Democracy, power and governance
Louise Ashley argues that diversity initiatives that promise to address inequalities in the workforce have no impact on the highest earners in London, such as lawyers and bankers.…Read more
Imogen Richards highlights how pandemic health policies and political rhetoric which blamed disenfranchised people for the spread of COVID-19 encouraged far-right conspiratorial narratives about the origins of the disease.…Read more
Tracy Shildrick reviews 'The Richer, The Poorer How Britain Enriched the Few and Failed the Poor. A 200-Year History' by Stewart Lansley, a book that examines how Britain’s most powerful elites have enriched themselves at the expense of surging inequality, mass poverty and weakened social resilience.…Read more
In our ‘Future of Democracy’ webinar on 29 September, Marcial Bragadini Boo and Geoff Mulgan will discuss their recent publications and share their different approaches to democracy. Find out more about the event in this article.…Read more
Despite the so-called ‘landmark legislation’ of the Modern Slavery Act, there are significant shortfalls affecting the most vulnerable victims of human trafficking. Alexandra Williams-Woods examines how the Modern Slavery Act has failed to safeguard victims.…Read more
In response to a recent story on a white nationalist group, Karen Lee Ashcraft, author of 'Wronged and Dangerous', considers how articles on far-right extremism often ignore other contributing factors, such as gender.…Read more
Ghana’s policy decisions during the first year of the COVID pandemic were influenced by it being an election year. Kirchuffs Atengble and Michael Head call for a better awareness of evidence-informed decision making (EIDM) that will help decision makers to prioritise the general good over interests of the self. …Read more
Inviting youth engagement groups to summits such as the G7 is tokenistic if these groups are excluded from high-level decision-making or if their insights and lived experiences are not valued. Safia Sangster speaks on the pressing need for global leadership to make decisions that reflect the diversity of the global population. …Read more
Oscar Berglund and Elizabeth A. Koebele, Co-Editors of the Policy & Politics journal, talk about the latest special issue – ‘Transformational change through public policy’.…Read more
The study of the global political economy is the understanding of recurrent and periodic crises and is now perhaps more important as a discipline than ever. Phoebe Moore and Mònica Clua-Losada launch our newest journal, Global Political Economy and explain its relevance and raison d’être.…Read more