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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Digital democracy needs tools and platforms for people to engage with public life and governance. Yet we know surprisingly little about the political life of this ‘civic technology’ infrastructure. How do citizens make use of these well‐intentioned invitations to participate?
Laszlo Horvath
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Understanding austerity : its reach and presence in the changing context of work and employment
, 2020 Introductory chapter that sketches out the major debates concerning neoliberalism, austerity and ...
Baines, Donna, Cunningham, Ian
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Austerity Politics and the Post-Politicisation of Conservation Governance in Canada
Conservation & Society, 2018 Several notable controversies around private sector interests in national parks throughout Canada have erupted within the last five years. These controversies are arising within the context of budget cuts to Parks Canada and related imperatives to ...
Megan Youdelis
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How Place‐Based Policy Could Counter Populist Discontent
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract Resentment felt by people in areas that have suffered from social and economic decline is a significant driver of populist backlash—‘the revenge of the places that don't matter’. An effective place‐based strategy could provide something of an antidote to populist discontent.
Gerry Stoker +3 more
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Investigating austerity : an examination of the effects of austerity and additional changes between 2010 -2015 on detectives, their role and the CID investigative process. [PDF]
, 2018 The aim of the research was to examine the perceptions of Crime Investigation Department detectives surrounding their views of austerity on; the investigative process, their role and identify further changes experienced by detectives to their role and ...
Hurn, J.
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The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The apparently parlous state of public services in advanced liberal democracies has become a hot topic, nowhere more so than in ‘broken Britain’. Indeed, there is much debate in both politics scholarship and political rhetoric about the nature and causes of this decline, and its potential remedies. All perspectives are at pains to characterise
John Boswell
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Mobile heterotopia: movement, circulation and the function of the university
KronosThis paper explores the function of the university through the lens of mobility as seen from a South African perspective. Understanding the role of the university as one that requires the movement and circulation of academic bodies in the form of ...
Bradley Rink
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From Protest to Pluralist? The Green Party of England and Wales after a Decade of Political Upheaval
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract The 2026 English local elections marked the strongest ever performance of the Green Party of England and Wales (GPEW). This article places that success in the context of a decade of political upheaval and research into the party. It argues that the GPEW has grown by layering successive issue publics—anti‐austerity, Brexit and Gaza—onto an ...
James Dennison
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Views from the Inside: Reflections on the Modern Hospital
The Political Quarterly, EarlyView.Abstract There's a constant refrain in the press, on social media and from populist politicians that the NHS is dying on its feet. How accurate is this picture? This article takes a behind‐the‐scenes look at daily life in a modern, big city hospital. The Queen Elizabeth is now the biggest workplace in Birmingham.
Jon Bloomfield
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