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Monthly Archives: December 2010
Dec 31 2010
Reviewing 2010 in political blogging: the spotlight moves from the Tories to the Liberal Democrats
1 CommentTweet Chris Gilson and Jane Tinkler bid goodbye to 2010 with a short round up of some of the main trends in the political blogging scene this year. In April British Politics and Policy at LSE began a weekly round … Continue reading
Posted by: December 31, 2010
Tagged with: blog round up, political blogging, politics, Polls, UK, uk politics, weekly round up
Dec 28 2010
In improving public services and social innovation, the design world has vital insights to offer. But designers must go beyond evangelism to show greater rigour about methods and limits
5 CommentsTweet For about ten years now designers have been saying that their professional approach holds vital insights for public services. In the run-up to a lecture by David Willets to an LSE-Design Council event on innovating in public service design, Geoff … Continue reading
Posted by: December 28, 2010
Tagged with: design, government, Innovation, partnerships, public spending, UK, uk government
Dec 26 2010
Book Review: Active Citizenship: What Could it Achieve and How?
2 CommentsOmar El-Khairy reviews the latest title by Bernard Crick, concluding that tensions around active citizenship have never been hotter. Continue reading
Posted by: December 26, 2010
Tagged with: big society, citizenship, coalition government, David Cameron, democracy, Localism and the Big Society, New Labour, protests, spending cuts
Dec 26 2010
Book Review: Honeybee Democracy by Thomas D Seeley
1 CommentThomas D. Seeley suggests we have much to learn from bees in his recent title, as reviewed by Philippine Rudolf. Continue reading
Posted by: December 26, 2010
Tagged with: bees, democracy, environment, politics, Voter turnout
Dec 25 2010
Seasons greetings and happy holidays to all our readers!
Leave a commentTweet We’d like to wish all our readers all the best for the festive season, and look forward to analysing and reporting on politics and public policy research in 2011! Blogging activity will be reduced between now and the first … Continue reading
Posted by: December 25, 2010
Dec 24 2010
Bad weather stops Britain moving, Cable’s ‘nuclear option’, and Labour takes a lead in the polls – political blog round up for 18 – 24 December 2010
1 CommentTweet Chris Gilson takes a look at the week in political blogging. Saturday 18th December and Sunday 19th December John Redwood talks EU treaty amendments and the Euro. Peter Wrigley at Keynesian Liberal looks at devolution and referendums for locally … Continue reading
Posted by: December 24, 2010
Tagged with: blogs, government, politics, polling, power, social media, UK, uk government, Vince Cable, weekly round up
Dec 23 2010
The government’s proposed cuts to the housing benefit will force 130,000 families out of their homes and add to the UK’s growing homeless population
2 CommentsTweet Reform of the housing benefit and an end to ‘tenancy for life’ is one of the cornerstones of the coalition government’s social policy. Avery Hancock uncovers how caps on the housing benefit may force thousands out of their homes … Continue reading
Posted by: December 23, 2010
Tagged with: government, homelessness, housing, housing benefit, public spending, UK, uk politics
Dec 22 2010
Santa’s Best Friends: Donner, Blitzen, and new Technology
2 CommentsTweet Most people have had the experience at Christmas of receiving an unwanted gift. Joel Waldfogel argues that the lost value from unwanted or inappropriate gifts runs to the billions ever year, but offers some new, technological hopes of how … Continue reading
