Political Ideas
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Meritocracy: How Did a Nightmarish Vision of the Future Become so Influential?
Sixty years after its publication, Michael Young’s The Rise of the Meritocracy remains one of Britain’s most influential, yet widely misunderstood, political texts.
- Political Parties
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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“We Really Need Orwell’s Spirit of Fighting Back”: Interview with Alpa Shah
Alpa Shah has always striven to understand inequality, and how to address it.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
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Why Decolonising the Curriculum Matters
Decolonising the curriculum is about encouraging a much wider debate that shows an awareness of the contexts in which knowledge is produced.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Decolonisation
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In Defence of Blue Labour
There is a debate to be had about Blue Labour and its political ideas. It doesn’t start here.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
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A Feminist Reading of 'Rethinking Democracy'
Any lingering complacency over the health of liberal, representative democracy, is well and truly disabused by the contributors to this book.
- Populism
- Feminism & Gender
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Brexit and Nostalgia: Who are the Optimists in a Xenophobic World?
Pessimistic nostalgia is the prevailing mood among the supporters of Brexit, of Donald Trump, and of the various other xenophobic movements.
- Brexit
- Populism
- USA
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Review: Authentocrats. Culture, Politics and the New Seriousness, by Joe Kennedy
Joe Kennedy's new book is filled with curious incidents in our recent political and cultural history
- Elections & Campaigning
- Populism
- Identity Politics
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Review: Identity. Contemporary Identity Politics and the Struggle for Recognition, by Francis Fukuyama
By failing to engage with identity politics at a grass-roots level, Fukuyama misses the opportunity to discover new ways forward.
- Identity Politics
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Review: Reckless Opportunists. Elites at the End of the Establishment, by Aeron Davis
Davis has revealed the chaotic, profiteering vertigo of a rudderless system beyond government.
- Brexit
- Trade
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“It Honestly Feels Like We’re in the Middle of a Government Cover-Up”: Interview with Carole Cadwalladr
Anya Pearson speaks to the Observer and Guardian reporter Carole Cadwalladr, who won the Orwell journalism prize for her investigation into Cambridge Analytica.
- Elections & Campaigning
- Brexit
- Media
