Latest journal issue

Volume 97, Issue 1

January/March 2026

Contains a collection on the politics and policy of housing, edited by Christine Whitehead, Colm Murphy and Deborah Mabbett. This collection features contributors from geography, economics and politics, and from universities, think tanks, and independent academics. Contributors debate the roots of the housing crisis and illuminate housing policy dilemmas in the UK and elsewhere. Other articles in the issue include 'What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States?' by Rosie Campbell and Joni Lovenduski, and 'Unity and Division in the Public's Policy Preferences After the 2024 General Election' by Lotte Hargrave. In our Reports section, Darcy Luke and Nathan Critch explain what's wrong with Demos's report 'The Human Handbrake'. Finally, book reviews include Tim Bale's analysis of Conservatism, Christian Democracy, and the Dynamics of Transformation, edited by Gary Love and Christian Egander Skov.

Commentary

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The Listening Government

Deborah Mabbett

The Politics and Policy of Housing

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In Whose Interest is the Public Interest?

Kelvin MacDonald

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The Policy and Politics of Improving Standards in the English Private Rented Sector

Alice Earley, Alex Marsh and Kenneth Gibb

Articles

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What Will it Take for a Woman to Become President of the United States?

Rosie Campbell and Joni Lovenduski

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A Critical Appraisal of Labour's AI Agenda

Nathan Critch and Darcy Luke

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Democratic Consent for the Windsor Framework

David Phinnemore

Reports

Book Reviews

No limits to what I can say?

Gianfranco Pasquino