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The Wall Came Down. But Who Built the New Germany?
Thirty-seven years after the fall of the Berlin Wall, what happened to the East Germans who had hoped to shape their own future?
- Elections & Campaigning
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- Progressive Politics
- Racism & Antisemitism
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From Our Archive: Freedom and Local Authority Housing
An article published in 1976 examines how council housing transformed from a pinnacle of working-class empowerment into a trap for the disadvantaged.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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Germany: What Alternative?
The far right’s election breakthrough in eastern Germany is about more than protest.
- Populism
- Racism & Antisemitism
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From Our Archive: A Policy for Old Age
An article published in 1960 considers how social services for older people should be improved.
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Understanding Germany's Complicated Relationship with Migration
What Germany’s easternmost city, Görlitz, reveals about migration, identity and belonging.
- Immigration
- Populism
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From Our Archive: Politics or Technocracy? The Regional Water Authorities
Before water companies in England were privatised in 1989, an article originally published in 1981 asks whether the management of water resources should be handled by elected democratic politicians or by technical experts.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
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In Defence of Quiet Politics
Good policy making is often a tedious process.
- Labour Party
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From Our Archive: Could Citizenship Education Combat Political Apathy?
Originally published in 1999, a review of the 1998 Crick Report finds introducing statutory citizenship education into schools could combat political apathy and civic disengagement.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Labour Party
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Englishness, Britishness, and the Populist Challenge
Insights from the debate 'Englishness, Britishness, and the Populist Challenge' presented by The Political Quarterly and the Orwell Foundation.
- Populism
- Progressive Politics
