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Localism, Levelling Up and Taking Back Control: Tensions in the Ambiguous Justification of English Devolution
The government’s devolution bill is justified along economic growth lines. This risks the devolution agenda as a whole if it doesn't materalise.
- Devolution
- Constitution
- Sovereignty
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A Normal(ised) Far-Right Party? A Long-Term Perspective on the FPÖ’s Electoral Strength in Austria
What have the long-term trends been for the far right in Austria?
- Political Parties
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
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Labour's Commitment to 1.5 Million New Homes: Housing Delivery as an Orchestrator-Intermediary Challenge
Will housing reform be any different under this government?
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Labour Party
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Not Too Unrealistic a Future of Liberal Democracy: A Reflection on the Self-Coup Attempt in South Korea
The South Korean insurrection serves as a disturbing reminder of the challenges that liberal democracies face.
- Political Parties
- Populism
- Progressive Politics
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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
