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Diary of an SNP First Minister: A Chronopolitics of Proximity and Priorities
An audience with a national leader can be indicative of priorities and potential for influence—as can its absence.
- Scotland
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Back to the Stone Age: Europe’s Mainstream Right and Climate Change
Exploring the common approaches to climate policy among Europe’s centre-right parties.
- Environment & Climate Change
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Moody Times: From ‘I Think’ to ‘I Feel’ in Public Opinion
To what extent does the ‘mood’ of a nation resemble and differ from the notion of ‘public opinion’?
- Elections & Campaigning
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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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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
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Politics, the Constitution and the Independence Movement in Scotland since Devolution
Have the identities and divisions formed by the 2014 referendum and its aftermath have become exhausted?
- Constitution
- Scotland
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Scrutinising Delegated Legislation: What Can Westminster Learn From Other Parliaments?
Recent years have seen increasing expressions of concern about whether the UK Parliament has adequate procedures for scrutinising delegated legislation. What might be learned from how other parliaments approach that challenge?
- Parliament
