Democracy, power and governance

Lisa White, Jon Burnett and Ida Nafstad relaunch 'Justice, Power and Resistance' with a special issue critically engaging with pandemics, policing and protest. …Read more

One of our Commissioning Editors, Rebecca Tomlinson looks at Marcial Bragadini Bóo's book 'The Rules of Democracy' which publishes this June.…Read more

In this episode, Ivan Kalmar, author of 'White But Not Quite', explains illiberal democracy in Central Europe, the role ‘whiteness’ plays in illiberalism, and the dynamics of racism by and towards Central Europeans.…Read more

Thom Brooks looks at the need for a new Citizenship Test in the UK and exposes the flaws in the current system. …Read more

Aaron Pycroft, co-author of 'Redemptive Criminology', re-examines the theological, philosophical and criminological basis for punishment, arguing that it prevents genuine transformation by perpetuating the myth of rehabilitation.…Read more

Sanya Naqvi, Daniel Béland and Alex Waddan trace housing policy initiatives since Thatcher, arguing that its legacy lives on in today’s housing crisis.…Read more

Gabriel Cepaluni, Michael T. Dorsch and Réka Branyickzki consider the trade off that democratic societies have had to grapple with during the pandemic: restricting social and economic interactions while preserving civil liberties.…Read more

Rūta Kazlauskaite and Gwenaëlle Bauvois explore the rhetoric of shame, humiliation and pride in the discourses of radical right politicians in Poland and the US, and who gets drawn in. …Read more

Stephen Cook, co-author of 'What Have Charities Ever Done for Us?', discusses the collapse of Kids Company and the perils of 'founder syndrome'.…Read more

Nicola Yeates and Chris Holden launch the new edition of Understanding Global Social Policy, and consider some of the developments that have taken place in the field since the last edition was published. …Read more