Poverty is rising for all groups – even those in work – according to a new financial inclusion monitor report. Research from the University of Birmingham and the University of Lincoln shows nearly 1.6 million people falling behind with council tax payments, with six in ten people in the poorest fifth of the population reporting they…Continue Reading Millions struggling to pay council tax and other essential bills, says new Financial Inclusion Study
Month: October 2019
Markets for rules: the promise and peril of blockchain distributed governance
Purpose: Explore the possible contributions of blockchain technology to creating new governance structures that facilitate social cooperation. Methodology: Conceptual analysis with key ideas in new institutional economics and political theory. Findings: Blockchain technology provides a new tool through which political entrepreneurs can credibly alienate some of their power within a system of rules that they…Continue Reading Markets for rules: the promise and peril of blockchain distributed governance
Review of Richard Hall (2018). The Alienated Academic. The Struggle for Autonomy Inside the University.
Recent literature on English higher education has documented a number of incremental policy changes over the last four decades that have led towards the marketisation of the sector. The Browne Review (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 2010), HE White Paper (Department for Business, Innovation and Skills 2016) and Higher Education and Research Act (Higher Education and…Continue Reading Review of Richard Hall (2018). The Alienated Academic. The Struggle for Autonomy Inside the University.
Women in the Profession: An Update on the Gendered Composition of the Discipline and Political Science Departments in the UK
This article updates and broadens research undertaken eight years ago on the status of women in UK political science. As Bates et al. then argued (2012: 139-40), research on women in the discipline is important, not only because of issues of equality, justice and self-reflection within the discipline, but also because of the privileged role…Continue Reading Women in the Profession: An Update on the Gendered Composition of the Discipline and Political Science Departments in the UK
Non-state actors and change in foreign policy: the case of a self-determination referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq
This article bridges the gap between referenda and foreign policy, emphasizing the role of non-state entities as (f)actors of change in the formulation of foreign policy. Using a multi-layered (rather than a normative) analysis, it examines the Kurdistan Region of Iraq as a novel, non-state case in the international relations and foreign policy analysis literature….Continue Reading Non-state actors and change in foreign policy: the case of a self-determination referendum in the Kurdistan Region of Iraq