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The Politics of Parole Reveal a Creeping Authoritarian Conservatism
What do the politics of parole reveal about a creeping authoritarian conservatism premised upon nostalgia, nationalism and the projection of a strong, centralised state?
- Conservative Party
- Equality
- Populism
- Courts
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Bullfighting Enters the Political Arena in Spain
As the bête noire of Catalan nationalists, bullfights were an obvious campaign ground for Vox's nativist and xenophobic political agenda.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
- Identity Politics
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Voting into a Void? The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly Election
The 2022 Northern Ireland Assembly election reordered the top two parties whilst illuminating the growth of Alliance as a centrist force beyond unionism and nationalism.
- Ireland
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The Limited Success of Big Tech Lobbying in the EU
Investigating lobbying by US Big Tech with regard to the Digital Markets Act currently under consideration by the European Commission in Brussels.
- Trade
- Media
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Indian Islamophobia as Racism
The patterns of prejudice Indian Muslims face are best analysed through the lens of racism, even though they lack some features typically associated with racism in the West.
- Equality
- Racism & Antisemitism
- Decolonisation
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Why Our Governing Economic Model is at a Tipping Point
Macroeconomic policy in the UK and the USA has experienced two major periods of breakdown since the start of the twentieth century. But has a third period in the UK already begun?
- Trade
- USA
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Racisms and Antiracisms: Beyond Euro-Americancentricity
We need to extend beyond the US and Europe in how we think about and understand racism and antiracism.
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
- Racism & Antisemitism
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How Covid Changed Relations Between the UK Government and Private Providers
In response to the Covid-19 pandemic, the government used emergency legislation to change its relationship with private providers. This risks a permanent change in government-provider relations, to the detriment of the UK's contracting out framework.
- Trade
- Covid-19
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Why Scientific Advice About Covid-19 Was Ignored in Switzerland
Why did Swiss politics have so much trouble using scientific advice during a major national crisis?
- Covid-19
- Health, Education & Welfare
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Prawn Cocktails and Cold Shoulders
Labour leaderships have consistently sought to accommodate the City, while the Conservatives have defied it at important junctures.
- Political Parties
- Trade
