The Emancipatory Project of Posthumanism
University of East London
Stephen Hobden makes the argument for an emancipatory project from within a posthuman framework and argues that while some posthumanisms […]
Political Science
Energy security and shifting modes of governance
University of Westminster
The concept of energy security fits uneasily into contemporary security debates. It is neither a clearly traditional nor a fully […]
Understanding Russia’s return to the Middle East
University of Westminster
Over recent years, there has been a significant resurgence of Russian power and influence in the Middle East, which has […]
The US-led liberal order: imperialism by another name?
City, University of London
It is widely agreed that the US-led liberal international order (LIO) is at the very least in transition, if not […]
On Power and inequality in the global political economy
Kings College London
Inequality in all its forms is the defining global problem and increasingly the defining political problem of our age. Nicola […]
District magnitude and representation of the majority’s preferences
London School of Economics
Drawing on new data that combine recorded votes from the Swiss National Assembly with canton-level referendum results on identical legislative […]
The Electoral Sweet Spot: Low‐Magnitude Proportional Electoral Systems
London School of Economics
Can electoral rules be designed to achieve political ideals such as accurate representation of voter preferences and accountable governments? Simon […]
Democracy and Policy Stability
INSEAD
Pushan Dutt discusses the strong negative link between democracy and output volatility documented by Rodrik (2000) and others stands in […]
The Mediation of Power
Goldsmiths, University of London
The Mediation of Power investigates how those in positions of power use and are influenced by media in their everyday […]
Democracy in Africa: Successes, Failures, and the Struggle for Political Reform
University of Birmingham
Nic Cheeseman explains why the continent’s democratic experiments have so often failed, as well as how they could succeed. Nic […]
