Political Parties
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Why Spanish Politics is Becoming More Polarised
In Spain, left and right stand far apart, questioning each other’s legitimacy to govern as the extreme right gains. Secessionist forces in Catalonia challenge the state. The population is increasingly divided into two hostile groupings.
- Political Parties
- Constitution
- Populism
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Germany's Coalition Government: Destination Unknown?
When it comes to key issues such as Covid-19 policymaking, foreign policy and government unity, is Germany drifting to an unknown destination?
- Political Parties
- Covid-19
- Progressive Politics
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The Missing Political Science of Pensions Provision
It is time for political science to take pensions policy more seriously, even if the public probably never will. If not, millions of people will be significantly worse off in later life.
- Political Parties
- Work & Trade Unions
- Progressive Politics
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Green Capitalists and Green Anti-Capitalists are on the Same Side – For Now
Green capitalists and green anti-capitalists will have to be on the same side if they are to prevail and prevent the worst ravages of global heating for which we are currently on course.
- Political Parties
- Environment & Climate Change
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Liberty After Neoliberalism
The Covid pandemic has raised hard questions about liberty and the role of the state – and many Conservatives have been discomfited by the answers that their own government has given.
- Conservative Party
- Political Parties
- Constitution
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Parliament’s One-Year Review of the Coronavirus Act 2020
Even as Covid-19 is absorbed into ‘the new normal’, the government’s response continues to be framed by an emergency paradigm, underpinned largely by the Coronavirus Act 2020.
- Political Parties
- Covid-19
- Human Rights
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Review: Labours of Love. The Crisis of Care, by Madeleine Bunting
The overwhelming significance of Labours of Love is the compelling passion Bunting brings to her case for confronting our careless world. It is a crucial document for our time.
- Political Parties
- Covid-19
- Progressive Politics
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Review: What's In It For Me? Self-Interest and Political Difference, by Thomas Prosser
By demonstrating that all political viewpoints are essentially rooted in self-interest, this book will invite reflection, reconciliation and a better understanding of the common good.
- Political Parties
- Brexit
- Populism
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British Politics Beyond the End of History: Marx, Hayek and Andrew Gamble
Although Marxism as an organised force is a shadow of its Cold War heyday, we seem to live in a time when calling someone a Marxist can still inspire a strange political frisson.
- Political Parties
- Progressive Politics
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Walking the Dark Side: Evading Parliamentary Scrutiny
There is a dark side to parliamentary scrutiny: where the principles and practicalities of scrutiny are not aligned, and where willingness and capacity are constrained or non-existent.
- Political Parties
- Parliament
- Covid-19