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The authors of a recent Policy & Politics article examine the politics of the pandemic and suggest that making policy decisions based only on scientific evidence is impossible, as ‘the science’ is always contested and, therefore, represents an abdication of responsibility by politicians. …Read more

Warren Chin, author of 'War, Technology and the State', looks at the effect of the fourth industrial revolution on the relationship between war and the state.…Read more

Brian Gac, Hanna D. Yakubi and Dorie E. Apollonio examine opioid overdoses in the US which have led to over one million deaths and highlight how the pharmaceutical industry often overstates the benefits while understating the risks.…Read more

Tom Boland and Jody Moore-Ponce consider the limits of self-examination and ‘confessional critique’ in recent antiracist writing. This liberal, individually focused critique rarely translates into effective political action. …Read more

Louise Ashley, author of 'Highly Discrimination', explains why changing the City’s misogynistic culture is particularly challenging.…Read more

Robin Sen and Christian Kerr respond to the BBC's 'Teens In Care' documentary and discuss how it didn't cover society and the government's role in letting down young people in the care system.…Read more

Ceryl Teleri Davies, author of 'Understanding Abuse in Young People’s Intimate Relationships', welcomes the shift in focus to the harmful impact of gendered social norms on the prevalence of abusive behaviour. …Read more

Thom Brooks, author of 'Reforming the UK’s Citizenship Test', exposes the serious failings of the UK Citizenship Test and argues that a new test is required that corrects its errors, is fit for purpose and enjoys wider public support for what is expected of new citizens…Read more

Wulf Livingston, Jo Redcliffe and Abyd Quinn Aziz, editors of 'Social Work in Wales', outline the key findings from their new book on how social work in Wales differs from its English counterpart. …Read more

Dan McQuillan, author of 'Resisting AI' looks at how the publication of his book has helped move the AI discussion away from ‘is it good or bad?’ to the more radical and worrying aspects of the technology as it is being implemented, in terms of augmenting society’s existing disparities.…Read more