Blog
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States and Markets: David Marquand's Contribution to Political Economy
On David Marquand's view that the familiar opposition between markets and states is false.
- Progressive Politics
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Good Chaps and Guardrails: Backstopping Democracy with a Reverse Salisbury Convention for the House of Lords
By providing guardrails and democratic backstops in advance of a crisis, we can provide ourselves with extra chances if all else fails.
- Constitution
- Parliament
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Donations to Candidates at Election Time: A Hidden Source of Mass Party Funding?
Are donations to political parties happening via the ‘back door’?
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
- Labour Party
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Sortition, Parties and Political Careerism
Are democracies producing a political class of careerists? If so, would parties choosing candidates from their membership by lottery help?
- Political Parties
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
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Restating the Obvious: A Case for Political and Critical Education
The ability to reason, challenge, and express — in speech and writing — is not a luxury. It is a civic necessity.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Progressive Politics
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David Marquand: A Political Assessment
Exploring David Marquand's early experience as a Labour MP, his participation in founding the Social Democratic Party and his subsequent return to Labour.
- Progressive Politics
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Talent Policy: Problems and Solutions
Current talent development practices are unfair and unscientific. What are the alternatives?
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Introduction to David Marquand’s Intellectual and Political Legacy
An overview of key themes emerging from our collection about the political and academic worlds of David Marquand.
- Progressive Politics
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Citizen Dafydd: David Marquand's Late Political Journey
David Marquand's development from being a democratic centralist to becoming a democratic republican.
- Progressive Politics
- Wales
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Poverty and the Labour Party
Does Keir Starmer really want to be remembered as the Labour prime minister who presided over an increase in child poverty?
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
- Labour Party