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Careful What you Wish for? Risk and Reward with Scottish Tax Devolution
Debates on fiscal devolution typically focus upon the rewards, but as the case of Scottish tax devolution shows, the risks are real and require careful management.
- Devolution
- Scotland
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Review: Tangled in Terror. Uprooting Islamophobia, by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan
Naomi Wimborne-Idrissi reviews 'Tangled in Terror: Uprooting Islamophobia' by Suhaiymah Manzoor-Khan.
- Equality
- Decolonisation
- Human Rights
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Review: Spin Dictators. The Changing Face of Tyranny in the 21st Century, by Sergei Guriev and Daniel Treisman
Examining how dictators transform, adapt, and exploit the weaknesses of democracy in order to survive in the twenty-first century.
- Political Parties
- Sovereignty
- Populism
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Review: Government. Have Presidents and Prime Ministers Misdiagnosed the Patient?, by Donald J. Savoie
Archie Brown reviews 'Government: Have Presidents and Prime Ministers Misdiagnosed the Patient?' by Donald J. Savoie.
- Constitution
- Sovereignty
- USA
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Review: On Revolutions. Unruly Politics in the Contemporary World , by Colin J. Beck, Mlada Bukovansky, Erica Chenoweth, George Lawson, Sharon Erickson Nepstad and Daniel P. Ritter
Gianfranco Pasquino reviews 'On Revolutions. Unruly Politics in the Contemporary World' by Colin J. Beck et al.
- Sovereignty
- Parliament
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Review: Spies, Lies, and Algorithms. The History and Future of American Intelligence, by Amy B. Zegart
John W. Dumbrell reviews Spies, Lies, and Algorithms: The History and Future of American Intelligence, by Amy B. Zegart.
- USA
- Human Rights
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Review: The Ideology of Political Reactionaries, by Richard Shorten.
Vassilis Fouska reviews 'The Ideology of Political Reactionaries' by Richard Shorten.
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
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Review: Politicians and Economic Experts. The Limits of Technocracy, by Anna Killick
Simon Mohun reviews 'Politicians and Economic Experts. The Limits of Technocracy' by Anna Killick.
- Political Parties
- Sovereignty
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A Second Scottish Independence Referendum: Should the Diaspora get a Vote?
Two online surveys showed considerable divergence on how to define eligibility for diaspora voting rights.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Voting systems
- Scotland
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Review: Utopianism for a Dying Planet. Life After Consumerism, by Gregory Claeys
Alexandre Leskanich reviews 'Utopianism for a Dying Planet: Life After Consumerism' by Gregory Claeys.
- Environment & Climate Change
