Government & Parliament
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How Democratic Professionals Can Contribute to Democracy: Reflections on John Boswell, How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State
How democratic professionalism has worked in the austere state, the neoliberal state and the carceral state.
- Progressive Politics
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In Defence of Quiet Politics
Good policy making is often a tedious process.
- Labour Party
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History Suggests Treasury Control is Sometimes for the Best
Why the failures of Concorde and British-designed nuclear reactors serve as a reminder of what can happen when the ‘Treasury view’ is sidelined.
- Progressive Politics
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Review: Making Speeches. The Speechmaking of Margaret Thatcher, 1975–1990, by Tom Hurst
The Iron Lady's political speeches.
- Conservative Party
- Elections & Campaigning
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What People get Wrong about Fiscal Devolution
If fiscal devolution is the answer for English local government, what is the question?
- Devolution
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London Calling? The Mayor of London at 25
As the London mayoralty passes its twenty-five-year anniversary, has it been a success?
- Devolution
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Why Constitutionalism Erodes: Lessons from Slovakia
Using the Slovak case, this article shows the key role of political party leaders’ constitutional entrepreneurship in the erosion of constitutionalism.
- Constitution
- Populism
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Turkey Under Erdoğan: An Increasingly Impotent State
How the tragedy of the 6 February earthquakes exposed Turkey’s institutional weaknesses.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Populism
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Different Process, Same Outcome? The Representative Problems of Within-Party Sortition
Against the case for a ‘sortition of candidature’ to create a socially representative Parliament.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Parliament
- Equality
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From Transparency to Deliberation: How to Reform Lobbying
Making lobbying more deliberative can save democracy and improve the quality of policymaking. Here are three solutions to make it happen.
- Parliament
- Progressive Politics
