociality of Anti-social Behaviour PolicyPickard, Sarah. Anti-social Behaviour in Britain, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp.225-236, 2014, ⟨10.1057/9781137399311_19⟩ |
Crime et châtiment : l’exceptionnalisme britannique ?Emmanuelle Avril (dir.); Pauline Schnapper (dir.). Le Royaume-Uni au XXIe siècle : mutations d’un modèle, Éd. Ophrys, pp.268-274, 2014, 978-2-7080-1378-0 |
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The Penal System in England and WalesRuggiero, Vincenzo; Ryan, Mick. Punishment in Europe, Palgrave Macmillan UK, pp.58-85, 2013, ⟨10.1057/9781137028211_4⟩ |
The prison paradox in neoliberal BritainScott, David. Why Prison, Cambridge University Press, pp.44-64, 2013, 978-1107030749. ⟨10.1017/CBO9781139344258.005⟩ |
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Punishment as Politics: The Penal System in England and WalesVincenzo Ruggiero (dir.); Mick Ryan (dir.). Punishment in Europe : A Critical Anatomy of Penal Systems, Palgrave Macmillan, pp.58-85, 2013, 978-1137572424. ⟨10.1057/9781137028211⟩ |
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Neoliberal Crime Policy: Who Profits ?Georgoulas, Stratos. The Politics of Criminology: Critical studies on deviance and social control, Lit Verlag, 2012, 978-3643901866 |
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Neoliberal Crime Policy : Who Profits ?Georgoulas, Stratos (dir.). The Politics of Criminology, Lit Verlag, pp.63-76, 2012, 978-3643901866 |
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Understand a Little More, Condemn a Little Less: The beginning of a new era for youth justice in the UK?Pickard, Sarah; Nativel, Corinne; Portier-Le Cocq, Fabienne. Les politiques de la jeunesse au Royaume-Uni et en France, Presses Sorbonne Nouvelle, 2012, ⟨10.4000/books.psn.6917⟩ |
‘Defund the Police’ UK: Mobilising against institutional racism in a hostile environmentcolloque international Black Lives Matter: Political and artistic mobilization against systemic racism in the US and the UK, Laboratoire EMMA, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier 3, May 2024, Montpellier, France |
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The British Conservative Party’s Drift to the Right: Taking on the ‘deep state’journée d'études sur les théories du complot, Université Lyon 3, Mar 2023, Lyon, France. pp.en ligne |
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Responding to Identity Politics: Thinking beyond the cultural divideIdentity Divide(s) in Post-Brexit Britain, Mar 2023, Toulon, France. pp.31-53 |
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Reimagining the State under Corbyn: Constructing a new ideological paradigm?séminaire Constructions des idéologies IDEA (Interdisciplinarité Dans les Etudes Anglophones), IDEA (Interdisciplinarité Dans les Etudes Anglophones), Université de Lorraine, Jun 2023, Nancy, France |
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Filling the Voids – The Janus Face of Populism in Marginal AreasTerritories and Identities: A critical perspective on belonging, Department of Social and Political Sciences, Scuola Normale Superiore (SNS). Palazzo Strozzi, Piazza Strozzi – 50123, Florence, Italy, Nov 2023, Florence (IT), Italy |
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« Countering Authoritarian Populism through Democratic Praxis »50th annual conference of the European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control: Dynamics of harm and social control in the transformation of capitalism, European Group for the Study of Deviance and Social Control, Sep 2022, Turin, Italy |
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Against Penal Populism: Democratising the penal sphereNew Challenges for the Criminal Justice System, Miguel Hernández University of Elche, Dec 2022, Elche, France |
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Seizing the Populist Moment : Towards a new penal politicscongrès annuel de l’American Society of Criminology, American Society of Criminology, Nov 2019, San Francisco, United States. pp.1077-1092 |
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Rethinking Power: Responding to the crisis of neoliberal hegemony?State of Crisis, State in Crisis: British Democracy in a time of change and challenges, 1997-2020, Sorbonne Nouvelle (CREW), Mar 2021, Paris, France |
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Re-imagining the State under CorbynThe Dilemmas of Labour Under Corbyn, EHESS (CESPRA) et Sorbonne Nouvelle (CREW), Jun 2021, Paris, France |
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Developing a coherent political narrative under Starmer : Anchoring values in ideologyThe UK Labour Party’s Ideology in the Starmer Era, Political Studies Association Labour Movements Specialist Group, Mile End Institute London, Jul 2021, London, United Kingdom |
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Le populisme et le défi de la "fake democracyDémocratie libérale et liberté d’expression : le défi populiste ?, LLSETI, Université Savoie Mont Blanc, Jan 2020, Chambéry, France |
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Brexit : Towards a Neoliberal Utopia ?Journée d'études sur le Brexit, Université de Poitiers, Nov 2019, Poitiers, France. pp.45-66 |
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A new direction for penal politics? Putting the popular back into populismSocial justice and criminal justice, Rebecca Roberts and Will McMahon, Jul 2007, Londres, United Kingdom |