Progressive Politics
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Everyday Political Agency Online: Reflections on John Boswell, How Citizens Encounter the Democratic State
Do digital tools help civic tech users build working relationships with local representatives and bureaucrats?
- Progressive Politics
- Media
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Encountering ‘Broken’ Public Services: Defiance and Disaffection at the Frontlines of the Democratic State
Are citizens really meek victims of failing public services, or do they have agency to pursue reform?
- Progressive Politics
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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.
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“If you Delivered Public Services in a way That Truly Works for the Public, Private Equity Funds Wouldn't be Interested”: Interview with Hettie O’Brien
Anya Pearson interviews Hettie O’Brien about her new book 'The Asset Class: How Private Equity Turned Capitalism Against Itself'
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Progressive Politics
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Englishness, Britishness, and the Populist Challenge
Insights from the debate 'Englishness, Britishness, and the Populist Challenge' presented by The Political Quarterly and the Orwell Foundation.
- Populism
- Progressive Politics
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Review: How Not to Die (Too Soon). The Lies We've Been Sold and the Policies That Could Save Us, by Devi Sridhar
‘Clean’ eating and gym-going will not stop you from getting flattened by a vehicle, being deliberately shot, sickened by the water supply or exposed to life-threateningly polluted air.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Equality
- Progressive Politics
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“In the World of AI, Answers are Cheap. But What's Really Scarce are Good Questions”: Interview with Wendy Carlin
Anya Pearson interviews Professor Wendy Carlin about a new way of teaching and learning economics.
- Health, Education & Welfare
- Progressive Politics
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Review: Post-Liberalism, by Matt Sleat
A new home for the political right.
- Populism
- Progressive Politics
- USA
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“The Heart of the Labour Party has to be won for an Inclusionist Agenda”: Interview with Colin Crouch
Anya Pearson interviews Professor Colin Crouch about his new book, Exclusion and the New Politics of Hatred.
- Populism
- Progressive Politics
- Labour Party
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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