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Mark Boden
December 8, 2011
Democratic Audit produces many good analyses of how democratic institutions and values in the UK is being undermined by financial and corporate power.
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· October 11, 2014
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Back in July James Laxton argued the Communist party in Cuba needed to give up power. #castro

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Cuba has been under communist rule since Fidel Castro overthrew Fulgencio Batista in 1959. After many years of international isolation and a trade embargo begun in the 1960s, President Obama last y…
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For a democracy to function properly, its citizens need to be informed. In order to encourage this and make providers more accountable, the US has implemented performance accountability measures fo…
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Eye for an eye: people who believed the Bible is the literal word of God were less likely to support amnesty in Northern Ireland.

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The Good Friday Agreement gave political resonance to concepts like amnesty, forgiveness and mercy – all of them familiar from the lexicon of religion. John D Brewer and Bernadette C Hayes fo…
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Donald Trump will not be the first US president to espouse a closed-borders, ‘America First’ nationalism. Luke Cooper traces the roots of Trump’s protectionism back to century-old…
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Regimes that reject full democracy have an interest in running decent schools and hospitals.

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After the end of the Cold War some ex-communist countries embraced full democracy, some became hybrid regimes while others backslid to authoritarianism. Andrea Cassani, Francesca Luppi, and Gabriel…
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The notion of what it means to be British has changed constantly since WW2.

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National identity is fundamental to citizenship, Theresa May told Conservatives in October, and self-styled ‘citizens of the world’ are deluding themselves. Matthew Grant traces how Bri…
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In What is Political Sociology?, Elisabeth S. Clemens produces a definitive and inspirational standard text for students at all levels. Her work offers a concise overview of political sociology as …
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C'est qui, Emmanuel Macron? And could he be the next French president?

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Emmanuel Macron, the leader of France’s new En Marche! movement, announced he would run for the French presidency this week. Who is this self-proclaimed ‘outsider’, and is he real…
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Trump's stimulus will temporarily boost the economy, but don't take your eyes off the ball.

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While the markets seem to approve of Donald Trump’s protectionist economic policies, the security of America’s fundamental institutions has gone largely undiscussed. Piroska Nagy Mohacsi argues th…
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What happens when a party gets more female MPs?

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What happens when voters elect more female MPs? Zac Greene and Diana O’Brien reveal that the presence of more women broadens the range of issues discussed, but has no impact on introducing ne…
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MPs who feel strongly enough about a particular issue – whether Heathrow expansion, the Anglo-Irish Agreement or increasing pre-trial detention – have sometimes resigned their seats and…
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Putting a cross in a box doesn't have to be the only way to make your voice heard.

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A single vote will take us out of the EU, quite possibly without Parliament’s explicit consent. Davina Cooper asks whether a referendum based purely on individual Leave/Remain votes was the b…
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The coalition only came to an end last year. It seems a lot longer.

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In The Coalition Effect 2010-2015, Anthony Seldon and Mike Finn have collected a volume of essays examining the impact of the Coalition government of 2010-2015 on British politics. While the hindsi…
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Leave, Remain... Would you rather have opted for neither?

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Voters in the EU referendum could choose only between leaving and remaining – with no say on whether to stay in the single market, renegotiate a different deal or even integrate more fully wi…
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That's an Expressionist painting of the building of Stockholm City Hall, by the way.

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Some Swedish local authorities have embraced online services and forms of digital democracy. Others have been slow to take up the opportunity. Gustav Lidén rates the country’s 290 municipali…
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You won't have to imagine that Trump-May bilateral. Tim Oliver on the dilemma she and the government now face.

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A victory for Donald Trump would pose uncomfortable questions for Britain about the future of the UK-US relationship, writes Tim Oliver. Despite similarities between the nascent populism in both co…
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