Much contemporary political theory and practice seeks to overcome conflict in the name of greater consensus. Party politicians are always seeking to find ways of side stepping conflict and promoting … Read the rest
Month: July 2011
The issues raised by the exposure of phone hacking on the News of the World should not be seen as of purely parochial interest, of relevance only to the UK.… Read the rest
Once disregarded by politicians and students of politics alike, women – and the issue of gender more generally – now occupy a slightly less peripheral position in real-world and academic … Read the rest
This is the fourth of a series of posts that report on the state of the parties as measured by opinion polls. By pooling together all the available polling evidence … Read the rest
The coalition’s first birthday has produced a series of retrospectives. The Institute for Government recently hosted one such event, with two days of analysis and debates, with a host … Read the rest
Dr Matthew Goodwin, a member of staff in the School of Politics and International Relations at Nottingham – and the author of New British Fascism, a recently published … Read the rest