Digested Read
Pressed for time? Read these short summaries of our journal articles
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The Flag that Does Not Exist—Yet? Imagining a New Symbol in Northern Ireland
Exploring the absence of a symbol that might be expected to exist—a unifying official flag in Northern Ireland.
- Ireland
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Fixing the ‘Polycrisis’ in Local Government Finance
Radical changes are needed for local government.
- Devolution
- Progressive Politics
- Labour Party
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Stop in the Law of the Name! Nominative Lawmaking, Populism, and Justice
Naming of a law after a person – nominative lawmaking - appears to be something of a growing trend in the UK.
- Populism
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Housing as the Fifth Pillar of the Welfare State: Why Spain Needs Structural Reform
The structural causes of the housing crisis in Spain.
- Equality
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Party Finance: Not a Broken System, but Some Reforms are Required
The rumoured donation of some £78 million to Reform UK by Elon Musk has recently sparked debate about party finance in the UK.
- Political Parties
- 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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Talent Policy: Problems and Solutions
Current talent development practices are unfair and unscientific. What are the alternatives?
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Are the Rights of Nature the Only Way to Save Lough Neagh?
Would a ‘rights of nature’ approach protect Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, and aid the reversal of the damage to its ecology?
- Political Parties
- Progressive Politics
- Environment & Climate Change
