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Stationary steam power in the United Kingdom, 1800–70: An empirical reassessment
The Economic History Review, Volume 78, Issue 3, Page 825-848, August 2025.Abstract The conventional view that the industrial revolution was premised on the unprecedented supply of mechanical power delivered via steam engines has been undermined by econometric work, purporting to show that their adoption outside the cotton and mining sectors was extremely limited until at least 1870.
Sean Bottomley
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The Digital Memory Hole: Distortion and Accountability in the Age of New Media
Philosophy &Public Affairs, Volume 53, Issue 3, Page 229-242, Summer 2025.ABSTRACT Physical forms of media are increasingly being phased out and replaced by digital media. While this transition entails significant gains for consumers, it also presents risks that are worthy of attention and analysis. Thanks to the rise of channels of distribution such as streaming platforms, it is increasingly the case that content that has ...
Francesco Stellin Sturino
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HISTORICAL ANTIFASCISM AND THE GLOBAL LEFT
History and Theory, Volume 64, Issue 2, Page 301-316, June 2025.ABSTRACT Joseph Fronczak's Everything Is Possible: Antifascism and the Left in the Age of Fascism presents antifascism in the 1920s and 1930s as a universal cause that united people across social and ideological divides, creating the discursive framework for the global Left we know today.
TERENCE RENAUD
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Battle of the big beasts [PDF]
, 2007 Four of Britain’s best political commentators clashed tonight at an evening ostensibly to mark the shortlist for the Reuters sponsored George Orwell Prize for political ...
Beckett, Charlie
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The Populist Playbook: Why Identity Trumps Policy and How Democrats Can Adapt
The Political Quarterly, Volume 96, Issue 2, Page 332-339, April/June 2025.Abstract Despite their poor record in office, populists continue to win elections. Traditional models that assume a narrow definition of self‐interest fail to explain the electoral resilience of populism. Contrary to conventional wisdom, voters typically make choices based on their social identities and support candidates with whom they can identify ...
Daniel Brieba, Andrés Velasco
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Winston: el derecho al amor o el deseo de sometimiento
Revista Mexicana de Ciencias Políticas y Sociales, 2019 Tal vez porque los seres humanos sorteamos nuestras frustraciones anticipándonos en la fantasía a un futuro reparador, es que resulta más sencillo referirse a la utopía que a la antiutopía.
Silvia Bleichmar
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Speaking at cross-purposes? The rhetorical problems of 'progressive' politics [PDF]
, 2014 On 22 January 2009 David Cameron launched the ‘Progressive Conservatism Project’ at Demos, a think tank previously associated with the centre-left. He made clear that he considered this a new departure both for the Conservative Party and for the country.
Robinson, Emily, Twyman, Joe
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George Orwell, objectivity, and the reality behind illusions. [PDF]
Perception, 2022 Rose D.
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Stigmatized Words: A Defense of Political Correctness [PDF]
, 2016 The debate over political correctness and the repression of speech has experienced a resurgence in the 2016 election season. “Political correctness is killing people,” Senator Ted Cruz remarked in December 2015.
Rosenberger, Peter W.
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Is a Liberal Justice, Totalitarian? [PDF]
In Social Choice Theory, Pareto-Unanimity is an important rule which is applied to compensation tests and therefore in justice. But, deductive logics show that Pareto- Unanimity implies dictatorship and therefore, Pareto-Unanimity is contradictory with ...
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