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The Political Economy of Brexit
Sociological analyses of the vote to leave the EU have largely focused on the working class revolt in England & Wales: the rage of the hollowed out netherworlds of post-industrial Britain in which respect, status and the prospect of a...
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The most influential text of late Victorian imperialism was J R Seeleys The Expansion of England
The most influential text of late Victorian imperialism was J. R. Seeley’s The Expansion of England. In it, Seeley, a Cambridge historian, argued that underneath the surface of British political history - the stories of the rise and fall of...
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EU Referendum Opinion Piece: Please don’t go! A plea to historical reason from an American
Dr Jon Frost is Assistant Professor of Finance at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. Originally from Seattle, he is a fan of British rock music and met his (German) wife while studying in Bath. In one short week, British voters will take on...
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Confronting uncertainty: the changing face of risk analysis
Professor Julie Barnett, University of Bath Department of Psychology. The definition of ‘risk’ is deceptively complex. It is a contested term, but simultaneously one which has become a dominant, certainly ubiquitous, currency in 21st Century life: risk, as it is...
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Doing more with less: the challenges of public sector leadership
Marcial Boo, Chief Executive of The Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority. Once upon a time, we were prepared to wait – and to make do. No longer. We all now expect immediate access to anything we want, and to same-day deliveries....
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#I’m with her, and for him?
An important factor in Hilary Clinton’s victory in the Democrats’ Presidential nomination race was the support she attracted from middle-aged and older women. As is well known, millennials broke for Bernie Sanders, but Clinton won the support of women in...
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Movements must be built from the bottom up
Before he became an Anglican priest in the late 18th century, and wrote the much-loved hymn Amazing Grace, John Newton was a slave trade sea captain. He bought and sold slaves, raping, torturing and killing them in the course of...
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Universal income or universal divide
Dr Luke Martinelli, Research Associate Interest in universal basic income has been intensifying lately, with a discernible proliferation of opinion pieces in the mainstream press. While the reasons for the increased awareness are up for debate, it has surely been...
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What are the social forces and economic interests that make up the bases of support for remaining in the EU or leaving it?
Today sees the publication of the IPR's referendum policy brief, a document that brings together contributions from a number of academics with the purpose of informing readers about the issues at stake in the EU referendum. Many of these issues are not new, but the...
