Politics and International Relations

Jardar Østbø, co-author of 'Luxury and Corruption', dispels the myth that Putin is the ultimate enemy of the liberal capitalist order and Navalny its hero. Rather they are the two sides of the same neoliberal capitalist coin. …Read more

Transforming Society's most read articles from 2023, brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press.…Read more

Listen to authors and editors talking about the key social challenges of the moment in our top ten Transforming Society podcast episodes from 2023.…Read more

In this episode of the Transforming Society podcast, Jess Miles speaks with Alison Young about the growth of governmental power and erosion of checks and balances over the last four years. …Read more

Justin Ellis, author of 'Representation, Resistance and the Digiqueer', considers the role of the traditional and digital media, and politicians, in amplifying antagonism towards LGBTQ+ communities. …Read more

Hannah Phillips, policy researcher at The Jo Cox Foundation, outlines her research examining the politicisation of the problem of violence against MPs in the UK. …Read more

Anne-Marie Greenslade, contributor to 'Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking', examines the government’s continued attempt to paint migrants as exploitative and not genuine victims of modern slavery and human trafficking. …Read more

Scott Timcke, author of 'Algorithms and the End of Politics', looks at the dangers of attributing human-like intelligence to machines in the context of the rollout of AI products. …Read more

Henry Tam calls for a top-priority programme to reform our broken democratic infrastructure so that it can support sustained cooperative interactions. …Read more

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