Government & Parliament
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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
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Less Confrontation, a Little More Cooperation Please – Public Polling on Intergovernmental Relations Ahead of Scottish and Welsh Elections
New polling reveals the policy priorities of the public in both Scotland and Wales, including significant support for governments to be seen as co-operating.
- Devolution
- Scotland
- Wales
- Ireland
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Different Process, Same Outcome? The Problems of Within-Party Sortition
Why within-party sortition would not result in a socially representative Parliament.
- Political Parties
- Parliament
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The House of Lords and Devolution: Already a Chamber of the Nations and Regions?
To what extent can the Lords be said to act as a chamber with a commitment to, and expertise in, the UK's territorial constitution post-devolution?
- Parliament
- Labour Party
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The Paradox of Power in Turkey: Omnipotent Leader, Impotent State
A central paradox of contemporary authoritarianism is how the concentration of power in the hands of a seemingly omnipotent executive can produce an increasingly impotent state.
- Civil Service & Bureaucracy
- Populism
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Mayoral Strategic Authorities: Why Labour’s Devolution Plans Risk Entrenching Inequality
Standardisation over strategy?
- Devolution
- Labour Party
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The Northern Irish Assembly has Formally Granted ‘Democratic consent’ to the Windsor Framework. What Does This Mean?
The lack of a cross-community majority means the next ‘democratic consent’ vote will be in 2028.
- Parliament
- Brexit
- Ireland
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Will There be Another Financial Crisis? If Labour Continues Cutting Red Tape, Maybe
Could Labour's enthusiasm for ‘cutting red tape’ in the financial sector pose a threat to long-term economic well-being?
- Labour Party
