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Tag Archives: government
Apr 26 2013
We can increasingly see signs that the Coalition is following the same trajectory towards election failure as recent long-serving governments
Leave a commentTweet Andrew Crines uses the degenerative tendencies model as a basis to offer predictions for the general election. This approach holds that if a number of key issues are empirically identifiable within a long-serving government then these will serve as indicators of forthcoming election failure. While … Continue reading
Posted by: April 26, 2013
Tagged with: coalition government, degenerative tendencies, government
Nov 10 2012
I disagree that I disagree! There is room for more than one method of evidence in policymaking
Leave a commentTweet Academics should not get ‘bogged down’ in their perceptions of what methods of research government values. Kirsty Newman explains that when it comes to decision making in government, there is no universal preference for one form of research evidence over another. … Continue reading
Posted by: November 10, 2012
Tagged with: evidence-based policy, government, Impact
Aug 4 2012
Invest in brains, not buildings, to raise scientific output and impact
1 CommentTweet Which is more valuable to the creation of scientific knowledge, high quality scientists or first-class facilities? Fabian Waldinger looks at the dramatic effects of the Nazi expulsion of Jewish scientists and the Allied bombing of university buildings and discovers … Continue reading
Posted by: August 4, 2012
Tagged with: government, Impact
Jul 22 2012
Book Review: Britain’s Second Labour Government, 1929-31: a reappraisal
Leave a commentTweet This book is a timely collection of essays on Labour’s second period in office during the international financial crisis of 1929-1931. Contributions by leading historians and younger academics bring fresh perspectives to Labour’s domestic problems, electoral and party matters, … Continue reading
Posted by: July 22, 2012
Tagged with: economy, Gordon Brown, government, history, Labour, middle class, voters
Jul 16 2012
Immigration and identity: An open letter to Labour
Leave a commentTweet The centre-left has been outflanked on issues of immigration and identity. Labour must connect with the ‘culturally threatened’, writes Matthew Goodwin or risk undermining the public’s trust in the political system even more. Dear Labour, You know the story well. … Continue reading
Posted by: July 16, 2012
Tagged with: government, immigration, Labour
Jul 15 2012
Book Review: The Bank: Inside the Bank of England
Leave a commentTweet The Bank of England is a uniquely powerful, influential and secretive institution, and in this inside account of the Bank, Dan Conaghan draws on interviews with senior Bank staff, shedding new light on the Bank’s role in the financial crisis. With … Continue reading
Posted by: July 15, 2012
Tagged with: Bank of England, economic crisis, Economic Policy, economics, economy, financial markets, FSA, government
Jun 18 2012
Duverger’s Law is a dead parrot. Outside the USA, first-past-the-post voting has no tendency at all to produce two party politics
6 CommentsTweet Political science has very few ‘laws’, perhaps explaining why the discipline has so stubbornly clung onto Maurice Duverger’s famous claim that countries using first-past-the-post voting systems will always have two party politics. It is no exaggeration to say that … Continue reading
Posted by: June 18, 2012
Tagged with: Duverger's Law, elections, government
Jun 8 2012
Government’s plan to transform the Post Office network must be partnered with improvements in service standards if it is to succeed
Leave a commentTweet During the most recent Post Office closures, 2.7 million people had their say on the service that is vital to them. Andy Burrows argues that a new radical plan to make the post office network more sustainable will only work … Continue reading
Posted by: June 8, 2012
Tagged with: government, Post Offices, public spending, service standards
