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Citizenship information: a national survey of the citizenship information needs of the general public. (1999)
Book Chapter
MARCELLA, R. and BAXTER, G. 1999. Citizenship information: a national survey of the citizenship information needs of the general public. In: Bohme, S. and Spiller, D. (eds.) Perspectives of public library use 2: a compendium of survey information. Loughborough: Library and Information Statistics Unit (LISU) [online], pages 231-236. Available from: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/microsites/infosci/lisu/downloads/PPLU2.pdf

A relatively rare example of research originating from the LIS sector which ranges more widely than libraries. The survey examines the kinds of information that a sample of citizens have sought – and might in future seek – from public institutions. T... Read More about Citizenship information: a national survey of the citizenship information needs of the general public..

Motherhood and poverty in eighteenth-century Aberdeen. (1999)
Book Chapter
DIACK, L. 1999. Motherhood and poverty in eighteenth-century Aberdeen. In Brotherstone, T., Simonton, D. and Walsh, O. (eds.) Gendering Scottish history: an international approach. Glasgow: Cruithne Press, chapter 12, pages 172-185.

"The direction of the food, cloaths and other necessaries for the persons of children falls to the mother's share during at least their state of infancy if not during all their childhood and frequently longer, in which one ought principally to consid... Read More about Motherhood and poverty in eighteenth-century Aberdeen..

The evolution of the European regulation of asylum: from Geneva to Amsterdam. (1999)
Book Chapter
LYONS, C. 1999. The evolution of the European regulation of asylum: from Geneva to Amsterdam. In Harding, C. and Lim, C.L. (eds.) Renegotiating Westphalia: essays and commentary on the European and conceptual foundations of modern international law. Developments in international law, 34. The Hague: Kluwer Law International, chapter 9, pages 257-272.

This chapter examines the emergence of "new asylum" in Europe to 1997. New policy (safe countries of origin), new laws (re-admission treaties) and new language (e.g. the concept of "manifestly unfounded" claims) are found to now govern the management... Read More about The evolution of the European regulation of asylum: from Geneva to Amsterdam..

European Union information in public libraries in the United Kingdom. (1999)
Book Chapter
MARCELLA, R., BAXTER, G. and PARKER, S. 1999. European Union information in public libraries in the United Kingdom. In: Bohme, S. and Spiller, D. (eds.) Perspectives of public library use 2: a compendium of survey information. [online]. Loughborough: Library and Information Statistics Unit (LISU) [online], pages 225-230. Available from: https://www.lboro.ac.uk/microsites/infosci/lisu/downloads/PPLU2.pdf

This report presents some of the key findings of a research project, funded by the British Library Research and Innovation Centre, which investigated the provision of European Union information in UK public libraries. The project focused, in particul... Read More about European Union information in public libraries in the United Kingdom..

The politics of alterity and exclusion in the European Union. (1998)
Book Chapter
LYONS, C. 1998. The politics of alterity and exclusion in the European Union. In Fitzpatrick, P. and Bergeron J.H. (eds.) Europe's other: European law between modernity and postmodernity. Aldershot: Ashgate Publishing [online], chapter 8, pages 157-176. Available from: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429444265-9

The notion of the human face of Europe merits evocation after almost 50 years of planned integration. What face does Europe now present or represent? A selective and inaccurate representation of the integrated European might be a white, prosperous an... Read More about The politics of alterity and exclusion in the European Union..

Citizenship in the constitution of the European Union: rhetoric or reality? (1996)
Book Chapter
LYONS, C. 1996. Citizenship in the constitution of the European Union: rhetoric or reality? In Bellamy, R. (ed.) Constitutionalism, democracy and sovereignty: American and European perspectives. Aldershot: Avebury, pages 96-110.

This paper will explore the nature of European Union citizenship in the context of the constitutionalisation1 of the EC/EU. The concept was formally introduced by the Treaty on European Union (TEU) and presents many problems in its current state. Und... Read More about Citizenship in the constitution of the European Union: rhetoric or reality?.