In the end, for all the fevered discussion of recent months, Putin’s third presidential election victory on March 4, 2012 looks on face value much like his previous two: a … Read the rest
Month: March 2012
In December 2011, Labour academics, trade union researchers and social movement activists came together at the Centre for the Study of Social and Global Justice (CSSGJ) to assess … Read the rest
NuPolitics is an exciting new comment magazine focussing on current affairs and politics written by and for students and young people. The work of three University of Nottingham politics students … Read the rest
Over at the Guardian Comment is Free, Dr Matt Goodwin responds to some criticism from the UK Independence Party (UKIP) about one of his latest research reports.
A couple of weeks ago, I wrote a piece that discussed a difficult balance that states and citizens must strike. The balance is between the effectiveness of the implementation of … Read the rest
Today, Dr Matthew Goodwin has launched a new exploratory study of views among far right supporters toward violence. The study draws on a sample of 2,152 BNP, EDL and UKIP … Read the rest
After a hundred years of international drug prohibition, what have we learned about this social issue? We have learned that you can’t buck the market: the drug markets work but … Read the rest
On Sunday March 4, 2012, the day of the Presidential elections, we returned to Moscow earlier than usual. We left our country home – our dacha – which is located … Read the rest
In a confidential memo addressed to the Prime Minister, an adviser has argued that supporters of the government are ‘increasingly apathetic and disunited’ due to its failure to appeal to … Read the rest
Putin has recently published long articles in national newspapers that were meant to reveal his answer to the problems and questions that face Russia. His seventh and most recent piece … Read the rest