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Feb 10 2013
Book Review: Fixing Drugs: The Politics of Drug Prohibition
Leave a commentTweet In Fixing Drugs, Sue Pryce tackles the major issues surrounding drug policy. Why do governments persist with prohibition policies, despite their questionable inefficacy? Why are some drugs criminalized, and some not? And why does society care about drug use at all? In a … Continue reading
Posted by: February 10, 2013
Tagged with: drugs policy, fixing drugs, Sue Pryce
Feb 6 2013
Oxford should withdraw its current policy on postgraduate funding immediately
16 CommentsTweet The recent court case initiated against an Oxford University college has raised awareness of the issue of postgraduate funding. The requirement by St Hugh’s that all prospective students demonstrate that they have resources to cover tuition fees and living … Continue reading
Posted by: February 6, 2013
Tagged with: access, educational inequalities, Higher Education, Oxford, postgraduate, postgraduates
Jan 30 2013
Is the Northern Ireland Peace Process Flagging?
2 CommentsTweet Recent disturbances in Belfast naturally invite questions as to how this is grounded in a longer history of conflict within Northern Ireland. Jim Hughes explains how the current social strife is deeply rooted in the past but is also a product of profound … Continue reading
Posted by: January 30, 2013
Tagged with: Belfast, identity, Northern Ireland, peace process, peacebuilding
Jan 16 2013
Real reform would necessitate a willingness to reappraise core tenets of the Westminster model
Leave a commentTweet In recent years Whitehall has seen a near continual sequence of government initiatives aiming at its reform. Yet David Richards and Patrick Diamond argue that real reform would necessitate a willingness to reappraise a number of the core tenets of the Westminster model. As … Continue reading
Posted by: January 16, 2013
Tagged with: civil service, David Richards, Whitehall
Jan 2 2013
Football clubs are becoming increasingly conscious of the reputational damage they risk by paying such high wages in an age of austerity
Leave a commentTweet In an era of financial turmoil, the percieved excesses which characterise English football seem likely to attract ever greater criticism. Yet Wyn Grant argues that despite what many claim, the Premiership bubble has not burst. In fact clubs are becoming increasingly … Continue reading
Posted by: January 2, 2013
Tagged with: football, Premiership, Wyn Grant
Jan 1 2013
Happy new year from the BPP team!
Leave a commentTweet Happy new year from the BPP team! We have some exciting plans for 2013 – we’ll be expanding our eCollections, live tweeting from events, launching a series of podcast interviews and developing educational resources. Meanwhile, we’d like to remind … Continue reading
Posted by: January 1, 2013
Dec 31 2012
Our Most Popular Posts of 2012
Leave a commentTweet Ten Commandments of good policy making: a retrospective by Sir Gus O’Donnell Sir Gus O’Donnell recently delivered a lecture at the LSE on his time in the civil service. What follows is his overview of the triumphs and disasters, … Continue reading
Posted by: December 31, 2012
Tagged with: Daniel Bear, David Kershaw, Edmund Schuster, Gus O'Donnell, Jennifer Brown, Peter Jefferys, Richard Sennett, Ruth Lupton, Steve Keen, Tim Bale, Tom Kirchmaier
Dec 16 2012
Book Review: The Art of Philosophy: Wisdom as a Practice
Leave a commentTweet In The Art of Philosophy, Peter Sloterdijk traces the evolution of philosophical practice from ancient times to today, showing how scholars can remain true to the tradition of “the examined life” even when the temporal dimension no longer corresponds to the eternal. Building … Continue reading
Posted by: December 16, 2012
Tagged with: philosophy
