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Democracy, power and governance

by John Clarke  |  30th January 2023

John Clarke discusses our multiple current crises and considers how the term permacrisis reminds us just how multifaceted and unstable society currently is.…Read more

Graffiti of Kim Jong-un with the word 'Obey' underneath

Elena Cherepanov looks at the similarities between authoritarian leaders and abusers and explains how we can escape from the trap of electing dictators.…Read more

by Stephen McBride  |  25th January 2023

Stephen McBride argues that we shouldn’t fall into the trap of believing that our current 'permacrisis' is not in our control to solve. Instead, he calls for radical change through a new international order based on different principles.…Read more

by Nicholas Gilmour and Tristram Hicks  |  23rd January 2023

In this policy briefing Nicholas Gilmour and Tristram Hick, authors of The War on Dirty Money present key findings and policy recommendations based on their work. …Read more

Migrant boat
by Nando Sigona  |  11th January 2023

Nando Sigona, one of the authors of Unravelling Europe's 'Migration Crisis', considers the multiple flaws in Rishi Sunak’s ‘five-point plan’ on immigration and its fatal consequences.…Read more

Illustration of a rising sun
by Mick Cooper  |  4th January 2023

Mick Cooper, author of ‘Psychology at the Heart of Social Change’, speaks to Richard Kemp about the strategies could we implement for a psychology-informed progressive society.…Read more

by Bristol University Press and Policy Press  |  19th December 2022

Transforming Society's most read articles from 2022, brought to you by Bristol University Press and Policy Press.…Read more

Leave no one behind
by Stewart Lansley  |  9th December 2022

Stewart Lansley looks at the rise of poverty in the UK and shows how a strategy to tackle widespread impoverishment must recognise the critical effect of the process of wealth accumulation at the top on low incomes at the bottom. …Read more

Snake
by Mo Stewart  |  1st December 2022

Mo Stewart, author of a recent article in Justice, Power and Resistance, joins those deriding Matt Hancock in the jungle and argues that it’s not a laughing matter when thousands have died from the policies he helped to create. …Read more

A sunken ship
by Simon Winlow and Steve Hall  |  15th November 2022

In this episode, Simon Winlow and Steve Hall talk about their new book 'The Death of the Left' and what the Left needs to do in order to thrive again.…Read more