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Category Archives: Society and Culture
Mar 25 2013
We need to discover something akin to the ‘spirit of 45′ if we are to replace our ‘failure state’ with a ‘success state’
Leave a commentTweet In response to Ken Loach’s new film Spirit of ’45, Adam Lent makes the case that the popular narrative of social change expressed in the film is mistaken. The social state established by the postwar Labour government of 1945 is … Continue reading
Posted by: March 25, 2013
Tagged with: social state, spirit of 45, welfare state
Mar 22 2013
Forget budgets – economic redemption can only comes from ourselves now
Leave a commentTweet In the last of our Budget 2013 coverage, Adam Lent argues that much of the contemporary political discourse about economic policy has failed to grasp the limited agency of the state in the contemporary world. Instead of asking what, if … Continue reading
Posted by: March 22, 2013
Tagged with: budget2013, civic activism, civil society, networks, state
Mar 19 2013
LSE British Politicast Episode 1: Reflecting On The Riots
4 CommentsTweet In the first episode of the LSE British Politicast, we take a closer look at the Riots of 2011. This podcast looks back on the riots, presenting sociological and criminological perspectives on why they happened and what, if anything, … Continue reading
Posted by: March 19, 2013
Tagged with: English Riots, Les Back, Reading the Riots, riots, Sociology of Riots, Tim Newburn, UK Riots
Feb 27 2013
Research into the ageing experiences of different migrant groups shows a need for more culturally appropriate delivery of public services
Leave a commentTweet The recognition of an increasingly multicultural and ageing population has led to a growing policy interest in how different migrant groups experience the ageing process within European cities. Shereen Hussein reports on research into the perceptions and needs associated with … Continue reading
Posted by: February 27, 2013
Tagged with: ageing population, census, ethnicity, migrants, social care
Feb 2 2013
Making Science Public as a route to better evidence
1 CommentTweet It is widely accepted that scientific evidence should play a role in policy decisions, yet the form that this should or could take remains subject to intense debate. Warren Pearce and Sujatha Raman discuss how the Making Science Public project … Continue reading
Posted by: February 2, 2013
Tagged with: evidence based policy making, evidence-based policy, making science public, science policy
Jan 23 2013
Large-scale housing in the UK: learning the lessons of the (recent) past
Leave a commentTweet The Coalition’s recent commitment to large-scale housing projects resonates with a long tradition of town planning in the UK. The team from the New Urbanisms, New Citizens project suggest that these plans must learn lessons from the more recent past, as well … Continue reading
Posted by: January 23, 2013
Tagged with: communities, homes, house-building, New Citizens, New Urbanisms, planning, urbanisation
Jan 21 2013
The relationship between sex workers and outreach services in London has been gravely damaged by the Olympics
2 CommentsTweet Georgina Perry is Service Manager for Open Doors, a free service providing sex workers access to health care, advocacy and support. Here she argues that the recurrent link claimed between sex-trafficking and large sporting events like the Olympic Games … Continue reading
Posted by: January 21, 2013
Tagged with: Cheryl Brumley, London, Olympics, sex work
