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Growthmanship in the Twenty-First Century
Both main parties are giving high priority to increasing the growth rate. But does past experience suggest this is a sensible strategy?
- Work & Trade Unions
- Labour Party
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Introduction: Scottish Politics After Sturgeon
Where stands Scottish politics? It's a question with significant implications.
- Scotland
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London’s ULEZ: Where Next for Curbing Emissions?
ULEZ was a phoney war: a small scheme with a marginal financial impact became the ground for a bigger battle.
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Elections and Democracy in Turkey: Reconsidering Competitive Authoritarianism in the Age of Democratic Backsliding
What were the underlying dynamics that sealed the fate of Turkey’s 2023 elections?
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
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From Donald Dewar to Humza Yousaf: The Role of Scotland's First Ministers and the Importance of Political Leadership
The changing nature of political leadership and the interplay between institutional factors, public opinion and the role of the individual political actors.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Scotland
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From ‘I Think’ to ‘I Feel’
To what extent does the ‘mood’ of a nation resemble and differ from the notion of ‘public opinion’?
- Elections & Campaigning
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Diary of an SNP First Minister: A Chronopolitics of Proximity and Priorities
A content analysis of Nicola Sturgeon's first ministerial diaries in the final two years of her leadership.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Scotland
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The Power of Unintended Consequences: Strategic Naïvety, China and the End of the US Empire
Despite the best of intentions, US policy towards China has left its global empire in seemingly terminal decline.
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From Gerontocracy to Gerontonomia: The Politics of Economic Stagnation in Ageing Democracies
What happens when the socioeconomic needs of the elderly, namely good pensions, and low inflation, are prioritised?
- Political Parties
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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The Antinomies of Insurgency: The Case of the Scottish National Party
The SNP is experiencing its greatest crisis in five decades. Why?
- Scotland
